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The class tier should be broken up into level tiers. So there should be a tier list for level 1-4, a tier list for level 5-10, a tier list for levels 11-16 and a tier list for level 17-20. Not breakup the class tier in this way makes the information next to useless as play is usually restricted...

I looked at a few official WotC 5e campaigns and my impression is that the dimensions of most maps (especially outdoor maps) are way too small to be properly usable. Most maps are 150 feet or less on a side. The "big" maps are typically 350 feet on a side or less. To give a comparison, a...

My main issue with "Milestone Leveling" is that it discourages creativity. Instead of figuring interesting ways to change the world, the PCs will tend to stick to actions that are expected to reward Minestone levels. This often means blindly and sheepishly following storyline hooks.

The Rock Gnome's Clockwork Toy device is said to "makes noises as appropriate to the creature it represents." How realistic are those noises? Could the noise fool others into believing the toy is an actual creature? Personally I would rule that to fool a creature the Rock Gnome must succeed an...

In most conditions the Gloomstalker is going to attack with advantage because of Umbral Sight. This is roughly equivalent to Precision Attack.

Two comments: First, in this scenario I probably wouldn't bother moving the target of Hunter's Mark unless I expected it to stick for 2+ rounds. I'd rather do 2 attacks with the Hand Crossbow. Second, the Gloomstalker will of course switch to the Heavy Crossbow every time he spends a Bonus...

We'll consider the best Ranger around for this discussion - the Gloom Stalker. The Gloom Stalker starts each fight with a Heavy Crossbow in hand. His first action is to cast Hunter's Mark, then fire two bolts with the Heavy Crossbow (22 + 26.5 = 48.5 damage). He then stows his Heavy Crossbow as...

The accuracy of the SS CE BM Fighter is far lower than the Cleric. The Fighter has a -3 to hit while using SS, while the Cleric has likely raised his Wisdom to 18 at level 4. So we are looking at the Fighter hitting ~20% less often than the Cleric. If we assume the Cleric hits 65% of the time...

If Toll the Dead + Spiritual Weapon both land, that will be 14 damage on average. For comparison a single attack from a Maul will typically do 2d6+3+1.32 = 11.32 damage in a round. With Polearm Master it's 1d10+1d4+6+1.3 = 15.3 damage a round. That's roughly as much as the Cleric does with...

Among the spellcasters, the Cleric has the best armor, the best subclass abilities, and the most spells prepared. The Cleric arguably has the best spell list with Bless, Healing Word, Guiding Bolt, & especially Spiritual Weapon being amazing. Toll the Dead is also a top notch damage cantrip. A...

For raw combat abilities at tier 1, I would say the Barbarian, the Battle Master, the Cleric, & the Moon Druid dominate. At tier 2, I would say the Bard, the Paladin, the Shepherd Druid, & the Wizard are the best.

At tier 1 Paladins are nothing special. They have too few spellslots and not enough abilities to really stand out - the Battlemaster & Gloom Stalker are likely to perform better. Paladin level 5, 6 & 7 (for some oaths) are incredible boosts, though. I think its important for ratings to have...

In SCAG there is the Spiked Armor, which gives the option of having non-metal spikes. This gives use the following list: Light Armor: Padded (11) Leather (11) Studded leather (12) Medium armor: Hide (12) Spiked Armor (14) Heavy armor: Ring Mail (14)

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That's for proficiency. Monsters may have proficiency in a save but terrible stats for it (the Tarrasque has proficiency in Intelligence saves) or vise-versa.

Guide seems to work just as well for Circle of Dreams & Circle of the Shepherd.

Maybe, but a Shepherd druid get more powerful summons and a totem to heal them, while the Land Druid gets more spellslots to cast Conjure Animals / Conjure Woodland Beings.

The spreadsheet makes a lot of unwarranted assumptions and/or is poorly organized. Just looking at Fighter: The spreadsheet says a level 3 Fighter get 12 Superiority Dice in a day, yet only Battlemasters get those. That's a massive error right there. You seemed to assume the Fighter uses Trip...

I think your change allows for problematic multiclassing like Abjuration/Life on a Hill Dwarf. Also, changing the main spellcasting attribute from WIS to CHA or INT is a nerf, and changing INT or CHA to WIS is a boost. WIS is clearly the most useful mental stat.

I'm actually considering this for a brand new character joining an existing campaign at level 4, so that wouldn't be an issue.