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Ditto. They are pretty bad... :rolleyes:

I can't agree with this. I have played a dedicated healer and greatly enjoyed it. But, IME, you really have to be hyper-focused on it to have a chance. Certainly not all of them, all the time... But you can keep some up, some of the time. 🤷‍♂️ Actually, you can add quite a bit really, but...

And people think there isn't enough healing in 5E? ;)

I allow creatures to make disarm attempts against creatures holding spell foci, potions, etc. in hand. I find it adds another element to combat. Orc attempts to disarm rogue holding a potion by making a weapon attack against the rogue's Dexterity (Acrobatics) check and succeeds. The potion is...

It really depends on the potion vial, bottle, or whatever and how it is actually capped. I used to put a cork in my chemistry beakers and pop that with my thumb while holding it in the same hand. And for something like doing that in combat, I would think the wiser adventurer would actually...

No, that is how I took it. After all, if downing a flagon of ale or stuffing food in your mouth is a free interaction, drinking a potion should be as long as you already have it out and in hand. For most instances, however, the free interaction involves getting the potion out, and then the...

This is just following the RAW regarding free interactions and what we do as well. LOL potion holsters would never fly in my games. You walk around with something like that and your PC will be robbed or killed while they're sleeping. And yes, enemies will target such a PC, knowing it has...

If it was a spell against a single foe, definitely. And I think many people would agree. But when it can affect several at once, it becomes more questionable... Yeah, the uses per day argument is one of the most common arguments. The counter-argument is that really depends too much encounter...

The simple truth is healing didn't keep up with damage in AD&D, nor does it in 5E, but it was never meant to. Healing in combat is meant to help, not win the battle. It is one option, just as other protective spells can keep PCs going by increasing AC, saves, temp HP, or whatever. Changing...

I hope you try it. We really like it and it makes upcasting many spells a viable option. Otherwise, more often than not, it just isn't worth it... 🤷‍♂️ It really just depends on how you want magic to interact with the world and how effective you want it to be. 5E doesn't have the checks...

They aren't meant to, really. Neither are the monsters in theory. HP bloat causes many problems IMO in an attempt to solve the treadmill effect of increasing numbers which Bounded Accuracy addressed. All that happened is one issue was solved while another was created. Be biggest impact I have...

^ THIS! Healing isn't weak in 5E at all. With spending HD on short rests, the Healer feat, easy healing potions listed on the equipment table, and so many types of healing spells and classes/subclasses with access to them, it is abundant with healing potential. Yeah, I've heard people say the...

First, I am so glad YouTube videos have adjustable speeds. ;) Second, as a mass tweaker, one would think I am "folk". However, I hold the "official" as extremely important as well. So, like many I suspect, I am a blend of folk/official at about 65/35. I get upset when I see WotC taking the game...

I thought about this a year or so ago, and this is what I came up with: A lot of groups IME hand-wave away things like food and ammunition-- so removing that wouldn't be an issue, as long as you "have it and can replenish it" when appropriate. I don't know if you'd want to do something like...

It was more other subclasses were more offensive, so it got to hang around for a while. ;) Consider how quickly all the other spellcasters dropped out, and Bard lingered for a long time simply because people had other things more important to downvote. 🤷‍♂️ After all, Tempest, Thief, Battle...

I really have no idea why you are even discussing this anymore... I already said it falls until the "Spells are too powerful" and/or "Too Large a Spell List" issues... I really have no idea why you are even discussing this anymore... I already said it falls until the "Spells are too powerful"...

For anyone interested, here is a summary of the 60 voters and who they upvoted (green)/downvoted (red) and how many times. ;) I've also attached the Excel file (zipped) if anyone wants to look more at it.