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Nah, it didn't die. An as-yet incomplete copy is available here: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?468737-The-Grappler-s-Manual-(2-0)-Grappling-in-5th-Edition If you want to look at the original with all of the builds, it's preserved on the Wayback Machine here...

One difference is that the rear line characters usually have cover whereas the flyer usually does not.

Not true. My Maul-Wielding Berserker gets an additional reaction attack almost every round thanks to Retaliation. The Maul-Wielding Totem Barbarian, by contrast, has no consistent source of reaction attacks. The Maul-Wielding Berserker also has a much more reliable source of bonus action...

Just in case it's not spelled out sufficiently in the Sage Advice Compendium, here is a post from Sage Advice in which Jeremy directly spells the out how the Assassinate ability is intended to work: Daganev Is it intended that an assassin must surprise their target and win initiative to use...

You're overthinking this. The Attack Action normally consists of one attack. With Extra Attack, the Attack Action can consist of two attacks instead of one. You are allowed to Flurry after you complete the Attack Action. That's the face-value interpretation of the RAW, unless you overanalyze...

The most common and accepted interpretation equates "take" to "complete" in this sentence. Thus, "immediately after you take the Attack Action" is functionally equivalent to "immediately after you complete the Attack Action". Assuming that you have the Extra Attack feature, your Attack Action...

Here is a link to the old guide, as preserved by the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20150916232639/http://community.wizards.com/forum/player-help/threads/4147321 It includes the original color coding scheme for all sections of the guide. Cheers! Leugren

Here is a link to the old guide, as preserved by the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20150917000749/http://community.wizards.com/forum/player-help/threads/4142801 It includes the missing section on builds. Cheers! Leugren

Cool. Thanks for the info!

Out of curiosity, I'd like to know how often you are actually able to use a mount in combat. Are most of your adventures set in the outdoors, or are you also participating in traditional dungeon delves. If the latter, then are you actually riding around every dungeon on a horse? Just curious.

Interesting concept, gyor, though I'm a bit skeptical that gaining Vicious Mockery makes up for the loss of an ASI in a class with this much MAD. Any particular reason to choose Oath of Ancients as opposed to one of the other oaths?

Out of curiosity, frupton, can you tell us a bit about your experiences from levels 1 through 4? Apart from Defensive Duelist once per round, I'm assuming that you had a mediocre AC and pretty low HP compared to a typical melee combatant. If you weren't darting in and out of melee range like a...

This isn't really a thread about Barbarians, dude, but I'll bite just this once. It seems to me that, in your worldview, anyone who is playing a Barbarian but who chooses not to use a halberd or a glaive is making a "really horrible choice". "Less than optimal" is a long way off from "really...

Thanks, frupton. This is exactly the type of feedback I was looking for. I had not considered the Defensive Duelist feat. The fact that it can only be used once per round made it seem weak to me, but then again, the Mobile feat is only conditionally useful as well. It really only lets you...

This hasn't my experience, except at the lowest levels of play, but you make a valid point.

What you say makes perfect sense. A DM who doesn't like it could easily shut it down by making all initiative rolls (including yours) behind the screen in cases like this without telling anyone the results. In this way, you'd have no way of knowing whether your assassination attempt succeeded...

I'm glad to get this clarification from Crawford. This was one of my own burning questions. Thanks, Edwin!

You're right, of course. The monk can just use the Dodge action every round, and then sneak in for a kill-steal every once in a while when it suits them. If you're lucky, you might make it to level 5 before your teammates decide that you're nothing but dead weight and stake you out in front of...

Thanks a lot for chiming in, Kithas. Your point about Stunning Strike not always succeeding is spot on, and highlights a key difference between theorycrafting and actual play experience.

Thanks, muppet. You are exactly the type of person I was hoping to solicit feedback from. I fully agree with you about monk Stealth: monks can be great at scouting depending on the build. This is definitely one of their strengths.