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Charisma. Int would make sense for an occultist, but that's just a wizard. They've got the books and the rituals and whatnot. Warlocks make pacts with things. Deals. Their Charisma gets them a better deal, helps them charm the fey themselves, helps them wheel and deal with a fiend.

As a subclass feature? Sure. But not buried in some arcane corner of an ambiguous multiclassing interaction. Exceedingly poor design if you hide your best options under a few layers of optional rules that aren't clearly explained or signposted. WotC is capable of mistakes, but this would be...

That reading makes some sense - it's the de facto Magic action I talked about above. It's possible to read "requires the Magic action" as including all single-action or longer spellcasting, since all single-action or longer spellcasting does use the Magic action. It's also possible to read...

Yeah, I think you've got it right. I think the reason for picking them during your rest is to emphasize your own strategic load-out. If I pick three masteries, I'm going to pick the three weapons I've got the biggest chance of using, so I'm thinking about balancing that choice - making sure...

You gotta have a friendly NPC running your bastion! Or else, whose roasted ashes will the PC's be able to mourn after the red dragon torches it? :devilish: Seriously excited to see what's in store for bastions, especially if they can make it relevant to the PC's. I've always had a bit of a...

I think that second point is where the specific wording comes in. If the item says it takes the Magic action, then it does, and Fast Hands can apply. If the item instead says you cast a spell, then the item does not take the Magic action, and Fast Hands does not apply. According to my favored...

Pretty sure this is incorrect on the RAW. A scroll of protection is not a spell scroll. Those are two distinct magic items (that both happen to take the appearance of scrolls). Scrolls of Protection are not in the '24 PHB. Evidence for this includes that they have different entries in the '14...

As a fan of meaty HP who has long been told I'm Doing It Wrong, I've been a little surprised to see a more meaty HP take in general when I listen to other groups. Listening to some D&D podcasts and watching Vox Machina really reinforced that meat is a significant part of HP for more than just...

No specific description of a Spell Scroll says that it takes a Magic action to cast as far as I can see. We don't all agree. I don't know what the wand of magic missiles will be like. I don't have the '24 DMG yet. I could see it being a situation where the designers allow it to be covered with...

The counter-reading is: Scrolls don't require you to take the Magic action. They require you to cast a spell. Using the Magic action isn't a requirement of the item. It's a requirement of the spell you're casting (evidence for this is that bonus action spells and reaction spells don't take the...

Yeah, that makes sense. Most of the time, when I'm finding a fault with this show, whether it's the jokes or the violence or the characters, I'm like, "No, this actually is very reflective of the experience of playing D&D, even if it doesn't make the BEST narrative."

My hot take (so some spoilers ahead): Yeah, the juvenilia is real, and doesn't fully disappear. If you can't abide fart jokes and butt jokes, then this probably isn't for you (though it IS very reflective of basically every table I've ever actually played D&D at, to a degree that makes me...

Yeah, spell scrolls I'd think are magic items. But the Magic action is used for two distinct purposes. One is to cast a spell. One is to activate a magic item. Fast Hands lets you do the latter as a bonus action. Using a scroll is the former, which Fast Hands doesn't let you do as a bonus...

Oh, I'm not saying they can't cast spells from Spell Scrolls. I'm just saying they can't do it as a Bonus Action using Fast Hands. They use the spell's casting time (the level 13 feature reiterates the language that when you use a scroll, you use it to cast a spell, which to my reading means you...

Apples and oranges. Quickened spell changes the casting time of the spell for one casting. Using a scroll requires casting the spell. Each spell has its own casting time, which you use when you cast the spell. By my reading, that also means that sorcs can use Quicken Spell on scrolls that...

Eh, there's some debate in that reading. Fast Hands lets you take the Magic action to use a magic item that requires the action as a bonus action. A spell scroll itself doesn't require you to take the Magic action to use it. It requires that you "cast the spell using its normal casting time."...

I don't think two SA's/round is beyond what the designers intended. Rogues have always been able to make OA's. A reliable bonus action attack makes it easier, but not beyond the pale. You're totally right that I also don't understand quite how the proposed interaction works, though. True Strike...

I wouldn't worry much about this one in particular. Rogues are basically meant to get SA damage every turn. It's probably easier in 2024 to get advantage given some of these shenanigans, but even in 2014, if you didn't have SA on your turn via some mechanism, it was an exception. Multiclassing...

So many more people play D&D today than played in 2014. Even if this was a deeply unpopular revision (and early indications are more "mixed" than "bad" from where I'm sitting), the potential audience for a new core book is a lot bigger than it was in 2014. I just hope that Hasbro DOESN'T get...

Yeah, not surprised that new core books sell well. I'll be interested to know if the NEXT D&D book sells - more like Tasha's, or more like...idk...the Book of Many Things?