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And if you're good at surprise you get that initiative benefit without spending BI dice on it. And if you transform misses into hits with a cantrip you can accomplish more than those extra attacks. Dance bards have obvious advantages. The Lore bard's just have different advantages. They're...

I can summarize this part for ppl who don't want to read the long version, lol. Sometimes you want the enemy to fail a check. Lore bards can give the bonus to an ally to make the check or cause the enemy to fail a check. Other bards can only help the ally make the check. Sometimes the bard...

You don't need to read it, lol. You just summarized it.

I'm not sure why the party needs all those thp givers. The thp won't stack for them. But Cutting Words can be used with any of them. The Glamour bard should also be using Beguiling Magic. It's a useful ability. It just also takes away from BI dice like a lot of other bard abilities. To...

I imagine it looks badass when a Battlemaster pushes or trips someone with a blowgun dart? 🤔

I sum it all and then decide whether it's dragging or carrying based on the total. Usually a quick estimate is all that's needed.

Not all status effect spells have repeat saves or multiple saves. Even the ones that do have a portion of the targets fail. Fireball has it's uses, but Hypnotic Pattern would be the spell I went for before it. ;-)

Those aren't rules in conflict. They're overlapping effects on the PC. If the PC is physically capable of dealing with the weight then they are not reduced to 5' movement. If they are not then the excessive weight causes them to have a maximum movement of 5'. That places medium sized...

Both rules apply. Base speed can be no greater than 5' and that 5' can be reduced to half.

I was reading it as a replacement. If it's simply an additional bonus action attack then Valor bards turn to crap in comparison without resorting to imposing restrictions on using that bonus action attack. The Dance bard will have replicated Battle Magic but better and almost replicated the...

I'm not seeing why you don't think the ability to prevent damage in combat on an enemy's turn after thp had run out isn't relevant. Mantle of Inspiration can't grant more thp off turn, and again Cutting Words works with any other sources of thp as well and Mantle of Inspiration does not. It's...

What rules do you think apply for DM's until the new DM is published, lol? The current rules stand until they're changed. ;-) And I doubt they'll change.

I'm going to add that I also think damage spells are typically a poor option versus control spells. It's the same issue with healing spells being less efficient than damage mitigation. I can cast one spell that both facilitates damage and prevents damage with something like Sleep or Hold...

Because if those thp are lost before the Glamour Bard has a chance to renew the thp that cannot be done. Cutting Words can be done in response to a large threat while preemptively granting thp can be whittled away through minor threats. This also gets back to the Cutting Words preventing...

It was a clarification in the DMG Errata. That's how magic item DC's etc are calculated. It's minimum reqs.

Truestrike is a cantrip that does damage using a weapon attack as part of the cantrip. 5.24 Agonizing Blast can select a Warlock cantrip to which it applies. Other effects that trigger on a weapon attack can be added because of that component of the cantrip. The issue I have with the scrolls...

It shouldn't really matter. This is how Fast Hands has changed: Fast Hands can be used to take the Magic action required to cast a spell from a magic item. The PHB does tell us that using a spell scroll falls under casting a spell without using a spell slot, however, which would be that...

Not only that, it also relates to shine moments. The wizard looks good casting fireball each day. The martial looks good doing single target damage most of the day. Fireball is useful for clearing out some trash mobs, but it's not what deals with the BBEG. There are too many monsters with...

Nick also states "You can make this extra attack only once per turn." In the monk example, unarmed strike as a bonus action is something that's available regardless of what action the monk took. Nick as an attack that doesn't need a bonus action doesn't change that because that bonus action...