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6:05 PM

@HotRPGQuestions I guess we haven't got a (clean) way to say duplicate of a question addressed in Sage Advice...

I initially agreed with the call to put the question on hold, but with the edits, I think the question qualifies for Good Subjective. Needs to be closely monitored though.

Rubiksmoose

At the very least, I think the new question is a vast imrpovement on the old one.

Man, the stack is hopping today.

Someone_Evil

6:21 PM

Inspired by that Pact of the Blade question (not directly related): The game does not blink if you give a maul the finesse property.

Rubiksmoose

What do you mean?

Someone_Evil

Combining heavy, two-handed and finesse on a single weapon gives no inconsistencies or contradictions in the rules

Xirema

The Maul's damage dice should be 3d4, CMV.

Rubiksmoose

@Someone_Evil but mauls aren't finesse in 5e?

Xirema

Also the Greatclub should be 2d4. You can try to disprove me, but you can't, because deep down, you know I'm right.

Someone_Evil

6:25 PM

@Xirema That would make the GWF Fighting style a spot to good with mauls...

Xirema

@Someone_Evil ....... Spins up Probability Calculator....

Someone_Evil

@Xirema gains .5 per die

@Rubiksmoose Neither do longswords until a moonblade gains/adds it

3d4 with GWF would have a mean of 9 dmg

Rubiksmoose

@Someone_Evil I guess I'm just confused then what you were trying to say lol. I thought you were saying "the game already allows mauls to be versatile so the battleaxe thing would probably be cool too."

doppelgreener

@NautArch fyi, done

Xirema

@Someone_Evil Okay, yeah, you're correct. Worth noting though that GWF on 2d6 adds .66666 per die. It's a larger bonus overall on 3d4 (7.5→9.0) compared to 2d6 (7.0→8.333). 1d12 for reference (6.5→7.333 for .8333 per die)

I dunno, the difference between the 3d4 maul and the 2d6 greatsword is less than the difference between the 2d6 greatsword and the 1d12 greataxe.

So maybe it's not gamebreaking?

Although it makes optimizing Barbarian DPR harder. ;)

Someone_Evil

6:35 PM

It makes greatsword slightly pointless; mauls have better avg damage unless you have features that uses the weapon die type (Savage Critical etc.) in which case greataxe better

Xirema

@Someone_Evil Almost. It creates extra breakpoints in a Barbarian's progression. They'd start out with Maul being the best, then Greatsword would become the best, then Greataxe would become the best.

Someone_Evil

How does greatsword end up as the best?

Xirema

@Someone_Evil When you're a mid-level Barbarian and have one or two stacks of Savage Critical but not all 3. (About to run the exact numbers on it...)

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Hot RPG Questions

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Rubiksmoose

6:44 PM

^there you go @goodguy5 :)

goodguy5

7:13 PM

:thumbs_up:

Xirema

7:23 PM

@Someone_Evil Okay, it turns out I was mistaken: the Greataxe surpasses the (3d4) Maul at brutal dice 3+, but the Greatsword never surpasses the Maul, even if you're a Half-Orc gaining effective Brutal 4. It gets really close, but doesn't ever quite get there.

Someone_Evil

@Xirema I think a 3d4-big hammer thing is a sweet idea as an 'exotic weapon' or some similar though

Xirema

@Someone_Evil Yeah, that's where I'm leaning now.

Someone_Evil

The only downside is having more 'carpet caltrops'...

Rubiksmoose

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Ok this is ridiculous, how did I not realize this spell was written so confusingly?

Out of curiosity, how do people here run/interpret it?

Someone_Evil

@Rubiksmoose We play on a grid; Wall of Fire crates an obscuration along gridlines (the wall itself) and damages a 10ft area on a designated side of it. This leaves the spell plenty powerful for a 4th level

Rubiksmoose

7:40 PM

@Someone_Evil what about inside the wall?

Someone_Evil

@Rubiksmoose Creatures snap to squares on the grid; the wall snaps to the grid lines. The thickness of the wall is not enough to affect any squares (less than half)

Rubiksmoose

@Someone_Evil oh so you would ignore the part of the spell talking about being inside of it then?

Someone_Evil

It falls away in the abstraction/gameification. The walls volume is not anywhere where you could occupy beyond passing through

goodguy5

this invisilines are making my teeth hurt :(

Rubiksmoose

@Someone_Evil well that is one way to get rid of the issue in the question lol

@goodguy5 :'(

goodguy5

7:52 PM

@Rubiksmoose I can't tell if it's the aligners themselves, or if it's the fact that I'm pretty sure I'm clenching my teeth. from having something in my mouth

V2Blast

*invisalign?

but yeah, that sounds annoying

Rubiksmoose

@goodguy5 oof. And it could be both. And mouth pain really sucks

Invisalignment: lawful painful.

goodguy5

@V2Blast I have a different brand anyway, technically Clear Correct

V2Blast

goodguy5

I feel like "invisalign" is going to be a generalized brand name, like BandAid

(moose, your joke was good, don't worry.)

Rubiksmoose

7:58 PM

I'm happy you appreciated it lol :) I had to think way too long about what alignment to make it though...

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8:20 PM

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