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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 9440168" data-attributes="member: 6807784">Advantage can be used in creative ways.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advantage can activate certain rider effects on a d20 test or damage roll</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advantage can be spent to generate special modifiers or effects on a d20 test or damage roll</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advantage can be transferred under certain conditions</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advantage can create certain shields or buffs for a character for as long as they have it</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Disadvantage can allow for certain shields or buffs for a character as long as they have it</li> </ul>So right there we have five different ways that we can get creative with advantage. By working these into class features, we can begin to create a fuller game. Some examples:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When a Paladin has advantage on an attack roll, they reroll any smite damage dice </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When a Cleric has disadvantage on a saving throw, their god provides them with temporary resistance to any damage suffered</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When a Barbarian makes a grapple check with advantage, they can choose to deal force damage equal to their level if the target fails their saving throw</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When a creature rolls with advantage against a Sorcerer's spell that used metamagic, the sorcerer regains the sorcery points they spent</li> </ul>And so on. These mechanics are just idea, so they may be rough or unusable, but they exist to show you the general idea. 5E has a lot of design space like this that is wide open and rather untapped by both first and third party designers.</blockquote>

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