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It depends entirely on the type of game you're involved in. If the campaign consists of little more than a series of successive combat encounters with a bit of exposition thrown in, then the best invocations are things like Agonizing Blast, Devil's Sight, and Improved Pact Weapon. If the...

Thanks so much for the detailed break down. I really look forward to seeing how the group fares. One other thing I was wondering about is the extent to which your group is getting stumped by the various riddles and puzzles in ToA. Have you had to help them a lot, or have they been able to...

I've noticed that you're running a very deadly game, which seems appropriate to the theme. I find it fascinating that Elvraema and Carn have somehow managed to stay alive from the beginning of the campaign, while at least one poor player seems to have lost a minimum of four characters with...

I have been reading through your recaps and thoroughly enjoying them. Thank you!

Take a second look at the Skulker feat as well. I've always been puzzled as to why this feat seems to get so little love in the community. After reading this thread, I now realize its because people are ignoring the darkness = dim light aspect of the darkvision rules. Skulker becomes a lot...

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Redacted because I completely missed that you were asking about 4e feats.

You're clearly the designated red shirt for your party. From a roleplaying perspective, you need to embrace that. Each of your characters should wear a red tabard and choose a suitable epithet, like "Steve the Twice-Martyred" or "Phil the Temporary". Your shield should be emblazoned with a...

The biggest issue I have with Zephyr Strike is that it competes w/ Hunter's Mark for your Concentration. The degree of friendliness with Hunter's Mark is a strong factor in how I personally rate Ranger spells.

I'm a G2 who plays with a bunch of mooks that don't care about story or mechanics, but who just want to kill sh-t. I often feel like Jane Goodall if she were trying to run a D&D game with a group of her Bonobo buddies. I've recently had to take a hardline stance against throwing feces...

That brought a tear to my eye. :.-(

"RPG forum debates are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so low." --Henry Kissinger

I fall squarely in the camp of people who claim that, if you are invisible and don't want your location to be automatically detected, you need to use the Hide action and succeed on a Stealth check. In addition to the reasons cited by Hussar, I'm A Banana, and others, this version of the rule...

One of the small peeves I have with the Rogue class is that every rogue has to know Thieves' Cant. This doesn't really fit in with my concept of a wilderness scout, a swashbuckler, a duelist, or any of a dozen other archetypes that I would otherwise like to express using the Rogue class. It...

I'll take a look. Thanks!

Nice! I've written similar programs myself. I notice yours is hosted on GitHub. Is the source code available in a public GitHub repo?

This is precisely the way to look at it. If you focus only on the difference as it applies to a single roll, a 0.25% chance of failure doesn't look much different from a 5% chance failure. If you focus on all of the rolls you will make for an entire year, however, it is the difference between...

Here is a mathematically precise and succinct way to compute your chance to hit with advantage and disadvantage. You can turn this into a set of simple functions in a programming language or Excel without the need to perform simulations or permutations of any sort. // First, compute the basic...

I come to these boards seeking inspiration for interesting characters and stories. Campaign journals like this provide inspiration in spades. Keep 'em coming!

I really enjoyed reading this, Rhenny! Thanks for sharing.