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I only have one small problem with Fighters: For a class that is all about martial training with weapons, they can't even do a very basic and important fighting technique - the ability to parry as a reaction.

Shouldn't the Dodge feat help with Dex saves? Maybe give it proficiency or advantage.

I recently started DMing, and when I create new NPCs, or even BBEGs especially humanoids, I realise that I love to give them player levels. I feel that the rules of the game is like the laws of physics: it applies to everyone. Of course exceptions do apply, hey even the PCs get special...

Don't you have an arcane focus? It can be a small crystal, ring or necklace that you snuck into the prison.

Base Rogue is really solid, but the subclasses have some duds. Some of the notable ones are: Fast Hands (Thief) - Who the hell do those stuff in combat? Suggestion: Gain advantage on all Sleight of Hand checks Second-story work (Thief) - Incredibly lame feature, probably worse than Champion...

The key word is move. Teleporting is not moving, you simply disappear and re-appear.

How do I know if something is stupidly OP? My DM. He allows every subclass, every UA (even Mystic!) under the sun, but he won't allow Lore Wizard.

My DM does not enforce it, in fact he discourages alignment. You play a character, not alignment. If you let alignments define your character, then you only have 9 types of characters to play.

And its up to the DM to adjust that accordingly. The DM have many ways to make it easier for inexperienced players: 1. Open up the race/class options to all the options in the PHB, or better yet, allow UA, SCAG, EE and other books. 2. Encourage them to optimize their characters, and give them...

I think LMoP is meant to be the classic feel of DnD, a standard party (standard race/class combo) fighting classic DnD enemies like goblins and bugbears, being typical heroes and not much else. Just because its an RPG doesnt mean combat has to be easy, otherwise there won't be the feeling of...

Whats with the whinny nature of some people constantly crying OP at the drop of a hat. If Divine Smite is OP, then so is Sneak Attack, free and easy damage for 0 resource that scales up to 10d6. But no, its fine since its only once per turn. Nerf Smites!

That would be a straight up nerf, as less attacks means less chance to crit, and less damage rider bonus.

I don't think there's anything wrong with that, its probably intentional by design that their spell slots are meant to supplement their martial ability, and the spells they get are simply optional utility. It would help a lot if their spells weren't so freaking garbage too, like Searing Smite...

My understanding of balance? Better than you to know that its not a cantrip. I'm starting to wonder if you even understand the class at all. Mystic's cantrips are Talents, and they are always separate from Disciplines. Using the DMG as a guide is not wrong, but IMO the first thing you should do...

I got to say, I did not read through the whole thing, but on a glance, there are too many unwarranted nerfs, mostly on the damage output. For example, Psionic Blast was nerfed from 1d8 per psi point spent to 1d4. You must be one of the many people who thought this ability was super OP due to...

My table has quite a few houserules, but my favourite one is this: Dice that rolled off the table counts as a nat 1

Sorry, were you referring to the Bonus Action attack? In that case, yes they don't get dex to damage.

Wrong, they do.

Someone brought up Searing Smite? Great! The spell needs more coverage on how bad it is. It deserves its own rating of below :):):):)-tier. Lets see, you want the targets to be sufficiently tanky to warrant the use of Searing Smite, but that would mean they usually have high CON. With the CON...

I totally underestimated how stupid some people can be