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How does a lich's mind decay over the centuries of undeath, and what do they do to keep a grip on their sanity? What happens to the most powerful of demiliches once they finally abandon their physical form and are able to dwell in the astral?

Strength of the Wild Hunt's ability to wildshape as a reaction when attacked is very powerful in combination with the Druid's capstone, more powerful than what a feat should provide. I couldn't imagine a Circle of the Moon druid ever saying "I'll pass on this feat." But yeah. Feats don't...

If it isn't in line with the power level of current feats, then something needs to be rethought. "Well it doesn't break the game" probably isn't the bar we should be setting here.

Other than simply offering way too much for a feat, Divine Champion would let you do weird things like stack Divine Strike. Also, while it is end-game stuff, this lets you double up on domain capstones. Those can be quite powerful. Think about it: on top of everything else, Divine Champion...

Tell me about it. *sigh*

I'd prefer things like cleaving, splitting attacks, and other bonus action shenanigans reserved to class features.

The relevant AoE rule says "Typically, a point of origin is a point in space, but some spells have an area whose origin is a creature or an object." It also says that "Each creature takes up a different amount of space" and that Small and Medium creatures take up a five foot square. This means...

It is so easy to just say that, when you dual wield, attack normally but add your weapon damage dice together to a max of 2d6. There. Problem solved. No complication. No stress.

I was pranked into contributing to a necro'd thread. What a rube.

Those situations, while both examples of rules put in place for fluff reasons as opposed to balance reasons (much like how rangers can't take the great weapon fighting style and how paladins can't take the dual weapon fighting style), are not analogous. One describes what the PC can't do. The...

Why is the area described as both a pillar and a sphere? This spell uses a very poor type of balancing: make the spell really awkward to use most of the time, but balance it by making it unambiguously better in the rare instance where it works. In short, this spell is a super-fireball that...

I've used the Greyhawk deities as default ever since 3rd edition. 5e is really Forgotten Realms heavy though, so that pantheon has more support in current supplements. Add in a temple for every lawful, neutral, or good faith, and some out-of-the-way places or secret locations for the non-lawful...

I agree with this. It isn't even like they limited sneak attacks to finesse attacks even; they still allow sneak attacks with strength as long as they are a finesse weapon. In short, it seems little more than a poorly thought out fluff restriction that, as you said, ignores the fact that we...

Unless I end up stuck running it, I'd like to play my sailor beastmaster ranger with his pet giant crab named Noggin.

As an attorney that works in appellate law, I always make sure my rulings have citations to the text, to relevant previous rulings, and to on-point analyses elsewhere.

D&D isn't an MMO, and it has come a long way since the days when parties were supposed to have a Fighter, Thief, Cleric, and Magic-user for it to be successful. It doesn't really matter what classes you have in your party, you probably have a tool at your disposal that will carry the day.

Barovia is filled with evil, powerful beings, but they aren't all wandering around like boss monsters in a video game. Interactions with them don't always have to end in mortal combat, even if it might mean you need to swallow your pride and engage diplomatically with a villain.

Why even bother deflecting when you could have simply not responded? It saves everybody time. In case you wanted to make a more substantive attempt at responding, I've copied my prior post below. "Yeah, but they don't cancel out, because the math doesn't work like that. Imbalance is...

Yeah, but they don't cancel out, because the math doesn't work like that. Imbalance is imbalance, whether something is underpowered or overpowered. If a class spends one half of its lifespan underpowered and one half of its lifespan overpowered, that does not magically average out to be balanced...

I think one of the problems of this is it treats magic-using classes, classes that are ostensibly balanced with non-magic-using classes, as a player reward. That isn't really a reward, though. It is just an addition to a pool of equally valid and powerful player options. Instead of doing...