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The default rules are that diagonals don't count as extra space. It does say the dmg may have alternative rules for greater realism. So using the rules as written (RAW) you can hit someone 2 diagonal squares away when using a grid with squares. Note that this is in the section regarding the...

I'm not a fan. Currently I'm 7th level in a campaign. We've had a lot of people join at 1st level as we adventure. Invariably, they either hang out near the back and cringe in fear from danger for the first session, simply trying to survive without being noticed,then auto-level to 3rd from...

Heavily inspired by The Lies of Locke Lamora, meet Derick "The Cleric": Derick the Cleric, priest of Perilandro, God of the Underserved and Overlooked, aka Elim the Tailor, aka Magwitch the Ratcatcher, aka Lucas Fehrwight merchant contractor of Bel-Auster, aka Imperion Lancaster, aka Locke...

Ah, now the GM has fallen into our trap! By employing common sense and ignoring RAW in this instance, he should do the same thing when it comes to a pet sitting there and doing nothing while being attacked...

I love Unarmored Defense. I made a barbarian in the very early playtest who I "re-skinned" as a ninja. Her resistance to damage was not because of true "rage" but of a River-Tam-esque battle trance mode, where she blocks attacks without even looking, etc. In all the playtests, a Dex-based...

THis plus the ability to act independently to defend its own life when you don't tell it to spelled out in the rules. Like "unless directed or attacked, animals always take the Dodge Action; if they are attacked, the GM may have them attack in retaliation or withdraw" You can use your action...

That'd be nice. Hope I can convince an Adventurer's League GM that is the case...

Let us know what he rolled on his Dex save, what the DC of the save was, and how much damage the breath weapon did.

THIS. I'd certainly try to make that argument to a DM that they SHOULD have it, but I know it isn't RAW.

The 4e companions were much better than 5e and I'm not exactly a huge fan of 4e. In other editions, you could get better companions as you leveled (I'd take a wolf, and when I could get a dire wolf say it grew up, so it was the same pet the whole time). That said, who said it has to be...

You don't have enemy casters and dragons in your game? Because those things slaughter pets.

But pets *ARE* targeted. Any AOE (Fireball, breath weapon, etc) will affect them. Moreover, there is a better than 50% chance the pet will auto-die when hit by a fireball of equivilent level. Level 5 wolf w/ 20 hp has +2 Dex save vs. a 8d6 DC 14 fireball has a <40% chance of surviving it...

There is another important issue regarding the Animal Companion. A GM on here dismissed concerns of an animal companion's fragileness out of hand by saying "the monsters will focus on attacking other things". Okay. Does the monster's breath weapon carve out a nice bubble to not hit the...

This. We have a player in our campaign that from the earliest playtest, character concept was "Ranger". In e initial playtest, that wasn't an option, so he was a Rogue who never disarmed traps indoors, etc. After over a year of cobbling together patchworks of multi-classing or feats, etc. to...

Round to the nearest 10th... is as far as the decimals go. The math is much easier than adding multiple four or five digit numbers together between game sessions. Which is faster, 1.3+2+1 (4.3) or 1,337 + 2,162 + 932 (I am not getting out a calculator for this)?

So I had an idea the other day for a super simple XP system to replace the existing table and chart. The amount of XP you need to level up is equal to the next level. So if you are level 1, you need 2XP to reach level 2. If you are at level 2, you need 3XP to reach level 3, etc. You can...

Love it. I'd change "Acid" resistance to "Cold" IMO, but otherwise, fantastic.

But you have permission from on high, the Mearls hath spoken "thou mayest use common sense and logic instead of RAW. The animal shall defendeth itself." The ranger will not be pissed he missed his chance to shine. He'll be pissed his companion died in round 2 because he stood there helpless...

Not bad. I'd add the following: If you set the beast on a course of action, it can continue it. So if you tell it to "Guard" it will do so while you sleep. If you tell it "Attack" it will continue to attack the target you directed it towards until you call it off (which you can do as part of...

If it gets their attention to fix the class in the next supplement, however distant that may be, it absolutey is worth doing. Whinge away. They've addressed "conventional wisdom says this feature is widely disliked" issues in the past. If people are complaining 'my Pathfinder ranger had an...