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And I am telling you that RAW there is no differentiation between different types of trip effects, nor is there a "prone wings" difference. The battle master ability (likely the main one someone would try to cheese here) does work with ranged weapons, and could therefore be a well placed arrow...

Whether they'd have to make checks depends on the method of flight. By default a fly speed of any kind does not require checks to fly, albeit it might require an ability check to do a trick maneuver, fly in poor weather, or overlong distances, etc. Crawford's tweets arent even needed here...

Flying hasn't really effected my games much at all, despite me having several player characters who have acquired the ability though multiple means, though I should perhaps clarify that this is due to two reasons: 1) I have always planned my games with 3d space in mind. Monsters have flight...

Sort of depends on your party makeup and what the DM wishes to run. My group will be going into Decent into Avernus (albeit with a heavily altered beginning) post Dragon Heist, but that is mostly due to them all creating a party full of characters with backstories heavily influenced by...

The class upgrades for each different version of the ranger should not be ignored either, nor the default actions taken by the pet. This matters a bit longer term, and has some pros and cons. I'll list both for consideration and some thoughts after. PHB Ranger Beast Master: Companion takes no...

My solution to the PDK was to bump all of their abilities down a tier. I gave both rallying cry and royal envoy at 3rd, inspiring surge (the weapon attack one) at 7th, bulwark at 10th, and a new ability at 15th: the leadership ability taken from hobgoblin captains/warlords. Leadership...

So I don't think that this question is as easily answered as "we can remove x or y class", at least not if we wish to cover as many archetypes (in the character sense, not the game term for subclasses) of characters as possible and not make changes to existing classes. I was tempted to vote...

I kind of got the same vibe as well. It's just fan service dropped in. I'dve preferred someone else if they wanted to have some sort of cameo. His inclusion in Barovia was entertaining, and actually made sense. Here it is just...odd.

Honestly? My only real complaint with the bard is that it must be musical. I love a good lute minstrel, mind you, but the most common house rule I have regarding bard is to allow them to use any type of performance to cast their spells. The one great thing about the pathfinder version was that I...

I won't spoil the details for the sake of those who haven't seen/played it yet, but you should check out Decent into Avernus. You will not be disappointed, and it could easily be adapted to make what you want more central to the story.

I am about to try out the new artificer in a friend of mine's game. I'll be using the alchemist archetype, and I fully intend to have all of my magic be cooking and food themed, especially pies. Healing spell? A pie to eat. Blindess? A pie in the enemie's face, etc. My homunculus will be a slime...

It is indeed a potent class feature, but there are numerous balancing factors to consider. I've ran a game with a revised beastmaster, and while her damage was certainly respectable, I found it not uncommon that she or the party cleric/paladin would often end up spending a few spell slots to...

The opposite. Take the druid class and give the player the beastmaster ranger subclass. Give them the abilities according to whatever level they are as if they were a ranger, just shift them around to appropriate druid levels and iron out any issues that pop up. Personally I suggest the revised...

A lot of good suggested here. The simplest solution is to perhaps just swap out the current beastmaster rules or use the last revised ranger version and just give them relevant abilities at equivalent druid levels. They arent that far off in levels that it would totally unbalance things. I dont...

And yet no one (not even in this thread) acknowledges anything past the first three books, which while a classic story, have never made for good gaming modules. 😅 I've always been a fairly big fan of the series, even the dreaded Age of Mortals stuff, though I do acknowledge them for what they...

For my games I've ruled that it is the following: Hoopak. Martial Weapon. 1d6 damage of either bludgeoning (staff/sling) or piercing (spear). The player can use it as either a sling, quarterstaff, or spear, switching which weapon they wield as a bonus action. It lacks the versatile trait or...

It varies for me depending on the tone and setting of a game. I'm much less likely to run a gritty low magic game or something like a rendition of the Christian God as something that can be directly interacted with. That said, I tend to default/prefer a bit of a combination of your Channeled...

Respectfully, ALL characters receive a great benefit from a high charisma. When we are specifically talking about what makes a good party leader and hero who inspires others through words, the most important thing *IS* perficiency in persuasion and a high charisma. Except that the fighter...

Your poll is inherently flawed for a couple reasons. First, it heavily favors the paladin or the bard as the elimination of feats and non-players handbook subclasses *completely* neuters the fighter in pretty much all possible versions of the archetypical "hero". The entire advantage the...

Past 6th level or so the game becomes less about whether or not the players are hit, but how many blows they can survive. The issue isnt thst a CR 6 creature has trouble hitting players, but that you are expecting a CR 6 creature to represent a threat by itself. A party of characters can...