D&D 5E Official D&D Basic Discussion Thread
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Fireball is a Wizard spell and Flame Strike is a Cleric spell.
Kobold Avenger
Legend
Stuff about the wizard I noticed:
While arcane recovery does indeed have a spell level limit.
I've noticed they've actually boosted the damage on many arcane spells, Meteor Swarm actually does 20d6 bludgeoning + 20d6 fire damage now!
Permanency and that 20th level evoker ability from the playtest has been replaced with spell mastery and signature spell.
Fighter:
The champion fighter is really hard to kill at 18th level and gets a half prof bonus to all non-prof con, dex, and str checks.
Cleric:
Divine strike seems to have been moved to a domain ability, instead of something common for all clerics.
Rogue:
Sneak attack is now back to the 3e progression.
Rogues get blindsense, which actually does allow a rogue the ability to sneak attack someone in the dark. It was an issue brought up about the Rogue before.
While arcane recovery does indeed have a spell level limit.
I've noticed they've actually boosted the damage on many arcane spells, Meteor Swarm actually does 20d6 bludgeoning + 20d6 fire damage now!
Permanency and that 20th level evoker ability from the playtest has been replaced with spell mastery and signature spell.
Fighter:
The champion fighter is really hard to kill at 18th level and gets a half prof bonus to all non-prof con, dex, and str checks.
Cleric:
Divine strike seems to have been moved to a domain ability, instead of something common for all clerics.
Rogue:
Sneak attack is now back to the 3e progression.
Rogues get blindsense, which actually does allow a rogue the ability to sneak attack someone in the dark. It was an issue brought up about the Rogue before.
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Thaumaturge
Wandering. Not lost. (He/they)
Yes. But then bless couldn't affect characters who have advantage from some other source.
And it would auto-cancel disadvantage. Blind? Cast bless. Poisoned? Cast bless. And so on. Of course there are other effect of blindness and poison, but having disadvantage to all checks and rolls is a big part of it in combat.
Thaumaturge.
Grazzt
Demon Lord
Yep. Cone of cold does 8d6 damage as well. Likely jacked up to balance against increased monster hit points (if the ogre preview, for example, is any indication).
Thaumaturge
Wandering. Not lost. (He/they)
Grazzt
Demon Lord
Good calls. It would be weird to be blinded and/or poisoned, and then bless takes the sting away.
Kobold Avenger
Legend
I just noticed that. It finally makes it a viable spell for something you can only do once a day.
WayneLigon
Adventurer
I like how some spells do more damage/more effect/more targets/whatever when prepared at higher levels. Prevents us from having five separate cure spells, ten separate 'do damage to a guy with fire' spells, etc.
