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So by your own definitions, ‘Destroy all Undead’ as a standard treatment in ‘ RAW’ campaigns is acceptable. This would then, be a morally justified genocide, by those terms. Skeletons at 6 Int, ( which I find is too high, personally ), are equal to apes. Chimpanzees and Orangs meet the...

The Extension spells were in 1e, and are the precursors to metamagic. While some 2e specialty priest spheres had access to some metamagic spells, (I think), it was mainly a wizard thing. My Dark Crystal analogy, (beyond signaling my age😁), also is to demonstrate the Magic User theme used to...

Right, and the destruction of a species falls under ecocide. The language of Western Philosophy is very humanocentric. Would an Intelligent virus be worthy of the same rights as humans? If so, why are only intelligent creatures worthy of rights? Ahimsa is the principle of non-violence...

The Heavy Armor feat gives 3 points of damage resistance to piercing, bludgeoning, and slashing damage. It matters. I don’t think it is a bad thing to get players and DMs into the habit of specifying damage type. I would love to see the opposite: A giant animated Watermelon with a hammer...

To be clear, our overall feelings as to 5e and power creep are similar. Not to put words in your mouth, but based from your posts, I think it safe to say, neither of us is overly concerned about power creep and 5e as it stands now. To define power creep as only occurring when one class...

One Shot items, like a scroll with a high spell DC can also help. Occasionally not rolling for monster saving throws and using ‘passive saves’...base 10 + Mod can also help. Saving Throws are more ‘swingy’ then Attacks...even Spell Attacks. I know Tolling Bell is supposed to be a good cantrip...

An Arcane Trickster with Shadow Blade active, using a SCAG Cantrip is not Power Creep? I think it is a fair characterization to state that 5e has not had an excessive, or overwhelming amount of Power Creep. Power Creep, however, has occurred. A 3rd level Wizard with an Owl Familiar using just...

My record is 9...in 3x, in an epic level campaign. It was fun, but a single combat took 6 hours. 16 players....in a Virtual game, I might see it working -In person. I can not imagine controlling all the egos, and the jokes would be endless. 😄

Thank you Morrus! Insulting another board was the furthest thing from my mind. I wanted more friendly Trip Advisor like comments. You succeeded brilliantly. I hope you did not feel personally attacked at the responses. Differences between how a spell is used at one table vs another is fun...

I apologize, if this is breaking a social taboo, like starting a group text with your Spouse and Lover and asking which is a better kisser. I glanced at the Giants in the Playground 5e board today and saw that @ad_hoc had also started a 1st level spell ranking thread there, as well. The...

Puts Drawmij's instant summons, in a different light.

It has not been used every fight. Sometimes like a Bless spell, it is over kill....the creature would have missed on an attack or failed the Saving Throw anyway. That said, 3 confirmed cases where it made the difference between life or death, is a big deal, to me at least. An airbag in a car...

There is not much else for a Sorcerer to do other than Metamagic. That unfortunately is a failure of imagination on the part of the D&D team. The expanded class feature U/A that expanded the power of Font of Magic is a start. Spells known should represent the ‘normal magic’ a Sorcerer picks...

We know Saving Throws are ‘swingy’, anything that can swing luck your way, is strong. Bane has contributed to saving the party’s bacon, twice per my records, and contributed to an expenditure of Legendary Resistance. Is it lucky that the Bane spell was enough to tip the scales...sure...but...

Which brings up the point, that a single adventurer out in the wild is not going to have all of the above spells on a Single Spell List. A Divine Soul Sorcerer might. A Divine Sorcerer also has subclass abilities that can be used to duplicate some aspects of the Bless spell. I could easily...

Most Wizard subclasses grant a passive ability, and an At Will, ( or near At Will) at 2nd level. Exchanging that, for say, a Once per day use of the Extend Metamagic, probably is not going to burst the power curve. I take your point. It is a valid concern. That said, on a Narrative level...

I think I have made it abundantly clear, that the real value in Bane is the above. That said, a minus to Attack roles of an enemy, is always useful, and a nice ribbon to have. +5 to AC from a Shield spell is made better with the addition of a -1d4 to the enemies attack roll. Put this way, if...

I agree, with a caveat. A Wizard subclass, that solely gave access to Metamagic, could be balanced. Metamagic is potent, but so are Subclass abilities! Mixing the two is even better. The Divine Soul rocks metamagic. Just ask Moon Song! So a a Wizard with just some Metamagic, wouldn’t be too...

Right, you are impugning Bane. The Bane Spell is like the old BASF commercial. Bane might not be the effect you want, but Bane makes those effects, BETTER by causing failed saves. Beyond that, it also adds, what is functionally, an AC boost. Spell DC’s are relatively static, anything that...

The Bane + Hypnotic Pattern combo was just used two sessions ago, in a crazy fight the players picked. It knocked a flying Black Dragon out of sky! Which looked cool, but the impact on the ground negated the Hypnotic Pattern. Since the Dragon was not the Dangerous Thing(TM),they picked a...