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The trigger for Shield is "when you are hit by an attack or targeted by the magic missile spell." Something you can't possibly know until the attacker has already announced the result of the roll with its modifiers added. You seem to be willfully ignoring or misstating the triggers for all of...

Episode 2 is also out now, looks like they'll be coming out on Fridays going forward.

No, and that's not at all similar to what we're talking about, either. Focus on the triggers for each of these two reactions as that is extremely important here. You can use one reaction a turn, and whether you use that reaction is determined whenever a trigger for a reaction you have...

You should probably read it a few more times. Both of these are definitely reactions where the decision to use them comes after the dice are rolled. Read the triggers again for the feat and spell. Those triggers make no sense if you have to choose them before the dice roll. They are reactions...

I'm very happy with the Ranger changes. I still want a spell-less ranger but especially around the replacements for the favored terrain/favored enemy features (whatever they're called), I'm very happy. Replacing primeval awareness is really good. This is the first time I've wanted to play a...

Are level 1 heroes complete noobs? I've never taken that way. They're more experienced than common folks. I think it should be Veteran/Hero/Paragon/Epic, if we're tacking on to the 4E names to name the 4th tier.

You're misunderstanding. They aren't saying to use two separate reactions, they are saying to decide between the two reactions which have different timing in their triggers, and that the decision to use Shield Master comes before the decision to use Absorb Elements.

It wasn't exactly blown off. Some kind of circuits fried for sure. I'm not convinced that IG-11 is completely out of the story yet.

If you'd be happy with someone who uses magic, also consider the Rune Knight from Unearthed Arcana. Additionally, while not magical, if you're interested in grapplers overall, the alternative class features UA has some great options for the fighter and grappling. If wanting to do a full caster...

I don't know if I'd call him a bad guy yet. I think that remains to be seen, really.

The show so far feels extremely Star Wars, and that's made me happy.

Indeed, it is IG-11. Filoni mentioned in an interview that they didn't want to step on the stories from Legends. That said, IG-88 has done a few things even in canon, including existing sometime after The Battle of Takodana in ABY 34. He exists at at about 9 ABY, which is when the show takes...

I don't think that works. You're just getting advantage twice but still have disadvantage from prone.

Is attacking with a grappled creature an improvised attack or an unarmed strike?

Honestly, I'm not sure how WOTC would template this. There's not a "critical threat range" defined in the game. That said, something like the Champion's Improved Critical would be good. I expanded it to 18 as its in a more limited scope (whether that actually makes sense, I'm uncertain). This...

The UA before that also has the Rune Knight fighter, which also does very well at grappling with the Unarmed Fighting Style.

They do already have Arcane Recovery, but I don't think this is an unreasonable rule to add if you're using the variants for other classes.

I don't understand the argument some have that a PHB2 or revised PHB type book would be too soon. 2E had its second version of the PHB 6 years after release. PHB 3rd had its revised PHB 3 years after release, then PHB2 3 years after that. 4th edition PHB2 came in the second year of the game...

I know the core of the classes should come before the multiclassing feats but I'm really interested to know how the Oracle will work with other focus casting. if I'm reading it correctly, if you choose to multiclass into another class and get a focus spell from it somehow, you still have to use...

I suggested in another thread that those classes get a bonus "versatile spell known" and that only this spell known can be swapped, which prevents the build from swapping EVERY spell out over a week or two. I don't hate your idea, but it basically boils down to a limited spell book, right? It...