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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7171315" data-attributes="member: 20323">It's not what's in the manual; it's how you use it. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/glasses.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="B-)" title="Glasses    B-)" data-shortname="B-)" />"Day" means the same thing it does in downtime. At least 8 hours per day muse be spent on the activity. If you're wanting to craft something in "spare time", a few hours here and there, well, if you're willing to go through the rigamarole of tracking hours go for it!I think a good assumption would be 2 hours of crafting during "spare time" taken at the end of an adventuring/traveling day is reasonable.So if you wanted to track by hours, you might record something like: genie prison 8 / 160 hours.Thanks for catching the vague language! That phrasing dates back to AD&D where the Inner Planes were often environmentally hostile. The intention is that – when traveling to the Plane of Water, for example, but NOT when leaping into an ocean – you would have water breathing and immunity to crushing pressure. Or when traveling to the Plane of Fire you'd be immune to the natural fires of that plane, but NOT from a fireball or efreeti's hurl flame. Or when traveling to the Plane of Earth you'd be immune to the crushing tectonic activity there, but NOT immune from an earthquake or earth elemental's attack.However, that begs a question about the narrative: How do we explain a sha'ir being able to breathe underwater on the Plane of Water but NOT in a body of water on the Material Plane. My assumption was it had to do with favors owed to the sha'ir by genies of the corresponding element, or commanding minor elementals to aid him/her, or something to that effect. However, that's a bit contrived. It may be better just to cut that section of the subclass feature entirely? I mean, advantage on so many saving throws is probably sufficiently powerful on its own, right?Perfectly respectable strategy. My sense of Akilah is that she's strongest when it comes to interaction & exploration, but relies on others to do the fighting for her. Which makes sense for a vizier.Not all combats are created equal. This one in particular emphasized dealing damage fast & there wasn't too much movement. Lal has an advantage in combats that last longer, have multiple enemies (ideally with several focusing on him), and require more movement. He's quite mobile. In addition to having a bit more out-of-combat utility than the standard barbarian, I also think it would be interesting to explore "non-standard uses" for his "rage" (e.g. performing feats of Strength like holding open a portcullis, hauling a rope holding a PC dangling over a chasm, etc).[SECTION]Bladed PirouetteStarting at 3rd level, when a creature misses youwith an attack while you’re raging, you may use yourreaction to do one of the following of your choice:• Move 5 feet without provoking opportunityattacks.• Impose disadvantage on that creature’s next attackbefore the end of your next turn.• Deal slashing damage to that creature equal toeither your Strength or Dexterity modifier(provided you’re wielding a slashing meleeweapon).[/SECTION]Coupled with his AC 17, this makes Lal a very reactive character in combat. For example, if there were - theoretically - an attack on Tajar's throne room, and Lal was near the entrance when an attack missed him, he could move 5 feet without provoking AoO to potentially block the entrance. It's a very versatile feature than encourages you to draw enemy aggression towards Lal. Which could be a fun roleplaying opportunity with sentient foes, since that likely looks different for Lal than the typical D&D barbarian![SECTION]Dance of DeathAt 6th level, you gain one of the following features ofyour choice.Whirling Rend. When you score a critical hit orreduce a creature to 0 hit points with a slashingmelee weapon, you can make a melee weapon attackas a bonus action.[/SECTION]When it comes to combat, it's always in Lal's interest to go "crit fishing" through any means at his or the party's disposal. Haste, for example, would be a brilliant spell to cast upon Lal (and could be interpreted as some kind of trance state). Also, Lal is the ideal one to make a "finishing stroke" against an enemy; narratively, you could play this as being merciful and saying a prayer over the fallen, or that he's just oblivious to what he's doing and the momentum of his tabor keeps him swinging wildly.[SECTION]Display Weapon ProwessAt 10th level, you can take an action outside ofcombat or before any enemies have acted withincombat to display your prowess with a quick sworddance. Make a Charisma (Performance) checkopposed by the Wisdom saving throw of any hostilecreatures with a CR less than your character levelwitnessing your display. Each creature failing thesave is left with shaken morale. If combat isavoidable, the creature will attempt to parlay or elseback away slowly. Whereas if combat is unavoidable,the creature is incapacitated until the end of its firstturn in combat. A creature that succeeds the savecannot be affected by your Display Weapon Prowessfor 24 hours.Generally, only sentient creatures that have aconception of greater and lesser skill can have theirmorale shaken. At the DM’s discretion mindlesscreatures like zombies may be unaffected.[/SECTION]This affects CR 10 or less hostile creatures. That includes things like ogres and hill giants and wyverns! Surprise obviously mucks with this, but this is a very potent subclass feature – so potent (especially given that Lal gets advantage on initiative checks from Feral Senses), that it's one I'm hoping we'll playtest to see whether or not it needs toning down.</blockquote>

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