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I tend to not even think about sharpshooter due to the small group size I have. My main non-AL game has four PCs and we tend to have overlapping but not matching roles. If the character with a d10 hit die and possibly the only one with heavy armor decides he wants to stay 600 feet away from...

I feel that depends on the setting. In my friend's world, and Faerun itself high power characters (classed or equivalent) are a dime a dozen. In my world a temple in something less than a major population center may go generations without seeing a cleric. Many towns only vaguely know of them...

I am legitimately not trying to start any sort of flame war, but these two feats seem hyped way beyond anything I have seen at the table. +10 damage is good, probably around doubling your damage on a hit (for argument's sake I am assuming 12 or 11 damage on a hit normally), but it comes with a...

I do forget that concentration for permanence may be a concern for some people. I tend to find once you make the first 18 or so seconds of it the rest of the minute is usual trivial as combat is probably almost over. I will admit most my uses for the spell are thematic and dramatic over the...

A side issue becomes who cares? It may not be an optimal spell but pick it if you like it. The ratings don't dictate spell choice. I, personally, on more than one occasion looked at a spell, saw its poor rating and grabbed it anyway because it fit my character or I liked the feel of it. Can...

You may want to check out Pugmire. It has exactly that mechanic, all class abilities are feats, feat every level.

I would say no generally and even more no to the wizard specifically. An ASI is significantly better than many of a wizard's subclass features. I don't know if I can think of a subclass I wouldn't be very happy to trade in an ability or two for a feat or stat boost. Making it all or...

Thematically I like the interpretation as a given church's mix of pioneer/scout/special ops guy. Yo u send in the cleric when an area is too dangerous for normal clergy, an area needs flat-out miraculous help, or the church has a critical mission that needs more 'practical' skills over...

Pretty much, though I traded it on mine for Booming Blade + Misty Step for either a bonus hit or locking down an enemy.

Initially, yes but he added that footnote in acknowledgement that his original post was not taking in those factors after it was pointed out several posts in. I personally think the remaining flaw in the reasoning is just not understanding the full scale of escalation with higher level slots...

While that is nice, and a helpful tool for many, I try to limit my knowledge of things I don't NEED as a player, mostly to limit meta gaming and reduce the amount of obnoxious number crunching my brain would do. I like to think I wouldn't bring in too much DMG or MM research in as a character...

To be pedantic, depending on how your particular group counts diagonals, a single fireball could hit around 44 creatures which could mean as much 352d6 damage total if there is a creature in every square of the area of effect and they all fail their save. Obviously an unlikely situation, but...

I may be coming late to the party but I'd like a little more elaboration of what the goal is. I'll give what my current understanding is and my opinion but please correct my misunderstandings if I go off-topic. The basic gist seems to be that each specific belief (domain) has very specific...

I am willing to be corrected, especially not having data. Swarms of X just viscerally felt high Dex to me. But I do not read entrails and should not base arguments on viscera.

It isn't completely unreasonable but as mentioned I tend to never pick it. I just haven't ever been surrounded in a way to make it better than a utility cantrip (Mage hand, prestidigitation, minor illusion), a source of easy ranged damage (generally chill touch, frostbite or firebolt...

I will say though that the OP is right to an extent. In the perfect situation (a swarm of low HP low save monsters) sword burst (or thunderclap) is a fantastic spell that can clear a huge swath through them and feel awesome. It is just a mook clearing spell but will let you feel like you are...

I mentioned the thunderwave idea, but good catch on thunderclap. I even think thunderclap is a better spell much of the time because of my general belief (I have not checked the MM) that swarming monsters will have a higher DEX save than CON, and that thunder damage is not resisted enough for...

It can be good, but is so situational it is generally not useful for the full casters and really only usable for the EK, like you said. First thing is that to have an effect on 8 targets, you need to be surrounded this isn't the worst thing in the world, but still generally not ideal. On top of...

Are there good examples of satisfactory mechanical set-ups that discourage frequent resting between encounters? Outside of D&D my experience has mostly been Palladium (RIFTS), FATE (Dresden Files), Mutants & Masterminds, and FFG Star Wars. All of those tend to either assume full recovery...