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That's a bit rude, isn't it? We follow your argument, we just don't agree with it because we think the reality is more nuanced than You'd be right, except that we don't believe the implied premise is true, and the conclusion doesn't necessarily follow from the first two premises. The reason...

How optimized are we talking? Because from a DPR perspective, I think that ClockworkNinja's got the right idea. But if you don't want such a specialized build, I think that TWF is the way to go. Grab a level or three in Fighter or Ranger for the TWF fighting style, spend your ASI on the...

As a Shadow Monk you can cast Darkvision for 2 ki (which happens to be the amount of ki you lose by taking two levels in Warlock). The spell lasts 8 hours, so it basically lasts the whole day even though you get the resources back on a short rest.

Because, to me, having so few resources incentivizes the reliable answer. You can miss a riposte. You can't miss with any of the other maneuvers. And prone doesn't give disadvantage on ability checks like frightened does. If the guy really wants something to do with his reactions, it'd be...

Not so great when you only have one SD.

Menacing and Trip Attacks are also really good. Whichever you choose, though, remember that you can attach your maneuvers to your spike attack, as well (which can be pretty funny when you imagine it).

I edited my previous post to include this but I'll say it again anyway: Martial Adept might be a good idea. You only get one d6 superiority die per short rest, but in the right situation it could be devastating.

I would say, contrary to popular wisdom, you shouldn't take Tavern Brawler as a Battlerager. With any other grappler build, it's wonderful, but as a Battlerager, it's worth much less, especially the way you're playing it. This is completely because the level 3 Battlerager feature doesn't play...

The GFB description says that "the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and green fire leaps from the target to a different creature..." Sneak Attack would be considered one of "the attack's normal effects," so sneak attack would only increase the weapon damage, not the fire damage...

So with all this talk about multiclassing battle master, has anyone considered champion instead? I think improved critical, when combined with reckless attack, reckless abandon, and brutal critical, might warrant looking into. It's less on-demand damage and less utility, but I think a...

I think that if you chose Rogue first over Bard, you could skip the level in Ranger. Or keep the level in ranger, learn the Mind Vault discipline for Mystic, and use those two to learn the skills you would have learned with Barbarian. Of course, the real problem with this is that you need to...

Maybe that should be the balancing point; make it so that the lethal strike has to be declared before the attack is made. Sure, similar features for other classes don't have to do that, but the mystic has a lot more flexibility in their resources for it.

You wouldn't be able to use Surge of Speed, Cunning Action, and Light Step all on the same turn because they all use your bonus action. So most you could get, using your action to dash, would be (35+30)*2=130 feet, without provoking opportunity attacks. That's possible with just 1 level in...

Well, since we're in a white room where the immortal mystic hits with all their attacks, I figured "What's the harm in letting the sorcerer blast groups of mooks without his party getting in the way."

On the other hand, the Immortal Mystic only does single-target damage. If we're talking about any case where there's more than one target, the Sorcerer trumps it soundly.

I get where you're coming from. I guess I agree with you, but I'm also pretty alright with ignoring the parts of the fluff that don't suit me. It's served me well enough so far. In other news, Mind Over Emotion's psychic focus kinda sucks. Due to the general "round down" rule, the most you...

I think that's mostly because most people agree that the four elements monk is a cut below the other Monk options in terms of power. I guess it's worth comparing the two from a flavor standpoint, though, since on a surface level, they both do the same thing by adding caster elements to the...

The spell says you take the form of a creature who's CR is less than or equal to the target's CR or level if it doesn't have one. But you say it's not the CR of the form you choose to transform into, but the CR of the form after you transform into it? If that's the case, and you don't replace...

If there were an option to vote for everything, I would have chosen that. Sometimes you just gotta hit stuff. Doesn't matter how.

I don't see where it says that. Unless those are the game statistics that are replacing the target's. If you're just adding new speeds, saving throws, skills, vulnerabilities, resistances, immunities, senses, languages, special traits, actions, reactions, and limited usage abilities that the...