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We're about to hit level 4 in this campaign. So far my Druid Skinchanger has been a decently tank, but so is the other front line warrior. The Rogue Cutthroat has often been the most effective character offensively, with good reason due to Sneak Attack +2d6, +2 from sniper class feature, and...

A level 9 Druid Skinchanger with Wisdom 20 can be very tanky indeed. With the 2nd level spell Force of Will as a reaction to damage to recover 2d10 + Wisdom modifier HP, 6d8 temporary HP from changing to a CR 3 shape, and 1st level spell Absorb Elements as a reaction to halve elemental damage...

At level 9 Druid with CR 3 forms for a Skinchanger archetype with Wisdom 20 for +5 AC, AC 16 for Ankylosaurus and Stegosaurus gives AC 21 wild shaped; AC 17 for Giant Snapping Turtle gives AC 22 wild shaped, and AC 18 for J'ba Fofi Spider gives AC 23 wild shaped. So that AC 22 with shield in a...

Agreed. Yes, the gear needs to be donned outside of combat. The Ranger and Fighter AC examples that I gave are the same as can be achieved in 5E D&D.

I observed that the Druid Skinchanger archetype with Wisdom modifier to wildshape AC can achieve high armor class when in a form like say a Dire Ape, Myconid, or Vegepygmy that can use a shield. Specifically, at level 8 with Wisdom 20 to +5 Wisdom modifier to AC, and base Druid wildshape AC of...

Perfect for a Rogue. With level 2 in Rogue, you can use Cunning Action to hide as a Bonus Action. So potentially this can be repeated each round.

Regarding Druid wildshapes that would be great. If you look at what forms a Circle of the Moon Druid, or Skinchanger Druid can take, there are many choices at CR 1 and below. There are much fewer to choose from at CR 2, missing some niches such as a CR 2 Ape-like option. So having a way to make...

Might be worth using cards to display what consumables they can use, as a physical reminder.

What potions do they have? What else are they doing with their bonus actions? Do they ever have the opportunity to drink a potion before entering combat? For example, drinking a potion of resistance of the appropriate energy type, before fighting a dragon. We most frequently use a potion to...

Very nice. The Riding Beetle is a worthy steed. I am looking at these previews and thinking that maybe some of these would make good wild shape options for a Druid. :)

Using a familiar, which avoids getting killed in combat, to cast spells from a Ring of Spell Storing is a nice idea. I've been doing something similar sometimes in combat, with my Imp having the Fire Bolt cantrip to do d10 fire + 4 force damage from Frog Fangs at up to 120' range. Not the same...

With the Frog Fangs eldritch invocation and Pact of the Chain, such a Warlock build aims at having the familiar in combat to boost damage per round. It works well at lower levels. At higher levels, the familiar goes down within a round or two of suffering damage in combat. For my 9th level...

Fine for a magic lantern, which is why I voted yes. No for a standard lantern.

Great. Thank you Verall.

I agree on the throwing range. I mentioned that above for Seed Bomb, that it doesn't seem possible in real life for some seed variants to be thrown 60', without the magical enchantment from the spell. So it is the spell that permits it to be thrown that far, not the physical capability of the...

Produce Flame raises the same question as Seed Bomb, albeit the text specifies "fling" rather than "throw". For Seed Bomb, we discussed this in our last session, and the DM's response was that you'd need to be in a wildshape form like that was capable of throwing something. Examples of Druid...

Agreed. You can not normally move 15' as part of your action, unless you use your action to Dash. So I assume the additional movement in combat maneuvers is not subtracted from the rest of your movement that you can do during a turn - that would zero the benefit of several maneuvers if so.

I would impose disadvantage or a higher difficulty on the roll for trying to do something in a rushed manner. I think that it is reasonable that disarming a trap or picking a lock would take a minute to attempt as a normal action. Heroic skill level or specific Rogue (or other) features could...

Bounding Strike and other combat maneuvers don't specify how they deal with each possible condition that they could occur in. There's no exception specified in Bounding Strike, so it would make sense for it to follow the standard rules, that the attack is at disadvantage because you are blind. I...

If blinded, you should still have disadvantage on the roll.