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  1. SmokingSkull

    D&D 5E (2014) Is disarming broken in D&D 5e?

    For some reason the system double posted me even though I did not, deleted for system silliness and unnecessary repeating.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Is disarming broken in D&D 5e?

    Honestly Disarm only works against beings that can hold weapons, a.k.a. anything humanoid with enough intelligence and capacity to use a weapon in the first place. Most monsters don't really have weapons besides natural ones, and short of cutting said appendages off you cannot disarm these. Plus...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Is a fighter with 2h weapons worth it?

    As a guy who enjoys slamming his enemies with big weapons when it comes to D&D I'd say yes, especially if you're allowed to take feats which imo gets even better!
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    D&D 5E (2014) GWM/SS alternative mechanics to the -5/+10 bonus?

    I don't really see why taking a minus 5 penalty to add 10 to damage is such a big deal? I mean really what do two handed weapons do besides damage? Honestly only things I can think of is either they hit other enemies nearby or the attacks made by them have more force to them. While I'm...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why does no one play Goliath?

    Goliaths are barbarians who live on the fringes, living in a merit based society as they hunt and wander. Competition is important to them because being able to prove you can survive and overcome challenge means the clan will live to see another day. However the dark side of this is for some...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why does no one play Goliath?

    I don't know about the rest of you but I love playing them! Ever since I discovered them in 3.5 in Races of Stone they've been in my mind. It wasn't until 4th however that I got to play as one, been hooked since. I'm currently playing one and he's a lot of fun, the drawbacks aren't too bad cause...
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    D&D 5E (2014) How "optional" are rules like feats and multiclassing?

    I won't lie when I play I usually don't care for MC, however very recently I decided to try it. My Champion Fighter just took his seventh level as Barbarian (Going Totem Warrior), I can't wait to play it! I did it for RP reasons mostly but I won't lie there is some synergy between the two...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Deal Breakers - Or woah, that is just too much

    For me no feats are huge deal breaker, just ASI is too boring and not interesting enough. Secondly I'm not a big fan of adversarial DM's, seriously I don't play too counter my DM I play to be challenged, there's a difference. Another dealbreaker for me is lack of player agency, it just makes me...
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    D&D 5E (2014) How has your gaming style evolved over the years?

    For me I started back in 3E though I didn't play that much until many years later when 3.5 became a thing. Back then I was a concept driven power gamer, still am now though I've relaxed a good bit on that. I didn't used to enjoy the RP aspect of it and was more into killing stuff and taking...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the Champion

    It does depend on actual play, because honestly your campaign experiences will vary. Playing today on my Champion I kicked a lot of ghost butt (I annihilated one with my pike) additionally I took a chunk out of the really big earth elemental that popped out of the ground and decided to almost...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Class Advice

    Personally I love the Fighter, for the simple fact that you can build them however you want. With abundant ASI and/or Feats if your DM allows them makes them highly customizable. Additionally they're not all that complicated to play so you can focus on other things going on in the game. Just my...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What music do you listen to to get into your current character?

    To help me get into the mindset of characters I play I listen to music that fits their personality and/or past to better RP it. The current character I'm playing is a Goliath Fighter/Champion whose background is Soldier. He's 45 years old, a veteran of two wars, an artisan in two trades and has...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the Champion

    Well today was a fun session for me, my Champion Fighter got to do some stuff other than combat and it was fun! Matter of fact our group was dealing with a peace negotiation that went south and was about to get bad. However we all worked together and managed to cool the situation so that not...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the Champion

    I don't get this whole thing, so I'll just simply say I disagree with the whole Champion is lacking argument. I'm currently playing one in my weekly campaign and I'm having a blast! I play on Roll20, and according to the logs at least I crit often, damn well near twice a fight if not more...
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    D&D 5E (2014) How Does A Fighter Deal With Falling In Battle?

    I've only fallen in battle once in my current campaign, and that was about 3-4 levels ago (Currently level 6). I deal with it by not getting into a position where that happens but if it does I just remember that it can and will happen, it's not the end of the world. As a Fighter you should play...
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    D&D 5E (2014) [POLL] What drives your inspiration behind char gen?

    I chose other just because I don't rely on just one thing to make characters. For me I start with a concept based on what type of campaign I'm getting into. Once the concept is in my mind then I look through whatever the options/allowances the DM sets down for the game. If my concept can be...
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