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When you get to 5th level, Death Blow has me baffled. Costs 3 exertion and 2 extra attacks sacrificed, and I'm not even certain its effects break even. There are some others where you sacrifice an attack that have a similar problem.

The O5e ninja is so good that few people can find it, even though it is in the PHB.

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Yep. Hopefully people don't get to that level only to find out their Polearm Savant feat is now obsolete, and they need to ask their DM if they can retrain both the Thirsting Blade and Lifedrinker invocations on the same level up. I think it was too powerful before, but I'm not really happy...

They don‘t synergize with the updated pdfs.

I thought 1b was how O5e worked, but then I looked it up and realized it is actually 1a. My first reaction is that the best way to do it is 1b+2b if you want to encourage martial multiclassing, and 1a+2a is the best way to do it if you want to discourage martial multiclassing. While I actually...

Yeah, that was the interpretation that immediately stood out to me too, though I don’t like it and will not use it even if it is correct. The spell slot has to come from somewhere—either the scroll or the caster. If neither has slots of a level, the spell can‘t happen, that‘s pretty much the way...

I will even allow it in the opposite direction: O5e base class with A5e subclass. The only issue that immediately arises that way is that some A5e subclasses need exertion pools and maneuvers to work. I figure the ones that give you access to a combat tradition and let you swap out a maneuver...

Here's some historical leather armor. It's even more like what most players want their leather armor to be like (a leather jacket) than what the D&D rulebooks describe (dungeon punk modified cuir boulli). It's my justification for treating thick leather jackets as leather armor.

There's a simple mechanic from Level Up that I think could totally fix Remarkable Athlete. Instead of that half proficiency bonus thing, just say that you get an expertise die on all Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution checks, regardless of whether or not you're proficient. That way the...

I'm thinking it might work for me to assume staff aren't necessarily on-site positions. So some of the staff for your luxurious estate are your private wine purchasers that travel around and send the best stuff back in your private caravans, etc.

I not sure about that many tables in a luxurious 800 foot dining area (that‘s taking out a little space for restrooms and an entrance area). Could you provide a floor plan? I’m the kind of person who gets out a tape measure to help me visualize a folding boat, and 40’ x 40’ definitely doesn‘t...

There are a few different ways that the arrangements can be visualized, but I think the issue is that as written when you upgrade to luxurious you get a lot more people, and often that isn‘t going to feel very luxurious. I mean if you want rows of servants fanning you and carrying you around on...

Yeah, 20 people for a 45 x 45 room seems pretty crazy packed.

It’s good to keep in mind, but it’s also worth noting that O5e now includes a subclass or two with extra reactions and a class with extra attunement. I don’t think they‘ve given out extra bonus actions or concentration yet.

I think someone mentioned it earlier, but any 1st level character with a flying familiar creates half of these issues, and there have been flying familiars since day 1 of O5e. Given that, it does not seem that aerial reconnaissance is intended to be a challenge in 5e in general. So this...

A funny thing about O5e is that the DMG actually adds some of that functionality back into astral projection, expanding on (one might say contradicting) the material in the PHB. I‘m glad they did that, but you do have to find it in the DMG, they never changed the PHB to include those additional...

I noticed a few things about the monster building guidelines. 1) I ran a couple O5e monsters (giants) through it and their CR's each came out a level higher in Level Up. I'm wondering if there are any general trends in how it converts differently, or if it's just a matter of each monster being...

My assumption is that it's there for players who want to play a signing character (especially if the player is also reliant on a sign language), and want their character to be able to communicate with the party. Sometimes there's going to be that one other player in the group who thinks it is...

I'd rule it that if the defender can't Fall Back, you can't press the attack in the first place. And in other situations where the conditions allow the maneuvers, that are initiated, and then the Attack, movement, or anything else becomes impossible, you just lose the action (or whatever). You...