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The Cursebringer evocation allows the hexblade warlock to smite in a similar fashion to a paladin ( it's far superior in my opinion but the wording is the same for the trigger which is what my question is about ). Is there anything RAW that prevents a paladin/hexblade from smiting with both...

The OP wasn't saying " A wizard is the best single target damage class in the game, please help me pick the best overchannel spell to prove this." All they wanted to know was what people thought the best overchannel spell was in people's opinion. I agree with Dasuul's that Magic Missile is the...

Maybe have the players make an insight check ( or use passive insight if you make use of that mechanic ) to notice the leader of the duergar eyeing the coin pouch of a couple of the PCs as the duergar ready for a potential fight. Knowing to command the objects is a much more tough one. You...

I didn't know so many people liked the idea of Goodberry not taking care of the recipient's hunger. I always thought the spirit of the spell was that a creature consumes a berry, and for that day was good to go for food. So to actually answer though, I would have the berry satisfy the giant for...

To me damage dealt means damage dealt. So if something was immune to radiant damage the guardian wouldn't disappear in 3 attacks since it dealt zero damage with those 3 attacks. It uses the same wording as Vampiric Touch ( damage dealt ). If you used Vampiric Touch on something immune to...

In my experience the difference in damage between multiple more lower damage attacks and less but higher damage attacks isn't in favor of the higher damage attacks because the higher damage attacks don't usually outclass the lower damage attacks by enough. This isn't even including feats, or...

I may have missed someone pointing it out already, but there is a plus side to a higher number of attacks that do less damage. There is less wasted damage usually. If an enemy is at 15 hit points remaining, doing 15 or 20 and having another attack to use on another enemy is actually better then...

I think touching the wand to a non helpless enemy would qualify as an attack roll, which mage hand is not allowed to be part of.

The multi-class into barbarian or monk are probably the easiest way to improve combat performance in wildshape. Raging and then wildshaping makes the hp offered by the animal form last even longer. And there is AC boost potential from the Con bonus of said shape too. I'm not as big of a fan of...

There's plenty of spells one can take that don't worry about your casting stat. For an offensive caster, I agree a low casting stat is not desirable. But a bard's strength doesn't have to lie in offensive casting.

Silver weapons shouldn't bypass the barbarian reduction, just the damage immunity. Was the barbarian chaotic evil before he became a werewolf? If not, it says that when a character embraces the curse, their alignment changes to that of the were creature that afflicted them, which is chaotic evil...

Monsters can be any alignment as per the Monster Manual alignment section. I just happen to like red dragons the most. Any dragon that is normally evil would be an amusing enough surprise in my book.

That's funny, I was going to suggest the same exact thing gauchi did.

Random is fun sometimes. Good to mix it up. We had a campaign where we numbered 50 different minis 1 to 50 and you rolled randomly to see what your new character was, creating it based off what mini you rolled. That was fun and led to some silly stuff.

Not that characters need backstories to be played, but do you know the backstory on this character? I'm interested how he became a bard, and a lore bard at that. It's not a natural talent set you just stumble upon. This doesn't really have to do with effectiveness of the character. I was just...

As 5th level characters they will not be able to cast 5th level spells. But you can cast a spell using a higher level slot then the spell is. So at 9th level when a character has 5th level slots available ( if they are a single class full caster ) then they can cast Dispel Magic ( a 3rd level...

I agree with some of the earlier posters in that having to multi-class under with bad restrictions is a bad idea. Your DM has some odd restrictions and issues with multi-classing. The multi-classing system doesn't take into account randomly imposed restrictions and it can lead to unsatisfying...

Maybe my PHB is worded differently. The last line of the Trip Attack entry says " You add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and if the target is Large or smaller, it must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, you knock the target prone. " That didn't seem to be poor...

For what it's worth, the last I knew the trip maneuver from the battlemaster class doesn't work on creatures larger then large. So that isn't a nerf to the battlemaster if it doesn't work. As for stunning it, I would suggest it be allowed. Ki manipulation and all that sort of stuff, especially...

I voted on the fence because of the reason listed, certain situations make for different decisions. A few that come to mind is scouting/stealth approach but some party members ( say a paladin in plate with no stealth training or dex modifier ) would most likely prevent it. Sometimes a path of...