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I think a variation of Hanlon's Razor applies. Never attribute to designer intent that which can be adequately explained by WOTC's sloppy writing. Perkins would probably defend it anyways, because they simply cant admit that they frankly DGAF about writing clear rules because people buy them...

Seems this would apply to nonsense like the warcaster "allies trigger opportunity attacks that I use to buff/heal".

Do you roll Persuade checks for NPCs to one another? Or did you just decide two NPCs are allies? Is your bad guy leveled? You didn't roll their attacks through all the adventures to level up. There's no craft checks to build a dungeon, or for whether or not the bad guy didn't die of a genetic...

Agreed 100% on animated is the way to go. WOTC could make a Baldurs Gate 3 show and that has a pretty huge audience at this pointt. They already have the voice actors cast.

Yeah, there are a few outliers with the martials, but overall Artificer is in line for levels 1-2. The wizard has an extra cantrip and one extra spell slot through Arcane Recovery at 1st, the artificer more HP, better armor and their tinkering which is on par with a cantrip IMO. 2nd level the...

So rather than dog on the Artificer, lets try and figure out what it needs. I would expand the Right Tool for the Job to let them create any suit of armor, weapon, a potion of healing or a 1st level scroll. Update this periodically. A greater potion and 2nd level scroll at 6th, 3rd level...

I've been running acid splash as a 10x10 cube. The point of emanation and 5 feet around it. Have others been running it as 15x15?

Couple more edits I would make Give them heavy crossbow and hand crossbow proficiency. I honestly didnt even realize they were missing this. Have them always regain max charges on their items. Tracking individual charges is irritating enough when using them. Just have them reset at long rest...

My main gripe with the class is that too many of their abilities are lame ribbons that boil down to "you can use your class abilities". Monk had a similar problem in 5E where their 1st level class ability was "you have a stick and some armor, even if you wouldn't" The Right Tool for the Job...

Or even full casters like the valor bard/bladesinger. War cleric can get an extra attack Wisdom modifier per short rest on top of using their channel for free spiritual weapon that doesnt take concentration. IMO 5E was too generous with extra attack for casters.

Id do expertise on anything they use a tool for. If they have the relevant skill as well, that's advantage with expertise. I do crits on skills as 10+ over the target, which grant additional degrees of success for skill challenges, harvesting of trap components, etc, so that would be good for my...

The difference is in spell efficacy at the level you are. By the time the artificer can revivify, the cleric can raise dead. They have fewer slots and are limited to weaker effects than a full caster. Their damage is underwhelming as well. They're classified as support because they're the least...

Yep! Ultimately they'd both be casting it at 5th level. I want to say 3rd edition had some spells that were granted earlier to rangers and paladins to keep their effects relevant for the tier they were obtained. I think 5E has some Ranger/Paladin only spells that are more powerful for their...

The problem is then they're competing with the bard and cleric, which are full casters with extra support on top of it. The infusions don't make up for it, given how stingy they are with the allowed effects at a particular level. WOTC dropped the ball by not having individual class lists with...

I made a "Bomb Catalyst" cantrip, castable as a bonus action, that adds spellcasting modifier to bombs (acid, alchemist fire, holy water, other types) at 1st level and 1d8 at 5/11/17. The alchemist subclass can also make 1+proficiency modifier bombs during short rests that expire after a long...

This is the thing I dislike the most about PF2E. The skill feats feel like they take away options once they exist. Sorry, you cant intimidate a crowd by waving your pistols at them. Gotta be one at a time unless you have Group Coercion. If skills got 1/3 the page count of spells, with some...

So its basically that, but it keeps going. I've found if you run long campaigns, getting periodic player input keeps them engaged and take ownership. I try and do that every downtime (which occurs between long rests in my current game). I've seen other people argue that restrictions on...

That's my take. Plus its also pointless, because gotcha DM's are unsatisfied even once they get you trained to follow door opening procedure. Oh you listend at the door? Now you got those brain worm things that crawl in your ears. Oh you searched for traps? You triggered the tiny explosive runes...

There's no in game reason why the characters don't slip on a bar of soap in the shower and break their neck, or die of a brain aneurysm or get ALS. You simply choose not to have that occur. Unless you're writing for Flint in Dragonlance and he dies of old age while on guard duty. The DM is...

I took it as a Bollywood hero. One of my players loves those big dance numbers and she's excited to try one out next game.