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We have one homebrew setting dating to mid 2012, in which all campaigns, short campaigns and one shots take place. So all the characters we ever played, depending on timeline, might be alive and kicking. My current character was made way back in early 2013, played few sessions then, fast forward...

I would allow it in this form- Extra attack- cast cantrip and make attack, then you can use bonus action for another attack. So, for the cost of your Action and Bonus action you can make two attacks and cast one cantrip. Not that overpowered for lv 13 character to be honest.

That's why everyone in my games has bow (martials usually longbow) or long range cantrip like firebolt (or eldricht blast with eldricht spear invocation). So they don't twiddle their thumbs while their opponents pelt them with arrows from the distance. As a player, i always have at least one...

What people already said. Most spells have very short ranges. When cannons enter the picture, best use of spellcasters is for defense, not offense. Wall of force to protect sails/masts, tiny huts to protect deck crew and similar stuff. Even without cannons, balistae had ranges of 200-300 meter...

Long ranges are 100-200 feet. From what i read, published adventures rarely or never have encounters on open plains, light forests and similar terrain where both groups can reasonably see each other at few hundred feet and engagement starts at longbow ranges, with enemies going for cover...

What are better long range AoE options? I skimmed trough 5.5 rules, didn't go into all the spells and what changed. Also, did they give pure martials any real AoE options? That was their weak point in 5e.

@Zardnaar How usefull is power drill if you need to cut wire? Not very. But if you need to drill holes, put some screws, it's very useful. In the end, spells are just tools. Very few are always useful, most are good for specific situations. Counterspell is super useful if you are going against...

Spirit guardian is cool spell, but it's 15 feet range. Fireball is 150 feet. So, unless all encounters are in closed quarters or start in relative short distance or enemies don't stay out of melee and plink away at range, fireball can be very solid choice. Next session, we are defending city...

Draggy combat is more 3.x/PF1 thing. It's been good 13 years since i last play 2ed AD&D, but from memory, even mid level combat (7-9) wasn't very long. Low level combats were usually very short. If you are playing wizard, they are even shorter ( someone sneezes at you, you are dead). It also...

I noticed something similar. When we played online during covid, there was lot less joking around. But it's mostly cause we were all at home, with wives and kids around. Can't really go all out like we do when we are in person and alone (no SO, no kids, we can let loose our inner teenage boys...

From what Jeremy said in this video, you don't get 2 cantrips. You get cantrip and 2 attacks. Bladesinger's multiatack triggers warmagic in a sense that you replaced one attack with cantrip which fullfils Warmagic stipulation that you get extra attack as a bonus action when you use action to...

From the wording perspective, both do similar thing. You can attack and cast. Warmagic is less powerfull version since it burns 2 actions (one for casting and bonus for attack). Bladesinger on the other hand, can do it using one action. Personally, i would rule it as no, you can't use both...

You're right. Haven't used that one in long time, forgot it's only for spells that require attack roll. Thx :) But rest of it still stands. It's magic mortar and if you use it as that, it's solid.

Fireball is magical equivalent of mortar. Decent range and area burst damage. Paired with Spell sniper feat ( double range, ignore half and 3/4 cover) is nasty against grouped enemies in warfare scenario.

AoE spell vs single target is wrong tool for the job. Fireball is crowd control, you use it to dispose bunch of low hp minions (or burn down village or two). If you mostly fight 1 big monster or couple of decently strong ones, then yes, Fireball sucks ( as do other damaging aoe spells). Same is...

In person only. Played on line during covid, but wasn't for me. Big part of ttrpg appeal for me is hanging out with friends and having screen free group activity (and having some me time with friends without wife/kids around). Between on line gaming and no gaming, i would rather just not play at...

I wouldn't go so far as to say they are nearly unintelligible with one another. House rules are there mostly for people to tailor base game more to their desired experience. But unless they seriously alter core mechanics, they are still just variations on base 5e. If you learn to play RAW 5e...

TBH, commom is just placeholder language and one of convenience. It's there to represent language all the players speak so their characters can communicate without trouble regardless what characters backgrounds are. Sure, if all the characters are from the same place, your "common" might be...

@Lanefan Just to clarify, you play 5e, right? Since this is tagged as 5e, not general, i would assume we all talk about same edition. I mean, everyone is free to do at their table what they like. That's the beauty of this game. We all technically play same game, yet with house rules, every...

Xp if you play with xp. If you don't ( most people i know don't and have switched to milestones ages ago), no loss there. Loot is also insignificant, at least in 5e, if you can't buy magic items. After level 3-4, you got best mundane items you can have. Also, if you are short of cash and morally...