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    D&D 5E (2014) I need a cleric that gains a extra attack per round at 5th or 6th or something.....

    Firstly, a lot of good suggestions already here. Based on the playstyle you mentioned about wanting to get into the thick of melee, buff before a fight, and heal afterwards...I'd say he's got a strong case for a Paladin. Alternatively, maybe even a Circle of the Moon Druid if he's ok with that...
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    Building a Dagger-Wielding Thug

    Wow, who needs a mount? I'd love to see a Gnome joust while riding that Rogue/Barbarian. =)
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    Building a Dagger-Wielding Thug

    I ended up drawing this version up over the weekend. I went with Swashbuckler, even though the classic Swashbuckler wouldn't fit his style, but the ability to Sneak Attack in 1v1 may be way more useful for this particular character. I also went with Battlemaster (Menacing, Riposte, and Precision...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Cantrip house rule

    The only thing that I can see about Cantrips being "overpowered" is scaling with character level vs. class level. However, damage-wise they are already either on par with or less potent than standard attacks. The only standout for Cantrips is the secondary effects some have, but even then its...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Encounter Building - Adventuring Day XP Budget?

    That is definitely the stuff I would consider, but would never mention. I'd let the players try and get creative and go from there. You can definitely set up some interesting situations by having the party guard their Wizard so the wizard can safely rest. I picture a big comfy tent that the...
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    Building a Dagger-Wielding Thug

    I'm wanting to build a character who is not the typical sly-sneaky thief, but rather the hulking thug. The inspiration for this character is a combination of an NPC from an old Living Greyhawk game (or at least how the DM portrayed the character) and the character Letho from the Witcher video...
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    Barbarian-offense or defense

    One of the players in my game has been playing a Barbarian (currently level 5) and honestly she is super tanky just with her Rage ability. She alternates between using a Maul and double handaxes, and on the damage front pretty much annihilates anything in front of her (with the exception of...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Encounter Building - Adventuring Day XP Budget?

    Oddly enough, it was at a Trading Post when the party thought they were going to get a nice Long Rest, but that was where the final encounter of the adventure took place. Their sleep was interrupted so I gave them the benefit of a Short Rest, but not a long one. The town or inn provides the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Encounter Building - Adventuring Day XP Budget?

    Personally...I'm still working on it. I think it worked best when I introduced a 2-Floor Dungeon and the players felt that leaving the Dungeon was a bad idea. For this reason they pushed through, taking x2 Short Rests. This included x4 combat encounters of varying difficulty, 1.5 encounters they...
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    D&D 5E (2014) A Gift and A Curse

    I was watching a YouTube video where one of the personalities starting talking about "a gift and a curse" in terms of getting a wish fulfilled, but with an unknown curse attached to it. Now, for most D&D players this is no different that a standard Wish that tries and screw over the player as...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Build for players, or build natural?

    This is where my style falls into. In the game I'm running, no one has invested in Knowledge skills and the Bard dumped his Int score, so putting difficult Knowledge checks into the adventures would provide an unfun roadblock. But that doesn't mean I don't have tertiary checks and give out...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Know Your Enemy - As Cool as it sounds?

    Know Your Enemy is one of those unique abilities that no one else has (except the Mastermind I think), but I'm curious if people who have played Battlemasters have found it legitimately useful or just a nice fluff ability? My question about the value of this ability is related to whether I will...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Any good eldritch knight guides?

    Good point. I was more thinking about being able to swing something heavy and cast something flashy, and Light Cleric fills those options. But yeah, other Cleric Domains would fit better...because Clerics are way too customizable than they should be. =)
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    D&D 5E (2014) Any good eldritch knight guides?

    Surprisingly, a Light-Domain Cleric is a pretty good Melee/Caster Hybrid. They get access to all the big Fire Spells on top of the Cleric standards like Spirit Guardians and Spiritual Weapon. Not to mention their Defensive and Support spell list that scales as a full caster (unlike Eldritch...
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    D&D 5E (2014) How soon is too soon to fight a Dragon?

    My players were definitely scared of the Wyrmlings. In fact the Barbarian of the group ran away by crawling through a hole in the wall he was so scared. If anything, for new players at least, having a taste of a baby dragon has only made them give more respect to dragons in general. But I do...
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    D&D 5E (2014) [5E] Feedback Rogue/Warlock/Monk/Fighter build?

    I feel like you are a Fighting Game character. =) You're getting the 2nd Attack late in the game, but the Monk's Flurry and Sneak Attacks compensates a bit for that. Warlock's Eldritch Blast scales, so you have a solid ranged game and excellent manueverability to put yourself in a good position...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Crowd Control and an Anti-Climactic Boss Fight

    That's a good idea. It won't fit specifically with the biggest baddest, but it will for his top Lieutenant. I'm going to steal that. =)
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    D&D 5E (2014) [5E Build] The Arcane Juggernaut

    We've got a Bladesinger in our group now, and the player has been very excited about playing him (previously he was playing a Druid, but decided he wanted to try a different character so is coming in at 5th level). One of the things that had him so excited was the crazy high AC he was going to...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Crowd Control and an Anti-Climactic Boss Fight

    Just to put it out there, the example above was an example and not something that happened at the table...yet. Trying to prevent a bad design for when it does come up. ~_^ Good call to The_Hanged_Man and kbrakke on the Legendary Resistances and such. I need to look more into those and see what...
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