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The better way to counter min/maxers is not the DM being a bad DM by acting through fiat. DMs need to buck up and learn how to min/max the resources they have available. First thing I do in any mod is look for a spell caster. If there is one (almost always is) and I know some (one or more) of...

Only push on Lightning Damage (level 6), not Thunder. So that doesn't work.

Which cancels multiattack, so that's still generally going to be fine. Plus, most enemies ranged is far weaker than their melee.

Character takes Mobile feat, Cunning Action rogue, Swashbuckler, whatever. Runs up, BBs the enemy, Disengage and move back out of enemy range. Sure you can just not move, but then your just watching the enemy die.

Deep Gnome Necromancer Wizard I'm going to beat Strahd at his own game.

Yes. The only reason the combo isn't better is that it uses your action and gives the enemy 2 saves before you get to swing at them. Also, it only works on "humanoids" which is a fairly small category of enemies. However, 3+ level dips into Sorc this gets significantly better because you can...

A Warlock dip is great for most builds, just not for this one. You'll never have Hex up because summoning (besides Undead and Find Steed) require concentration. 1st level spell slots don't grant you anything for summoning because the only good 1st level summon spell is a ritual anyways. Far...

That's actually pretty solid. Any summoner that wants to be really effective needs to pickup Find Steed and that's probably the best way of doing it. Although technically, the best summoning class in the game is still a combo of Necromancer/Paladin (Crusader's Mant + Auras). Undead are the...

It doesn't have Pixies, which was literally the only problem the entire time. Should allow the SRD so several conjuration spells (and thus entire play styles) can stop sucking as options.

The benefits of Cleric are both offensive and defensive. Literally so for Guidance (more initiative is always better), Bless (Saves + attack), Divine Favor, Healing Word = more allies to do damage, etc.

"The character’s eyes melt away, leaving empty sockets. He or she has disadvantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks, but gains blindsight out to a range of 60 feet. The character is blind beyond this distance." This is waaaaay overpowered and should be rethought. Otherwise a lot of tactics just...

Honestly, if you're committed to those stats, I would go with a Monk build. Human Variant to get Toughness at level 1 to make up for your crappy Con. Boost Dex and Wis and you've got a pretty strong Monk.

Kalani's statement is still correct even as against my statement. Mine is the general rule, kalani gets slightly more specific, and then even more specific is that certain options in particular are banned (Bird people, Winged Teifling, etc).

Yeah, no, you're wrong again. I get that you enjoy being that DM, but AL is explicit that almost all instances of character creation that PHB/other source call out for DM approval must be allowed. All the variant races in the SCAG (besides Winged Tiefling, etc), Feats, etc. call out for DM...

Good point. Still no Hex + Haste though. By the way, the Assassin is the most overplayed/overrated archetype in the game. I've seen the auto-crit trigger maybe a half-dozen times in actual play.

You also can't Concentrate on Hex and Haste at the same time. So further drop your damage. You also don't get a Bonus attack unless you crit, which is far from guaranteed.

You should get your Dex to 14, it's just that taking Res (Dex) isn't the best way to do it, especially considering that you can only take that feat once. As a barbarian you are far more susceptible to Wisdom saves than Dex ones. By taking Res (Wis) and then next ASI boosting Dex and Wis, you...

Except when you finally ignore the AL rules for long enough, and a player is knowledgeable enough to know that you are, they can and should report you to the store organizer, LC, RC, etc up the chain to get your ability to DM AL games removed. Or at least the store that you DM out of, if you...

Getting Resiliency (Wisdom) is effective at every level. Take Res (Wis) for first ASI, then bump Dex +1, Wis +1 for 2nd ASI.

Damn, that sounds amazingly fun. But then again I'm a huge fan of Wild Magic surges so maybe that bit of chaoticness is just enticing. This gets even better when you start using Create Undead, etc.