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The Pact of the Chain and Pact of the Blade constraints are far too limiting. Forcing a Chainlock to only have a coyote familiar takes away a lot of the utility, for instance. Having the stats of one of the four special familiars but having the appearance of a coyote would be much fairer...

Okay. I've played around with Monk subclasses. This will be my first Ranger one. I chose Ranger because I couldn't come up with anything remotely unique using another class (I'm looking at you, Rogue [yeah, I know, you could do something very Matador-like with a Swashbuckler]). Full...

Please tell me you're kidding. https://youtu.be/vlQyldEFAvQ

Wrote it on the train in to work.

Let’s play with that. Call it the Way of the Rikishi or Way of the Grasping Palm. Level 3 Iron Grip Proficiency in Athletics if you don’t already have it. Add twice your proficiency bonus to grapple checks. Can initiate a grapple as a bonus action. Massive Body You can choose to use STR...

Paladins tend to be physically strong, front line kind of people. Not always the best choice for every situation. There's enough variation among Warlocks between Pacts, invocations, and spell choices to provide Celestial Patrons with a wide variety of potential servants.

Oooh. Pact of the Blade should be getting an upgrade in Xanathar's too. I'm guessing the re-worked invocations Eldritch Smite and Improved Pact Weapon will be in the book. And Grasp of Hadar will allow you to pull enemies into your Scourge aura. Maybe Sentinel to keep them there?

Mearls mentioned Ki-Rin as a potential Patron. So you can make a deal with a shiny gold horse that lives in clouds or tall mountains. That can control weather and cast healing spells out the wazoo. The monster description even states "If the ki-rin has taken creatures into its service, its...

https://media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/downloads/June5UA_RevisedClassOptv1.pdf The exploding self-heal (Searing Vengeance) was moved to level 14, Healing Light (the healing dice pool) was moved to level 1, and Radiant Soul (+CHA mod to fire and radiant spells) was moved to level 6. The temporary HP...

Time to go for the triple whammy: Protector Aasimar Celestial Warlock multiclassed with Favored Soul Sorcerer. Who needs clerics anyway?

Well, obviously temporary HP affects all damage vs. the basic B/P/S resistance. I think they had Fighting Spirit in mind when they wrote the text for Strength Before Death. So if you invoked Fighting Spirit when Strength Before Death triggered, you would have triggered the B/P/S resistance and...

Well, obviously temporary HP affects all damage vs. the basic B/P/S resistance. I think they had Fighting Spirit in mind when they wrote the text for Strength Before Death. So if you invoked Fighting Spirit when Strength Before Death triggered, you would have triggered the B/P/S resistance and...

I want the Celestial Warlock or the College of Swords Bard next.

Just some thoughts of mine on a custom Monk subclass. Definitely not Adventurer's League legal, but I don't play AL. Was just looking for input on the mechanics before I start writing any fluff.

All the Tortle talk got me thinking about water ninja in movies and anime. So I made a thing. Please comment. Way of the Torrent Level 3 Flowing Water Technique When you use Patient Defense, you may add your proficiency bonus to your AC for any attack you can perceive. In addition, if an...

Given that the three main Warlock Pacts (Archfey, Fiend, GOO) get Pact Weapon invocations and that the Seeker Pact gets some love in the "Warlock and Wizard" UA, I'm hoping Seeker Bladelocks get one whenever WotC make the new invocations official. In lieu of an official release, I thought I'd...

Aren't pole arms supposed to be heavier? So they can be used against cavalry? That's part of why I brought up Spear Mastery. You get most of what you are looking for by being an expert in the common spear. Whenever I think of a Monk Spear Master, I think of Gordon Liu...

I consider the Whispers Bards scary (in the "that MFer is dangerous" way), not creepy. Glamour Bards are creepy for a couple of reasons. For one, they learned their skills from the Fey, so there's a built-in (if perhaps unwarranted) level of untrustworthiness. The second is more play style...

I like those two as well. Maybe we could get another pacifist subclass or two. Like maybe a Bard (that isn't creepy like the Glamour one) and a Cleric domain.

Or you could take the Spear Mastery feat. You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls you make with a spear. When you use a spear, its damage die changes from a d6 to a d8, and from a d8 to a d10 when wielded with two hands. (This benefit has no effect if another feature has already improved the...