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That makes sense.

Cube of Force (Wondrous Item, Rare) Table: Cube of Force Face Charges Effect 1 1 Gasses, wind, and fog can’t penetrate the cube. 2 2 Nonliving matter can’t penetrate the cube, except for walls, floors, and ceilings (at your discretion). 3 3 Living matter can’t penetrate the cube. 4 4...

I wouldn't think so since it doesn't explicitly state that you must spend a bonus action to activate the ability. Although that would make it technically superior (if only marginally) to giving an ally a plain old Bardic Inspiration die.

Battle Hymns So, this Bard feature is a little unclear to me. Just to be clear, and correct me if I'm wrong: 1. It takes no action to activate a Battle Hymn on your turn, but it does consume 1 Bardic Inspiration die. 2. You don't have to choose a target upon activating it, and if you don't...

Huh, I guess that could indeed be seen as a new iteration of Action Surge lol Although, at least in A5e you need to do more than just dip into Fighter for a couple of levels to gain access to it. ^.^ Sounds like a reasonable house rule. Martial arts dice not stacking by no means invalidates an...

I'm inclined to agree, as that would seemingly be in line with the idea that most stuff doesn't stack if it has the same name or is basically the same feature.

Blessed Prowess (Exalted Athlete 3rd, Adept Class): Starting at 3rd level, when you make a Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution check, you can add your martial arts die. When you fail a Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution saving throw you can use your reaction to spend 2 exertion and reroll...

Whirlwind Strike (Rapid Current) In the Adventurer's Guide, this 3rd degree combat maneuver is listed as an Action. However, in the A5E Online Tool, it's listed as a Bonus Action. I assume that the Adventurer's Guide is the correct printing? EDIT: It looks like there's a conflict with the Back...

Sorry, I have a lot of questions lately lol Instinctive Counterattack (Razor's Edge Maneuver): "When your exertion pool is not empty, you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack." Does this maneuver allow you to make an extra attack on your turn at the expense of your reaction? Or...

So, if it does scale, that would mean a 17th level A5E Fighter would have access to 7 out of 11 Combat Traditions (6 from proficiency bonus, and 1 if they selected an A5E fighter subclass). If they also selected the Martial Scholar feat as one of their ASI's, then they would have access to 9 out...

Combat Traditions: There seems to be a discrepency between what is written in the Adventurer's Guide and the A5E Online Tool. Specifically, under Combat Traditions, the A5E Online Tool has this extra text: "When you gain access to combat maneuvers, you become proficient with a number of...

So, I was able to use Arcane Appropriation last night during our session. I'm pleased to say that it, so far, doesn't feel overpowered at all to allow a Warlock access to all spells via scrolls. In fact, it's actually quite helpful for the entire group. Having revivify or beacon of hope in my...

Very cool! I'm glad to hear it's working for your group. Do you find that your players are ever in danger of dropping below 0hp more often now than before, or no? Does your group have a healer, and if so, did you notice if that character was more willing to cast healing spells in-combat to...

This is...intriguing, imo. I mean, if HP is largely considered an abstraction of general health/fatigue/rolling with the punches, I feel like substituting exertion out for HP could work, at least thematically. Balance-wise, I don't think it would cause a major issue either. Yes, warriors will...

Thanks for the clarifications guys, I appreciate it! ^.^

Arcane Appropriation Invocation Prerequisite: 5th level "When you use a magic item, you ignore any requirements related to class, culture, heritage, or level." So, this invocation intrigues me quite a bit. On the surface, it doesn't seem too overly powerful, since there's really not a lot of...

I know I said I'd be checking this thread often but, well, life has a way of upending even the smallest plans haha This is tremendously great advice, thank you all! My biggest issue is that I'm not much of a storyteller. I've been playing D&D since ~2002, and I really excel when it comes to the...

Hello all. I'm going to be running a group soon using the Level Up rules, and as the title alludes, I'm pretty new to the DM role. In addition, the group in question has no experience playing D&D, so this will be their inaugural experience to the game. I could use some help so as to make this a...

Garrisons: How are soldiers (or, for that matter, staff in general), replaced if they are lost in battle or otherwise killed? Is that something the DM should handwave? For example, if my theoretical stronghold has 70 staff and 35 soldiers, and 25 soldiers die due to a raid on the stronghold, how...

Lifestyle: As this provides either a prestige bonus or penalty (or neither if you choose the middle of the road approach), should PC's pay for their lifestyle on a day-to-day basis, or as an annual lump sum? For Poor, this would be 73gp per year. For Modest, this would be 547gp and 5sp per...