Search results

HAM also does not play well with resistances. If you think that gaining resistances is probably then HAM is less valuable. this is a niche situation with certain classes like war cleric, bear heavy armor barbarian, or Fiend warlock as notable examples. Generally because of the broader...

This is a major problem with the way reactions are worded. Almost no reaction works if it occurs after the triggering event concludes. Opportunity attack from leaving reach resolves when the target is out of melee reach. Counterspell a fireball? The fireball explodes killing everyone then is...

Samurai is kind of a misnomer. I would refer to them as the inexorable fighter. They are inevitable in their nature. Samurai was just a thematic element added but they play as the fighter that will not drop. Resistance to mind affecting magics that are the bane of the martial archetypes, temp HP...

Samurai is an amazing class however most of the guides rate subclasses by pure offensive potential, which battlemaster is slightly better at offense. Samurai is designed to be harder to stop and therefore rates slightly lower in offense yet is better at defense. As a result the guides make it...

The Ioun stone of mastery is a top tier item for several classes and I would exercise caution making abilities like that common in your campaign. It wont break things but it might set a new bar for expectation of some abilities. Proficiency bonus is a core scaling mechanic of 5e.

Why not just remove proficiency bonus all together? Adding Proficiency to defense makes the numbers meaningless. at level 5 I get a +1 to hit and you get +1 defense then what's the point we hit on the same number as last level. Defense is not supposed to scale with level, 5th edition uses HP as...

This changes everything! Now DMs will have to decide whether or not to use Sage Advice rulings when running their own games.

What we are really missing here is how broken a rock is. A rock deals 1d4 damage when thrown and the world is full of rocks meaning infinite damage! How can you justify a rock dealing infinite damage!!1!!1one!1!?

One of the benefits of understanding optimization is that when you know the maximum ability of a character, you can very easily decide where on the scale you want to find yourself. If you do not know what a character is capable of then you have a much harder time ramping up than ramping down. I...

as written the others have answered it. there would be no balance issue if your Dm allowed you to do it at a later point int the day. This would effectively make your character weaker so I would not suggest it but if your Dm allows it there is no harm to the game balance.

Let's be extremely clear. I dont care if you are basing this off some show you are writing the literal definition of rape in your text. You can do better than this with even a little effort. You can keep the flavor and fix this travesty of writing. Try something like "the monk feeds of the...

You have a serious lack of understanding what rape is. That is unfortunate and frightening. While the many game features you described ways to force people to do things they do not like none of them are explicitly sexual in nature as your first post clearly was. Please take some time to educate...

Other content aside, let's not make rules for rape please.

One thing you may want to consider based on the type of campaign you are running is that adding magical plusses to weapons makes feats like GWM and SS stronger than the might otherwise be. There is nothing wrong with this but it should be something you are aware of. adding a +2 or +3 to hit...

This is fine and there are weapons lie this in some of the hardcover printed adventures. For balance consider the addition of a +1 to increase the rarity of the item by 1. So if a giant slayer is rare, then a giant slayer +1 would be very rare, a plus 2 would be legendary. Read the magic item...

I play a lot at high level where many of the issues I see are different from levels 1-10. The zelot seems very strong at early levels but falls off later on where the Berzerker feels much stronger later especially after the level 6 and 14 feature come into their own. The level 6 feature sees...

Assuming I could only have one on any given roll, it would depend on the difficulty of the task I am attempting. For moderate difficulties like a DC10-15 Advantage would probably serve me better as it would be far easier to roll the needed number range. For extremely difficult tasks like DCs in...

I have played a Frenzy Barb for 16 levels and I think people are way too fixated on the exhaustion. It's a balance to a minor benefit. I don't frenzy every fight and it makes the times I do feel more important. Honestly I can frenzy 3 time before it really becomes an issue. usually this only...

NPCs are not built in the same manner as player characters. Sometimes they use damage expressions which do not match their stats or equivalent class level.

They key to this dip is that with GWM you will have bonus action attacks often enough that this is used only on rounds when you do not otherwise qualify. if you are already planning to multiclass a 1 or 2 level dip can mean a more consistent use of your bonus action and turn misses into...