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I'm normally in the "gut all spellcaster's power" camp, but even I don't want to go back to casters tossing darts or pinging with crossbows!

They kind of aren't though. Rangers get dookie damage spells like Hail of Thorns, Lighting Arrow, Cordon of Arrows, etc that aren't worth the slots or action to cast. Same issue with the paladin's smite spells. They balance them against a full caster's spells, ignoring the fact that by the time...

Silvery Barbs probably needs to die as well.

If they're common, then adding +1 at 5, +2 at 11, and +3 at 17 isn't an issue. Its not like they stack. It also makes them at least on par with Eldritch Blast, rather than having the already sub-par option be at the mercy of the DM to patch it. Too much of 5E is "lol, DM you make it work...

The number is such that virtually nothing will detect them at that point. Why bother pretending the roll is relevant?

Pass without Trace. Or at least the ridiculous +10 to stealth. That's some 3E bonus right there. "What's bounded proficiency?" says WOTC.

WOTC could afford the whole two extra pages it would require in the PHB to outline Artificer, Paladin, Ranger, and Warlock spells. Put fireball at 2nd level on the Artificer/Warlock spell list for example, and 3rd level on the Arcane.

Plus lower spell slots makes spells like Armor of Agathys go from an interesting choice to garbage. Oohhh, 10 temp HP at level 5! Look out asthmatic kobolds! Hybrid casting really only works for utility spells and buffs/debuffs that don't scale through hit points. A +2 to AC is always relevant...

Against one target. Burning Hands rises to a lofty 13 damage, save for half, vs 2d10+8. Why are we having to jump through hoops to get the damage that should just be baked into the class? Sneak Attack just works. The paladin's extra radiant damage just works. No need to fart around casting a...

Crappy spells. You get fireball at 9th level, as opposed to 5th when the damage is significant. All hybrid casters suffer from using full caster's hand me downs many levels after they were relevant. You're still blasting every round because otherwise you're the chump casting a first level...

The optional magic weapons you aren't guaranteed to get and supposedly aren't taken into account? It falls behind at 11th level with the third blast. It would be easy to fix it with more scaling than just the extra attack at 5th level. They should absolutely remove the non-heavy restriction...

LOL, like I trust WOTC to balance anything. Balance takes effort, and to a good chunk of their customers act personally attacked by attempts to balance the game. The usual defenders will go "but muh arr pee!" as though they can't roleplay if Pact of the Blade dealt equal damage, and it will get...

It's still kind of a trap. You attack up to 4 times for d10+Cha at range, vs attacking twice for d8+Cha in melee.

How the hell is agonizing blast still not just baked into the class? One invocation basically doubles your at will damage output. Anyone not taking it is seriously gimping themselves, particularly with the slower spell aquisition. They may as well have made sneak attack an opt-in to noob trap...

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The other tipoff is that the halfling isn't a grotesque monstrosity.

Not really. Liking the character is a complete red flag for me. A bitter little weasel who wants nothing more to become the bully he supposedly hates. He's basically Harold from the Stand, given a Mary Sue injection cranked to 11.

I can't wait for all the Raistlin fans to get mad that their hero comes off as an incel type without realizing that's what he was all along.

I wouldn't allow full casters in a low magic D&D world. I'd drop all casters to half casters, with no further balance adjustments for them, or only allow half casters. Being a caster in a low magic world is like running a modern RPG and one character is the Flash. The world is simply not...

Because it allows for levels of success, something most modern RPG's have that D&D fails at, though I guess this thread illustrates why. You have marginal success, standard success, and critical success. If you don't see the difference between a miss with a +1 warhammer dealing 4 damage on a...