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Hmm. It is easily confused with the Tough feat (which gives +2hp/level). I suppose if you're wanting to increase your Constitution to an even number and don't have a better use for the other +1 ability score, it has potential, esp. if you are already proficient in Constitution saving throws...

Key Points So a Wizard 3/Druid 4/Rogue 3 would have all the spells known, prepared, in spell book and spell slots for a 3rd Level Wizard with the character's INT score. AND all the spells prepared and the spell slots for a 4th level Druid with the character's WIS score. Weapons As for...

Well that very much depends upon how common 9th+ level Bards, Sorcerers and Wizards are/were in the world! On a similar note, it does question whether spells were cheaper in ancient times because precious gems were more plentiful. Rather than the idea that the spell *requires 50gp of current...

This is a pretty cool idea, esp. if you want to divorce “Divine Magic” from deities. Although how do Arcane spells that deal with the outer planes work? Sidenote tangent. I've noticed that in 5E the distinction between Arcane and Divine Magic seems a bit of an afterthought mentioned in a...

One big difference between 5E and 3E&4E is that in 5E you only provoke Opportunity Attacks by moving out of a hostile creature's reach (who can see you). In 3E and 4E you tended to provoke if you moved from a space within the reach. The 5E version makes it easier when you're playing "theater of...

This briefly confused me, but you're right. Defensive duelist requires using your reaction, and you only get one reaction until the start of your next turn. So yes, you can only do this once, regardless of how many weapons you're using. Also should it ever come up, the rules for Reactions...

The monsters by type pdf is very useful for Wild Shape and Polymorph: http://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/DnD_MonstersByType_1.0.pdf The CR 5+ Triceratops 5 Giant crocodile 5 Mammoth 6 Giant ape 7 Tyrannosaurus rex 8 Otherwise I concur with Hemlock that a receptive DM who wants bigger...

So the party cleric finally cast Bless in tonight's game. CLERIC: *Relative newbie to D&D and trying to work out what to do at start of combat* "Hmm, what does Bless do?" ME: *Being helpful* "ZARDNAAR FROM THE INTERNET SAYS IT IS OVERPOWDERED!" ME: *Slightly less over enthusiastically* "It lets...

At 1st Level: You start with at least 4 skill proficiencies; at least 2 from your class + 2 from background. Rogues start with 6 total. Bards and Rangers start with 5 in total. Races Half Elves get an extra two skills and variant rules human start with an extra skill. Elves start proficient in...

Paladin/Warlock has definite potential since it is confirmed (by the errata and semi-officialness of Mearls' tweets) you can use Pact Magic spell slots (that recover on short rests) with Divine Smite. Unsure if it's more optimal to go for a 2 level dip into Warlock (for two level 1 spell slots)...

The Actual Answer is: The one that works for your group. (Esp. the new players!) In pretty much all the games I've played new characters (for whatever reason) start at the same level as everyone else. In most cases we don't bother tracking XP and the DM decides what level we are and when we...

Fireball requires bat guano and sulfur. Two key components of (crude) gunpowder. And because fireball is what you want when you want to go properly batsh...

(In my actual play circle, I doubt anyone would care, I'm the person who likes to theorycraft and discuss rules and their consequences the most, which explains why I'm the one debating such things on Enworld.) The great Battlemaster > Champion debate (This does come up fairly regularly here and...

Easy to overlook but both the Eldritch Knight and Arcane Trickster both use INT, so that is three spell casting classes that use INT, even if two are tertiary 1/3level progression subclass casters. (Mage Hand Legerdemain is one of my favourite class abilities out there.) Warlocks are an odd...

Nothing in the rules seems to impede using both sneak attack and superiority dice at the same time, providing criteria for both sneak attack and the maneuver is met. So as far as I can tell: yes to 1) 2) 3) 1) I can't see any rules or guidelines that suggest you can't use two class features...

Not really; from what I recall of the height of the sea of feats in 3E and 4E you mostly saw the same Feats (or chain of feats) being taken over and over again. Because they were just mathematically better. Except by people who had no interest/unaware of optimisation. I like the idea in...

Yep, multiple attacks is just a variant of using the Attack Action on your turn. You take your action (and move and maybe use your bonus action and even reaction). Multiple attacks changes nothing about the Initiative procedure. To quote the PHB for tiebreakers However it's decided the...

Thing is though, Average AC of all the monsters in the game is dubiously helpful. Because you'll probably fight lots more goblins than empyreans, and they both take up one "entry" for the average AC. (Technically there are two stat blocks for goblins: the goblin and the goblin boss but the...

Gold, Silver and Bronze have traditionally it as a innate racial ability. The 4E Draconomicom series (which was fantastic) presented it an option for chromatic dragons. There is precedent for Chromatic dragons to have the ability. In 1E Dragonlance the Red Dragon Ember transforms into humanoid...

My experience is somewhat different; I don't recall playing in a game where a cleric has actually ever cast Bless, but then the players I mostly play/run for generally aren't the type that look for the most statistical benefit. It definitely is a powerful spell, esp. if combined with...