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That was a response to this He was concerned about tanking at low levels, so I went fishing for low level monsters. Regardless of level, 5e monsters tend to go down fast. For higher levels, yes they can take an AoO without to much worry, but the other means of being sticky shine. From level 1...

The thug is just insane, and I had forgotten them. I'll grant you that one. The orc and drow are still falling to 2-3 hits from 1st level PCs, less if optimized. I wouldn't expect them to willingly face-tank an AoE.

Tons of HP? Goblins have 7. Bandits and cultists get 9. A black bear 19. The cockatrice has 27. Mephits 17. Giant spiders 11. Gnolls 22. There is no way an intelligent creature with single digit HP will willingly tank an AoO, and all of these should be fleeing combat after 2 to 3 hits at most...

My dude, at low levels AoO are all the "sticky" you need. A 7hp goblin can't risk a single hit.

In addition to a half dozen Battlemaster maneuvers (that are also available via a feat,) there are Nets Grappling Shoving Stunning Strike Open Hand Technique Master of Tactics Unwavering Mark Ancestral Protectors That's off the top of my head. There are options if someone wants to make a...

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This was a sacrifice of sticky game mechanics, but it allows a more cinematic and action filled turn. It also fits the (relatively) rules-light concepts of 5e quite well. There are still sticky features scattered throughout the sub-classes, fighting styles, and feats that can create a functional...

I have the exact opposite issue. Wizards are the best tanks in the game, and they shouldn't be. +5 AC virtually at will, on top of a usual solid Dex. Mirror Image, Blink, Blur, etc. and, potentially, armor access via feats and multiclassing. To top that all off, one of the most popular...

Easy solutions: The king is assassinated and the PC has to take the throne, become an NPC, and the player makes a new character. Because of (plot armor) the king can't be resurrected. The king is overthrown, and the PC loses his retinue. Maybe a couple loyal retainers hang around, but not...

I find myself having mixed feelings about that. I'm all for giving someone a chance to come around, but what I've seen of GAZ10 is pretty ghastly. Honestly, it's like something I might have done in middleschool out of sheer ignorance. I'm sure Heard would acquit himself better with a more...

And if attacking those characteristics from the lofty heights of an orthodontists convention, site of a school shooting, or hunger strike, respectively, one would be punching down. My point was, is, and shall remain... hold on. This has been going on for so freaking long... here it is. To sum...

No. No, I'm definitely not. And yet there are people who firmly believe that Italians are all poorly educated criminals, and that Greeks are worse. If they conceptualize of themselves as superior then they are punching down. That they are wrong has little bearing. Or you could be reading to...

I'm sorry, what? We'd have to go back to the Romans for that to be accurate.

Well, i could point to things like "British Exceptionalism," or American "Manifest Destiny." I don't have to agree with them to understand the mindset and identify it as "punching down."

For someone who doesn't owe anyone a debate, you sure are engaging a lot.

Thanks.

That's not entirely true. Some people still believe that there are social hierarchies that put one European culture above another, typically with eastern or southern Europeans at the bottom. If it were a Brit or American taking shots at the Greeks or Italians then it could certainly still be...

100% chance that i regret posting this, but what the hell. I have seen a number of "+" posts over the years, there is at least one getting some attention right now, and they largely seem to end up with bright red Mod-scrawl all over them, name calling, the questioning of commenters values...

Dude, if THIS is the hot button social issue that you want to take on I really have to question your priorities. Is it disgusting? Of course. Should it still be for sale? Obviously not. It is obviously important to you, and I apologize for being dismissive, but this doesn't even crack my top 100...

Can we can have a go at the Ilead later? Its packed full of tons of less than palatable material, or maybe you could focus on products that are still relevant, instead of 35 year old drivel that is the single most well documented case of "ick" that was ever produced for an RPG.