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*Technically* Bards need only hold their instrument in one hand. Also, casters still only get one free stow/draw item in their action economy. How often do you plan to swap from musical instrument to crossbow? I mean, it's the same as switching from one type of weapon to another - either take...

If you're not against up-conversion, the classic Isle of Dread is worth checking out. There was also a 3e re-vamp in Dungeon Magazine under the Savage Tide adventure path (also worth running in its entirety).

Yep, as per RAW and confirmed by Jeremy on Twitter, you can totally one hand a d8 shillelagh with polearm master and get the two attacks with it IN ONE HAND. All the more reason to shield up. :)

Random thought. I've often described D&D attack actions, at their core, to be simply "Stab, Shoot, or Spell." Stab: STR. Thrown weapons are Stab. Shoot: DEX. Spell: Casting Stat. Finesse wrecks this model a bit and more often than not, ends up with prioritization of DEX over STR. I don't see...

Give it monk levels. (See Miko from the video game Battleborn). Give it twig blight summoning. (See Goombas from Mario). Let it feed off plants in the area for health. (See Defilers from Dark Sun). Maybe other types of Fungus grow on him, giving him cold/fire resistance?

I'd say ignore the heavy armor and jack up your Dex and shield. You can use the shilellagh one-handed whether it's a staff or a club and it still does d8+Wis damage. High Dex also nets you decent ranged attack ability and stealth capability (so long as you don't take an armor that grants...

Pong, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision... played many of the classics here. :) Also had several iterations of the Trash-80, complete with cartridges, cassette deck, 5.25" floppy and even a plug-in modem that I used to talk to exactly one person online ever - in my same town. :3

... gently reminds everyone that UA prototypes are prototypes and built in the direction of OP in order to pare down later.

My thought was Barbarian or Vengeance Paladin. Paladin/Sorcerer (if multi-classing is allowed) is presently considered the top of top-tier m/c builds. You could even go Dex with Dragon Sorc using a Rapier with shield or any xbow you like. Paladin/Warlock works nearly as well for similar...

It's very possible to play what some call a White Necromancer. They are dedicated to studying the dead as a Lore rather than as a means to make an undead army (ie they might learn but never use Animate Dead, or they might only Animate for self-preservation, or maybe they're cool with making...

Thought. Have a shapechanging "were-spider". From the 3e d20srd: "An aranea is an intelligent, shapechanging spider with sorcerous powers. In its natural form, an aranea resembles a big spider, with a humpbacked body a little bigger than a human torso. It has fanged mandibles like a normal...

Hill Dwarf Tempest Cleric 2/Wizard X. Tempest gives all martial weapons and all armor, plus beefs ANY lightning/thunder spell you can cast. Get Con of 16. Hill Dwarf gets +1 HP/level, too. Front-line melee + Thunderwave will be your bread and butter for a while. ^_^ Praise the All-Father!

Final Fantasy 8 tried this and it was AWFUL. Final Fantasy 8 is (arguably) awful in general, but you get attached to the main characters and then, for no apparent reason, you're running a new 3-player party who are basically re-skins of your current party on a completely different story arc...

Or like Stargate - go to different Prime Materials. Dropping him into, say, Dark Sun (campaign setting) would be very jarring. :)

Being other characters only matters from the outside looking in. To the players, they'd be exactly the characters they made. To other onlookers, they have become these other people who have backstories and histories. See: "Quantum Leap", but a whole team. If you're really keen, imagine what...

Quick fix: If you take a UA class, you cannot multi-class. You are able to take your feat etc at 4. If you multi-class, you cannot have access to a feat at 4 etc. (assuming 'your' DM allows both). You simply take your stat bonuses and enjoy your versatility. Players hate the word "can't"...

Barbarian/Druid, imo. Sure, it's a little MAD (Str Dex Con and Wis) but depending on how often you spend combat in animal form, Wis isn't as necessary and can be the 13 min (though 14 is better).

Thanks for the input, everyone. I realize my example is in a static situation, but the question I had appears to have been answered. The general consensus seems to be that pulling an unconscious ally away from a melee opponent would not provoke an OA on the fallen guy. In my head, this is the...

Multi-classing will (at first) appear much stronger at lower levels. Expect 1-level dips from Fighter and Cleric. In most cases, two levels of any class makes any single-classed character better. In practically all cases, 2 levels of Warlock seem to make every class better; 2 levels of...

So, assume you're behind an ally who has just hit 0 HP and fallen unconscious as a result of a solid melee hit from his opponent. Both you and the opponent are within 5' of the fallen ally, who is now prone and bleeding out. Like a good soldier, you want to get your ally out of there. As I...