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I said yes, but with the caveat that the damage die gets reduced down from a d12. Maybe a d8 or so. D12 is fine for a single target cantrip, but if it potentially targets multiple creatures, the damage should be reduced. Otherwise, it’s too good for a cantrip.

Well, there was only one way to know for sure. But they took a "one and done" approach instead before giving up completely.

That's strange. I swear I read somewhere (maybe on DDB) exactly what was going to be in the next UA. But now I'm looking for it and can't find it anywhere. EDIT: I must have been thinking of this post by @Parmandur which only lists a few definite UA9 items.

The problem with the templates was that people found it too inflexible and pointed out the flaws with it. But WotC decided to revert back to the stat blocks in the ensuing Druid UA, rather than giving the templates another pass with people's suggested changes. Then, if it still didn't score...

I was leaning towards Taran's explanation: Thief (steals objects)/Assassin (steals lives) That's the closest I can come to a contrast. Trickster and Swashbuckler are much more obvious as the Wizard/Fighter contrast.

The only ones I can remember from way back then are Imoen and Minsc. I thought, in BG2, you created all of your party members - or am I mixing it up with Icewind Dale 1 & 2?

@Mirrorrorrim , for the record, I originally just had Alterationist. But the other three schools were all 2 words long, so I felt the need to make it the same. I know Necromancy spells are about more than just summoning, but that's how the 2014 PHB subclass was designed, so I paired it up with...

I took my own little stab at something like this, except I consolidated the 8 schools down into 4 subclasses. I wound up with: War Mage (Abjuration & Evocation) - Evocation for offensive magic and Abjuration for defensive magic. Dark Summoner (Conjuration & Necromancy) - Necromancy to summon...

Are you kidding me!?!?! Lemon curry sounds absolutely disgusting

If I had to make a flat-out guess, I'd say they reverted back due to simpler calculation (2 x RANGE is much easier than 30 x LEVEL). Not everybody can make those computations quickly and having to whip out a calculator slows down combat.

At the risk of putting my head on the chopping block, I’ll admit that I made the following suggestions in the survey: THIRSTING BLADE- remove the level 11 attack. Limit it to just 2 attacks like the Barbarian, Monk, Paladin, and Ranger. ELDRITCH BLAST- drop it down from a d10 to a d8, so it’s...

Maybe some of the more powerful spells should have casting times greater than 1 Action but less than 1 Minute. For example, say a Fireball has a casting time of 2 Actions. The caster starts conjuring the flame seed in their current turn and launches it on their next turn, and in the meantime...

🤚 I’m not good with “arbitrary” and prefer to have a codified method of awarding XP

The Crab Bucket Conundrum sounds rather catchy.

Over in the other forum I frequent regularly (civfanatics), there is a saying, “gameplay trumps reality.” They try to make the game as realistic as possible. But if that realism interferes with the game being enjoyable and/or makes the rules too complicated, then realism be damned! Fun in a...

Or an even simpler way to do initiative that still allows the players’ Dexterity and Initiative modifiers to matter: at the start of combat, have everyone roll as normal, but use standard board game rules. Whoever rolls highest goes first, then proceed clockwise around the table. That way...

Ahh, there it is. I knew I was missing something somewhere. I think they should probably limit that to magical melee weapons in the future.

Why is his Longbow doing 1d8+5 instead of 1d8+2? Pact of the Blade only conjures a melee weapon. Also, as has already been pointed out, GWM is off the board due to lack of Martial Weapon Proficiency.

What I was getting at is that the way the 18th level ability is worded, it doesn't mention anything about spell level. There's nothing that says it can be more than the cantrip that War Magic mentions at 7th level, nor does it say that it can't be a level 3 (or eventually level 4) spell. If it...

According to the Eldritch Knight change notes: Improved War Magic now allows you to replace two of your attacks with casting a level 1 or 2 spell, allowing the Eldritch Knight to further weave magic into their attacks. But in the actual ability description it only says: LEVEL 18: IMPROVED WAR...