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Speaking from my experience as an AL DM, necromancer horde wizards tend to draw the ire of the rest of the table for excessive time consumption. AL is generally played in a time-constricted environment. If each of your turns take 5 minutes to handle all of your horde's actions, expect the DM and...

With regards to using the AL rebuild rules to change your Variant Human feat at levels 2-4, remember that it has to be a feat that you qualified for at 1st level. Example of legal and illegal changes below: Legal: Start as Fighter 1 with Magic Initiate (Warlock). Take Warlock 1 at 2nd level...

You're right about taking Fighter 1 at the start for heavy armor proficiency. Combine that with Mobile, and you can dump Str while maintaining 30' speed in heavy armor. See my build above for how this comes together nicely. You're almost always going to add EA to the primary target damage of...

I have a build for a Final Fantasy 1 style Red Mage (with dashes of White Mage and FFTA Gladiator for extra variety/homage) in this forum. It's a Variant Human Fighter 1/Arcana Cleric X build that is designed to be a magical jack of all trades, capable of filling any secondary combat role...

I'm taking Mobile for the speed boost. I'm going to end up with a 19 AC (chain mail + shield + Defense FS) to start, so the retreat aspect of Mobile is more of a perk than a necessity. I don't have to worry about taking the rare OA that breaks my AC. I also designed this to be a magical...

If anyone tried to pull this at one of my tables, I would cast Firebolt on their character sheet...with my lighter... I'm normally okay with people using cheese combos in my games. However, there's a big difference between sharp cheddar(Swashbuckler+GFB)/Gouda(eldritch spam...

I actually have a Shillelagh/GFB build that I use in AL play. It's a little bit of a late-bloomer, but it gets the job done fantastically at either melee or ranged combat. Fighter 1/Warlock 3/Sorcerer X (taken in that order) Str 8 Dex 14 Con 16 Int 8 Wis 10 Cha 16 Race: Variant Human Human...

I am as well to a degree. However, this season has forced me to run more replays due to a reduction of Tier 1 content released. When half of your table is a revolving door of players, it's hard to get enough people up to Tier 2. There are still Season 1 Expeditions that I haven't been able to...

Kalani made a wonderful guide to customizing starting gear within the AL ruleset. It's stickied to the top of this subforum.

I fudge on occasion, primarily due to time constraints or to give the party a fighting chance. I try to prevent deaths of first-time players so that they don't leave with a bad experience. As an AL DM, player retention is vital to keeping the program alive at my FLGS. If I ask a player how many...

Yay! Praise from the High Queen of Completeness! I asked myself "How would Kalani answer this?" when crafting my response...

The reason for the line about magic staves being magic weapons in certain entries is that there's a line in a previous paragraph that allows all other magic staves to function as normal quarterstaves. I only wish that the errata expanded that paragraph to state that magic rods can be used as...

Thus, this is why I wanted errata to clarify it. There are some things that need an official ruling one way or another. Rampant expectations of ETV (expect table variance) can lead to situations like mine. I have a Fighter-dipped Sorclock that I can only play with DMs who allow rods to be used...

1. If there is space and you have a level-appropriate character, yes. 2. Yes. The amount of time required varies based on your level and the xp in the adventures. Jumping from 1->3 is usually the quickest boost and happens within 1-3 adventures. Generally speaking, the lower end of each tier...

By your logic, all High Elves would count as Wizards regardless of class levels. That would also make Tieflings count as both Clerics and Warlocks. See how that doesn't seem balanced? A spellcaster is simply someone who can cast spells. A Wizard is someone who has dedicated time and energy (aka...

For home games, I simply rule the same way as staves, listed below. Magical staff = quarterstaff Nonmagical staff (arcane/druidic focus) = improvised quarterstaff Magical rod = club, unless Rod of Lordly Might (already considered a mace) Nonmagical rod (arcane focus) = improvised club The...

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1. Playable psionics. Not the garbage from UA, but real classes and subclasses. 2. Me bumping heads with Skerrit on at least three different occasions over ways to better AL. 3. Faerun Region Adventurer's Guide 2: Electric Flumphaloo 4. 2 AP releases that people will bitch about incessantly. 5...

I was hoping that they would have expanded the statement about magic staves as weapons to include a ruling about using a magic rod as a weapon. I'd be okay with it being considered a club.