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Tiamat has 5 legendary actions btw. Whether that is because she has 5 heads or just because she is nails I do not know.

The class you choose from defines which stat you use for the additional spells so since warlocks have got a cha focus you could look at bard spells. Alternatively choose spells that have no saving throw or attack roll so it doesn't matter, for example 'shield'. Also it doesn't scale with level -...

It seems to me that you run/play in a fairly optimized group, both from this thread and others. You have already said that monsters feel a bit on the easy side - maybe because the designers do not assume that a player will have decent hit points amongst other things. If a group of players...

Plenty of the warlock spells do require material components. I'm playing a warlock and many do - armour of agathys, witch bolt, invisibility, hex, protection from evil to name a few. To pick on the most obvious, warcaster does not let you cast hex in combat while using a weapon and shield or two...

And Warcaster removes the need for a free hand when casting spells with somatic components but does not help with spells that also have a material component - which is a lot of combat spells that you still cant cast even with Warcaster. If you want to cast a spell put your weapon away - you...

Warcaster doesn't always help with casting with a shield when you also have material components to deal with. Best free option is just to put your weapon away when you cast a spell. For the other main benefit of warcaster i'd rather take resilient (constitution). Leave warcaster for clerics and...

The only adventure that is really out of place is Princes of the Apocalypse which states within it that it takes place in 1491. This pretty much sets it after all of the other released adventures up to Storm Kings Thunder. Storm Kings Thunder contains an encounter with cultists from the...

I'm still a bit unsure why you would want to hide during combat using this ability anyway. Hiding when invisible is surely used when moving not when stationary. You could also argue that a hide check with its required action is not needed. Dexterity (stealth) during your move action (even though...

There was a 1 hour panel with Chris Perkins and Matt Mercer (and others) talking about RPG streaming. https://www.twitch.tv/twitchconfrankerz/v/92237135?t=07h29m55s

I wanted to add that I would say the game works just fine after level 10 - we have a couple of high level games running. However it seems that the written adventure modules have not tackled that fact that at higher levels you need to consider ignoring the recommended encounter guidance to build...

The question is why do you want to be hidden? What benefit do you get over and above not being visible especially when you can't move, which is the main strength of being hidden. As an example, I am playing an armoured dwarf warlock with 9 Dex and no stealth training. There is no realistic...

The reason that there is no single answer to your question is that the default game doesn't assume you are playing on a grid or squares. There is a small sidebar in the PHB and a single page in the DMG but neither cover a situation like yours. Saying that, I can't find anything that says that...

Yeah that's my character let down by some seriously bad stat rolling (He's a mountain dwarf and those stats include the +2's!) . Should be ok if he survives until level 4 so he can get the heavy armour feat. Yeah I agree. Our group plays pretty optimally in combat. If you watch any of the...

So our current party is made up of a front liner warlock with 15 Str, 13 con and AC13 a paladin who uses a long sword two handed because he worships Kelemvor a human sorcerer who took magic initiate druid as his feat even though he has 8 wisdom a dwarf cleric who likes a spear even though he...

I'm not sure that's a problem with the 5e system as such, but rather the encounter guidelines don't take into account the relative skill of the players. Some groups play completely non optimally with some characters doing very little during combat, others trying to push/trip/confuse the monsters...

I generally like shields however there are times when the lack of a free hand can be a problem. A two handed weapon is flexible in its use of two hands as you only need both when attacking. Shields require an action to equip or stow. If an encounter involves any aspect of climbing, swinging or...

Again, you do realise this was a fun unofficial build designed to fit in with an unoptimized 8th level party. The original stats are pretty decent but these ones work just fine to help fit in with this particular game. For a real Drizzt the 3e class build is probably most accurate with Drizzt...

No idea why you think that he is dead forever. He is described as dissolving under Drizzt's blades as he delivers the killing blow. Off to the Abyss he goes Not sure where your rant comes from

I won't spoil who DMs but its worth the watch https://www.twitch.tv/pax/v/62618865

Its the intelligent part I would be most concerned with. Be prepared in case the weapon betrays the bearer during an important encounter with the BBEG. That happened to me during a campaign and my character was totally unprepared - it basically removed me from most of the fight which was the...