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Honestly you won't lose a ton by not multiclassing. Personally I find it boring but it is viable. As a suggestion; 1-3 levels in Fighter. 1 level gets you proficiency with shields and the Dueling fighting style, +2 damage and +2 ac right there. With a little boost to your con you may not even...

I would advise your dm to do one of 2 things. 1. Remember that the 'normal' adventuring day that the encounter guidelines are based around assumes 6-8 encounters. He is probably using too few. 2. Make the encounters harder. He's the one who controls the difficulty so just throw more mobs at em...

Mostly. So I'm assuming you meant action surge, not second wind. If you did mean second wind then you don't have 2 bonus actions and your attack with the polearm butt is a bonus action. If you meant action surge then you would have a max of 4 attacks in that round. 1 as an opp attack when he...

It does not. You only get opp attacks if they choose to leave your space. Being pushed by another effect doesn't work. Otherwise YOU would get an opp attack if you push them out of your own reach.

in a 1 on 1 fight this works fine. The issue is that most of the time I've tried things like this in a group fight theyve just ignored me and gunned for the 20 health monk I'd rather they didn't :/ There's really not a good answer as this is a really effective strategy, it just makes you such an...

You are correct, it is rather unnerving how many tiny little things the phb has like that. I really wish it was more clear at a glance.

Rage doesn't interfere with heavy armor... To be clear I ddin't mean Character levels 1-3 I meant later on, most likely after level 6. As for maneuvers, my favorites are goading, commander's, precision, menacing, riposte, pushing, tripping, rally, and sweeping in that order.

Mithril only works on half plate and scale now according to the dmg, still no heavy armor. Also on savage attacker; Looking at the average damage increase it is worse than a +2. Looking at what your %chance of getting a "good" roll are? It is very good. Basically it ups your chance of getting a...

In this edition rogues are much more damage dealers in combat, they will likely always be on par or out-damage you. People like heavy armor master because it ups your str and makes you more survivable. It is a good feat but for you I would take a +1str and +1 con first so that you get a 16 con...

I agree completely. My tactical play has basically turned into how to spend my actions right, not positioning or any higher-level play :/ It has also made any aoe effect monstrously more powerful, we had some djinns the other day that almost completely wrecked us because they had a nice line...

Grappling is nice if there is one opponent but multiples it doesn't work well. Also expertise in athletics will more than make up for a low str. As will starting in fighter for str saves, makes it hard to get pushed around or restrained. Most enemies I've encountered don't shove, or...

In my weekly game we currently aren't using a grid and it has helped in some ways and hurt in others. Overall I vastly prefer the grid as my style of play loves the margins, if I trip someone with my reaction of polearm master to make sure he can't get within 5' of me I want it to count. I have...

I agree, protection is garbage. Commanders strike is also quite nice. As a small suggestion, Magic initiate into sorc/warlock for sword burst, Booming Blade and whatever lv1 spell would make your worries about both aoe damage and extra attack virtually disappear. You will easily stay up on...

It's basically completely up to you, I would take a look at what you are delaying in your bard build and choose when you are most willing to take that delay. As a side note, you get 2 invocations, Mask of Many Faces is quite wonderful for a sneaksy character ;)

You don't need to replace sneak attack. Just use a finesse weapon and a shield, you still get sneak. Swash and Thief are pretty close honestly, swash may be a tad better in combat but thief is better outside combat. Your ways to stop them bypassing you; 1. Sneak attack. You still hit super hard...

Yes, very easily. Rogue actually has two of the best tanking abilities in the game; Uncanny Dodge, and Evasion. Basically you should focus on your Con and your Dex, Stout Halfling would be a great race for this. Personally I would multiclass into fighter for shield proficiency, and the Defensive...

Could one use the Twinned spell Metamagic on the spell Ice Knife? Could one cast it as a reaction using War Caster? Ice Knife 1st-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a drop of water or piece of ice) Duration: Instantaneous You create a shard of ice and...

Great Weapon master is honestly sub-par. I have it and I rarely find myeself using it or it being helpful. On paper it looks great but in practice not so much. I'll start with some questions; What role do you want to play in combat? What are your stats/how are you getting...

+2 Con would also be a solid choice if, as you said, you are the tank. Your str is solid and shouldn't need more help for a while honestly. You could also take the durable feat to up your all day health, and give you +1 con. The Battle mastery feat is also a good choice as it gives you more dice...

My first character that we started around when the phb came out is very near 20, others in the party are at 20. We also had a long hiatus of a few months and we don't always play that campaign. Generally I talk to my dm, personally I want to be levelling every 2 sessions to keep things...