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3 attacks per round you're adding +30. With crossbow expert this is 4 attacks per round, or +40. Lets assume longbow d8+5 (9.5) - not using Sharpshooter, not using crossbow expert. Your average damage is 28.5 (9.5*3 attacks) attacking without using the -5/+10. This means even if you miss half...

I don't think you're really appreciating all the factors. Having not actually gone through this process and played this character, this is not a surprise. High level parties have a lot of resources at their disposal. Investing bless is hardly what I call "significant". Foresight is a very...

I edited that part of my post because it didn't make sense. Guided Strike is useful some of the time yes. I have an Assassin in my group, and it makes the +10 to hit for him useful as well.... some of the time. But really players love to hoard inspiration for these kinds of things, so I find...

I have a spreadsheet where I have plotted out the DPR of a War Cleric from level 1-20, I used this spreadsheet to compare War Cleric vs Fighter/Cleric builds. To my dismay, I discovered Sacred Flame ends up doing more damage than melee attacks on paper half the time of the clerics life time...

This wasn't a spell casting Dragon. I happen to agree with you that spell casting Dragons are much more effective, but they're also an optional rule. You need to remember though that I can move 70ft and attack (Wood Elf) and I'm very likely to win initiative. I'm not a melee Fighter who's stuck...

Our backup spell to get out of sh*t is either plane shift or Etherealness. As for "anywhere near as good", still VERY good without foresight. It lasts 8 hours a day, so there have been times where we haven't had it running. Foresight just makes things silly. My character also isn't built for...

Again you're looking at maths and not actual play experience. You're simply theory crafting, which is what I suspected all along. 1. AC scales with CR, Dex doesn't. And in fact, dex is generally the most inferior saving throw most monsters have in the book. Sacred Flame ends up hitting far more...

As a Crossbow Expert Sharpshooter with Bless and Foresight, I am happy for them to swarm me. Not that this is likely, since I have +5 on initiative and advantage on my initiative checks. But even if they did, I still have the best AC out of everyone in my party, great hit points, and I can still...

I've actually done the maths, and up to about 5 attacks the chances are pretty good. That's still +50 and makes it worth while using it all the time. My Fighter had +8 wisdom save, plus advantage on all saves, plus bless, which made it reasonably easy to resist fear and other effects. Since by...

The thing is in 5e there are classes which are better than others, but the difference is small. No ones going to kick you out of the party for being a beast master ranger, for example. You're still useful - I've seen beast master rangers in play and they're not dragging the party down, that's...

Not really lucky. I take resilient Wisdom on all my Fighters, and there are so many ways to remove fear in game. I'm was never a good target for breath weapon because I could hang back behind full cover, blocking LOS, and attack from range. The Dragon DID go for me, but by the time it got close...

I hear this argument a lot. I'm running another game (16th level, soon to be 17th) without this very strong combination, and the combat pillar is no where near as broken. When they hit level 17 they won't be able to break the combat pillar as much, since there is no Fighter in the group...

Bonus action from Crossbow Expert, and 20th level Fighters get 4 attacks per round. 8 (AS) + 1 (Haste) + 1 (Crossbow Expert). 17th level Fighter (which I played) was 6 (AS) +1 (Haste) + 1 (Crossbow Expert) so 8, which if you hit all the time (Not hard with Bless + Foresight, which is available...

That's all well on good... on paper. But it doesn't match up with my experience playing both classes. As a damage dealing Cleric, I can tell you with certainty that the Light Cleric is a vastly superior option. As a support Cleric, Life is better. As a tank, Paladin is better. Tempest can...

I played a high level Fighter EK. With bless on me and foresight from the Wizard, I never missed with Sharpshooter. I could also attack 9 times a round with haste, and that would be even more at level 20 (10 I think?), which would equate to +100 damage from SS and an action surge. I also could...

I've seen this a lot, and it's not true. Yes, they are supposed to hit frequently, but AC does scale with CR. Look at the monster building table in the DMG. It's assumed AC gets better with CR, but an equal CR creature is assumed to have a good hit percentage. Character AC however doesnt...

I'm playing Dwarf. You really need your feat slot for resilient CON. War Clerics are not terrible, but the Light Cleric I've played felt way more awesome and synergised better. Better damage, better bonus action economy (Clerics have a very busy bonus action), better channel divinity, better...

I'm playing a War Cleric now, I'm playing a Light Cleric, and I've played a Paladin. In the tanky role the Paladin is better, and so is the Life Cleric. In the support role the Paladin is better and so is the Life Cleric. In the damage role, both the Tempest and Life Cleric see way better. And...