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See, to me if a spells' effect doesn't match its theme, that's a problem. Fireball makes a ball of fire. Conjure elemental summons an elemental. Charm person charms a person. Sunbeam creates a bright ray of light and counts as sunlight. Moonbeam... creates a beam of something that doesn't really...

It kind of seems to be you who is talking about one specific sport and dismissing everything else: Long jump is 24ft (for a level 20 barbarian with top stats) in D&D vs 29ft real world for someone who could not possibly fight an elephant-sized flying fire-breathing lizard and live to tell the...

Only if 'healing done' is the metric you use, and you care about half a hit point AND your spellcasting modifier is only +2. If you were paying attention to power level, you picked up the far, far superior healing word anyway. Something on-par with cure wounds is already sub-par. Cure wounds is...

Investiture is really good for: 1. Getting familiars (don't do a cleric with magic initiate, do a wizard with ritual(cleric)) 2. Activating and concentrating on spells (bless is probably the best one - now the paladin can hand it off to someone else before wading in) 3. Investiture comprehend...

Except you kind of don't need to. The only countermeasure he really has against it is charming you... and he should be charming you anyway. Yup, by treating daylight and running water as an exclusive list of what can stop him shapechanging when he hits 0. I 'd be tempted to just change moonbeam...

Both of which are pretty much at the DM's whim OR require serious planning to bring into effect. You can bet that vampires don't spend their days fishing by the side of the river in the cooling shade of a tree unless they have a deathwish. "I cast my most effective damage spell because it also...

Regardless of the system you use, it's easy to end up with characters that have a low int, simply because when putting together a character, you're going to prioritize the things you see a character as being able to do. Right, so they're pretty quick - dex. He's likeable - charisma. They're -...

You could read the vampire entry as overriding the moonbeam spell (ie - "vampires transform regardless of other effects unless they are in sunlight or running water") or the moonbeam as overriding the vampire (ie - sunlight and running water is not an exclusive list of things that stop a vampire...

Sure, but presenting the setting is NOT writing the rules for making PCs. You can have legolas elves and gimli dwarves in your setting even when those tropes are mechanically poor for them. Right now, elves and dwarves are getting weapon proficiencies and armor proficiencies that make them...

What if it just happens to roll low a couple of times in a row? The effect of hex is pretty much indistinguishable from that. Mind you, if your NPCs regularly go around blaming bad luck on evil witches hexing them, that's pretty true to life...

Why would it be dex? Hunters mark only has a V component, and it's a pretty good argument for "v components are not shouted". Hex is vsm, so is more likely to be detected... but if you can surprise someone by shooting a bow or throwing a dagger, I would expect you can cast hex undetected if you...

Which it can do just fine if you give it to someone who can make dc 10 concentration checks with regularity. I think even if you could do that as the caster, you'd pick a better concentration spell. Actually never mind... The real reason it sucks is that it only blocks basic melee damage, which...

Transferring concentration on stoneskin to the person you put it on seems like a great idea. Also bear in mind that a sorceror could potentially quicken this so he's not losing his entire round. All in all, the spell doesn't seem like it has many abuses... but only because it doesn't have many...

Drunken master just kind of seems to do something you could already describe your open hand monk as doing. I mean sure it has new mechanics to do it... but it's not filling a need. The way of redemption is interesting, but ultimately it doesn't seem to mesh with an adventuring paladin well, and...

Except: 1) 2 classes and 1 subclass get expertise. It's hardly a niche. 2) The rogue gets 4 categories of expertise, vs everyone else's 1 (assuming you use my suggestion, and excluding bards and clerics). 3) The rogue also gets more skills than most classes. 4) The rogue also gets reliable...

Stab them to death, then cast mending on the body.

I always like the series of Angel where the gang were given control of the LA Wolfram and Hart offices. To that end, have the room contain a representative of the dark powers, willing to make a deal: they can end the torment of every mortal in Barovia except Strahd if they take up managerial...

I'm of the opinion that everyone should have access to expertise. It seems weird that if you want to find obscure arcane lore, the guy you'll go to is a cleric, rogue or bard, but not a wizard (for instance), simply because they can't get expertise (arcana). Similarly you don't go to a a druid...

We are playing a game where armor doesn't penalize your ability to jump, swim or pick pockets. Why worry about helmets? Personally if I had something like a trap that specifically hit a character in the head, and they pointed out that they were wearing a helmet, I might give them advantage on...

Problem: it's explicitly stated by Mal in a motivational speech. This doesn't actually inform us as to his motivations: it informs us as to his ability to keep his crew motivated. An evil character looking to destroy the alliance no matter what it took would say the exact same thing in this...