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I don't think I'd ever put "bear moving like a monk" in the same sentence as "verisimilitude". And I'm not saying "monk abilities" cannot be used in wild shape. I'm saying "Unarmored Defense" (and, incidently, "Martial Arts") can't. The Druid/Monk is free to enjoy the benefits of Unarmored...

Alternatively, you could change the AC of the humanoid form using Unarmored Defense, and then that gets overriden by the animal AC granted by Wild Shape. That rationale could go both ways. Hence "debate". My preference is to let the animal AC take precedence. Want a better AC while Wild Shaped...

There's a debate on whether it works or not. On the one hand, Wild Shape says you keep class features that your form is capable of using. On the other hand, Wild Shape says it replaces your combat statistics (including AC). Personally, I don't allow it.

Commanding the companion with a bonus action is an interesting idea. Might even make the "replace Extra Attack with a beast attack" notation, since a ranger with Extra Attacks could still use his bonus action to tell the beast to strike. But more likely, the beast would be a free Advantage...

For an example of good-aligned Infernal warlock, I point to one of my favorite TV Shows Cancelled Too Soon: Brimstone. In it, 113 evil souls escape Hell. In order to catch them, the Devil called upon Zeke Stone, a deceased NY cop who killed his wife's murderer (and subsequently died and went to...

Lots of great posts in this thread!

Olgun wants a word with you. :D

And now that they have that sense of security, it's time for you to shatter it! - Trap triggers a rolling boulder that spans the length of the corridor. - Trap triggers a crossbow fusilade that hits a 40' cone. - Trap delivers a cloud of poison gas that fills a 60' cube, and then is rendered...

Common sense is something so rare, it should count as a superpower.

It does count. When facing a flying dragon, a wizard that forgoes casting lightning bolt in favor of, say, hold monster, is doing exactly what a RPG is about: he's thinking like a person living inside the fantasy world. Instead of just "mashing the buttons" for more damage ("more damage makes...

But you have to allow the players some mileage out of their good tactical thinking before putting in countermeasures. That's just basic storytelling: the DM is powerful enough to just say "that didn't work! Ha Ha!" to anything the players try, but does that make for a satifying game? And do...

The whole "entangling dragon so it falls to its death" thing is the entire tactic used by dragon hunters in the movie Reign of Fire. Which is very cinematic, and in a world where dragons and other flying creatures are a concern, it's entirely believable that adventurers would come up with ways...

I'm pretty sure I read a Twitter response by Jeremy saying that a "melee thrown" weapon isn't a "ranged" weapon.

The whole scale was an attempt at listing the Fighter/Magic-User (or "gish", if you're a githianky) possibilities, from least Magic-User to most Magic-User. I could see a Wild Sorcerer being moved up to max, even though it has a larger HD than the wizard.

Between light armor, simple weapons and HD d8, warlocks are hardier than sorcerers and wizards (moreso if they choose the Fiend patron).

A Moutain Dwarf's proficiencies with Light and Medium Armor, Hammers and Axes makes any character "more martial", as I see it.

I totally did.

Just out of curiosity, let's rank the 5e classes on a scale from "Purely Martial" to "Purely Magical". I'm setting the "Magic Level" at 0 for Purely Martial, and increase from there. 0 - Fighter (Champion and Battlemaster), Rogue (Thief, Assassin) 1 - Barbarian (Berserker) 2 - Monk (Open Hand...

1 - It's not one sandbox, it's several! Regions in Oerth can be divided into large sanbox-style settings, with very different approaches. The ancient Kingdom of Keoland and its surrounding states fighting against giants, the Mage in the Valley, the Dim Forest horrors and the ever-present threat...

Or his DM just assigned a high Strength DC to check if he could lift far more than his carrying capacity and walk 5 steps.