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It's not a sorcerer spell. It's available to wizards and warlocks (as mystic arcanum). At that level bards can pick it up easily via magical secrets as well.

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I think that depends on the lens through which we're looking. In most cases, yeah no so good. But if I'm looking at bards 2024 has increased their damage cantrip options significantly. Vicious Mockery does d6's now and causes one attack at disadvantage. It's better but still poor damage and...

Multiple attacks against multiple targets generates multiple sap effects. There's a decision point created where piling all the damage on a single target isn't necessarily the best choice with weapon mastery effects that don't stack on themselves. I can see scenarios where sapping multiple...

We also would need a way to compare the trade-offs taken instead of damage to compare individual aspects of a build plus a stack ranking comparison overall. Sounds like a lot of work. 🤔

Some 20th level abilities are definitely worth taking if a person expects that level of play. Others (like the ranger capstone) are a lot less appealing. Elmo understands.

I'm not sure I agree with the premise being based on damage, or how we're defining "viable" here. I'm getting the impression that the most damage is what's important and everything less than is being othered as not "viable". I don't think "viable" starts at the top and our baseline is off...

It's not that the fluff doesn't matter. The fluff is yours to do with what you want because it's not part of the mechanics. If I want to make an eldritch knight (for example) and take the entertainer background and history that can easily be a variation on the type of bard I want. It's...

Sorry. I didn't mean to sound condescending. Our feelings are valid.

That's a possibility. How probable is it, though? Seems like more of the exception than the rule to me and at that point if it does come up you have the choice of following the rules of the table or withdrawing from participation in the game. If you're not allowed a custom background I would...

I like having backgrounds becoming a more mechanical and meaningful component of the overall character. It would however, be easier for everyone if the ability score bonuses and feats were dissociated from the backgrounds or species or classes if that is a point of contention. What I suspect...

So if I make a character who normally speaks in sign language my spells should be silent. "Normal" is on it's own spectrum and subjective. I expect players still might argue verbal components.

The heavy armor and martial weapon proficiency to the base class via divine order. Also granting them via domain impacts that decision point. I'd remove those from prior 5e domains and look at origin feats for a replacement as my first thought without additional guidance from the new PHB or WotC.

The class spell lists aren't exclusive only to class to which they pertain, if that's what you're asking. Some spells cross over to other classes and some don't while there are some exclusive spells. Yolande's Regal Presences looks rather abuseable and it's on both the wizard and bard list...

Now I'll fight fire with grease. :-D

Nikki Vex sounds like a successful web-series comic based on 2024 revisions.

I'll probably oppose it with an insight check that carries a 15 DC minimum.

What theory crafting? Tossing out a word like that is meaningless when the advantages wizards have are seen in practice when it comes to rituals and spell swapping. In practice the divine soul doesn't have the best spell selection. The divine soul has a broad spell selection that disappears...

Sorcerers have the same or less prepared (using that terminology) based on class level until subclass bonus spells are added in for sorcerers. *Based on UA charts, current articles, and video comments. It's the wizard's ability to swap in spells that sorcerers cannot or access rituals without...