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It's why I never understood the resistance to multiclassing. I'm not a fighter or a rogue, I'm a mercenary ready to work for the highest bidder.

I do agree the change helps. It is still situational though. The biggest issue with dragonborn is that breath weapon has the biggest "cost" but it's situational and limited. This UA certainly helps but it's a band-aid as opposed to a fix. The increased damage helps make it a bit more viable...

Really don't like breath weapon being part of the Attack action. Dragonborn is also a subpar choice, and that relegates them to being choices for classes with Extra Attack only.

So it's a victim of own its own success? :rolleyes:

Ghosts of Saltmarsh 2-0 = 0 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden 15 Tales from the Yawning Portal 14+1 = 15 None of these are better than CoS but whatever. I love the Saltmarsh setting but a few of the adventures in the book aren't that great so I view it was as a flawed product. TfYP has...

Candlekeep Mysteries 3-2 = 1 Curse of Strahd 1+1 = 2 Ghosts of Saltmarsh 15 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden 15 Tales from the Yawning Portal 15

While I disagree that it's "bad communication", it's also the only class that has such a requirement. So why have it at all then? It's clear from all the ranger revisions that there are plenty of options to make the ranger work without any handshake agreement between the player and DM.

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus 1-2 = -1 Candlekeep Mysteries 8 Curse of Strahd 7+1 = 8 Ghosts of Saltmarsh 13 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden 21 Tales from the Yawning Portal 19

Yes, the PHB ranger is bad. It's the only class that requires specific conditions to be met in order for some of its abilities to work. On top of that, the abilities aren't even that great.

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus 5-2 = 3 Candlekeep Mysteries 8 Curse of Strahd 12+1 = 13 Ghosts of Saltmarsh 20 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden 22 Tales from the Yawning Portal 19

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus 7 Candlekeep Mysteries 10 Curse of Strahd 15+1 = 16 Ghosts of Saltmarsh 20 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden 20 Tales from the Yawning Portal 20 Tomb of Annihilation 5-3 = 2

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus 12 Candlekeep Mysteries 10 Curse of Strahd 15+1 = 16 Ghosts of Saltmarsh 20 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden 25 Tales from the Yawning Portal 25 Tomb of Annihilation 12-2 = 10 I'm close to done with this poll.

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus 20 Candlekeep Mysteries 13 Curse of Strahd 22+1 = 23 Ghosts of Saltmarsh 19 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden 25 Tales from the Yawning Portal 23 Tomb of Annihilation 15-2 = 13

Great post, I entirely agree. I wanted to emphasize that it's the clues and hooks that get the players to the locations, not the locations themselves. I mean you can run a simple hex-to-hex sandbox but I find the breadcrumb style way more interesting. One nitpick is the word "plot". I try to...

I love sandbox-style campaigns. I can't imagine running a hack & slash railroad campaign again. No thanks. That said, the best lesson I learned about running a sandbox campaign is that the "sand" is just as much about clues, hooks, leads, and rumors as it is locations. Actually, I'd argue that...

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus 22 Candlekeep Mysteries 17 Curse of Strahd 22+1 = 23 (criminal this needs to keep being upvoted) Ghosts of Saltmarsh 22 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden 28 Tales from the Yawning Portal 27 Tomb of Annihilation 20-2 = 18

For certain types of games (low-magic, gritty), I always want more detailed "survival" mechanics: fatigue, thirst, hunger, etc, and additionally, better rules for hunting, finding water, and treating different types of wounds and ailments (medicine, herbalism, etc). The problem with those types...

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus 25 Candlekeep Mysteries 19 Curse of Strahd 27+1 = 28 Ghosts of Saltmarsh 26 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden 27 Out of the Abyss 3-2 = 1 Tales from the Yawning Portal 26 Tomb of Annihilation 19

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus 27 Candlekeep Mysteries 20 Curse of Strahd 21+1 = 22 Ghosts of Saltmarsh 25 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden 27 Out of the Abyss 11 The Rise of Tiamat 6-2 = 4 Tales from the Yawning Portal 28 Tomb of Annihilation 21 Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage 4...

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus 26 Candlekeep Mysteries 20 Curse of Strahd 26+1= 27 Ghosts of Saltmarsh 27 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden 23 Out of the Abyss 15 The Rise of Tiamat 13 - 2 = 11 Tales from the Yawning Portal 27 Tomb of Annihilation 21 Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage 7