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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 7717224" data-attributes="member: 6787650">By "combinatorial mechanics" I am forced to assume that you mean "options which are interchangeable with each other, independently or in combination", in which case that is indeed what I mean by "orthogonal."Clearly you love that style of game design, so much so that you can't imagine why anyone would object to it in an RPG.I however don't want to play D&D: the Gathering. I want a role-playing game, not an interesting exercise in exploiting powerful combinations. If you want to show that the techniques you refer to are relevant in this space, you have to show it, not just reference some external consensus.We've already covered why this statement doesn't hold. If you attack and then teleport away, how is the enemy supposed to keep track of your position, especially if you teleport out of their line of sight? Some posters on this thread have even said they'd include a Hide attempt in Shadow Step by default. In any case, your claim here is falsified by the fact that the very same Rogue/Shadow Monk could by RAW Attack + Cunning Action (Hide). Yet somehow, teleporting makes him easier to locate, not harder. The fiction you're suggesting doesn't hold water.RE: Valor Bards, are you missing the point about TWF and Bardic Inspiration both requiring a bonus action (and thus conflicting), or are you just being pedantic about the fact that anyone can hold a second weapon in their off-hand and do nothing with it at no action cost?</blockquote>

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