Search results

Likewise if you have no idea how representative a sample is you should not assume that it is not representative either, yet that is exactly what people are doing here. Absence of a reason to confirm the quality of the survey is not the same as "plenty of reasons" to doubt it. Without any...

It is a huge AOE and does not hurt freindlies. It is rare that you don't have a lot of targets in it. Mechanically, I think it is hands down the best 3rd level AOE damage spell, substantially better than Fireball. The only downside is you don't get it until level 9 and have limited slots for...

How does Paladin 3 change that? Proficiency bonus? I would agree you have "all your eggs in one basket" thing going on, that helps and hurts and makes your damage a lot more "swingy". That has not bothered me that much in Cantrip builds (Green Flame Blade and Truestrike), what is a bigger...

The statement was "We have plenty of reason to believe that that sample is, at absolute bare minimum, very much non-representative" What are the specific reasons to believe this? The points you make above suggest the play testing is done by "dedicated" players. This is exactly what I said in...

1 short rest per day has the multiclass beating the single class when it comes to smites. It is 9 vs 9, but it is also 5 3rd level smites vs 2 3rd level smites and a lot more versatility in using them. I would agree zero short rests is probably more common that 3+, but when you have zero short...

In OD&D Dwarf, Elf and Halfling were classes, along with I thnk Fighting Man, Thief, Cleric and Magic-User.

At Paladin 4/Warlock 5 it is 7 smites with no short rest, and 3 of them are 3rd level slots (Paladin's Smite, 3 1st level spell slots, 2 Pact Slots, Magical Cunning) Then it is two more 3rd level smites for each short rest. An 9th level Paladin is 5 1st, 3 2nd, 2 3rd. I would say that is...

All three of those powerful PCs with a 10 Constitution were Wizards, two of them were Bladesingers. Almost all my PCs have below a 14, 12 is the most common, 10 is second most common. I've never played a point buy PC with higher than a 14 Constitution and I have only played with a 14 twice and...

The three strongest 5E characters I made on point buy all had a 10 Constitution. I've only played 1 character with below a 10, but that character was fine too. With smart play, Constitution is not very important for many builds in my opinion, especially when there are other ways to get extra...

Santa's Elves!

I think it works. It will be a bonus action starved with Shillelagh though. I think you should forgoe Shillelagh on this build and use a Greataxe (with Cleave). That gives you 1d12 for the weapon damage right from level 1.

I don't think it generally holds up well compared to Chromatic Orb. It is situationally better but given a choice between the two I would take CO.

IME as both a DM and as a player, the players with a high AC and ways of imposing disadvantage are WAY more durable in play than PCs who rely on higher hit points. There are enemies that can wipe out the "squishies" with AOEs but there are more enemies that will quickly drain the guys who rely...

dice are random. There is always going to be unfairness if you are rolling.

The Dance Bard Unarmored Defense does not get a bonus based on Charisma, Unarmored Defense is a different way of calculating AC, similar to how a Monk or Barbarian or Mage Armor works. The post was based on the UA Genie Paladin and on that subclass this would work as the "bonus" from Paladin...

Using a club and a second weapon (third attack) with Warmagic and Shillelagh and Hex will outdamage using a staff by quite a bit, even without knocking enemies prone. You are getting the same attack damage as you get with a staff and then getting one more attack on top of that. I think you are...

If you are using Death Armor you should definitely go with Two weapon fighting or a Two-Handed weapon. Having the screaming high AC from sword and board + shield will work against Death Armor and make it less effective. With sword and board Mirror Image is the better 2nd level spell IMO and...

I don't like Resilient Wisdom on this build when you get Indomitable one level later. You also do more damage than that at round 7 and 8 because you are getting Truestrike Plus an attack with each action. There is also a good two-weapon fighting build in there using a club and scimitar. With...

I don't remember Aragorn using a Bow, but there are a lot of pages and maybe I just don't remember it.

Yeah the original Ranger got heavy armor and was a primary heavy melee PC, not the dex-based thing we have today, they did not have pets, they had to be good. Dual Wielding, Pets, sneaky are all things that came later.