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  1. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) Complete Champion : Fighter Tier List

    I thought this way as well until a guy in my campaign now paired Champion with Elven Accuracy and dual-wielding for a whole bunch of attacks. The numbers still don't end up overpowered or anything, but he can generally count on getting multiple crits per combat so it's solid DPR and super fun...
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    D&D General How Often Should a PC Die in D&D 5e?

    The question is very poorly worded but I get what they're trying to ask. No one has a preferred amount of PC deaths, but most people probably do have some preference on how difficult the encounters are, which then determines how often the PCs end up happening to die. I interpreted the question...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Subclass feature vs. feat -- Which is "worth" more?

    If I were in charge of designing things, then high level Class and Subclass features should be powerful and something that you would actually care about missing out on if you multi-classed. Right now, the only powerful features gained at high level are 7th, 8th, 9th level spells. This is the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Subclass feature vs. feat -- Which is "worth" more?

    This is so true and such a terrible failure of game design
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    D&D 5E (2014) Subclass feature vs. feat -- Which is "worth" more?

    I voted for Feats being worth more because at least you get to pick whatever is the best for your build (and +2 to a stat is always a good backup). There are Subclass features that are far better than any Feat, but there are also a bunch of crappy ones that result in underwhelming leveling up...
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    D&D General Changing subclasses mid-campaign (or even classes)

    I've seen this happen somewhat frequently due to in-game actions/choices with Warlocks making a pact with a powerful NPC (usually the BBEG...) and Paladins whose actions just don't align with their oath tenets. Ranger also works pretty well with the specific instance of switching to Beast...
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    D&D 5E (2014) The 2024 Ranger is Actually Pretty Good (with numbers)

    This is a great comparison, nice work! I'll echo the concern above that you're including AOE damage when the standard comparison is generally single-target. That's not necessarily wrong, it just complicates the comparisons. Even including AOE, your numbers that you're calculating seem...
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    D&D 5E (2024) How do you work saves when there are multiple effects causing the same thing

    Same. Or if they were applied in the other order, the enemy would be immune to the Dragon Fear since they were already frightened by the more terrifying Beguiling Twist. Either order it would be DC16 to break
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    D&D 5E (2024) Exception-Based Design in D&D: When Rules Enable Rule Lawyers

    Reading the article I mostly just felt like it was an overblown reaction to situations that theoretically could come up, but that I've never seen be a problem before. I loved your Tips for DMs and Tips for Players at the end though! That portion was very well thought out and expanding on these...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Which Creature Type Would You Most Like a Fizban's/Bigby's Style Book About?

    I'd LOVE a book on Mechanus lore, that's an instant buy for me. Warforged are interesting to me as well but aren't they completely unrelated? Might be an excellent book possibility to compile various Construct lore into one volume. I just don't see much potential for lore about Beasts, but...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Which Creature Type Would You Most Like a Fizban's/Bigby's Style Book About?

    This is a great question! My first answer is that I'd love to see any category listed but handled more from a Combat Tactics / Monster Hunting / Component Harvesting perspective than what I think you're asking in terms of handling the Lore. Answering from the perspective of similarity to...
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    D&D 5E (2024) No more Cleric and Sorc dips!

    Your 1 level dip options used to be: Cleric for heavy armor + pick a subclass Sorcerer for Con save proficiency + pick a subclass, access to Shield and Silvery Barbs Fighter for heavy armor and Con save proficiencies, at expense of spell progression Fighter dips are far more common now since...
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    Elon Musk Calls for Wizards of the Coast to "Burn in Hell" Over Making of Original D&D Passages

    I don't think that was a jab at non-standard work hours - the original point was that if Musk is sleeping 8 hours a day (at any point during the 24hr period) then he doesn't have anywhere near the work ethic he forces his workers to have, and pretends that he himself has
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    D&D 5E (2024) The Lackluster Ranger

    You aren't missing anything. Rangers are OK, they are totally playable, but they are easily the weakest class in the game. Not by a gigantic margin, but enough to make it feel bad for anyone who loves playing them.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Can enemies or allies move through Conjure Animals?

    The spell does not mention anything about this, so I would assume creatures can still move thru it just fine (other than taking damage). It both a) isn't specifically mentioned, and b) doesn't make sense (they are intangible animals), so I'd assume creatures can move thru. I don't understand...
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    D&D 5E (2024) How many magical rings can a single character wear and use?

    From a quick DnD Beyond search: Animal Influence, Puzzler's Wit, Resistance*, Swimming, Three Wishes, Water Walking *This one alone could be 10 different rings with the various possible resistances
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    D&D 5E (2024) How many magical rings can a single character wear and use?

    I would not put any limit on rings other than what naturally comes from limited attunement slots. Humans have 8 fingers, I'd assume most species are similar - if the DM is giving out more than 8 magical rings per person, there's a bigger problem
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    D&D 5E (2024) What's Your Experience Like with '24?

    That's a good question, I don't consider them to be base rules so I kind of forgot all about them. I'll amend my statement to "all of the new rules in the 2024 PHB are available for free" As far as I can tell, the complete Bastion rules are available for free in Pack Tactics' youtube video...
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    D&D 5E (2014) [House Rule] Swap an action for a bonus action

    I don't see any problem with this* and have always allowed it, although this practically never happens. *Assuming you mean using two different bonus action abilities in the same turn, and not using the same bonus action twice. I would not allow the same bonus action twice
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    D&D 5E (2024) What's Your Experience Like with '24?

    Not exactly, I do like 5e quite a bit, I was more using that phrase because it is commonly used and describes the situation well enough. Whatever you thought of 5e before, it is slightly better polished now and you'll probably have a similar but slightly more positive opinion of it. But bottom...
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