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Hey, you forgot the Superiority dice bonus, since that Paladin must multiclass to get archery mastery, and Fighter probably makes the most sense for a Dex/Cha build! But really, if the character has archery mastery and the DM gave them a +3 weapon, then the whole point of bounded accuracy is...

I agree - the problem exists for any class. If your rogue spent 12 years of their childhood as a street orphan, why are they still relatively bad at picking pockets at level 1? If high elves get weapon proficiencies from a long childhood training in swordplay, why are they completely...

You generally only get to attack one opponent at a time, and even without Alert it should be rare for a high Dex character to roll lower initiative than everyone. There'll probably be some poor sucker to crit. Heck, pit fiends or ancient dragons are only rolling +2 initiative at the most...

I think you've got the gist of it. One of HoH's main benefits is that the damage at start of turn is automatic, there's no save at all. One of the main disadvantages is that it's not very party-friendly. Creatures can avoid damage by ducking in and out during their turn, so you could call out...

Which is why I thought Meld into Stone might work with a shorter duration. The spell has already been nerfed so that it can't be used to actually move through walls. As written, it's basically a way of safely hiding/resting for 8 hours. Take away the long duration and it has very limited use...

Meld into Stone seems the obvious choice to me (maybe with a shorter duration).

I would probably just go with Mouseferatu's version or something similar, like: Keen Weapon: +1 attack, +3 damage and ignores resistance to slashing damage; this weapon also ignores the damage threshold of objects, and when you roll a critical hit against a Large or smaller unattended...

Fly speed is pretty much the only thing Aarakocra get - and they can only use it with light armor, they have a small penalty to land speed, and the talons are garbage. At least their ability score increases are in useful stats. Without flight I don't see why anybody would play one -- how...

Um, isn't it one? Adult dragons average out at CR 15, and for dragons you should be rolling on the "hoard" table. Which gives you, on average, about 30,000 gp in coins before you even roll for art objects and magic items. That gives two people people a comfortable lifestyle for 20 years, so...

I'm wondering if your 4e Runepriest might be better off in 5e as a War Cleric. They get some of the Paladin bonus-action buffs on their spell list, and if they focus more on buffing than debuffing they can easily get away with having Str primary and a mediocre Wis (low save DC doesn't matter if...

I think if I were going to do this, I'd just let the player replace one subclass feature with another rather than think of it as "multiclassing". So if an Eldritch Knight 14 really wanted to switch, at level 15 they could just gain Combat Superiority, giving up Arcane Charge (and the 1/3...

Fighters and paladins don't hit everything in a 15' cone (or 30' line) or deal half damage on a "miss". That said, I actually agree that dragonborn are on the low end of the power curve, and dwarves on the high end. I'd give dragonborn something like +1 hp healed when spending hit die - this...

I don't think it's possible to have exact balance without every race being the same, but I think they're mostly pretty close. Gnome Cunning is huge. It's probably roughly equal to fire resistance and the Tiefling spell abilities put together. I don't know how the developers balance things...

After looking at the table a bit I came up with this. Since the biggest difference is in defense, if you make an NPC from the PC rules you might get very roughly CR == level by making the following adjustments: 1) Double hp and add 50. 2) Don't give the NPC feats or ability score increases at...

CR is not really additive, so I don't think that's a great guideline. The main issue is that NPCs built with PC rules make for weird encounters. Offensively, a PC's CR tends to a few above their level (a level 1 fighter is probably around CR 1 in terms of overall DPR but CR 4 in terms of...

Heck, I think if well-trained, 10 kids could have a good shot at taking down a lone MMA/krav maga/whatever fighter. I've been lucky enough to train with some very skilled martial artists, but dealing with multiple simultaneous attackers is HARD, and ten is a huge number. Somewhat related...

Really? I wouldn't find this weird as a player, and I don't think I'd think twice about doing this as a DM. I'm quite content if not every bit of fluff necessarily has mechanical representation in the game. Specifically, I'm OK with warhammers being described as "more effective" against plate...

Considering that the form an "arcane focus" takes is deliberately left vague, and that a Warlock can freely choose the form of their pact blade, I think I'd allow it. A Wizard could use a crystal pendant as a focus, keeping both hands free except maybe momentarily when casting, so I don't think...

As for objects: Nystul's Magic Aura can be used to make things seem nonmagical. Used sparingly, the PCs then have to decide whether to just cast Dispel Magic on every single damn thing or take on a bit of risk. You could also have a multipart magical trap that includes a magical restraint...

It's D&D, and Wizards are odd to begin with; traps don't always need a logical reason to exist. Who can say why they'd trap their own office? In real life people booby-trap their own apartments for all sorts of paranoid reasons. I'm more bothered by the idea that Shatter would destroy books -...