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    Any assistance with character building for a relatively new player?

    You prolly want Dex16 Con14 and Wis14-16. Wood elf is best, but variant human or stout halfling works too. Don't push for Dex17, it's a waste. Your best feat would be crossbow expert, but you cannot use it or TWF when you command your beast to attack. Forget most combat feat in that case. Pick...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Prepared vs Unprepared spells Help

    Bards "know" ~25 spells and have them all prepared. They have no access to other spells. Wizards "know" ~50 spells in their spellbook and can prepare ~25 of those every day. They have no access to other spells. Clerics "know" all their spells and can prepare ~25 every day. The difference is how...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Languages: DRACONIC WINS!

    Abyssal 19 Celestial 13 Common 8 Draconic 26 Dwarvish 22 Elvish 20 Giant 20 Gnomish 13 Goblin 20 Halfling 0 Tasty! Infernal 21 Orc 22 Primordial 13 Sylvan 19
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    D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Languages: DRACONIC WINS!

    Abyssal 19 Celestial 13 Common 8 Draconic 26* Dwarvish 22 Elvish 22 Giant 20 Gnomish 13 Goblin 20 Halfling 6 Too many words for "food"... Infernal 21 Orc 23 Primordial 13 Sylvan 24 Undercommon 3 * Sure, draconic also has many words for "food", but at least they're also races.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Eldritch Knight: How often do you actually use War Magic?

    Well then, why use an unqualified "a cantrip" instead of the actual options that make sense? This is like the "you are in an airplane" Microsoft joke: 100 percent correct but absolutely useless. Back on topic. Do you have anything to add to blade ward and SCAG cantrips?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Eldritch Knight: How often do you actually use War Magic?

    2d8 is barely better than 1d8+4 and less than 2d6+4. Some SCAG cantrips do much better. You can also blade ward and have your bonus attack.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Booming Blade and Two Handed Weapons

    We'll burn that bridge when that happens. Until then, there's no reason to fight to the death.:devil:
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    D&D 5E (2014) Booming Blade and Two Handed Weapons

    "Two-Handed (p. 147). This property is relevant only when you attack with the weapon, not when you simply hold it." So, yeah.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Tankiest 5th-level PC

    Nobody said moon 2 / bear totem 3?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Re-Noobed Class Advice?

    The biggest gotchas are what looks like more damage ain't better: - Berserker barbarian doubles up on great weapon master feat. - Champion's improved critical does less than battlemaster's riposte. - 4 element monk doesn't have enough ki. - Beast master ranger replaces one of your attacks for no...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Good news! The RAW answer to: "When does a rest end?"

    I don't think a DM needs to hide behind RAW to forbid that kind of behavior. If a party feels they have to waste a whole hour just to give a few extra hp to the fighter, you've got other problems.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Good news! The RAW answer to: "When does a rest end?"

    Well I'm glad all is required is some RP oil over the raw mechanics. That's something I can approve.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Good news! The RAW answer to: "When does a rest end?"

    Woah, talk about adversarial DM. Yep, every morning that player cheats by doing calesthenics for an hour before breakfast.
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    D&D 5E (2014) BattleMaster vs Champion, an analysis

    Nice fix! Yeah, I see that 13 vs 14 level has .01-.04 variations. Those numbers look ok for +damage SDs. I might spot-check a few values later. I see you've added some columns for precision, I'm surprised you get no improvement there. Turning a single miss into hit should add... (1d12+3 -...
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    D&D 5E (2014) BattleMaster vs Champion, an analysis

    As I've shown on page 1, your numbers are off. For instance, your first champion cell (level 3, 40 rounds of 1d8+3) has 3.98 DPR. But a quick calculation returns a much higher number. - 1d8+3 * .55 + 1d8 * .1 = 4.575 (AC15 vs +5, need 10+ to hit) {hit on 10+ = 55%, crit on 19+ = 10%} BM should...
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    D&D 5E (2014) BattleMaster vs Champion, an analysis

    I did. Did you? Come back once you find out "how the results were reached".
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    D&D 5E (2014) BattleMaster vs Champion, an analysis

    It's hard to validate something is right when you have no information on how the results were reached. Did you apply every SD as riposte, or did you merely add it as damage? Because it makes a big difference. Did you manually calculate some values to check your program? For instance, your...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What is "broken" in 5e?

    Oh, wish. I missed that, sorry.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What is "broken" in 5e?

    Grappled: speed 0.
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    Highest DPR at Level 1?

    I'm getting slightly better result for the CE rogue than DW: - CE rogue = 1d6+3 * .65 * 2 + 1d6 * .88 = 8.45+.35 + 3.08+.175 = 12.05 DPR
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