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Note that anyone taking the Magic Initiate feat could pick up Eldritch Blast without having any "caster" levels at all. :)

2 is only for Lances. Other reach weapons work fine at 5 feet. Presumably, you just choke up on the handle.

really? That makes Polearm Master's "make an oppo when an enemy enters your reach" ability less useful. I was assuming it gave you an attack when they came within 10 feet. (which would combo with Sentinel for wacky hijinks!)

All the casters have at-will combat spells. That's definitely 4e. The fighter has Second Wind anda renamed Action Point. That's 4e. The Sentinel feat is Marking, and anyone can take it. That's 4e improved! Dragonborn and Tieflings as core races is also 4e. Warden and Avenger 4e classes...

I need to have another look at the feat that lets you cast a spell when someone provokes an opportunity attack, in combination with the Sentinel feat. You might be able to make a defender wizard after all. Seriously, anyone becomes a defender with Sentinel, as long as they have an oppo that's...

But what if nega-fighter dealt damage on a miss? :D

FWIW, I just played out a couple of combats between a PHB monk and a Basic Addendum fire giant. The first one was very short: the giant got initiative and killed the monk on his first round. The second one was much more interesting as the monk stunned the giant on round one and then, thanks...

Oh wow. I missed that entirely. Silly necromancers!

That monk needs to be using Stunning Strike to get a free extra round of attacks with advantage, which chains into another Stunning Strike, etc. until he's out of Ki and has to spend a lot of time running up walls and throwing things. If you can't take damage, you should be using your level 5...

This might be easier to do after the Adventurer's Handbook comes out, since that's basically the same kind of book (special PC features for a certain campaign). If they establish some sort of infrastructure for bolting on bonus abilities in that book, that will be useful to mimic. I am...

dndinsider.com (which actually redirects to http://archive.wizards.com/dnd/tools.aspx )

I've long felt that Clerics should have a restricted number of spells they can choose from. What's the point of going to seminary school if you can just sit on your butt as a first-level Acolyte and wait? Apparently, everyone just suddenly has a bunch of new ideas about what sorts of things can...

What kind of loser becomes a Lich when this is an option?

I was just going to say the same thing. And all monsters have X(d_size)+X(Con_Mod) hit points, (or X(Con_Mod+d_size) if you want to be picky), so the formula is very consistent so far. It's possible that being Legendary bumped up the value of X, but it would require more analysis.

I'm going to tell a story about playing sports that may be relevant. I often find sports stories helpful when addressing D&D combat, because both feature a lot of things moving quickly and clear objectives. I used to be a hockey goalie. Primarily, this means I had to work out the angles between...

i'm just here to point at things in the original post.

I always wanted to play as a female bear with a gun. Now we all can!

and all the 4e haters would scream for months about Hit Dice being randomized Healing Surges and they would grab their torches and light their pitchforks and then WotC would have to announce a super-early-bird pre-Alpha test of 6th edition to get them to not burn down Seattle in their rage.

so if the Durable feat makes me resilient, what does the Resilient feat do? Does it make me more durable?

I was expecting a logic puzzle after this intro. :)