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Its not a house rule. The hand holding the focus can also be used for somatic gestures. You could argue that this doesn't apply to a holy emblem on a shield since the focus is not held in hand - its on a shield strapped to your arm. But I think that's being fussy. Everyone else puts their...

Studded leather maybe (AC is still not typically at max due to lower DEX), but the DM chooses to give out enough money to afford plate mail by 4th (or lets a suit be found) then they are partly to blame for the static nature of AC. Using standard treasure I would imagine 7th or 8th to be a more...

Set by the DM using the baselines given in the DMG (page 128-130)

Buying or crafting magic items? Strongholds?

I agree that the mage couldn't hide (as in the sidebar) but it could be argued that you could use a stealth check while moving away, as under stealth it states you can 'slip away without being noticed'. General skill use doesn't require a specific form of action so this could be ruled to work...

I assume it refers to sword and shield

Characters spend the first 8 levels or so gradually progressing their armour up to the best it can be and then they are pretty much done unless some magic armour comes their way. I'm ok with that. We use custom special materials and treatments to create some variation, for example one of our...

Yeah this has been an interesting spell since 3e for us. I played a diviner and I could tell that the DM was getting a little frustrated having to plan their adventurers with it in mind. It was a standard spell to cast before entering anything unknown. Best way to deal with it is just assume...

Absolutely, preservation of resources is one of my favourite elements of the game. One of the misses of 4e for me.

Yes I am too. I wasn't very clear in my post. What I meant was that the guidelines don't account for this at all, nor provide any suggestions about how to plan for or adjust combats based upon the adventuring day. Now common sense applies of course that combats will get harder towards the end...

Encounter design guidelines. They are presented as a single set of calculated guidelines however there are a number of factors that seem to unbalance them. Timing - an encounter early in the day or after a short rest can be a very different affair than the same encounter after a series of...

This is an often overlooked downside to archery. If the fighter is a dedicated ranged opponent then their ability to influence the fight by melee placement (blocking, soaking damage etc) is almost none, unless they also take crossbow expert and are willing to dive in. I feel that an archer in a...

I totally agree that SS is better - too good though? It brings it up to par with great weapon fighting. Compared to an archer without the feat? Much better so I would say bad design rather than overpowered. PAM is a great feat. GWM without the +5/-10 would be pretty boring. Not sure anyone...

Just to pick up in this statement with an example. A Strength 20 greatsword wielding fighter might do 13.3 point of damage per hit normally or 23.3 points of damage per hit using the feat. 85% of 13.3 is 11.3 damage 60% of 23.3 is 13.98 damage So in this optimal case (high hit chance) we are...

This again. All I will say is that it is impossible to negate the penalty to hit completely (unless the AC is super low), and you are still -5 to hit behind the rest of the party. At low levels (up to about 8th) the average damage increase is tiny. At higher levels it becomes a little more, but...

We look at the other way and don't allow dueling with shields. Free hand only (swinging ropes, cloaks and handfuls of dust are exceptions)

I'm wondering if the effective removal of raise dead in the book is related to a future storyline. It seems an odd side plot if not

In our 20th+ level game we allow multi-classing and for those that don't want to, the ability to take a second subclass as a 4-5 level class. So a wizard could be an evoker and an abjurer. We use the DMG table for proficiency advancement

So let say you were advising a newbie rogue player where to put their second stat (14) after sticking their 15 in Dex. You could advise... Put it in Con as your character will have more hit points and be more resilient in combat. They will also be better against things like poison traps. Put...

We use it quite a bit. For our long running campaign in FR we have run several adventures involving the Time of Troubles (our assassin pc had to find a way of avoiding the cull), Spellplague (we were there for the death of Mystra) and Sundering events (we recovered Lantan), as well as dealing...