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That makes no sense when a soldier can play a Rogue and dump strength. If there are strength bonuses for background then logically there should be strength minimums for background.

Ok and I don't get what makes this gamebreaking. Let me put it this way: Being able to do 1d6 damage to everyone who fails their save, not behind full cover, including allies, within 1000 feet is MUCH, MUCH less powerful than being able to have a Stone Golem on the ground rolling and laughing...

No but with completely random ability scores it is true 50% of the time. So 50% of the time the spell takes effect on the 2nd round not the first if the Cleric and the Fighter have the same dexterity. It is still not always in the first round like you claimed, and if we assume the fighter has...

I am starting a 5-plyaer 1-20 Forgotten Realms campaign in 12 days, we are using everything from HOFR. At least two of us are playing casters.. I will report back on how gamebreaking this is in actual play. I expect it to be not gamebreaking at all.

No it is not always in the same round, given that fighters typically have higher dexterity than Clerics, more often than not the spell will not complete until the second round, because the Cleric will start it after the Fighter's turn and the fighter will complete it in round 2 ... assuming they...

It is not because of the actions. An Eldritch Knight at a level that a Cleric can cast Blade Barrier is a melee powerhouse and if Spirit guardians is doing enough damage to be significant then that EK can take down enemies in a single turn. They are not insiginificant, they are just weak...

Ok I think I was reading the version from the TOEE Player's companion. But I still don't see this as a big deal. With 2 1st level slots and 2 actions you can do 3.5 damage to those who fail their saving throw? How is this gamebreaking? Buffing the AOE requires them to use a slot: "Each...

Taking 2 rounds to do it and probably losing some spirit guardian damage and a ton of fighter damage during the first round in the process. An Eldritch Knight who wasted a 9th (or higher) level attack action and a 1st level slot to support your spell, and I would not say a class who is a...

Ok I am not sure what you are talking about here. Earth Tremors has a Range of Self, duration of instantaneous and no area of effect, so I am not sure what you are going to do to circle cast it. I guess you are treating the 10' radius as an AOE?? So you upcast it to level 3, expand the radius...

But you can already do this if you want to! A 5th level Eldritch Knight with spell Sniper can shoot a Heavy Crossbow 800 ft. A Warlock with one Fighter, Barbarian, Paladin or Ranger Level, Eldritch Spear and spell sniper can hit 1100 feet at 5th level In 9 years of 5E I think I have used a...

Now you are talking about 15th level characters (at least). Also, I guess you missed the part "at the DMs discretion" when it comes to NPCs participating in circle spells and that NPCs doing this need to use the "same or higher level" slots (so hire 7 more NPC casters of 15th level) If you are...

If I want to create a character who came from a Monestary, what does having a bonus in Wisdom and Dexterity and the Tavern Brawler feat on the published Sailor background do for me? It does nothing for the story. It is completely irrelevant to it, whether I play a Sailor background or an...

Then again I ask, why have them as part of the background? If you don't even notice a +1 then why is it necessary to be a certain thing for a specific background. This is especially true when Background is a much smaller part of PC design than Class and chosen after you choose the class.

I don't care. All I am saying is WOTC doesn't understand how to do backgrounds. And your point that the character was a Sailor and not an Accolyte is contary to the guy I replied to .... so you were saying exactly the same thing I was.

Oh we do use custom and legacy backgrounds (from the DMG and PHB so technically not a houserule). None of this changes that WOTC can't figure it out though.

Yeah on a party with at least 8 casters! I've never played a 5E game with 8 PCs, all with the spell casting or pact magic feature. I don't know that I have played a 5E game with 8 PCs period. This is also 8 4th level slots and 56 other spell slots to pull this off. Keep in mind FOM only...

Or really even a possibility if it is an adult with legendary saves.

Probably more than will survive being hit by a Spike Growth, Moonbeam and upcast Command in the same round if those Circle casters all took their own actions..

Exactly my point!

So having a description of a "Sailor" background with a +2 Wisdom and a +1 Dexterity and the Tavern Brawler Feat available helps me shape a story about a character who grew up in a monsastary, pledged his life to following the ways of his religion, trained in focusing his spiritual energy and...