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In 3E the assumption was that taking a prestige class made you more powerful and often it did. But in every case, and in every edition when you take a level of Y you lose that chance to take that same level of X. That remains the trade off. Especially in 5E where levels cap at 20 you lose higher...

It's pretty easy to justify one person not being there. Druid went into the woods to look for a rare flower and never came back. Warlock or cleric was called to the church/sanctum for a religious rite that must be done on that particular day. Fighter or paladin's duties in the army called him to...

Hulk Smash.

I tend to think not. The levels where characters get something outside their specialty are meant to be things that all members of that class or all characters get. It makes more sense to me to change up the specialty because customizing the characters focus is what those are for. There could be...

Tabaxi can dash as a bonus action.

Do you think the dragonmarks will change? I was thinking that getting multiple spells from a feat and higher level ones was a lot more than say Magic Initiate and that it may get nerfed after the playtest phase.

Has anyone used this yet? What are your thoughts on it?

Simple answer is 'Can't see it = no line of sight.' Some effects end when the target can no longer see the source they specify this; Often fear effects. Others persist for a particular length of time i.e. until the end of the targets next turn. The particular effect describes what it does and...

Three cheers for answering the question that was asked.

Very nice guide. I've been playing a Kensei for a little while now. On the Agile Parry, the attack must be part of the attack action on your turn. This means that you need to make one of your regular attacks not flurry of blows an unarmed strike to take advantage. Less of an issue after 5th when...

We have a rather wacky female player. (Good Friend of my wife and actually quite entertaining most of the time). Predictably, when a magic potion was found in treasure she immediately opened and drank it not knowing what it was, sealing her mouth shut with Sovereign Glue. Priceless, though my...

Has anyone looked at character options in the new setting doc yet? Anything useful there?

Use Legionary. Legionnaire is a different soldier from a much later period. That said, Roman troper's kept it simple. I'd go with variant human fighter with shield master. If he went to higher levels, I'd go with champion.

If you want a full warrior and full spellcaster consider Paladin 3/Warlock17. You'll still get full level spells from Warlock and have armor/weapons. Consider Oathbreaker if allowed for the damage from Cha.

I would say leave the class features as they are. When Raging the Barbarian gets his +2 damage if he uses strength. The HexBlade power allows him to use Charisma instead instead of strength for attack and damage rolls, and he can do it when raging. He gets the +2 damage, and if he focuses on...

So I've been picking up on the rumor that one of two settings to be coming up from Wizards may be Dark Sun. I have some ideas for a story line. If the setting does not appear soon though, what suggestions might anyone have for a mechanic to use Arcane Defiling in 5e, or is there one out there...

I would allow it. The player and DM could have the understanding that the wings were damaged in a way that could come back later at the coolest possible time. You could even say the damage to them was the result of a curse that the Aasimar started adventuring to overcome.

You can use the phrase,' You can attempt to fight that thing *that hasn't noticed you yet, or that lives here but you've not seen,* but it looks suicidal. If your party is really think on the uptake, have an NPC know what's coming tell them and say 'this foe is beyond any of you. Run!' :-)...

I don't think either of these alternatives are terrible but I would not think any alteration is needed. You can just rule 'no variant human' and that's that. some feats can be very potent at low levels but most balance out pretty quickly as the game goes on. Heavy Armor Mastery is one of these...

My last one involved a cleric who actually befriended the party and took them on a series of quests. Some of these turned out to be so that he could obtain the hand and eye of Vecna. His ultimate goal was to restore Vecna to the mortal world. Current campaign party meets a bounty hunter who's...