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I will say I wish WOTC made more adventures, especially more that went into high level play (14+). The settings don't do much for me and the Faerun one is the only one I bought or intend to buy, but I have played almost all of their 5E hard cover adventures, most of them I played as a player...

So could you still multiclass into a martial/caster? If not I don't think this is going to work. In modern D&D, "casters" need access to martial abilities and "martials" need access to spells. The desire for this is what drives most of the multiclassing I see now, and I see more of it under...

I've done some pretty wild mulitclasses and never had a problem with the thematics for the classes itself. IME thematics are a bigger problem with the feats than they are the multiclass classes: I want to grab Fey Touched but nothing we have done is related to the Feywild or I want to get the...

This is a really good point. ASIs are a throwback to earlier eras when they were tied to races, then that went away, so now what. Assuming you want to keep the same scale, the right way to do this is just through alternative methods with a higher point buy or a different way of rolling dice

Not at all. I didn't say it should be that way because someone liked it, I said it should be that way because they wanted to put an ability increase there and there is not a good reason not to. Letting me put an ASI in Dextyerity for my soldier does not stop you from putting in strength for...

2 years and not fixed yet, in the slowest running game I am playing.

It has not been a problem at all for me. And for those suggesting it is 100%, I have had a Lich bring down a tiny Hut with Dispel magic, while he also had a bunch of his goons with him. Also if you use a LTH with intelligence enemies who see you do it, you should expect them to counter it...

If just one D&D player out of the millions that exist want to put it on another ability that is a pretty compelling reason IMO when there is no reason at all not to have it that way. Me being able to put my Soldier's +1 on dexterity in no way stops you from putting your Soldier's ASI on...

There is a HUGE statistical difference between a player with a 13 in their main ability score at level 1 and another player with a 20 in their main ability score and there is less of a difference if that is a 14 or 15.

Another huge variable is how well you rolled. If your max ability is a 13 after you roll forcing you to take an increase in something other than your main stat is quite debilitating, meanwhile the guy next to you that rolled a natural a18 and choses a background aligned to their class can start...

But I can still play a cool strory without having ASIs tied to backgrounds, moreover I can play a cool story and also at the same time Min Max if ASIs aren't tied to backgrounds. This is hardly a compelling reason to have ASI increases tied to backgrounds.

Agreed. The biggest "shortfall" of weapon masteries is that they are frequently forgotten. Players forget they hit the bad guy last round and have advantage due to vex this round or they forget to call for the topple save after they hit with their first attack using extra attack and end up...

There is something a lot more miserable than this - when your Barbarian who dumped Charisma and has no Charisma proficiency and built his character for pure combat insists on leading every non-combat social interaction.

So I have to put an old war injury or other imagination into my background to explain it?

The point is if Soldiers need a high Strength to "soldier" then my 8 strength Rogue should not even be able to take that background. If they don't need a high strength to "soldier" then why is a strength ASI tied to that background? It makes no logical sense.

It is not a feat. Any two casters can Circle a spell as long as they are within 30 feet. The issue with it is the action cost, the spell slot cost (for some uses), the risk of losing concentration and the initiative/flow/timing costs. The guy earlier was talking about expanded SG and sure in...

I did factor in attack rolls and misses and critical hits and I did factor in multiple targets - those multiple targets being the two bad guys that would be inside your expanded SG. If you cast regular spirit guardians and then on the Fighters turn if he goes and makes 2 attacks here are the...

Here is the math using example your cherry picked example and set up that was changed to 5th level and assuming you don't lose concentration on the casting and assuming initiative is you then the fighter, then the Hobgoblins (best case): 1. You and the fighter cast spirit guardians. Those...

Then how does your cleric cast Blade Barrier after your Eldritch Knight takes over concentration? It is actually 11th level not 9th level, or do you admit that idea (SG+Blade Barrier) example is generally a VERY weak move now? And at 5th level you are using your highest level spell slot for...

ok. If your goal is to get the most number of squares under your SG to look cool this will be very effective. If your goal is to win the combat efficiently with minimal cost in terms of resources for the party it won't be. Increasing AOE by 300% does not mean 300% better in combat, it doesn't...