D&D 5E The new Bless

[Joker]

Is this a single use thing or do you use on every attack and saving throw in the duration?

 

[GX.Sigma]

It's every one during the duration. The other version is actually the new guidance. Note the difference in wording.

 

[TerraDave]

its +1d4 right?

seemed pretty potent.

 

[jodyjohnson]

At the lower levels I think I'd rather have the Healing from Cure Wounds. At the higher levels this seems like a no brainer with Bounded Accuracy.

 

[Joker]

Our group has no problems with playtesting it. It just seems like a must have during every combat because it adds +d4 to every attack and saving throw for ten minutes for every party member.

Were players complaining that they missed a lot of attacks and saves leading to this change?

 

[GX.Sigma]

Our group has no problems with playtesting it. It just seems like a must have during every combat because it adds +d4 to every attack and saving throw for ten minutes for every party member.

Were players complaining that they missed a lot of attacks and saves leading to this change?

They want to get rid of fiddly little +1 bonuses all over the place. It's like what they talked about with skill dice and d20 advantage: It's significant enough that you'll remember it, it's easy for another player to tell if you're not applying it, and it's easy to apply retroactively.

Tordek: (rolls d20) 14 AC.
Mialee: You forgot Bless!
Tordek: Oh, right. (rolls d4) 16 AC.

 

[MortalPlague]

I like the fact that it feels really worth the while to arm and cast it. Bless of old always felt like a wasted spell slot. Now it feels really potent.

 

[DogBackward]

Tordek: (rolls d20) 14 AC.
Mialee: You forgot Bless!
Tordek: Oh, right. (rolls d4) 16 AC.

As opposed to:
Tordek: (rolls d20) 14 AC.
Mialee: You forgot Bless!
Tordek: Oh, right. (adds +1) 15 AC.

It's too much of a bonus, I think. With Bounded Accuracy, +1 is more than powerful enough for a 1st level spell.

 

[GX.Sigma]

As opposed to:
Tordek: (rolls d20) 14 AC.
Mialee: You forgot Bless!
Tordek: Oh, right. (adds +1) 15 AC.

Yeah, but it's easier for Mialee (and Lidda, and the DM...) to tell that Tordek is or isn't applying the bonus if the bonus is a physical object on the table.

 

[Weather Report]

Speaking of spells, there are several listed, but are missing, like polymorph object for the leprechaun, and whatever happened to produce flame?

Aside from the Barbed Devil action.