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  1. jaelis

    D&D 5E (2014) A use for True Strike

    Yeah I didn't think about the multiple attack rolls issue. But EB more likely does 1d10+5...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Changing Sneak Attack to Light Weapons

    I personally think the finesse restriction helps define the flavor and character of the rogue. But there's obviously no balance reason not to allow all light weapons. I don't think there's any big balance issue with allowing rapiers either though.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Wish and the requirement removal

    The RAW are ambiguous, because the rules never define what "requirements" are. So there is no clear-cut answer to "what is RAW?" To determine RAI, you'll have to ask Crawford, not us. We can only give you our guess to what Crawford would say.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Wish and the requirement removal

    Seeing as how we don't have such an AI, and people aren't AIs, what is the point of the exercise? If you want to say that RAW is ambiguous, then I think we all agree. If you want to say "this is how I want to play it," then go for it, it is your table. If you want to say "what do you think the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Wish and the requirement removal

    You could do this (I guess), but it is not reasonable to think that it would not fall under the "duplicating another spell" use of wish...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Wish and the requirement removal

    I think this must be your real point here. If so, then yes, I agree. If not, I'm not really sure what you are after.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Wish and the requirement removal

    I'm quite sure that by requirements the intention is things like spell components, having it on your class list, and the like. Parameters of the spell operation itself don't change, so you're still limited in what you can resurrect, charm person can still only target a person, fireball still...
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    D&D 5E (2014) A use for True Strike

    It might be too strong for a wizard, but the request was to make it good for an EK. If you really want go that way, make TS only work on weapon attacks. In any case, I think the situation for a wizard is not so clear as it sounds. Yes you could get advantage on your cantrip every round, but...
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    D&D 5E (2014) A use for True Strike

    Make it a bonus action to cast.
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    D&D 5E (2014) A use for True Strike

    Do keep in mind that you have to see your target when you cast true strike. So the circumstances when you can use it before combat are somewhat limited.
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    D&D 5E (2014) A use for True Strike

    I houseruled it to be castable on an ally, and the ally doesn't have to see the attack's target when cast. So it's basically a ranged aid you can cast before combat starts. I think this is fine, but I can't say anyone has taken it. I'd worry about giving a free crit, some character builds can...
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    D&D 5E (2014) A use for True Strike

    IMO the only good use for true strike that actually comes up enough to matter is to cast it before rolling initiative, like in an ambush situation. Does that come up enough to be worthwhile? I'm not so sure.
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    D&D General Wind Dukes

    Stick with wind dukes, but then at midpoint of the campaign have the characters dramatically discover it is a mistranslation and they were actually ducks.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Scientist background

    Without an actual framework for how wizardry works in the dnd world, it would be pretty hard to say how a wizard's skill might carry over into ours. All we really know is that a wizard has to be pretty smart.
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    D&D 5E (2014) A magician without Spells

    It seems like you could do this pretty well with the existing warlock... just use hex constantly and call it a class feature.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Interesting Race/Class/Background combinations

    Gnomish thread necromancer
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    D&D 5E (2014) Upgrading the Anti-Magic of Fighters and Barbarians

    Just in terms of clarification does the auto-save only work for saves vs. spells? Or for any effect you save against. I think the second effect would be too ambiguous for me to use. A fighter can just walk through my wall of stone? See and attack me while I am ethereal? Be invulnerable to my...
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    D&D General Biggest DM regret

    Literally my main regret as a DM is that I don't play enough. Like, I wish I put more effort into getting games organized.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Stone shape

    As I read it, stone shape lets you reshape the stone but not cause it to move in arbitrary ways. So you could shape a large rock to have a person sized hole in it, but getting the person into the hole is a different matter. One way I could see it is to shape a pit beneath a creature and...
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