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They clarified that the ammunition doesn't need to be magical if the weapon is. I forget if it was in Crawford's tweets, or Sage Advice, or both.

Why wouldn't a Wall of Force provide total cover? The rules say walls provide cover. If the Wall of Force is set up so that there isn't any space to shoot around or over it, it should provide total cover. Just because you can see the targets doesn't mean they don't have cover.

Ranged Weapons always seemed clear to me since they have ranged and melee weapons on the weapons table. A weapon used in a ranged attack does not make it a ranged weapon. Throwing a longsword at someone, for example.

Don't forget Guidance is a concentration spell. So while it has many uses, it ties up the concentration slot that could be used for many powerful spells.

Haha, I also like knocking things prone with a hand crossbow bolt, but at least that is more reasonable. You could shoot something in the wing, or leg or whatever and set it off balance.

It's not bad. I don't hate the Champion, I just believe him to be a little lacking like I said. A month or so ago I was in an Adventurer's League game and had a BM crossbow expert and used Menacing Attack against a Treant with my hand crossbow from 90 feet away. It still makes me laugh when I...

Personally I think the reason the BM outshines the Champion isn't the pure DPR. As shown by both sides presented there are many many variables ( short rests being one of the most important, but weapons used, specific magic weapons used, etc ). The riders are what push the BM way over the top in...

Banshee 11 Ghost 19 Ghoul 17 Lich 23 - Hooray Mummy 21 Revenant 3 - Boo Skeleton 14 Shadow 21 Spectre 17 Vampire 16 Wight 23 Wraith 21

Banshee 20 Death Knight 2 - Kind of meh. Ghast 16 Ghost 20 Ghoul 21 Lich 24 - Classic villian Mummy 24 Revenant 17 Skeleton 22 Shadow 20 Specter 20 Vampire 18 Wight 21 Wraith 21 Zombie 20

Whoops, yeah, I wasn't clear that "they" meant the PC with the feat, not "they" as in the entire group of PCs. It could easily look like I'd meant the whole party.

If you use feats in your game, and one of the PCs has the Alert feat, they can't be surprised while conscious. I don't know how well you track PC abilities or even if you allow feats in your game but I thought it was related at the very least.

I did a bunch of home games in Adventurer's League. Those were fine because we felt better about going off the rail so to speak. In actual store games I feel like the content is a bit more narrow. For what it is AL is pretty cool. But a standardized game isn't the most fun way to play D&D in my...

There is something wrong for sure if your casters are running out of spells quickly all the time. Either they are mismanaging their spells, or the fights are far too tough for them. It's hard to tell without more information. EDIT: Posts are popping up while I reply. In my opinion there is a...

The resource management game is how casters are set up in D&D for the most part. If you play one, you should prepare for some resource management. If you don't want to deal with resource management then don't play one. I'm not attacking the idea of disliking resource management or anything...

I don't consider it an abuse to long rest when a party deems it necessary. There's many situations where it would be appropriate for nothing to show up and attack and logically it wouldn't make sense to continue on. Don't force encounters for no reason. If you really feel they are resting too...

Personally I don't mind if the Monk gets a better healing pool then the Paladin. Paladins have a bunch of spells to back up their healing. Overall I like these two variants.

Seeing clearly was made a part of the stealth rules via the errata. That's why it's not just a matter of if you can be seen, but seen clearly.

Sorry, it wasn't directed strictly at you but for everyone who chooses to share opinions in the thread. Silent is just the beginning of the eventual argument someone may provide. For silent, invisible, odorless attackers from a distance I still believe the feat should function as listed. No...

I think the feat is fine and doesn't need special DM workarounds.

I think it's fine for players to know the stats on monsters if the characters make appropriate knowledge checks, and then of course share that information in character if other characters want to act upon it. Having the characters act on the knowledge without knowing it is pretty much the...