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That's an interesting point. I like 5e's system better, but it might have been a hard sell without 4e to get people somewhat used to the idea. Completely disagree with this, because 3e was wildly popular (ie not hard for people to swallow), but was more complex than 5e in these areas, and even...

Yes, that's the thing that I keep pointing out and certain people keep wanting to say doesn't count as taking the '6 20s' section of the table into account. I had responded again to some other stuff, but I'm really done with them at this point, I've reposted enough times.

The goal for this character is not to stand back and EB all the time, that's just what happens to be most effective for sustained damage for levels 5-7 so I'll take advantage of it then. Booming Blade is not a legal option; since this is an AL character I only get PHB plus one other book...

Funny how that works, I'm in the opposite situation in my TOA game. My Cleric 1/Warlock 5 character is the low AC one at 16. The other regulars include two clerics who sport splint and shield for 19 (they love to cast guardian spirit and wade into the middle of enemies) and a wizard (with 1...

I really don't get the opposition some people have to D&D campaigns that don't allow players to use the full PHB race roster (or worse, every setting's race roster). I think there are a lot of campaign ideas where 'the kitchen sink' just doesn't work for the story of the campaign, and the idea...

I agree with that advice. I've been playing a warlock and have found that hex is more situational than it's usually treated in white room analysis, so I don't plan to use it all the time in the first place. On my warlock, it's not uncommon that I'll want to use concentration for things like Hold...

This is a character who returned home to find his family dead at the hands of undead, and swore vengeance. He sought guidance, and his prayers were answered by a Celestial who used to be a follower of Tyr but became disillusioned and singleminded after Tyr's death and now acts independently to...

This seems like a good idea, it doesn't read as 'cartoony' to me. My suggestions: I don't like fixed bonuses like +1 AC for this. They can easily throw off the balance of the game, especially when multiple bonuses accumulate, and are easy to ignore - the players will just record them on their...

The two CR7 giants both have a +9, so to hit on a 5 your melee combatants need to only have 14 AC in Tier two. Heavy armor types like STR fighters, Paladins, and melee clerics should have at least splint by then, giving them 17/19. Dex types should be around 15-16 (Studded leather plus 3-4 from...

Yeah, I realized that's a thing that bothers me about rating features that I hadn't consciously realized. For example, Martial Weapon Proficiency tends to get a high rating, since, hey, all martial weapons! But all of the classes that make effective weapon attacks get either martial weapon...

Fortunately, I do think they exist, as I have been talking about them, and how they don't appear to serve a useful function. The post you were responding to pointed out that none of the guides that I have seen actually include sufficient information about mandatory features to guide someone in...

Except that the none of the guides I've seen actually tell you that in the section that's ranking basic class abilities, you have to look on the multiclassing table to see that, and it's... really in that category of stuff where if you can figure that out from the chart, you don't need the...

I really like the "WotC's forums" characters, they have a good mix of abilities and heavy backstory. I had looked at printing off the ones from the Official page, but when I looked at the characters I really didn't like them as something to hand to new players. The WOTC mage, for example...

It's really weird, when I first saw that style of guide I figured it must be a holdover from something in 3e, pathfinder, or 4e becaue it really doesn't make sense. There's just no point in putting a red rating on Wizard weapon/armor proficiencies as they're just going to happen any way, but I...

Why would you think that the feat does something that directly contradicts the text of the feat? It explicitly says 2 level 1 spell slots, not 'two additional spell slots of the same level as other spell slots you have' or any other phrasing that would indicate that the slots are anything other...

Con save instead of wis is pretty huge, especially since the creatures that tend to have high HP and 1-2 big attacks like giants or purple worms, who are good targets for giving disadvantage, also tend to have really high con saves. It seems a little biased to list 'does an average of 1 point...

No, it's using a shield and weapon that causes problems. If you have a shield in one hand, you can leave the other hand free or hold a focus/interact with a component pouch in it. Technically if you're casting a spell that has no material component you have to drop, then pick up the focus as RAW...

In an old issue of Dragon magazine, there was a wandering damage table. It had results like "Something invisible chews on you for 6-36 points of damage," "Take 1-6 damage and consider yourself lucky," "Your character cuts himself shaving, consult limb loss subtable" and "You take no damage...

It's the d10/d12 that's really hard to do - the spells that give bonus damage tend to prefer d6s or d8s over the higher dice. Battlemaster and bardic inspiration seem to be the only way to get those.

OK, I was missing Divine Smite for Paladins at 11th level, I thought there was a smite that would be good for this but all of the other ones are multiple dice. So an 11th level vengeance paladin can do d20 (attack roll), d8 (Improved Divine Smite), D6 (Hunter's Mark) and D4 (Bless) on attacks...