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True Strike cantrip Pact of the Blade Agonizing Blast At level 4 this gives you an attack that does [W]+Cha*2 damage, at level 5 it would do [W]+Cha*2+1d6. Swapping Agonizing Blast for Thirsting Blade you do 2[W]+Cha*2 over 2 attacks at level 5. Just casting Eldritch Blast with AB you'd do...

Languages are divided between Ancient and Modern. Modern Languages are country-based. Proficiency covers both speaking the language(s) of the country and general knowledge about the country and social rules etc. "Ancient" Languages are akin to a "classical education in X". Someone in the...

I rewrote the "X Adept" feats to be more flavourful. They lose "ignore resistance" and instead let you convert half of your damage to another damage type. Hellfire Blood When you roll damage for a spell you cast that deals fire damage, you can treat any 1 on a damage die as the maximum value...

Aside: If you want a full model, find an engine capable of handling polynomials. A 1d8+5+2+1 hit is represented by 1/8 * (x+x^2+...+x^8) for the d8, times x^8 for the flat bonus damage, or x^8/8 * (x-x^9)/(1-x). Each term of this polynomial looks like (probability)x^(damage done). Take its...

Wait, what? The wizard rules don't say "a spell slot associated with the wizard class", nor does Boon of High Magic say "this is a slot not associated with any class", nor does it mention multiclassing. This concept of "associated with a class" seems to have been invented without being in the...

Now, what I like doing is this: Pure caster prepared spellcasters read You can prepare spells of up to half your level in this class, rounded up, but no higher than 9th level spells. Half caster prepared spellcasters read You can prepare 1st level spells. At level 5, 9, 11 and 17 you can...

I mean, I mentioned an epic boon in 2014 that exists?

So, suppose you have a feat that granted you a 9th level spell slot. (There where epic boons in 2014 that did this). If you had this feature, a 2nd level wizard could add 9th level spells to their spell book and prepare that spell. As a single-classed character. Using their single-classed...

The 2024 rules on learning new spells: Q1: Does Multiclassing rewrite this to remove "as shown on the Wizard Features table[/b] and replace it with as calculated by the multiclassing rules? Ie, is the "as shown" a clarification, or a restriction? Q2: This doesn't mention "as shown on the...

You cannot use the level one monk ability to justify using a bonus action to make an unarmed strike. If another feature in the game lets you use a bonus action to make an unarmed strike, nothing stops you from using that. Ie, a feat that says "if you have a creature grappled, you can make an...

I mean, situational spells are great. Detect Thoughts always prepared. Sending always prepared. Rary's Telepathic Bonds always prepared. That is a 3 pack of great communication magic. Calm Emotions and Mind Sliver are very good spells in certain situations. Dissonant Whispers if memorized...

So, the 2014 monster building table was something like: XP =~ 1/12 * DPR * HP * 2^((AC+ATK)/10) This is theoretically reasonable; DPR*HP modulated by accuracy/defence gives you a pretty good value for the total "threat volume" of a monster - how much damage it will do before it dies in a...

Oh sure, becoming a god is definitely on the table! Chapter 1: Armageddon in a Box Chapter 2: Armageddon for Fun and Profit Chapter 3: Armageddon two, Armageddon harder Chapter 4: Armageddon is Prologue But, the gods already lost to the end of the world already.

5e math was built off of running into on the order of 8 encounters per long rest, each of them normal difficulty, and the PCs being unoptimized and with minimal useful magic items. If you start with optimized PCs? With magic items that are actually useful? You start needing 8 hard encounters...

XP in 2014 is close to 1/12 * HP * DPR * 2^((AC+ATK)/10) 8th-level Half-Orc Fighter (Rune Knight) STR 20, DEX 14, CON 20, INT 12, WIS 14, CHA 10 AC 19 (adamantine plate armor, Dual Wielder feat +1) HP 112 (rolled w/ Tough feat) Attack +9 (+1 weapon) x2; +8 (+0 magic weapon) (Two-Weapon Fighting...

So if your healing is enough to erase a turn of enemy damage, then ... combat is not very threatening. It is just "how long can I keep up healing for" endurance test. If it isn't, then you are buying a partial ally turn (in terms of how many extra turns they stay up) in exchange for your full...

So I'm tweaking the 5e damage curve a bit. At the core is making weapon damage scale like cantrips. You deal 1[W] 1-4, 2[W] 5-10, 3[W] 11-16 and 4[W] 17-20. Next, Extra Attack becomes "you can sacrifice 1[W] damage on your attack action to attack twice instead of once". Fighter EA 2 and 3...

Yes, the core thing I'm trying to address is that risking your action to Talk or Think is almost always a trap. As a DM, either I have to give the PC the ability to change their mind (before you roll make an insight check ... they don't look ready to break), have the PC regularly waste their...

On each of your turn you can Move, Think, Talk and Act. Movement is usually covered by your movement speed. But it can include stunting in a number of ways (jumping on a creature becomes a move, for example). Thinking includes "do I see someone hidden", "what do I know about this monster"...

Sigh. Broom of Flying should be a vehicle. Giving it an order to go to a location should be an action, which it proceeds to do each turn until it reaches that spot and then halts. Taking damage should force a dex save or be knocked off (DC=damage done). Winged Boots should impose...