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It would depend greatly on the context. If I am in the middle of a town and I know I have allies or whatever nearby? Maybe. Can I get to them in time and return to be of help to my friend, or would I be more help if I stayed? Might be unreasonable. Am I in the middle of dungeon? Probably not...

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That would be an abuse of the DM's power in 2014 in my opinion. If a group of PCs are invading a lair, and the DM uses a suggestion against a single PC, the player can say "No, abandoning my friends in a dangerous situation is not reasonable for me to leave them to die". If the spell could be...

First, huge Pinky and the Brain fan here, so kudos for that! (y) Second, I prefer rolling myself. Point-buy and standard array do make PCs feel like cardboard cut-outs in my opinion. Third, while I won't wish for a low roll, if I get one I run with it and enjoy the role-playing experiences. I...

Right, but again that is the wording in 2024. The 2014 version is much more reasonable and the DM can veto such a use (sorry, his loyalty to his master is too strong for such a feeble spell...). No issue, just curious. I know most times you might get two or even three PCs with it. My DM does...

While I don't play 2024 rules, I'll briefly chime in on save or suck spells in general: I love them! BUT... (huge BUT! ;) ) The effects need to be tempered with the spell level (or tier really) and DM adjucation. 2nd-level suggestion just making the ally walk away? No. It is too powerful for...

Sure, it happens, I guess, maybe... for similar PCs but one capped at 20, the other at 14, but like you said it is insanely rare. If it ever did happen, it would probably be hard on the player with the 14 score, sure. It shouldn't impact the DM one iota. Anyway, for one thing, it means not only...

I've seen a few times at best, if that. CON 20 isn't common at 1st level! The barbarian above started with CON 20 and STR 20 because they player rolled two 18's and took mountain dwarf, using the PHB original +2 STR and CON... Crazy build. Even with point-buy CON is nearly always the 12 or 13...

Really? Like this: Feinting Attack. You can expend one superiority die and use a bonus action on your turn to feint, choosing one creature within 5 feet of you as your target. You have advantage on your next attack roll against that creature this turn. If that attack hits, add the superiority...

I'll chime in on the discussion of super-high ability scores and a PC stealing most of the spotlight: It doesn't happen much in my experience. Having one or even two 20s will give a PC an edge, no doubt, but the game is too complex and too swingy with the d20 for that to account for any sort of...

What did they do in Tasha's?

Frankly, prepared spells rarely get changed often in my experience. Maybe one or two, often NONE, per long rest. I've never met a player who routinely swapped out a majority of prepared spells regularly--could be out there--but I've never met one. It's off topic for the thread, but honestly how...

If you say so. Except you could always change 1 spell on a long rest for any prepared spell caster. Sure, you weren't limited to just 1, but still. Frankly, I wished they had gone more the other direction. Everyone is Known Spells. Wizards being the odd-ball out due to the spell book---without...

Which results in "to hit numbers" from 8 to 17 giving variable attacks from +4 to +7. I expanded it to include AC 10 to 21, since AC 10-15 are extremely common, especially in low-level play and even later on. This increases the average damage increase to about 0.9 points over all damage types...

So, instead of having known spells which change at level and prepared which change after a long rest, they made all "prepared" and just complicated it by having variable time-frames--all of which accomplishes nothing really but a needless change?? Way to go, WotC... shrug

Yes, I determine the average damage for each number needed to hit from 1 to 20, so I know all possible ACs are covered as well. I do not weigh the average for the frequency of each AC occuring since I have no way to definitively do this, it would be an estimation at best. But by doing all ACs...

But doesn't garner as much information. Yes, it would lessen the percentage increase, but the 0.5225 average damage remains constant for each difference in +1 ability increase.

1st level, so +2 proficiency. Abilities 14, 16, 18, and 20. Across all possible ACs and d20 rolls. I don't use a single AC or attack bonus. And I don't assuming dueling style as it is immaterial and not universal.

Actually, that was for 17 to 20 (a +2 difference), not 18 to 20 (half the difference) . Going from +4 to +5 is actually just 10.7% average over all weapons and d20 rolls. Right. And people think from event to event, not over the long run generally. Duing a session you might have 10 rounds of...

Right, but that's expected, isn't it? The question is why would one PC have a 20 and another a 14 and anyone expect them to play the same in their effectiveness? I don't think anyone would nor to I recall anyone claiming they believed so, but maybe I missed it? Originally, my point was about a...