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I would suggest just using the racial-themed classes. Like, bladesinger is the high elf-swordplay+magic bit. We have infernal warlocks for tieflings, dragon sorcerers and monks for dragon born, forge cleric and battlerager dwarves. Stereotypical half orc is a berserker barbarian. Its everything...

The problem with the Fighter is that its the everyman. It does everything and is defined by nothing. I want to ignore it because I'm curious to think of what could be unique here. Could people at least try to do this without saying "just do fighter?" That's just a tired old argument - you...

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POSTS CONTAINS REFERENCES TO MMORPGS AND OTHER VIDEO GAME CONTENT, AS WELL AS DISREGARD FOR THE FIGHTER CLASS. MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL GAMERS. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. If you want to skip all the text and just get right to the question, jump down to the TL;DR...

Okay, putting aside the fact that the game sorely needs stronghold / PC dungeon building guidelines beyond three spells that only druid, wizards and clerics get*, what exactly do you want a demiplane to do? Even at high levels, the game revolves around exploring and fighting monsters. You...

I have to agree that Plane Shift is really the linchpin here. If its as monster critical to the story, then it should have legendary resistance. Or at least a Contingency spell to get them to safety. Really, who's he going to use this once-a-month set up on? It takes an ungodly amount of...

The part I disagree on is that its a dichotomy between game and story. Its like, what about the third side, hm?

A note on Dragon's Breath. With wizards, you could put it on the wizard's familiar. Keep the familiar on your shoulder, and you're carrying around a living flamethrower? Dunno if that's worth adding to your notes about the spell, since it involves less planning.

Hmm... one thing I find rather confusing is how you do rankings. Like, take Horizon Walker. Magic is rated at green, portals is red, and planar warrior is purple. What's the overall judgement of level 3, then? (( While we're on the subject, detect portal is going to be AMAZING in a...

If you want to start getting technical and "historically correct" about samurai, samurai was a social class, not a warrior profession. It wasn't until entirely later that the word became synonymous with the bushi. But that way lies insanity. The samurai subclass doesn't reflect being part of...

So much elf hate, makes me laugh. "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!"

Here's the thing. I wrote a comment about MY EXPERIENCE, and I was tired of the style. You jumped in and started talking about how I'm being unfair or incompetent playing it. You started writing about theoretical expected rests (so, yes, you were talking theory for at least part, so getting...

Huh. Cool. Did not know that. I always thought the Raven Queen was kind of a rebranded Wee Jas in the first place? At least, that was always my impression. The Fey'ri Sure they are. They're all evolved from humans. Their culture is rooted in humanity's. In terms of mechanics blocks...

We do. Aasimar, tieflings, yuan-ti are all variations on humans, after all.

Talk about power creep. The Shadar Kai get free cantrip AND teleport with resistances. That's better than all the high elf shinanigans right there. Granted, the three cantrips are kinda lackluster - Thaumaturgy is probably the best of the lot, and that's saying something. Chill Touch isn't...

You know, I wouldn't even mind if there was an all encompassing focus on Eldritch Blast. But if they did, they should have gone full on 3e with it- I enjoyed swapping out shapes and essences. Or made some Invocations that manipulated Hex a lot sooner. Playing a curse specialist would have...

Yes, lets assume incompetence or malfeasance here instead of actual play and personal experience. I'm well aware of the theory. That said, the truth of the matter is that many games, including mine, many times had more than two combats between rests. My games ending before 11 meant you were...

Its not a question of "hey, this will kill the raging maniac" but more along the lines of "this freak has a tough body, so I should use some other tactic than just stabbing or fireballs." And its not like its a huge secret that certain tactics tend to work well on the more physical beings than...

No, min maxing is not good. Its not bad either. What it is? Its just one style of play among several. Here's the catch, though. Its actually a single style of play of many; its been proven that most people that play D&D aren't interested in min-maxing. And, in many cases, that playstyle...

I went with warlock, since that's my usual go-to class. But I'm actually kinda burned out on the current incarnation - too much eldritch blasting, not enough other things. I usually like bards, too, but something is just missing here. A certain je ne se qua. Sorcerers bore me. Same with...

And this is why you kill the healer first. Seriously, though. Your tank is being really good at his / her job, but they're still susceptible to something like Hold Person or Suggestion, just like anyone else. Or fear effects. As far as I can tell, there's only a single antagonist without...