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    D&D 5E (2024) Best cleric for a skirmishing party?

    *Stealth is useful, but doesn't directly help with the keep away. * advantage in melee isn't. The goal is to say away. *without masteries I don't see much benefit with weapons over sacred flame. *or crossbows. But the teleport away and extra spell range is useful. What about war? If they get...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Best cleric for a skirmishing party?

    What cleric goes best with a skirmisher/ movement control party? I.e. long bow, crossbow, Ray of frost, bonus action disengage, pike + polearm master (Reaction push), web, etc...
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    D&D 5E (2024) "Sword" and Board Build?

    Works the same. Possibly a little better since Spear has Sap, which boost your defense.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Tier List. Barbarian Review and Ratings.

    Elemental monk in particular. Reach, push, and later fly. And your trapped in a small room, go Wolf and give the monk advantage on every attack.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Tier List. Barbarian Review and Ratings.

    Wild Heart is very good at kiting. Grab a pike and polearm master, and can shove the enemy away, dash back, reaction attack again if they get close, maybe even climb a wall and throw javelin/Tridents (+ Nick throw a dagger). Add in Forceful and Hamstring and you can play keep away very well...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is a heavy armored monk feasible?

    Seems redundant with Deflect Attack. Also, while heavy armor is mostly flavor, shields are a big buff. You're not really trading away damage to get +2AC. Still doing full damage. Works. Don't see the flavor or synergies here. None of the other features requires a weapon. Also, this is...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is Combat Tedious on Purpose?

    Then just say something like.. "After a quick skirmish, the goblins lie dead at your feet. You took 10 damage in the exchange and the wizard used one of his slots". Or use one of the more story oriented games. D&D is the biggest, but not the only one out there.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is Combat Tedious on Purpose?

    Compared to... Attack for damage Attack for damage Attack for damage Attack for damage ... Attack for damage, you killed it. Then yea. Throwing in a bonus action to knock prone now and then is good thing. But throw in too much and you it becomes convoluted.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Downtime activity: Weapon Mastery Crafting

    So there's always been ideas about making custom spells, but what what about custom martial maneuvers? Any suggestions on how to pull that off?
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is a heavy armored monk feasible?

    Well again, Avenger attacked with Wisdom, not Dex. Too late, you got me intrigued. Level 3: Holy Blade: You gain proficiency martial 2-handed melee weapon and can attack using your Dexterity modifier. The weapons damage is equal to your martial arts die and count as Monk Weapons Oath of...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is a heavy armored monk feasible?

    Should be ok as a subclass feature. I mean, Beserker adds 2d6 damage. Zealot adds 1d6+2. So going from 2d6+Dex with two short swords to 2d6+Dex+2 greatsword and +1 AC isn't a huge power bump. That said, Avenger is Dex and Wis with high mobility, and lowish HP. Seems more like a monk subclass...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is a heavy armored monk feasible?

    Dex barbarian works just fine. You just lose rage damage bonus and reckless attack. but get higher AC and initiative instead. Zealot doesn't care about using Str. For extra fun, take Slasher, a Whip, and use Hamstring at level 9. But yea. Monk needs a heavy armor subclass to work well at...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is a heavy armored monk feasible?

    Defense is nice, but you can't use a shield + grapple + deal any damage. Pick 2. And I don't see the point of Shield Master. You already have a bonus action to knock prone or push, and evasion. You're -1 from monk levels, and -3 from Dex. Meaning your +2 at the highest level, and -4 with...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is a heavy armored monk feasible?

    Not as tough as a straight monk with the same choices. Your AC falls behind, Deflect Attacks is behind, initiative is behind, dex saves fall behind, your movement is behind, and your damage is way behind. At lower levels you have maybe +1 AC and some extra HP from second wind. So yea, you're a...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is a heavy armored monk feasible?

    Thematically, sure. They aren't. You skipped a sentence for the first one. But in conclusion, Heavy Armored Monk is feasible at lower levels, but gets kind of weak as you go up. So... it needs a subclass.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is a heavy armored monk feasible?

    It doesn't say instead. "Flurry of Blows. You can expend 1 Focus Point to make two Unarmed Strikes as a Bonus Action." Useless for damage, but you can still use them to grapple and prone, or stunning strike.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is a heavy armored monk feasible?

    A spell-less wizard is not feasible. But maybe I we can discuss a Str one in another thread.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is a heavy armored monk feasible?

    I miss read your post. You are correct.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is a heavy armored monk feasible?

    Which is 18 AC. also, Fighters don't start with a shield. Paladins do. Of course you can just buy it. And how do you pull that off? Paladin using Shield of Faith? Kind of limited but sure. Sheild spell? You lose half your damage that way, but sure. Well Cleric can run Spirit Guardians +...
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