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I like @Undrave 's solution pretty well, but from a fiction perspective it's hard for me to imagine how the fighter is protecting more than one person at the same time, all without even using a reaction. I think I would leave it mostly alone but have it scale better: Something like, "When you...

Unless they're druids, or necromancers, or summoners, or have a familiar.

Or they could just word it like they do for the vampire and say that the target has to be grappled, incapacitated, or restrained for the bite to be usable.

Yeah, I guess this is part of the loose concept of what a "sneak attack" is. They made it very easy to trigger so that it could be generally assumed that the rogue would be using it every round, but as a result it winds up not feeling very sneaky. This throws off some DMs who are new to 5e...

If they're already paralyzed then clawing them again doesn't do anything, except I guess extend the maximum duration. But it's not like they're going to fail their save for the full minute anyway.

Maybe the Ghast's massive tongue provides half-cover from its bite

If the target is already paralyzed, so that hits are automatically crits, then the bite does slightly more damage on average against AC 17 or below. But yeah, it's not much more than a one point difference.

Would you want to see that for all rogues, or should there be a new subclass?

For example, you could trade in heavy armor proficiency for heavy armoire proficiency (which is a non-portable disguise kit).

Every cleric with potent cantrip or divine strike as you choose. Or just go with all the flexibility and do what WotC did in the UA. I'm pretty happy with that, to be honest.

Yes, it's true, if you want to figure out whether Faerie Fire is a better use of your concentration than something else, you should take into account everyone's gains, not just the Sharpshooter archer. Guiding bolt and inflict wounds might not be the best examples, since those are also 1st level...

I think it's possible that those casters will sometimes be better off doing those things as a result of you having Sharpshooter than they are doing whatever else they would have done. But if they wouldn't already have been casting Faerie Fire or whatever, then you need to use whatever else they...

It's not even about getting the group to play along. Even if everyone is completely egoless and willing to devote their resources to buffing you if it's the way that they can contribute the most to the party as a whole, I'm not sure that's going to be true that often.

Monks too (if we're talking before subclasses). But I guess at least they're DEX-based so can use a shortbow or light crossbow better than a typical paladin or barbarian.

The odd thing about the Mastermind is that they get the most mileage out of their main ability when there's another rogue in the party... Not all that Mastermind-y, if you ask me.

Yes, instead of making their own off-hand attack, or hiding, or disengaging, or whatever, they can grant you advantage on one attack, which adds maybe 4 damage to the round, if you're facing the ideal AC. And maybe that's the best use of their bonus action! It's certainly more than they'd be...

My quick two cents: Don't play Valor if your goal is to be a gish. Valor works best as a high AC aupport caster --- similar to a cleric but less damage focused and more debuff focused. You can afford to get closer if you need to, but your main contribution will still be support magic (and...

Agreed. Sure, so you're gaining about +11.5 DPR from the -5/+10 feature. Great! But notice that you are making a level 11 comparison. I said when I started that at higher levels these feats are a better deal because you will have already maxed out your attack stat. I'm not trying to convince...

Crossbow expert doesn't change the AC breakpoint for when it's worth using, it just magnifies the effect when it's positive by adding it to more attacks. We can just look at the damage per attack, since they're all the same. If your base chance to hit is 50% now, then that becomes 55% if you...

You can't just call it -1/+10 though. It's still -5/+10, just starting from a higher base chance to hit. So have I -- it has quite the reputation as being powerful -- but that doesn't necessarily mean that those who took it that early were making a good decision. Yeah, but if you're rolling...