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Unfortunately, that rule alone does not tell the whole story. Otherwise, going only off that, you could technically argue for Glaives, Halberds, Lances, Pikes, and Whips being ranged weapons due to the fact that they are able to attack a target at a distance. It would be a poor case to make...

According to Sage Advice, they intentionally gave what they considered feats with narrow use (explicitly mentioning Great Weapon Master and Crossbow Expert) at least one benefit that could be applied more broadly. For Crossbow Expert, that would be the ability to make ranged attacks without...

Short answer: Partially Longer answer: The first and second benefits apply to ranged weapon attacks and would therefore apply when you throw a melee weapon. The third benefit applies to ranged weapons, which melee weapons (even with the thrown property) are not.

Why would it be necessary, though? I mean, barring sharing names with terrible people being illegal now or something.

Just allow multiclassing with no restrictions other than the ones already in the book. If it really goes as bad as you fear it might, ban it or restrict it the next time using this time's failures as a reason.

Wait, face value equality? As in, equality in theory, but not in actual practice?

No. In fact, I'd go further and say I would not play (or would stop playing) any version of anything where all options are equally 'good'. No. The realization of the inability to build a better- or worse- character would kill- and has killed in other games- any motivation to continue...

This is, strictly speaking, not entirely correct. Melee thrown weapons without the finesse property (Handaxe, Javelin, Light Hammer, Spear, Trident) use Strength. Melee thrown weapons with the finesse property (Dagger) use the player's choice of Strength or Dexterity, as specified in both the...

Personally, I'm highly disappointed in the direction taken with regard to the 'monstrous' races. Being able to play them all, but only if grew up in these specific ways and are part of these specific groups, makes me almost wish instead that they didn't allow you to play any of them without a...

Constitution is usually a stat I tend to ignore, if not dump, as nothing I tend to care about (and no, I don't care about hit points) relates to it. Granted, I try not to have any stat below 10 (as far as point buy is concerned), but if any stat must, then Con is always among the choices.

In both cases, the druid in Brown Bear shape is forced to squeeze into a single square. The rules for squeezing into a smaller space (page 192 of the Player's Handbook) appear to be the most appropriate for dealing with both situations.

Player in question reporting. One cannot forget that what one never knew. Yep; the last time I did anything Ravenloft was early July, and I definitely didn't see a Barexit option then. I haven't even touched either of the two characters in Ravenloft until recently, when I asked about joining.

I'd allow the change of target, or even a change of action, in this and similar cases - even if I don't consider it strictly by the book.

Yes. If for some reason I was hiding initiatives from the players (normally I have all initiatives out in the open so that everyone knows the turn order), then the assassins would have to guess and hope. Otherwise, except for the player that started combat with their attack declaration, I'd...

Since cantrips (at least those two) scale with character level, they should remain useful throughout. MI allows you to cast cantrips as normal. The 1st level spell gained through the feat is what's limited to its lowest level casting for the 1/day use. Using Additional Magical Secrets for...

If the player wants to use unarmed attacks with sneak attack, you could just change sneak attack to work with unarmed attacks as well (or just that player's unarmed attacks, if you wanted to be more restrictive with it). As far as unforeseen issues, making unarmed strike a weapon (at least...

Question. Would her simply saying that she's been forbidden to answer the question/riddle be acceptable?

Hmm... I personally have never been stuck in a support role when I've chosen the feat (mainly because I only really use it when people are dying or when the situation is stable enough to allow for it). Also, I often find it difficult to not choose the feat or even to not choose it as my first...

Somewhat off-topic, but what's wrong with a melee fighter with a 14 in their attack stat, exactly?

Because I feel they need to be made- no more, no less. I would not have a problem if a series of easily acquired abilities or items happened to completely shut down one aspect of a threat (even Tiamat). If, however, said abilities/items were able to completely shut down a threat entirely, I'd...