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No. The point was that when they decided what ability scores were used with a race they mostly disregard classes and other PC options and just went with what matched the lore/feel they wanted. That's why you have the odd double mental score boosts here and there and how often con is used. Half...

My personal situation is to tie in feats that come online when your achieve a certain ability score.

Oh I misunderstood I thought you were saying it was that low with a 20 in the governing stat. Yes the sample size of a give game can shift ACs a lot. Playing a game with lots of humanoids tend to increase AC by a lot compared to other types. I did a comparison per tier for published modules a...

I think your math is a little off. AC rarely scale past 19 and if you remove the occasional high CR(20+) form the data pool the average is closer to 16. Sure you have occasional outliers but So if you have maxed your ability modifier you will usually stay in the mid to high 60% hit chance range...

It's fairly difficult to do that as a cleric. You have a stack of information gathering rituals that you can cast when needed. You have access to practically all of the healing and recovery spells. Spirit guardian is brought up a lot but it is that good even if your DC isn't that all thst good...

Unless you are playing a full combat as war style game just take the feat you want. Regardless of how mathematically stronger fey touched is you will always have better play value getting the feat you want.

Clerics are user friendly like that. While there are some opportunity costs for not boosting Wis you could start with a 14/16 in it and never raise it and still be effective. You lose out on some spells prepared, a little bit of healings, and will probably avoid save or suck/die spells but you...

That's about what you end up with if you use the DMG monster design table and just assume that everything has a zero modifier but proficiency in a certain save. Working with stats of 14-18 as your range for tier one it comes out to 45/50/55%. If all they do is pump their casting stat this holds...

As a DM I never really gave it much thought past the fun of trying to fine tune the system. My go to rule is I just let players pick their scores without limitations. I've found even the most optimization minded players tend to enjoy at least one lowish score. So far only one went for max...

Three floating +1s or two +1s for CL is a quick fix for that.

Averages are going to mostly useless here because the data points aren't distributed on any kind of curve and there isn't a set difficulty level of play to form a baseline. Saying that most published modules assume pretty low modifiers.

As far as subclasses go the cleric ones get a lot of press but I don't think they are so much better they devalue the previous ones unless they where already on the bottom of the pile. Peace is probably the worse offender due how it's abusive as a dip. Well the heavy armor is kinda a head...

Your logic on why shield work is exactly why AOs can trigger even if the "out of range" criteria isn't met retroactively.

That's not how specific rules work. Specific rules can contradict general rules but those special rules still have to work with at least themselves. Shield says you must be hit to trigger the reaction bit the reaction can prevent the trigger. It doesn't include a clause to exempt that attack...

See the shield spell. An attack hitting is the trigger and the reaction states it applies to the triggering attack. If it turns a hit into a miss the trigger didn't happen. Sometimes the RaWs are stupid and form logic circles DMs have to deal with.

Once I get home I'll pull out the list of changes I made and start a new thread.

I use something similar and I would say 100% it's better. It makes charging at each other risky. *Basically of you want to enter the reach of someone with a melee weapon you either eat an AO or cut speed in half to cover your approach. Moving within reach will also trigger AOs for certain...

Well unless you have forced movement on that AO then they can stop or move right back where they started utilizing the same movement. The rules for AOs are about the attempt not resolution of movement. Its worded like crap yes but editing is a nightmare throughout 5e. It's the shield spell...

And the rules say that where exactly?

Pettt Pretty much yea. Moving 5ft and moving grid squares can happen together rather than they both must occur in tandem. Going prone or standing up is just a headache though when you are trying to maintain logic and balance with BB. I just rewrote it so the rider happens like static...