D&D 5E Dragonborn (w/Fizbans) Still Suck?

[cbwjm]

A bit flat, in practice. However, all the 5E Classes have the same underlying "currency" for everything: HP. I'd cite the source, but the Mike Mearls Happy Hour is long gone from the web.

All of Mike Mearls happy fun hours are still on twitch.

 

[Parmandur]

All of Mike Mearls happy fun hours are still on twitch.

Oh, wow, I thought they were taken down? Maybe yhst was just YouTube.

His initial discussions of a Psion are where he really does a deep dive into how HP is the building block of the game.

 

[Charlaquin]

I mean, larger body of people play Humans, so it does come up.

The need to work around around the limitations imposed by darkness does, absolutely. But, again, most of the time a torch, a lantern, or the light cantrip is just plain better. The spell doesn’t create actual light which can be advantageous if you’re trying to avoid being seen, but unless you have the Skulker feat it comes at the cost of disadvantage on most perception checks. Is that tradeoff really worth a 2nd level spell slot? I don’t think it is most of the time, especially since if you’re not specialized in Dex and Stealth, chances of you being found are pretty high anyway.

 

[Charlaquin]

All of Mike Mearls happy fun hours are still on twitch.

That’s good to hear!

 

[ECMO3]

The difference between two races are like at best three or four minor game mechanics. Whereas your class will throw in dozens upon dozens of game mechanics to give your character power, and every level making that number grow higher and higher and higher.

There is no world out there where your racial abilities will be the determining factor in whether your character sucks or not.

A Goblin with two-thirds of cunning action is a big deal.

This is a pretty huge buff on anything other than a tank or a Rogue.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Gem Dragonborn can fly without a feat.

But I think a feat would be appropriate, provided limitations such as not providing any half ASI with the feat, no faster than 30 FT/move, and not working with medium or heavy armour. Alternatively, just take Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer and wait until 14th level.

Wait, why would anyone ever take that feat? I'd take Linguist before I'd even put that feat on a short list.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Would monks suck if you just tripled their ki points?

They don't now, so obviously not.

 

[Parmandur]

They don't now, so obviously not.

I think people underestimate how closely many people hew to the guidelines, but a Sswitch to "proficiency per long rest" format would make the Class less dependent on table format: if I had a dollar for every claim I've seen of Monks being underpowered due to not taking three novas a day into account...

 

[Zardnaar]

I think people underestimate how closely many people hew to the guidelines, but a Sswitch to "proficiency per long rest" format would make the Class less dependent on table format: if I had a dollar for every claim I've seen of Monks being underpowered due to not taking three novas a day into account...

I screwed up I meant triple their ki points but they refresh in a long rest.

 

[Parmandur]

I screwed up I meant triple their ki points but they refresh in a long rest.

It would make accidentally novaing completely more of a potential trap, but thst just puts them in the same boat as a Paladin or Ranger so it would probably be fine.

I think the idea was more to motivate different players to push the group rests in different directions at different times in practice, more than whiteboard balance.