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The fighter should be named Roadie.... "Roadie and the Band".

"Tanking" can be standing in a choke point or other actions. It's not just the compelled duel spell or goading attack maneuver either. Effects like topple, slow, and push from weapon mastery can cost an opponent so much movement they cannot close to squishier PC's. The interception and...

So the 2024 PHB has this... I think I might have been taking it for granted my (and other players) experience in how to build a character to fill these roles. I'm not sure how much everyone agrees or disagrees with the premise either and the fact this statement doesn't really give new players...

I generally like changes to warlock invocations. I particularly like lessons of the first ones. Bonus feats were strictly a fighter or rogue benefit in 2014 (and still are giving the feat is an alternative to another invocation instead of a straight bonus and feat restrictions) and it's nice...

I was just thinking about beast master rangers. The new beasts gain the ranger's proficiency bonus in any ability check they make. We can have a violin playing octopus or a monkey picking locks regardless of what the ranger is actually proficient in because the ranger can give them other...

Yes, Hunter's Mark is a spell but "spell" is just a label in how rules apply to the ability. WotC could have just called it a class ability that uses the magic action and requires concentration and it would be no different in how it works. I don't agree that rangers rely on spells extensively...

They still won't show up until after the hard part is over.

House ruling like that where the DM will exchange heavy armor for expertise a person might just ask for the druid spell list instead of the wizard spell list and to use it with WIS instead of INT.

Force cage has concentration now. The advantage on using ensnaring strike is it's a bonus action spell that takes effect after hitting with the regular attack actions. It's less bonus damage than hunter's mark assuming 2 hits but can also be cast in a higher level slot for more damage and...

Other classes rely on their spells more for combat. Rangers rely on martial attacks as well, and those don't require concentration. The point of concentration is to prevent stacking effects. Rangers should be prevented from stacking effects just like other casters too. I also think that...

I think you already took the L on that line of argument when I demonstrated that rangers have one of the lowest ratios of concentration spells. ;-P Concentration is something every spell caster deals with in their decision making. Rangers don't need to be exempt from that choice with Hunter's...

The problem with that is what to do with the 13th, 17th, and 20th level abilities that enhance hunter's mark. Adding an ability to enhance each spell a new thing, and not doing so turns it into "pick a spell you can cast a few times more" as kind of boring. I'm not a fan of using a spell this...

I imagine players would be saying "why goodberry? why not hunter's mark?" lol

That would be the 13th, 17th, and 20th level abilities. It's already been argued these don't count because of how high the level is so now they are "most" of the class features. I don't agree with your assessment.

I did a quick check for you, however, and 27 ranger spells have the concentration tag and 34 do not. That's approximately 44% instead of the extremely over-exaggerated 90%. ;-) ~35% cleric ~38% bard ~44% ranger ~44% wizard ~46% paladin ~48% druid ~49% warlock ~50% sorcerer ~66% AT/EK These...

I'm not sure I'm misreading your post or missing something from the rules. It looks to me like you're saying arcane tricksters gain a free casting of that spell. The main benefit I see here is being able to use a reaction to save oneself from a spell effect. The lack of 4th level spell slots...

Concentration choices are also something every spell caster deals with. Again, this is demonstrating the expectation that hunter's mark always be on. It doesn't have to always be on. False equivalent, but rage also isn't always on and can be lost. It's chosen to be used by the player at...

That was the first thing I thought of. Except the ability to spell steal requires a saving throw so it incentivizes itself to invest in that INT score. Magical ambush is not just the first save. Any way to maintain the invisible condition maintains the disadvantage on saves. Greater...