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Ahhh, gotcha. Thanks!

How is D'Artagnan able to take advantage of the 4d6 Sneak Attack? If he is using a Crossbow, what is letting him get Advantage each round in order to apply the damage?

Ahhh, gotcha. Must be some previous edition thinking sneaking in. Thanks for the clarification and from saving me embarrassment at the game table!

I wanted to check to see if this action economy works out right or if I am just stretching too far. My fighter begins the round with a Sword and Shield standing adjacent to an enemy. His turn arrives... -Bonus Action: Shove via Shield Mastery Feat -Interact with Object: Drop Shield -Free...

Yep, this is his fate. He becomes another brick in the wall of the faithless. If they get to him in time you could "allow" him to be Raised if you want to be kind. Alternatively, you can play it that the character gets judged by Kelemvor and maybe starts to believe a little bit, and right before...

One of the weird things about 5th Edition is Cantrips scale with Character Level, but your Martial Attacks do not. So by multi-classing, you're Cantrips are going to be better off. Consider a Paladin 3/Warlock 2 vs. a Paladin 5. The P/W can use Eldritch Blast and do 2 Rays with each doing 1d10...

I can't recall if this is in the 5th Edition Monster Manual, but a Revenant. The only catch is that the Paladin-turned-Revenant blames the surviving PC's for letting his corpse be desecrated and begins to hunt them down. If I recall, Revenants are around CR 4-5 so they are potent, but not...

Typically you just want to go 2 levels of Warlock. If you go for 3 then you might as well go for 4 to get the ASI. Whether a Feat or ability bump, +1 is more significant than it looks, especially if you are boosting a stat that you use frequently (such as a casting that that would raise your...

Regarding the Barbarian in the mix, remember that you can't cast Spells or maintain Concentration while Raging.

My first thought is to have some sort of "magical" surge that either short-circuited his inherent magical matrix or overclocked that matrix...basically think of every Sci-Fi movie where a robot gained self-awareness and add magic to that story. As for the event that cause the magic...

Its a tough one...personally, I *like* the Old One the best because I feel it provides a lot more function outside of Combat. The ability to communicate telepathically with anyone is a crazy good feature, not to mention all the Control-based bonus spells. To me it seems the most balanced between...

Yeah that's where I'm at. I'm rocking 1/2 Plate +1 and just got a Shield +1, and sometimes running Shield of Faith. So with a lot of attacks its usually only crits that hit (btw, I HATE how there is no Crit-Confirm roll in 5th Edition), and using Lucky to negate that big Crit by the nasty bad...

I haven't used Portent, but I do currently use Lucky. The 3 re-rolls / Long Rest have been a great tool to save my bacon. I have RARELY used the reroll offensively, but have really used it more for the defensive (turning Crits into *hopefully* misses) and to reroll some crucial ability check...

Its hard to argue against Eldritch Blast, even without Hex or Agonizing Blast. For me the big seller is the Force damage that I struggle to think of anything that has resistance/immunity to. Targeting multiple enemies is just icing on the cake. Chill Touch is solid, but its very limited in its...

I agree Icjunkie. The MO I use now to create special NPC's and potential new characters is that I first get the Class concept of what I want to do. So most recently I made a character I wanted to be a Paladin-Sorcerer. So I placed the stats first to get an idea of how the character would...

Reminds me a lot like Bairdotr from Divinty: Original Sin. Sounds like a good start. Let us know how your game sessions go! =)

CN Lightfoot Hafling Rogue (Arcane Trickster) with low stats in Cha & Wis. He can be a socially-awkward twitchy guy who blurts out inappropriate things at inopportune times (tourettes maybe) and fidgets uncontrollably. For a more comedic approach you can play him as thinking he's smooth but...

The thing with evil characters that want to engage in things like murder and blackmail is that you need to have the entire party and DM onboard with this idea. There are definitely "evil" campaigns where everyone is a bad guy, but those usually break down and end up with the party at each...

Heya LegionError121, welcome to the forums. As for Mar, she is going to need some attention. Firstly, the most striking thing to note is that you are pulling a lot of stuff that has no bearing in D&D rules. All the "Pale Figure" and Disadvantages are things you can RP yourself, but otherwise...

From experience, Protection is great at low levels but begins to lose its luster quickly. If I could, I would much prefer to "retrain" that Fighting Style. What makes it less great is that enemies start to get multi-attack and you can only impose Disadvantage 1 time before a die is rolled. Plus...