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Makes sense. Probably how I'll run it, too. :)

Hey, all! Can anyone who's run it give me some insight on how the Cantabarilla Challenge works out? It seems to me the whole thing would stall out the first time you need to build a bridge... There'd be no money left, unless I'm missing something. Or do bridges only cost 1 materiel? Or is it...

It's much more potent than any defender feature in 4e. Marking presents a catch-22. This is on par with the 3.5 knight. Which means it's kind of boring in comparison, but imo fine.

Having a climb speed is most definitely a combat ability. It's just one with extensive out of combat utility, as well.

Hey, all! We're right about at the end of Adventure 5, and I'm wondering if anyone came up with a naval map (complete with zones) for the finale? Even just ideas would be fine. Most of our naval battles to-date haven't been very mobile on account of the PCs' checks far exceeding their...

I am both totally unsurprised yet nevertheless disappointed that the first player supplement is mostly cool stuff for Wizards.

Except hand crossbows, which do, with crossbow expert.

I'm sorry, if you think a Rogue going Chow Yun Fat with a pair of hand crossbows is silly, you're objectively wrong. :)

I would mind, a lot. :) I started out in 4e, and want to finish it in 4e.

It doesn't take a hundred to break the game. That's the extreme case. It takes maybe 20. With bounded accuracy, you no longer need to rely on crits.

Not quite accurate, given how many hp and how much damage the skeletons do. Both are significantly more than crossbowmen, and let's face it, for an adventuring party, corpses are never in short supply. In other words, Jack's analysis is spot on. Necromancers are pretty much broken powerful...

Compared to full spellcasters, I'm not seeing an immediate problem. I'd say this is probably the right benchmark, honestly.

Yeah, whether it's a warhorse attacking my enemies, a dog, a summoned monster, an animated zombie, or Fighter Bob, it's an ally.

I meant sneak attack, yeah. But the warhorse gets attacks of its own, no? I'd question a riding horse, but a warhorse or attack dog or something seems clear. For the rest, including advantage, just take the mounted combat feat. :D The horse-rogue has come into its own.

A Rogue on a warhorse has continual combat advantage in melee, since the horse is an ally.

You're focused on the example. Imagine the tarrasque didn't have the nonmagical weapon immunity. Or that it's a different monster - say, the adult blue dragon from the pdf. There's not many class features - or classes - that are near 3,000 hit points of skeletons or a hundred extra attacks...

My main issue is that this is one class (a wizard, natch) and you don't really need a party after that. It's well and good to say, "fine, a horde of villagers can kill big monsters" but this is one pc.

Sure, and I said that the first time around. Of course if you're taking on the tarrasque, it's funny if "get a bunch of magic bows or a huge number of magic arrows, and some 3rd level casters to magic up some weapons" is the only roadblock, is all. Dragons don't stand a chance! :D For the...

I believe it's one bonus action to command all your skelly bros, not just one.

Oh no mah verisimilitudes! Yes, that would change the math a lot.