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    D&D 5E Considering "taking the 5th" (Edition); questions for those more experienced.

    Bards as full casters may be a problem - I've been having enough trouble wedging them into the setting as partial casters. Yes, I greatly enjoyed 2E; although to be fair, it was rare that my experience involved much of anything beyond the core books (for quite a while it was just the PHB and...
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    D&D 5E Considering "taking the 5th" (Edition); questions for those more experienced.

    So it sounds like there are other mechanics in place to help mitigate some of these extremes; that is good to know, thanks. Very good news! I had thought I had seen Arcane Trickster mentioned as a casting Rogue variant? Also good to know; some of what I had read gave the impression that...
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    D&D 5E Considering "taking the 5th" (Edition); questions for those more experienced.

    That part I understand, which is why I'm not completely opposed to the idea. I just feel that the mechanic itself severely penalizes disadvantaged players by moving the chance for a critical success further out of reach in a way that flat bonuses/penalties never would. So if I were to limit...
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    D&D 5E Considering "taking the 5th" (Edition); questions for those more experienced.

    First, a little background as a way of introduction (feel free to skip down a couple of paragraphs if you don't care about this part; plus the gist of the post is summed up in the final paragraph in case you have an attention span less suited for a Robert Jordan novel of a post): I cut my...
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