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1e rangers learned more druid spells than wizard spells and of a higher level, however; but they weren't really much for spell casters regardless. They also displayed "stealth" through the 1e surprise mechanic. While 1e rangers were capable of wearing any armor, shields, and weapons, they...

How does someone else (a Patron) gifting these to the warlock representative of the Wizard's intellect and study where the wizard did it themself? How so? I just compared this to almost half the other classes available and it didn't fall apart. The half the classes most similar to the...

I would say that the wizard isn't so much stuffed with archetypes so much as the label is over-used and sometimes out of context. Much of Gandalf is based on Väinämöinen the bard. Merlin is based on Myrddin Wyllt the bard. Ursula Le Guin based much of Earthsea on Norse Mythology and Ged sang...

Someone who's full of themselves with confidence and also low wisdom. ;-)

That sounds like a deal for power is foolish, not intelligent. ;-)

I voted CHA. How intelligent a warlock is has nothing to do with how the spell powers are accessed. They may have done some research and study on how to get in contact with that power but that's not the same thing as powering the magic through intelligence. The spells' power comes from the...

It's because they wanted fighters and barbarians to have more masteries than rangers, paladins, and rogues. This creates some distinction among those classes with weapon mastery where fighter > barbarian > paladin or ranger > rogue in the aspect of weapons that drastically changes with all...

I'm not sure this makes dance bards better. Right now Agile Strikes doesn't cost any action. It's a free attack as part of the action, bonus action, or reaction in which the bard spent a bard inspiration use. That opens up the potential for the bard to use that bonus action for something else...

I think Form of Dread might be good for a bit at high levels. 1d10 plus warlock level isn't that bad depending on the opponents. Mantle of Inspiration doesn't work at all. I bolded and underlined the problem part. The ability specifically calls out that other creatures are the target. The...

Mantle of Inspiration only works on others and costs bardic inspiration uses. The college was significantly changed in 2024.

Considering how hard it is to get Armor of Agathys outside of playing a warlock and the fact it's not OP trying to porcupine with the spell it doesn't seem like much of an issue. 🤔

Mentioning these classes seems like an aside. I'll point out that they are going to invest in DEX regardless for the AC, however, instead of STR and that the Mountain Dwarf added medium armor for wizards and sorcerers who wanted to gain that AC in 2014. The 2024 rules no longer grant the armor...

Yeah, the cleric, druid, and wizard spells are the standard lists for magic while the other lists are practically off limits. A player might access a few of the spells with feats like fey touched, shadow touched, or aberrant dragonmark but those are limited. Other spells might be accessible...

99% of statistics are made up. Like that one. :-) The majority of medium armor wearers are already focused on DEX already too for various reasons. Clerics, however, need WIS and CON more than STR. If barbarians and rangers want to focus on STR without DEX they do have the option to take...

Heavy armor would be expensive in terms of STR. 15 STR costs more than 14 DEX. Light armor or no armor costs even more in terms of DEX for the AC. That doesn't mean much for a character who already focuses on STR or DEX, but for those who don't medium armor is on the low side of stat...

I also did not like the templates. There are benefits to a template like that, but they lose the identity and flavor of the ability as they become that abstract. IMO

You might buy it as a scroll and use it as a 13th thief. 1st level spell scrolls are on the equipment. That's the only option off the top of my head.

I still wouldn't call that hidden. Benefiting from one source of thp has been a thing for a long time. I'd also argue that not needing to give the druid thp with Inspiring Leader opens up room to give the druid's familiar thp instead. There's a limit of 6 targets. Life-Giving Force from...

Except they were using wild shape as a sack of hit point and getting knocked out of wild shape while triggering the "when at 0 hit point" triggers and events. Not getting knocked out of wild shape makes using wild shape more effective. Moon druids have 3 times the thp as other druids from...

To what end? The 2014 druid was a mess of "how many hit points can I turn into?" instead of focusing on the utility wild shape can bring. Now all those hit points that weren't really the point of the ability are back to no longer being a consideration. The temporary hit points are just a...