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Nowhere does it describe how a character uses a focus to cast their spells. It doesn't say that a cleric most hold their holy symbol forth to banish a demon, it doesnt say that a wizard waves their wand to cast a fireball and it doesn't say a bard must play their instrument to cast a hypnotic...

I don't see a problem. A wizard or sorcerer that uses a shield or carries two weapons is in the same boat. Clerics are the only ones that are a little more free but they still have a few issues. Do you mean that its sloppy because a bard instrument requires two hands to play whereas an arcane...

I don't provide monster information based on a roll. I give out information based on the history of the character. Admittedly that works better for a character played from 1st level where you have experienced the full history of the character. If a player has an interesting back story written...

Its not really the bard that's the problem, its just that the other classes either don't use a shield or often use two weapon fighting. It would be a problem for eldritch knight or arcane trickster too but they don't get to use a focus anyway. The bard without a shield or two weapons is just fine.

Agreed, although that might well be the inspiration for my next character

I think the material somatic gestures part works pretty well except for a horn. I mean most of the other instruments require hand movement (somatic) and the instrument (material). They all pretty much need two hands to use but using a horn with somatic gestures is hard to picture. For a lore...

Well our OP has packed up and left the site after not getting the answers they wanted so I guess that's that then.

When you are a 17th level wizard and not currently adventuring then sure you can use wish to cast any lower level spell and not worry about cost. Good use of a spell for such an epic arcane caster. When adventuring there are probably better choices

Nah, they are just more open ended than it sounds like you want them to be. Most of us know the rules but choose to ignore some of them. For me, I would allow the bard to cast word of recall if they had a deity, but if the player suddenly decides they have a deity just as they take this spell I...

It takes an interaction on any round to sheath or draw a weapon so you don't have to put your weapon away the round ahead of the one where you cast. When you need to cast a spell simply sheath your weapon and then use your free hand to cast. However that does mean you are unable to retrieve a...

You get to do it at 14th and 18th too

I like this. Taking an aimed shot, from 600 ft though an arrow slit does seem a bit silly. Any one of those individually though seems worthy of a feat

Why? two of our guys run it from their Mac. They haven't mentioned a problem

I agree that the DM can easily account for any changes to the game. But its not +10 as some others have also responded. Without a constant source of bonuses to hit like bless, advantage and magic weapons then you miss a lot due to the -5 penalty. And you still miss sometimes with all these...

We are taking all of this into account. Assuming you only use the +10 bonus when it is mathematically beneficial to do so the average extra damage per strike is not +10 at all, but in fact somewhere between 1 and 5 based on the fact you miss more often. All the examples in this thread also...

Hard to say about the AC really though if we look at the CR equivalent (ish) Genies get AC17/18, Dragons are about AC18, a storm giant is AC16, stone golem AC18, demons and devils AC17/18. So I would say GMW is good to clear out the minions (ala 4e style!) but not all that against the tough...

Not made my mind up about barbarians yet - they look decent. There is a 4th level one with GMW in the campaign I am running and he deals the damage and is hard to take down. He doesn't do much else though. I think I would be quite happy if it turns out the barbarian does most raw damage Yeah...

It lasts for 8 hours so needs casting that morning, and I'm quite sure it would indirectly do a load of damage during the day not even considering the defensive benefits. However casting your only 9th level spell before you even start out is very risky. We find that at this level purely dealing...

Well our wizard wouldn't do anything as reckless as casting their only 9th level spell (foresight) at the beginning of the day (and hence doesn't take it), but lets just assume they did cast it for the final fight then it makes a difference of about 5 points of damage per attack with my...

Probably not by this point if I hadn't taken it before. Take a strength 20 fighter with Great Weapon Fighting and Great Weapons Master using a greatsword and with a Bless spell running. Against an AC of 17 they will do on average 10 points of damage per attack without the feat and 12 when...