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If none of those apply then I'm still looking to escape, not attack.

This is the BBEG! Of course they have at least the first two if not all three. BTW I forgot that the BBEG will Action Surge for a second full Action of movement. (Action Surge by itself is a superb escape power for Fighters.) And let's not forget that the BBEG's big attack has a save. Anyone...

Sure. In my version of the Greyhawk setting I envision the big empire to the west of the Sea of Dust as being dragonborn.

I'm 6 pages late but if I can be dropped the next round then I'm going to try to escape. Unless I'm a sacrificial clone or simulacrum of the BBEG, of course. :) I'll use my Lair Action first, then hopefully this will trigger use of a Legendary Action, then I use my Action and Bonus Action.

Thank you, Mr Ward, for making the world a more fun place.

KISS: remember that you only roll when the result is in doubt; most often a mortal just doesn't get to roll against an immortal. Hence all those quests for the McGuffin: only when you have the McGuffin do you get to roll.

Just in time for it to need revising for D&D 2024! :)

If you have your canonical four player party and your monster is dropping two of them every turn then they're not going to get very far. And dropping three is TPK territory. Now, if you had a six or eight player party then that's another matter.

How is that fun for the players?

Unless someone gives you a Bonus Action in which case you act on their turn. My PHB has disintegrated but isn't there a Battlemaster manoeuvre that does this? And a spell or two?

Yes, and the rogue's damage scales with Sneak Attack, not Extra Attacks, and the Rogue can currently get up to 3 SAs per turn - plain attack action, Bonus Action, and reaction. Hence my limitation of not being able to use SA on the Bonus Action granted by this feat.

I've arrived 16 pages late, so apologies if I'm covering previous ground. Feats are not supposed to give class features. And it should come well after Fighters get their second attack. So I'd make it use the Bonus Action: Extra Attack Prerequisites: 8th level, proficiency with the wielded...

I will be buying the new PHB if only because my PHB is disintegrating.

You use the last class in which you levelled.

This is a thing of beauty.

Not Lovecraft but Lord Dunsany.

Try not to railroad; players instinctively rebel and fight to the bitter end. If the adventure demands a particular set-up, start there and take a step backward. "You all wake up in a prison cell / you are standing in front of the baron accused of X / whatever. We're now going to game how you...

If you all are having fun, you're doing it right.

Since this thread has been resurrected after so many years, let me weigh in again. I ask people to consider a spear-wielder with the Duellist fighting style and PAM. A one-handed spear does 1d6 + Str + Style (+2) so an average of 8.5 damage at Str 16 for a base attack and a first level PC can...

There's nothing stopping a DM from restricting cantrip damage from spellcasting classes (as opposed to feats) by class level. It's neither RAW nor RAI but Rule Zero applies. It's your campaign. You could similarly restrict a Barbarian's Unarmoured Defence to a maximum of the lower of their Con...