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There have been a few changes, but I do not think that the fundamental issues of the class have been fixed: Base class: While the Artificer is touted as the "best magic item crafter", it falls down compared to actual full spellcasters simply because they have access to higher level spells than...

I've found that it isn't quite as good as it would first appear (although a Rogue with multiple attacks is pretty much the ideal scenario. It only grants you advantage, not your teammates, and a significant amount of the time you're not getting the benefit. Unless you're beating on a boss, you...

I'd disagree. Weapon-using subclasses of full casters generally already get a superior Extra Attack than what the martials tend to get: - They can incorporate a cantrip (which scales with level, unlike a normal attack) into their attack routine. If they want to do something special in combat...

Yep. I've lost a couple of characters in D&D 2024 games and more in earlier D&D. The options to retreat often aren't amazing, with attacks of opportunity and opponents often having superior movement. Furthermore characters that are willing to just abandon their comrades early in the fight are...

Are we talking just "death" or actual "character is gone permanently from the campaign" effect? Because those are two very different things. Well, yes. That is why we had to bully at least one of the group into playing a cleric: even a low-level one massively increased our recovery speed...

Isn't that table for full-on Artifact-power items? Is there a method of curing the effect given? Pretty sure that there wouldn't be an easy way of losing actual ability points permanently. (Although at level 17+ when artifacts might come into play, the "cure" might be a wish spell admittedly.)

3rd level: Gain Medium Armour and shield proficiency. Can make a sneak attack with any weapon or unarmed strike. You have advantage when attacking any creature that is Frightened. You may use your cunning action to make an influence check using Intimidation, or an unarmed strike (Shove and...

Assuming that you're actively avoiding subclasses that already grant one of these capabilities, I think its only two feats: Martial weapon training and weapon master. You could be doing this combo any time from level 8 onwards. Interesting. What martial-combat-based abilities do you think...

What, you're upset a full caster still can't outdamage a fighter in melee combat until Tier 3? Also, I seem to recall that in at least one of the previous martial vs caster threads, it was you who was arguing that because you could get spells through feats, and all martials could get feats...

Soooo. What you're saying here is that the Caster version of cleave is, in fact, already better than the martial one. That's not ironic. That's logical. Training in weapons at the expense of their ability with spells is their entire shtick. Giving a list of abilities that only spellcasters get...

I suppose they'll just have to scrape by with only their suite of full spellcasting progression.

In both cases I was making the assumption that the DM knows more about the setting than the player does. Therefore the player might benefit if the DM were to share that knowledge when the player is coming up with a character that will fit into that setting. . . . Does that really sound that...

The sidebars that you highlighted? The ones that say "Talk it out"? Just like my post did? You can't (generally) play a FR Drow in Eberron. But you could play an Eberron Drow: there is two-way travel between Stormreach and Khorvaire. Perhaps the player would want to play an Umbragen? Or as you...

. . . and this is the sort of DM attitude that they are trying to move away from. Rather, they suggest working with the player to accommodate them within the game. - Ask the player what it is about the dragonborn that they like and want to express, and help them find it within your game. You...

Over the last few weeks I've noticed that sometimes when opening EN World, it would heavily impact other applications on the computer, go unresponsive, then cause Chrome to close. Looking at Task Manager, when this happens, chrome is using a lot of CPU and Memory resources before it shuts down...

Cleric: Remember the War Cleric gets extra bonus action attacks 3 or 4 times/short rest so they don't need to have Spiritual Weapon up every fight. They also get to say "I hit" a few times/short rest through Channel divinity. For wizard, level 6+ may be worth looking at what a Bladesinger is...

I think so, and I don't think that they have been nerfed, but I likewise don't think that they have gotten significantly more powerful while the baseline around them moved up.

Its still a spell that you cast (and are maintaining concentration on) that is dealing the damage. I'd say that it would work with Flaming Sphere, so it would also work with Summon Celestial. Bear in mind that the "once per turn" restriction is going to prevent it from being particularly...

I'm withholding judgement until I see the MM: Can't judge how powerful something is without a basis for comparison. Generally 2024 seems to have reduced the power range a little: the most powerful builds have been reduced (or at least not buffed) and the least powerful increased, but there are...

Many of those feats allow you to use Intelligence as a casting stat, and Drow High Magic would probably too if you're playing 2024 D&D and ask your DM. That way you get the Eldritch Knight flavour of combining studious magic with martial training, without having too many ability score conflicts...