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Yes, Cleric, Rogue, and non-Valor Bards are the best bets for a True Strike build. Others are possible, but the spell doesn't synch with Extra Attack. All of those need to get the spell through Magic Initiate (Wizard), though. No armor proficiencies in the origin feats or in the 2024 species...

I think the origin feat is quite difficult to get, if you play the backgrounds as written. Unless you are human, the only way to get True Strike from an origin feat is if you choose the Sage background (or, as you say forego the ASI options at level 4). Taking that background means that you...

Can you elaborate on this a bit? I see the value of Hill Giant and Cloud Giant options, but I've not seen any 2024 Goliaths in play. I don't see anything that's build-defining, though.

I expect nothing less. :D I'm prepared to downgrade it a half point. Let me think. So this is a distinction I didn't make. Maybe I should separate the weapons that are hands from those that aren't. Thanks. I'm happy to hear you say this, because I have a soft spot for Lizardfolk. In the 2014...

Thanks for taking the time for this feedback. I'm prepared to downgrade it to a 4 (like the other comparable abilities). Thanks. Yeah -- I rated Radiant as worth 2, because PCs get it a lt. We don't know yet what Monsters will have. I'm prepared to downgrade it if we find that it is rare in...

<snip> So "nonmagical" seems to mean less in 2024, so they are more effective. I agree that they don't get used much. I started with them at 1 point, which put the Minotaur even lower. They are effective for the Minotaur and Centaur, less so for the Tabaxi. On the other hand, given that there...

I considered this, but didn't think it was right to presume that there was an entertainer (or a Human who took the musician feat) in every party. If you aren't playing with strict backgrounds (what we have in the PHB so far), then I might agree. I take your point, here, but I don't think I...

Thanks for this. Yes. If I'm not mistaken, he assumes all races are of equal value; I don't think that's true, and so his a priori seems to me fundamentally incompatible with my approach. I appreciate the shout-out, though.

Suggest changes -- convince me!: I've laid out my reasoning. I am interested in where you thin I am mis-judging things. (But yes, this is something I did for myself, in the first instance to assess "backwards compatibility" of MotM. It won't be of use to everyone. I know I rate things very...

How do these results map onto the PC species in Monsters of the Multiverse? (Are these species balanced in light of the new rules?). For each of these, I am ignoring the ASI and Languages rules, and scoring the rest, as detailed above. The range is wider than the new PHB races (7-14), with a...

How did I arrive at these scores? There are many recurrent features or classes of features, and by definition they should have comparable point values. At the same time, and totally subjectively, there has to be some variation for synergies, and this means a familiar feature has to fall within...

Not all species are created equal, and scoring where the imbalances exist offers one way to assess and quantify these differences. In my judgement, the ten PHB 2024 species score between 7 and 12 points. That’s a fair range, and suggests that the designers value some of these features...

When Tommi catches up and sees Lionel climbing the rope, he springs to action. He slides Gutter into its scabbard, the blade shaking no to itself all the way in. Tommi grabs the bottom of the rope and immediately starts climbing himself, and over hand. The immediate effect, of course, is to...

I don't see a thread on this yet, so I bring weird news! PETA (yes, PETA) has released three subclasses that are animal-themed, available for download here. Circle of Empathy (Druids) Oath of Animal Liberation (Paladin) Warden of the Wild (Ranger). They are keyed to the 2014 rules, not the...

I am still thinking of Fast Hands as a subclass feature as well. Until there is a clear consensus on how that works, talking about multiclassing is (to me) beside the point. (And, frankly, I think you are making the best case possible for the view I am now disagreeing with.) Possibly, the whole...

Related, if tangential, is the fact that the Arcane Trickster's Mage Hand is meaningfully better than any one else's. There are reasons to give the Rogue a perk not generally available to dedicated spellcasters.

This (esp. the bolded bit) seems mostly to correspond to chapter 9 in the 2014 DMG (which is where many optional rules are). I have not seen clear indications that there's something corresponding to ch 4 (making NPCs), which I would expect. It's a short chapter in 2014, but an important one.

Returning a few arrows to her quiver, Miss Imogen looks around, furious at what this has cost them. Her hair is caked in sweat, from the heat and the exercise of battle, and the shame she feels at having failed in so many ways. Her anger is for herself more than anyone else and she bites her...

Tommi finds himself in the necromancer's lair, and there is no sign of his friend. Perhaps he is squirreled away behind one of the many nooks here; perhaps he is still in the sewer; he might even have gone upstairs. Tommi and Lionel had played hide-and-seek enogh times as boys that he knew the...

I'm happy to proceed this way, but seeing the turns planned (out of the basement/out of the lodge/out of the forest), I don't think Tommi is going to try to rush ahead, even for Lionel. Knowing that's the three turns in this challenge, I think Tommi (who does not run ahead and abandon the group...