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Correct, you have to declare the targets of a spell when you cast it. Even though it launches multiple beams at higher levels that require separate attack rolls, it's still just one "casting". It's different than a Fighter making three attacks during his "Attack" action. Those are treated more...

In the most simplistic terms possible, my thinking is this: If you want to be Thor, go for a Tempest Cleric. If you want to be Lord Raiden, go with a Storm Sorcerer. :)

Bards get a better version of Remarkable Athlete at 2nd level, Jack Of All Trades. It basically gives them half their proficiency bonus on all checks, not just Str/Dex/Con. That's why my example was Rogue11/Bard2. Reading through the PHB, I don't see anything in their class description along the...

Forcing Disadvantage on an enemy's next attack can be very helpful. Plus psychic damage isn't resisted very often. Some enemies will have strong Wisdom saves, but others definitely won't, so pick your targets accordingly. Plus, its components are purely verbal, so it can be cast even when your...

The various wordings do leave things a bit muddy, but I'd still rule the way I described earlier. The description of Reliable Talent says "you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection". To me that's clearly meant to mean that it applies to the skills you've chosen to be...

Plus, Crawford also confirmed that if you cast a multiple beam EB with Repelling Blast, the first beam hit can knock the target beyond the range of the other beams. That can ONLY happen if the beams are hitting sequentially, if they were hitting simultaneously the extra beams would arrive before...

"Instantaneous" simply means that the spell doesn't have a lasting effect. You cast it, it does its thing, and it's done. Magic Missile is the spell that "says otherwise", its wording specifically says "the darts all strike simultaneously". Eldritch Blast doesn't say "the beams all strike...

Is there an official ruling on this? Reliable Talent specifically says "whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus". Remarkable Athlete doesn't let you add your proficiency bonus, it lets you add HALF of it specifically on Str/Dex/Con checks that DON'T already...

And I'm sure a lot of people do this as well, because for most folks they aren't making decisions between attacks, unless they're doing a hit-move-hit-move sequence. But for someone with Rogue or Paladin abilities(smiting) who has to make choices after the attack roll but before the rest of the...

Though extra attacks means a greater chance of ensuring the Sneak Attack damage gets applied every turn. At high Rogue levels, scoring the Sneak Attack is going to yield more damage than a non-Sneak crit, so you want to maximize the chance of getting a Sneak Attack hit every chance you get. In...

If you're only looking at the Level 20 build, I'd say 16 levels of Fighter(Champion) and 4 levels of Rogue(Assassin). That gives you the 18-20 Crit range, half your Proficiency bonus(+3 at lvl20) added to Dex checks, meaning your Initiative rolls, 3 attacks per turn plus 1 Action Surge per short...

The wording is the "general case", to cover both the early and later Monk levels. The d4 obviously wouldn't be preferable to the normal d6 of the shortsword, but a d4 for an unarmed strike instead of the default 1 point of damage is definitely preferable. As you progress in your Monk level, your...

According to Jeremy Crawford, "Multiple attacks on the same turn aren't simultaneous, unless a feature or spell says otherwise", the bolts from a high-level Eldritch Blast hit in sequence. You're essentially "hitting" the target 2/3/4 times(assuming you send all three to the same target), hence...

A) Very cool demonstration of what a horde of low-CR creatures can do against players who would previously have demolished them. B) I really dig the way you created Kobold variants for your scenario. Considering their base CR, giving them the benefits of a single feat is a great way to add some...

I could see this as a possible compromise, give the player a choice between a Fighting Style and a cantrip or two, to let them be a more combat-oriented or mystical-oriented version of the class. But I'm still thinking that they're probably better off without them.

If you're simply looking for a character that isn't the one dealing actual damage in combat, as opposed to someone trying to avoid combat encounters completely, put me in the Lore Bard camp. Bards have access to some good control/healing/buff/debuff spells to play an excellent support role in...

The Ranger & Druid aren't "caster" classes, they're more about using spells to enhance their combat capabilities. That being said, the Cleric cantrip list is pretty small, the only "attack" option in it is Sacred Flame. It's a great cantrip, but it's also kind of redundant given the Paladin's...

No apologies needed, thanks for clearing it up :)

I've never heard of the Stone Foot subrace, I assume you mean Stout(or Strongheart in SCAG)? If you wanted to play up the Dwarven link, that'd be a viable way to justify it imho. Maybe have him come from a family or even village that celebrated that Dwarven connection more than most Halflings...

Well for starters, the battlerager path is officially limited to dwarves, so you'd have to get your DM to allow non-dwarves to take it. I'm not sure how well a Halfling would do with that type of Barbarian. The bonus attack from that spiked armor is keyed off your Strength modifier, and as a...