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I have wanted to do this for years. In theory, it's an easy change to just fold the stat bonus into proficiency. In practice, it's a significant pain, because of all the places ability mods get shoved into this, that, and the other thing. However, I think it would dramatically improve the...

That would be my ruling as well. Partly because it is the one consistent with RAW, and partly because it feels most natural to me. If petrification turned you into an object, you would be merely a statue, and turning you back into flesh would result in a lifeless body. The fact that your soul...

The BBEG doesn't know that.

It depends on whether the villain's attack requires being in melee range. If it does, target the fighter who is already in range. If it doesn't, target the wizard or the rogue, whichever seems more likely to fail the save (I don't let players know the monsters' exact hit points, so the villain...

The idea is good. I'm skeptical of the implementation as shown (and beyond skeptical of the price tag). Generally one looks at minis from a fairly high angle. They are on a map and you want to view them in the context of that map, which means looking down from above. But the way this gadget is...

No, you are turned into "a substance," which is typically but not necessarily stone. In any case, the rules specifying consequences for not eating or drinking make no exceptions for people turned into stone, nor do the petrification rules create any such exception. I'm not saying this makes...

By strict RAW... yeah, technically there is nothing making you immune to starvation and thirst. There aren't a lot of cases where I would say a DM was flat-out wrong (as opposed to "making a different decision from what I'd prefer") for going by RAW, but this is one.

Alien and Terminator managed quite respectable sequels. But the sequels sort of prove your point; both changed style and tone considerably, shifting toward action rather than horror. They didn't try to catch the same lightning as the originals. Instead, each used the original as a springboard...

I don't think "-X/+Y" should be a thing at all. It presents a decision which is boring and easy to optimize, and it's also very powerful, so players have a strong incentive to optimize it. If you want to give martials more damage, just give them a damage bonus across the board and be done with it.

Another option for melee enthusiasts is the Astral Tadpole. It's much easier to close with the enemy when you can fly at will, at double normal speed. However, that's not available until Act 3. (It also requires you to go down a path that you may not want to go down for RP reasons, and you'll...

Are you using Tavern Brawler on Karlach? If so, you probably don't need a tank for her. TB boosts her accuracy so high that she can eat disadvantage for throwing in melee and still be over 90%. In fact, I used TB/throw Karlach herself as my tank in my first Honor run. I went with an "all...

The problem is not that the feat in isolation is powerful. The problem is that it combos with absolutely anything that boosts your accuracy, and the more accuracy boosts you can scrounge, the better it gets. Take a 5th-level barbarian with 18 Str, a greatsword, and a 65% base chance to hit...

Darkness theme is cool and surprisingly effective, and between the tadpole and the Emperor, there's plenty of RP justification for everyone in your party putting a couple levels into GOO-pact warlock. (There are also a couple magic items that grant immunity to blindness, though very few...

I agree -- and I say that as someone who beat Honor Mode while taking on all the bosses, just to see if I could. I enjoy challenging myself that way, but I also want to be able to turn the heat down, play with less-optimal choices, and focus on the roleplaying which is BG3's best aspect, while...

You can also just cast it around your own party and you'll be immune the whole fight, as long as you don't move out or lose concentration. Requires you to have ranged non-spell attacks, but you should have those anyway; throwing weapons for the Strength builds, crossbows for everyone else. Don't...

Not necessarily. It's quite possible to be a heroic character and still romance Astarion. The thing to keep in mind is that the "X approves" and "X disapproves" messages aren't all created equal. Sometimes they signal a 1-point shift in approval; sometimes 10 or even 15. As a rule, the big...

Origin Gale romancing Karlach is my plan for my next run, too. Going for a "doomed lovers" setup; my idea (though I don't know how well the game supports it) is that they send everyone else away at the end, then

Shadowheart first, then Minthara on my first evil playthrough. I didn't meet Karlach until my third run, and she instantly became (and remains) my favorite. Lae'zel to round out the ladies, then Astarion for a change of pace. Then the , because I had to at least see what that was like.

Did you mean for this to be a single-option poll?

SG works great on Balanced difficulty. The problem is that in higher difficulties, the monsters are substantially tougher and get higher save bonuses, and SG doesn't just knock them right down any more. Your cleric will have their concentration disrupted (monsters are smart enough to focus-fire...