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I hate the Sharpshooter feat. I see a certain type of cheesy player drawn to SS, smugly doing massive damage from the safety of the back, but acting like you have it in for them when some high AC monsters teleport right next to them and they have to actually fight in melee, or when your NPC...

Arcane Trickster 29 Eldritch Knight 31 Gloom Stalker 13 Horizon Walker 2 Hunter 18 Oath of the Ancients 28 Oath of Devotion 13 Monster Slayer 2

A 5e bladelock. When I start to look at how MAD it is, the lower hp I'll have in melee compared to fighters etc, count up the invocations I'll need to make this work, compared to the cool things I would do as a blasty tomelock, I never pull the trigger. Improved Pact Weapon, Thirsting Blade...

Exactly my feeling. I played Holmes basic and AD&D and then didn't play for 30+ years. I talk to many, many players who did the same thing I did, jumping from 1e to 5e and loving the game.When I first read the 5e rules I was immediately struck by several things being better. 1) They got rid of...

Arcane Trickster 31 Eldritch Knight 28 Gloom Stalker 17 Horizon Walker 7 Hunter 17 Oath of the Ancients 29 Oath of the Crown 8 Oath of Devotion 11 Monster Slayer 10

Arcane Trickster 29 Eldritch Knight 29 Gloom Stalker 18 Horizon Walker 13 Hunter 15 Oath of the Ancients 26 Oath of the Crown 14 Oath of Devotion 16 Oath of Vengeance 12 Monster Slayer 13 Vengeance Paladin is really the best way to build a gish in 5e, but they are doomed in this poll, so not...

I had this happen in a game I was running last week. A level 2 cleric ran up and slapped the evil priest with a critical Inflict Wounds on the first round of combat for 30+ damage which was enough to kill her and end the fight. I was worried about a TPK from a few rounds of Spirit Guardians, but...

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Arcane Trickster 26 Beast Master 4 Eldritch Knight 24 Gloom Stalker 22 Horizon Walker 17 Hunter 16 Oath of the Ancients 28 Oath of Conquest 10 Oath of the Crown 16 Oath of Devotion 18 Oath of Redemption 18 Oath of Vengeance 17 Monster Slayer 16

Arcane Trickster 21 Beast Master 18 Eldritch Knight 21 Gloom Stalker 20 Horizon Walker 21 Hunter 20 Oath of the Ancients 20 Oath of Conquest 20 Oath of the Crown 18 Oath of Devotion 20 Oath of Redemption 20 Oath of Vengeance 18 Oathbreaker 20 Monster Slayer 20

I don't necessarily feel that the sorcerer is terrible (except Wild Magic) and they get played about as often as wizards in groups I'm in, but if players in your group want more satisfaction out of the class, here are some suggestions: Sorcery Points A sorcerer without SP to spend on spell...

I have played this build, Knowledge Cleric 1/Diviner X, up through level 5 and overall he was a boss at Int checks so if that's what you are aiming for then you are on the right track. I took Resilient (Con) as my starting feat, and had expertise in 2 skills, Arcana and History. He was a...

Here is the Sage Advice link: http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/rules-answers-april-2016 "First, each of these spells involves a normal melee weapon attack, not a spell attack, so you use whatever ability modifier you normally use with the weapon. (A spell tells you if it includes a...

Changing my answer with regard to Riploste: This maneuver has to be used with your reaction, and reactions have specific triggers. The trigger for Riposte is "a creature misses you with a melee attack," so to even argue that you could combine Booming Blade with Riposte you would have to have...

Until this thread it never occurred to me that there was any interpretation of Devil's Sight other than you get the benefit of Bright light out to 120 ft. That's how it has worked in every 5e game I've every played in.

You can use both. The key is whether the maneuver requires a "weapon attack" or the Attack Action. With Booming Blade the weapon attack is made as part of the Cast a Spell action, so you aren't taking the Attack Action. Therefore you can use Booming Blade with any weapon attack maneuver except...

I haven't played in a game where variant human wasn't allowed. Or feats. Vhumans are a top choice for optimizers (or as I prefer, "engineers") but even with them allowed they aren't the predominate char race for a variety of reasons: flavor, racial features, darkvision. Outside of AL, we never...

The only limiter is the opportunity to cast it. The thief is trying to disarm a trap? My cleric gives them a pat on the shoulder and asks for divine guidance to help them succeed (and then backs up 30 feet because the gods are fickle). My cleric is trying to break a grapple? The athletics check...

There are a lot of options for AL in central Ohio, and AL was my gateway back into D&D after many years. I didn't need to know players, I jut needed to know where to play. Even though I now play in 2 different homebrew groups I like playing in AL regularly, too. We continue to see new players...