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Yeah, he definitely uses spells in the novels, and I think he is even the inspiration for the V/S/M system implemented in AD&D 1E. What is in question is not whether he uses spells. What is in question whether the spells come from being a Ranger or come from having Elven blood. Most Tolkien...

I would start Monk 1 then Ranger 2, then Fighter 1. That is very playable from level 1. The reason for Fighter is the 2nd Fighting Style, although having 5 masteries is pretty awesome too. If you are pushing for damage this will be very good. At level 2 you are doing 3d6+9, at level 4...

Fey Reinforcements is EXTREMELY powerful but the power is not in the free casting, that is ho hum, the power is not needing concentration and how it combines with the 7th level feature Beguiling Twist. I've been in a massive battle with 4 Fey on the battlefield at once, all 4 of them making 1...

Another option is a Monk-Fighter dip. Monk 1/Fighter 1/Ranger 19 works get thrown weapon fighting and two weapon fighting and go nick daggers plus martial arts with your daggers doing 1d6 You could also do Monk 2, 3 or 4 and/or Fighter 2, 3 or 4 depending on how you want to split it. In a...

Here is one: Celestial Warlock 8/Fey Wanderer Ranger 12 for races I like Aasimar the best, but Orc, Dwarf and Goliath work well too. S8 D14 C10 I8 W16 CH17 - using Invocations (Fienndish Vigor, Lessons-Tough) and Armor of Agathys to shore up the low hit points. Levels - Warlock 1-Ranger...

I am not tracking the logic for this. Wizards have more spells, why would they have less non-ritual spells?

It really depends on what specific level you are talking about and campaign specifics. Across the entire level range 1-20 and including all the official 2024 subclasses, feats and races published to date (and none of the 2014 versions) I would say they are close but Wizards are generally more...

I play a lot of high charisma characters and I usually take intimidate over persuasion, not because it is 'better" per se but because it fits the character better. On a lot of them I have both though and I almost always have Deception on those PCs. I don't know that Intimidation always makes...

While it is theoretically possible to produce a character that could be considered unplayable, it is highly unlikely using most of the official methods for rolling stats. Further when looking at theoretical but statisically extremely improbable cases, the same is true for the game in general...

I don't really see that and I play with some groups that have extreme optimizers in the group and another player that barely understands the rules. Where I see frustration by some (sometimes even me) is not in terms of character build or inherent PC competency but rather in obviously poor...

I don't really agree with this, mostly because people are not useless typically. While one character might be better at combat and another better at a social encounter, both can usually contribute in either. When it comes to designing characters as a group, that works sometimes and does not...

If you agree to rolling abilities then it is a valid option. I have not seen a player with all 18s but I have seen them with three 18s and we did play them. If we are playing a game that is roll abilities and I roll really well I would be pretty peeved if you booted my PC or made me reroll.

This is not really true. For example, rolling for stats typically results in characters that are somewhat unbalanced. Sometimes they are pretty balanced, but on the other hand sometimes they are wildly unbalanced. In a campaing I am playing now I started at 1st level with a 20 Charisma and a...

It can be very easy, but you need to build for it and if you don't it is not that easy.

What is the logical reason to believe the sample is not representative of players of D&D? I am not discounting that it is possible the UA results are or were a non-representative sample, but I don't see what evidence there is to support that and I would tend to think it is not partisans but...

IMO Constitution is the most overrated ability but players tend to want it over others in general and the talking heads online with the optimizer builds always stress it. On most players I've seen other than me it is typically the 2nd highest or 3rd highest stat. For me on point buy it is...

Looks like I have a 3 Intelligence .... unless I am a Wizard and then it is a 3 Charisma.

I played Drakenhiem (Goblin Enchantment Wizard named Lyza), Moonshea Adventures (Halfling Bladesinger named Joy), Descent into Avernus (Shaddar Kai who died, and an Eladrin Glamour Bard named Janet), Lairs of Etharis (Drow Eldritch Knight/Warlock, can't remember her name), Storm King's Thunder...

I am playing my first Aasimar right now, 2024 version with the Cult of the Dragon Origin Feat. We are level 4 currently. 1. The Healing Hands is near useless. 2. Celestial Revolution is ok. I used Heavenly wings once, Necrotic Shroud once and the Radiant one once so far. The Heavenly wings...

Both of those campaigns are online, but I am not the DM and it is not my discord channel so I can't agree to that. Some of the old 2014 campaigns I played have been posted to Youtube though. I think some of them are recorded end-to-end so you could watch them...