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I think you should try to make the game enjoyable for everyone at the table. Sometimes you can't do that, but when you can you should IMO.

YES. Not many though. But this is why I liked in the 2014 Monk much better than the 2024 Monk. It starts out weak and catches up at the high levels. 2014 Monk is a VERY weak PC in teir 1 and tier 2, groing into a more effective class at high level with unique abilities. That is part of...

It is not a bad design. It is awesome and I have not liked more balanced designs better when I have played them. Neither have other players at the table. I can say I have never had bad experiences due to balance differences in 5E. The vast majority of bad experiences are due to player...

So out of the 15 or so Fighters I played in 5E one was not an Eldritch Knight (that one was a Rune Knight). I personally have never played a Barbarian, unless you count the time I was asked to play another PC's Bear Totem after they left the campaign, and with me controlling him that PC died in...

Well the first set with the Skeletal Horse was kind of tough, the Cleric was downed I think (by the Horse). The second set not so much. Shadows are only really dangerous if they hit a low-strength character multiple times. Otherwise their AC is low, their damage is low. The hald-orc is the...

I have used it pretty effectively until level 20, especially with a Fighter and ranged weapons. Also this presumes you attack the same enemy twice, which you do a lot, but not always and it offers flexibility in application. Sure, but they are all situational. Graze is rarely useful on a...

No it doesn't. Very few players take the "best" option even when offered.

I would disagree with this. I know it is unpopular on this board but I do not think "balance" for the sake of balance brings anything of value to the table. IMO there should be a best of everything and then players can decide if they want the best or something else. I think that is the best...

Sap is one of the best weapon masteries. It is the best on a sword and board heavy armor player IMO.

I think we killed 6 before we were downed, so it was not even close. They ambushed us too. That was the 4th fight of the campaign, although it was right after a long rest. Previously we had defeated 5 shadows, 2 shadows and a skeletal warhorse and 4 Hobgoblins. We had just looted the Hobs (4...

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Not what I was saying.

2024 is a great game, but so was 2014 and I don't know that 2024 is any better. 2024 has not been enthusiastically embraced by most of the community, reviews are mixed. Personally for me it is new, it is different, but I don't know that it is any better than 2014. Some things are better...

Good call. Crawford is credited as the lead rules developer, Perkins not credited. So much for my theory!

Like most people I thought these guys leaving would be a big blow to WOTC and D&D. Then WOTC published the Fearun books and Asterion and they really knocked it out of the part IMO. These are the best rules/suplements they have published since Tasha's I think. Is it because they turned the...

They do in the games I play. We did not even get to level 2 on Monday in a new campaign (XP game). That is the first time ever in 5E this happened to me. I also got a TPD fighting 17 Kobolds, which probably had something to do with it

Bladesinger is going to want to be in Bladesong before the enemy gets their first turn and starts using their actions if they are going to use it that battle. Beyond the mechanics with Bladesong, I would say with any melee martial, including you generally want to win initiative so you can set...

I would agree Magic Initiate (Wizard) is generally S tier. but on a Wizard PC it is not S tier * It is S tier on a Warlock, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Ranger, Paladin or even some noncasters, but for a Wizard, most Origin Feats are better. * The exception to this is if you are playing an...

If you are going to play a Bladesinger to high level you want to take it to level 11 because you need to be 11th level to get Contingency and that is huge. I've played a lot of Bladesingers and a substantial number of EKs (more than any other fighter), but I have not multiclassed them together...