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The search for the perfect gish has been my mission since I started playing D&D again about a year ago. Technically I'm still searching... That being said, I think my top finalists are: Valor Bard & Sorcadin. A Dark-Horse candidate is Cleric(War) 1/Wizard(Abjurer) X. One thing I have learned...

Ohhhhhhh....good idea about the fire-happy spellcaster!

I love Oozes too! But we already had an adventure that was Ooze centric, so I will probably shy away from that...however the idea of a Golem inside a Gelantinous Cube is pretty awesome and I might have to make that happen!

>_> <_< >_>;;

Hey Guys! I've got a game coming up that will take place in the sewers of a major city. I'm looking for some interesting ideas for monsters to populate the area. Presently the major players are going to be Were-Rats with Giant Rats and a faction of Shadow Monks. So what I'm looking for are...

Beast mode!!! =D Yeah, I agree with you about seeing that an enemy isn't staying down would cause the Monsters to probably want to fix that. But at the same time I can see something like that breaking the flow of the game so the party can take Susie back to town for a Raise Dead (if they don't...

My MO is this: "Monster attacks Susie, does a 23 hit?" "Yes" "You take 15 damage. You still up?" "No" "Okay, it moves 15ft and now attacks Brad." As has been said before, if the DM wants to kill the players then that is not a challenge. The difficult part is to ride the line where the players...

I plan on adding in a few Cursed Items to spice up the game. For the current campaign, I intend for the curse to be more about making things fun or interesting as opposed to actively hurting the player. Specifically, the first item up is the classic Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity, but it also...

In previous Editions you needed to succeed an Arcana check to recognize the spell. It made Counterspelling more interesting. In 5th Edition, I don't see anything that says you WOULDN'T know what spell is being cast. It hasn't come up too often at my table [...yet], but I will rule that everyone...

One of the most frustrating things as a DM is to create all sorts of NPC's and Experiences in one area only to have the Players decide to go off in a completely different direction. Its cool and all, and lets the games be very fun and spontaneous...but its literally the equivalent of a cat...

Question 1: Definite maybe! =D Question 2: The tower is haunted by a banshee who was captured by a human noble in years past to be his wife. Instead she committed suicide and cursed the him and his tower. Over the years the negative energy has attracted all sorts of monstrosities into the...

Honestly the flavor of a Warlock casting a "ritual" every morning that involves sacrificing a living creature and then meditating on it for an hour is pretty solid.

We've only had a Bladesinger in the group for a short while, but one thing I have noticed so far is that he either is able to avoid all damage or get hit really hard. The AC is great, but the HP is the true limiting factor I feel. One thing you might consider is the Lucky feat, and saving them...

Barbarian is another idea. You don't have the Str requirement, but you could ask the DM to make an exception and he might let it fly. Similar to Monk you could get some extra AC (1 less due to your Con score), plus Raging gives you Resistance to just about everything which can help you be...

I can see the appeal of dipping into Monk, but I wouldn't go that route unless you had a compelling RP reason to do it. Yes, you can boost your AC by 2 points so you do get a Defensive benefit...but if you are concerned about that I would recommend taking a few levels of Fighter and take the...

I personally favor the Variant-Human due to the Feats being so good. I like the stat array you have posted and the only thing I would consider is swapping the Str and Cha to start off with a physically stronger character. My thought is that you are probably going to use your Action to swing your...

I'm going to have to also throw my hat in with the Valor Bard crowd. They are basically the "Red Mage" who can do a little bit of everything. You can melee, you can spellcast, you have plenty of skills, and since Cha is the base stat you can also be the face. The only thing you would be lacking...

Ah yes, you're right. So yeah its really only useful against a swarm or if you can "kite" a really big enemy (which should be easy to do due to Cunning Action in future rounds).

Sorry, it was actually a HyrdaGoose...and like most Geese it was a total :):):):):):):). Also, it could Honk like a Goose which was a ranged attack. It was, of course, fought with a bunch of Dire Geese. It was a goofy fight, but a lot of fun.

I agree. I've always used NPC's that are built under the same conditions of the players. Sometimes that guy is literally just a Monster Manual Bandit, but sometimes he is a Fighter-Champion 6 with Sharpshooter and Crossbow Expert. Sometimes that Orc is just an Orc...but sometimes he's actually a...