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Given the variety of classes, their different powers and ability dependencies, many of the combinations do not pair particularly well together and the trade-off can be subtle. For example, it is not that obvious to a newbie to D&D that taking a level of Fighter is quite detrimental to a spell...

Agreed. A5E does a good job with a selection of paragon racial powers being available at character level 10.

It depends on your DM. A generous DM that has a strong understanding of the mech can help weak characters, either by providing magical treasure that helps boost their intended build, or otherwise giving them spotlight opportunity regardless of somewhat suboptimal build choice. As a player, I do...

100%. It is perfectly fine if some folks care about what they see as a significant mechanical impact, and if others don't. For me, the mechanical impact does matter. The intent here has been to provide a constructive critique of D&D 2024 and to point out a simple fix for a game mech issue...

The game should be designed such that thematically appropriate choices are not mechanically poor choices. This is an entirely reasonable criticism of the system. Tying ability score increases to backgrounds in D&D 2024 means that you need to be somewhat careful selecting a background to match...

That wasn't my experience with 3E and 3.5E D&D. There were strong multi-classed builds, but there were also strong single-classed builds, particularly single-classed spellcasters, as damage scaling with higher level spells was stronger. It is more of an issue in a system where high-level...

This is one of those builds that is crying out for 3E multi-classing spellcaster advancement. Assuming you take Eldritch Knight for the Fighter archetype, those 6 levels in Fighter should give 2 levels of spellcaster advancement, stacking with Wizard 5 for a total that should be equivalent to...

Yes. That was the unpleasant situation that I envisaged. We use Fantasy Grounds as a virtual table top for automation et al. I will need to double-check how Fantasy Grounds handles it, but I assume it would be a separate attack roll against each selected target.

Hmm. I have dismissed of the Whirlwind Kick spell as weak when I looked at it, but let's check the benefits thereof. Let's say a level 6 Druid wild shaped into a Cave Bear casts Whirlwind Kick. Strength 20 gives +5 damage modifier, and we'll assume a Wisdom of 18 (+4 modifier) so a melee spell...

Multiclasser's Manual Volume 2 is the one that Lichmaster is referring to I think. No, I haven't checked it out to compare, sorry. None of the player characters in our A5E campaigns have gotten to the point of a 3+/4+ multi-class split as yet to need it. Most are single-classed, and there's one...

Building on the earlier suggestions, here's an updated proposal for the feat: Force of Nature feat Prerequisites: Adept level 3+ and Druid level 3+ Practitioners of martial arts, mimicking animals striking with the force of nature, shift form to attack their opponents unawares. Natural weapon...

Just got mine too. It is excellent.

Thinking about the mech further, the wild shape CR scaling with Druid + Adept levels stacking is probably too good. I don't think that Adept could otherwise get a weapon as good as damage of 3d10 (16.5) + ability modifier like Mammoth's gore - something like even a flame tongue longsword+2...

Sure. My initial focus was more on making the mech work reasonably well, than the flavor. :)

Something like say a hermit who lives in the wild, taking care of nature, practicing hidden arts. They might transform into a gorilla to slap around some intruders to the forest. Could also be ascetics that practice animal form martial arts, ala Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but can transform...

Good suggestion. I have made that change. I am not thinking about a full synergy feat chain at this stage. I am just trying to figure out what is reasonable and what would work for a multi-classed Skinchanger Druid/Adept. Most Druid builds want to maximize Wisdom to 20 with ability score...

I have been thinking about a multi-classed Adept/Druid build and what the first synergy feat would be for it. Maybe something along these lines: Force of Nature feat Prerequisites: Adept level 3+ and Druid level 3+ Your Adept and Druid levels stack for Martial Arts die progression. Example...

On the wiki, the Plant Growth spell omits the 8 hours casting time for the enlarged version to double food harvest. Plant Growth | Level Up

One thing that I would encourage for a setting like the Underdark is to write it so that it can be readily used with settings like Eberron, Exandria, Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, and Midgard (Kobold Press). Some cities and deities might need to be renamed, but many of the Underdark species are...

I'd like to see a D&D 2024 Underdark book or two. The closest 5E had was the Out of the Abyss adventure. There's enough material to do both a Heroes of the Underdark for players, and an Adventures in the Underdark for the DMs. Though I'd be inclined to name them in a catchier fashion, such as...