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I'm thinking "At 7th levels a Glamour Bard and a Fey Wanderer Ranger walk into a bar...." That's a lot of Charm Person spells (11 for the bard and 7 for the ranger) with bonus charm effects. Beguiling Magic adds 5 and Beguiling Twist takes a shot at anyone who saves.

I didn't mind Bannaret when it came out, but that was because fighters didn't have as much access to more skills or grab Expertise through a feat. What I liked about them was adding Persuasion with Expertise for free. With that having become more accessible since it doesn't seem like as much...

The proficiency has to be for the same check. Thieves' Tools and Sleight of Hand grant that advantage because they're both used to open the lock. Other examples would be proficiency with Smith's Tools being used to pry open a door while also being proficient in Athletics for advantage on the...

Spells that have no verbal component... Counterspell Friends Hypnotic Pattern Ice Knife Mindspike Minor Illusion Steel Wind Strike Thunderclap Truestrike There are more but these might be more useful to the concept.

No, I don't agree. The player has the option to use whichever seems best at the time. More options to use a resource is positive. Please note that my argument is to place Lore Bards in the same tier in this aspect as Valor Bards or slightly above. I'm not arguing that Lore Bards provide the...

Lore Bards haven't lost the level 1 ability. They can use that same BI die in the same way and also use it against attacks, ability checks, or damage. More options for the same ability is not worse than just the ability itself. I'm going to bring up Valor Bards again. There's no reason to...

For disarming traps and picking pockets and cheating while gambling. There's plenty of ways of dealing with locks outside of picking them. Artificers still get Tool Expertise with Thieves' Tools and Bards get a half proficiency bonus with Sleight of Hand even when they don't pick up the...

From the 2024 PHB... Any time a tool and skill both use proficiency for the action it grants advantage. Yes, you need to have a tool for certain tasks unless the DM determines otherwise. For example, a PC who has proficiency in Thieves' Tools and not Sleight of Hand might make a check at...

Usse Thieves' Tools, add your DEX bonus, add your proficiency bonus if proficient in either Thieves' Tools or Sleight of Hand, and add advantage if proficient in both Thieves's Tools and Sleight of Hand. That help? :-)

Which is something I specifically pointed out and why I said to bump Lore up one spot. My advice still leaves Tandem above Cutting Words. We should still keep in mind that Cutting Words (and Combat Inspiration) becomes available to help other party members at 3rd level, and you're comparing it...

By that standard Tandem Footwork also competes directly with Bardic Inspiration and the bard will run out. What makes Tandem Footwork better than Cutting Words is the number of targets it can impact, not the rate at which Cutting Words uses BI. Cutting Words adds options to Bardic Inspiration...

Sorcerers and Wizards: No Armor training. Bards and Warlocks: Light Amor training. Druids: Light Armor and Shield training. Clerics: Medium Armor and Shield training. Light armor isn't much of an AC boost and Warlocks can be squishy too if they aren't careful. +1 Armor is Rare, +2 Armor is...

Wizards are INT based. Bards, Sorcerers, and Warlocks are CHA based. Clerics and Druids are WIS based. Wizards gain Expertise in one skill from a list of what is considered academic skill proficiencies. Clerics and Druids have options to be slightly more martial or slightly more magical, and...

Ahhh. I thought you meant Riposte for both.

That seems convoluted to me. The enemy isn't usually attacking me on my turn to trigger the reaction and I would have to have reactions available on both turns. Is there something I am missing?

"Levitate the Barbarian" is a new power move? 😂

War Clerics (and other PCs) are capable of it through the Bastions rules in the DMG. It's just a more time invested process for the PC than a class feature. An interesting impact is there's a time limit on how long the benefit lasts so that creates added incentive against the 5mwd. It's also...

Remarkable Athlete is much better now too. Advantage on initiative is hard to pass up. Battle Master can mix and match Weapon Mastery with Maneuvers so by the time Tactical Master comes up and then later with Relentless there's a lot of combinations to work with among 3+ attacks in that turn...

The comment I made was in reference to pushing off a ledge or over a pit. That's easy to do with push effects. It can also be done with pull effects. Branches of the Tree uses a Reaction and can only target one opponent. Push effects are typically done with each attack and can affect...

A PC can do that with a push effect.