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I wanted to select ranger but it's mysteriously not on the list. I don't like the way Hunter's Mark is incorporated but I do think it's a significant improvement over the 2014 version.

I didn't play those modules so I cannot really comment on them, and still don't remember the stories in the books. I was never really big on DragonLance. I do remember Raistlin and Caramon being competent although Fizban had a similar role in rescuing characters. In LotR it's the eagles...

Bards for caster levels too. 2e XP leveling rates were kind of wild. No, I definitely meant LoTR et al. I don't remember the DragonLance novels well enough to recall similar issues. Do you have examples? There is no try. There is do or do not. Bards are do-sexual. Pffft.... rangers...

I decided to list the configurations that the PHB claims to be a balanced party to see if that triggered any epiphanies. Then I realized how many permutations that becomes. All y'all can think up interesting combinations of this basic theme without me pointing them all out. :) I will point...

I'm not sure where you're going with that. A reaction can take place on any turn but takes place in response to criteria. For a reaction to take place from the ranger on the ranger's turn someone else almost invariably needs to predicate that reaction somehow. Most reactions take place on...

We're getting off topic here, but those examples don't express the extent of what I am talking about. It's not the friends they keep -- it's the strangers they've never met until they show up and save them.

There were no humans in your classic party? 🤔 Dual-classing was a pain.

It's Middle Earth, where the legendary adventurers are heroically rescued by NPC's at almost every turn. ;-)

We're no longer talking about a 3rd level character in either scenario. OT: No, I don't think horde breaker is "too good".

Yeah, but that's a setting specific style of group highly customized by the DM. Imagine the Fellowship if a bard and warlock tried to join... ...and you have my bow ...and my axe ...and my insults, no? wait and my lute.... no? hmm, and my adultery? ...AND my desire to make deals for personal...

Soooo many druids now feel lost... :-D

Not really. I'd use a valor bard to replace the cleric as armored front line support. The valor bard doesn't have the fighter weapon masteries, armor training, and fighting styles; and we're already into the subclass before looking at fighter subclasses. But @Lanefan was going by the quote...

The fighter should be named Roadie.... "Roadie and the Band".

"Tanking" can be standing in a choke point or other actions. It's not just the compelled duel spell or goading attack maneuver either. Effects like topple, slow, and push from weapon mastery can cost an opponent so much movement they cannot close to squishier PC's. The interception and...

So the 2024 PHB has this... I think I might have been taking it for granted my (and other players) experience in how to build a character to fill these roles. I'm not sure how much everyone agrees or disagrees with the premise either and the fact this statement doesn't really give new players...

I generally like changes to warlock invocations. I particularly like lessons of the first ones. Bonus feats were strictly a fighter or rogue benefit in 2014 (and still are giving the feat is an alternative to another invocation instead of a straight bonus and feat restrictions) and it's nice...

I was just thinking about beast master rangers. The new beasts gain the ranger's proficiency bonus in any ability check they make. We can have a violin playing octopus or a monkey picking locks regardless of what the ranger is actually proficient in because the ranger can give them other...