If they want to play FPS tabletop they should probably use a different game system. Or you all just embrace that style and use squad tactics. Grab my homebrew Warlord and go Ballistarius for the ranged synergy
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Yeah no kidding. 5e is a lot of things, but a Helldiver simulator it is not.
Cool homebrew! One bit of feedback: change pike in starting equipment to "any martial weapon", otherwise you can't take a halberd (which makes more sense for a knight).
Greater invisibility + rogue 2, expertise is stealth. Just have your character disappear whenever things go bad.
Alternatively, ignore doing damage yourself and focus on buffing the party. A great way to make friends with a power fantasy gamer is to give him +1d4 to attacks.
And finally, expertise in persuasion, a little bit of "accidental" water, and roll to seduce the other guy when he is in female form. I assume he has low Wis. He is part of your harem. Sometimes you need to be on the receiving end to understand what your doing.
Hahaa there's no better "stealth" than Dimension Door FDSIO at the same level. Also doing most of my rolls with advantage anyway from Enhance Ability... it keeps me from rolling 1's but if all my rolls are opposed I'm still going to fail a lot more often than vs passive.
A little more math: when bluffing with +5 and adv vs 15 passive insight, I have 79.75% chance of success. In a contested roll, I have 69.125%. Vs 10 passive insight, I have 96% odds... vs +0 contested, I have 87.3125%, This may not sound like much, but it triples my odds of failure.
Yeah I'm kinda curious why our cleric isn't casting Bless. I've given other players bardic inspiration a couple times and they've appreciated it. I could cast Heroism but meh? Seems kinda underpowered, especially if we're fighting to the burger literally every battle (I had to get revived with heals THREE times in one battle - still Level 3, mind you).
And lol no I'm not going to try to seduce the table's resident A-hole, thank you very much.
This is awesome advice. THANK YOU!
Yeah I have sometimes frequented DM forums where posters openly talk about how to screw their players for being smart. It's mind-boggling.
Any given day there's some insane post like... "OMG Wood Elf Rangers are so OP! How do I destroy this player who's wiping all my encounters using Hide as an action every other turn?" and people will be like "Yah you're right! Give all your enemies Blindsight 120!"