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In a nutshell, the dnd encounter model is backwards. The model should assume that a party is at 100% juice for every encounter. And the system should be designed so that abilities mostly reset per encounter. 4e did it right in that regard. And then....attrition is a function of the encounter...

I'll look at this in two ways, inside a fight and in exploration. 1) Inside a fight: As a concentration spell, its already competing with every other tom,dick, and harry concentration spell for utility. The ability to teleport every round and get out of grapples, move out of melee with the big...

Here you go. Its 2014 data but its everything you would ever want to know about multiclassing: https://www.enworld.org/threads/whos-multiclassing-with-who-more-d-d-beyond-stats.666122/

congrats, enjoy being the exception to the rule:)

The shine has worn off. People thought AI was ready to just be given the keys and generate magic. It is an incredible tool and it continues to advance....but at the end of the day its more like a human than a computer. It makes mistakes, it lies, it has to be managed. People have gotten so used...

AI tasks tend to excel in areas where the workproduct takes a lot of effort (or requires a certain level of creativity) but can be validated quickly. For example, I can look at an AI art piece and tell very quickly that its good, decent, or garbage. But the time to create that piece could be...

I disagree, because its not just a narrative difference but a mechanical one. I don't need a monster book to justify how it gets the stats that it gets, its job is to provide me creatures with stats that suit a certain challenge. I don't care why this gladiator guy has an X AC, and a Y...

+2.5 to attacks translates to .05*2.5 = .125 more hits per round per attack made. (assuming to hit is not already so high that the bonus does't matter, but its rare in bounded accuracy to get that high). .125 x 2 attacks per fighter type x 2 frontline fighters that I mentioned = .5 more hits...

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell The Kurzgesagt team (who does really amazing and well researched science videos). Just did a pretty solid video on AI slop and the long term concerns with it.

After reading through all of this thread, here is where I am at. I don't know exactly what new class should be introduced, but I do agree with the arguments that is should be a spell-less class. I don't if it has some magicaly X or auras or something....but not spells. We have so many...

No bless is amazing because it effects 3 characters. I bless my two frontliners with 2 attacks. So to your point, every 2 rounds of combat I get an extra hit (or more if they are fighters). Now throw in that area spell that hits a couple of them, again more chance to save (and its one of the...

I've never agreed with that point of view. PCs and NPCs are different, and PCs get access to all sorts of things NPCs don't. Why does the NPC get cool thing X....because weird circumstance XYZ happened to them....that's it we move on. DMs are 100% liscenced to give NPCs weird quirks and...

Well to be fair, from levels 5,6,7 the 5e fireball is better than the the 3.5 version (3.5 doesn't get better until level 9)....and as you noted earlier we should be careful about including higher level builds in our discussion. But yeah the 5e fireball does more damage in general, and its save...

yeah but the point of the discussion was to determine how often wizards are making what kinds of saves. Shield is nice, shield still doesn't get you the AC that frontliners have, so they are still a better target for attacks. Simply put, I would still wager that wizards are getting hit (and...

Are we talking an armor feat? If your talking multiclassing, then no....stats have shown multi-classing is pretty rare among most builds...its the thing we internet optimizers like to do, not the common folk.

Other than guidance is so freakin spammable it makes me want to pull my hair out.... no much:)

heals themselves and party members. immune to fear provides an insane buff to saves massive buff spells big smites detection of certain foes celestial horse for exploration I get your perspective, but the paladin is the wrong class to pick.... its just stacked in 5e.

Pure wizards don't exactly have the best ACs. Ranged attacks, area attacks....yes wizards are going to get hit.

Battlemaster Fighter just needs a couple more maneuvers for cha/int and there's your warlord right there. Its already most of the way there. I like the idea of an aura based class ala the old dragon shaman.

Since your goal is more good things for PCs to do with their cash, might I suggest a focus on consumables, and designing them to maximize the action economy. Aka bombs I can chuck as a bonus action or even a use an option action. Once you do that they don't need to have crazy effects or super...