D&D 5E Finally

[Palladion]

Another few questions for you (with my heartfelt thanks)

1) what does the Sailor background grant?
2) does the Sorcerer metamagic skill "Twinned" say anything specific about cantrips, or does it simply state "you can spend a number of sorcery points equal to the spells level to..."?
3) does the Sorcerer metamagic skill "Careful" have wording similar to Evocation Wizard's "Sculpt Spells" (specifically in regards to "taking no damage if they would normally take half damage")?

Sailor
Skill: Athletics, Perception
Tool: Navigator's tools, vehicles (water)
Feature: Ship's Passage (secure free passage on sailing ship)

Twinned Spell answered above.

Careful Spell allows you to have a creature automatically succeed a saving throw, that is all.

 

[Gladius Legis]

Assassin's get Assassinate (advantage against someone who has not acted in combat), Death Strike (17th level, save or double damage vs. surprised creature).

So Assassinate no longer comes with auto-crit and maximized Sneak Attack vs. surprised?

 

[Palladion]

Is the resilient feat just proficiency in one save and a stat boost?

Correct.

 

[Palladion]

Well looks like I won't be able to use my Iuz priests until I find out were the Death Domain will be. If it's in the DMG as rumored then I will be waiting till November. Is Lolth's domain death as well?

Death is in the DMG. Lolth has Trickery.

 

[Dragonblade]

How many superiority dice does the Battle Master get? Any flashy/anime/wuxia kind of maneuvers? What are some interesting maneuvers? Any that are damage focused? Any way to recover Superiority dice without taking a 1 hour short rest?

I was hoping for a melee warrior class that would let me recreate my Tome of Battle Warblade and Swordsage PC's from my 3e campaign. Martial PCs just seem really limited so far. Its been my one disappointment with 5e, even though I love the rest of it.

 

[doctorhook]

When you woke up this morning, did you expect to be answering this many questions over the internet today?

 

[Palladion]

So Assassinate no longer comes with auto-crit and maximized Sneak Attack vs. surprised?

Assassinate against a surprised creature is a critical hit.

 

[Gladius Legis]

Assassinate against a surprised creature is a critical hit.

Good deal.

 

[Branduil]

What options does the Hunter Ranger get past 3rd level?

 

[M.L. Martin]

Appendix C shows the new cosmology for D&D, mixture of the great Wheel and the 4e cosmology. Hard to explain, sorry, you will need to see the book when it comes out.

Is Ravenloft in there?