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I wonder, and I realize it's probably way too late to change this now, if they are meant to be cosmic alignments if it wouldn't be better to call them things like holy instead of good, unholy instead of evil, and order instead of lawful. Chaos seems to work regardless. I just think that would...

Yes, particularly regarding unaligned. Since that is specifically called out, it would be good to know that "no inherent alignment" is the same as "unaligned." And also like... not have PC-relevant things buried in the MM...

So is neutral gone? Is it replaced by "unaligned?" That is, can you be "unaligned good" or "chaotic unaligned?" These are the sorts of things that could really stand to be explicitly stated. And there really should be something in the AG about it that isn't just a sidebar for destinies.

I understand, from this thread, that alignment is deemed to be less important for PCs than destiny, but many destinies (or other features) still give an alignment and nowhere in any of the books, as far as I can tell, does it describe what the options are for alignment or what happens if you are...

You'd also lose your attack of opportunity since you have to use your reaction to make the attack granted by Commanding Presence. But still, the general point stands.

There's also something to be said for the fact that not everything in the game is about DPS. An awful lot of the game doesn't happen in combat. The Marshal is a character who is a martial, a support class, and has charisma. You lose raw effectiveness on some things to gain utility elsewhere. As...

I don't have anything to add other than to say that I was putting together a Ranger for an upcoming game and trying to make them be as close to purely ranged as possible and... yeah. The maneuvers get real underwhelming if you try to do that. So I gave up and allowed them to do some melee...

I think there are a few D&D-based video games that attempted to have combo casting be a thing, but it doesn't seem to have properly made it's way back into the TTRPG. The only example that comes to mind at the moment is some sort of spell that puts oil on the ground that you can then ignite with...

I think I was not very clear with the specifics of my question, in hindsight, so I can see how Morrus was confused. What I was actually after was less about abilities applying to passive checks, though based on the RAW it wasn't necessarily clear that they should, but rather that I was building...

Understood. I meant no offense, sorry if any was done. Just trying to provide honest feedback.

Yes, this is my point. Technically it does list, under each skill's description, the "most common" one, but nowhere is it indicated that this is part of the calculation. In fact, technically it doesn't even say abilities should be used at all when calculating passive scores, it simply implies it...

I asked what the intent is. Should the passive skills have any abilities included in the total? That is, is my passive perception just 10 + proficiency + other bonuses from expertise and the like OR is it 10 + WIS + proficiency + etc? As I indicated, as written, it seems to me that it should be...

But... which is it... I don't have it at all, that's why I was asking.

I would actually argue that in A5e, it's quite the opposite. Skill checks exist completely independently of ability checks because any ability can be used with any skill. Ergo, ability bonuses modify skill checks, not the other way around. Having said that, still doesn't answer my question.

Finally getting around to properly creating a character in preparation for my first A5e game, but I am finding some things are... less than clear. At the moment, I am trying to figure out what I am intended to do with passive checks. In the AG, it says: "To determine a character’s total for a...

So uh, I know this is an old thread, but was there every any consensus on this? It doesn't appear to have ever been changed and I'm now working on a high-INT character who only has, from the lore skills, nature proficiency. And as a result, they are going to have to take FOUR specializations in...

Again, usually it's on top of proficiency, not instead of it. Not always, but frequently if not most of the time. At early levels in particular, even with only 1d4 for expertise, you're still basically doubling your proficiency bonus.

Expertise is really less about being better at a skill and more about specializing in a particular aspect of a skill. Sure, sometimes you'll get expertise in an entire skill (and keep in mind that's usually on top of proficiency), but usually it's more about customizing your character to the...

Are two untyped damaged considered to be the same type? That seems debatable to me.

Why would all instances be negated by a single save? You roll saves separately for each instance, AFAIK.