@NautArch It is (though for my money I'd still take the druid's), and I don't believe in L20, so it's never been too much of an argument against dipping =)
@ThomasMarkov Oh, gotcha. No, I'm on the "real" balance team, I guess, in that I run playtests and give WotC feedback on new stuff which they don't seem to take. So I guess you can blame me and my brethren for their ills?
@NautArch I almost ate it twice on my deck leaving the house this morning. Well, actually, once on the way out, and then ten seconds later on the way back to tell my kids to be careful of the slippery deck.
Re: barbarian capstone. Yes. This is true. Full barbarians kick some serious butt. But I think of this more as a primarily rogue, secondarily barbarian. The barbarian dip is only for rage and multiattack
i plan on using frenzy once, no more than twice per day. My first turn would be (coming out of stealth) grapple, if success, attack, adding sneak if hit, and attack, adding sneak if hit. If fail, reckless attack, adding sneak if hit, reckless attack, adding sneak if hit. I know sneak is once per round, btw
@ThomasMarkov I was about to complain about the warlock (being new to the game) . . . but . . . yeah, bard's seems even more disappointing. Is this generally a deliberate design - making level 20 unique benefits no more remarkable than early/mid-level stuff?
the best classes in the game (IMO) are as follows: from levels 1-4, barbarian and Paladin. From levels 5-10 sorcerer and rogue. From levels 11-16 fighter. From levels 17-20 monk, wizard, and barbarian
@NautArch if you say so? All of my favorite "silly fun" memories from D&D involve grossly underpowered characters engaged in wacky schemes to punch above their weight.
Gotta ask, how is this answer not actually a comment? Nothing is actually answered, and it seems more of a narrative description and some edge cases where picking/not picking who is safe can be useful.
@NautArch I once used the spell etherealness to get my horse into a nobleman's bed chamber where I reenacted an old spice commercial in order to persuade him to join my political cause.
@ThomasMarkov You are not an adventurer, but you can smell like one!
This answer raises a stupid but interesting question: The 2020 SAC (in ignorance of the published rules) says that Divine Smite requires "a melee attack using a weapon", rather than a melee weapon attack. So if you make a melee spell attack using a weapon, such as shillelagh, you can Divine Smite with that?
@NautArch Is it just me, or can my spiritual weapon not break down a door? I've got a cleric trapped in a locked room who wants to use spiritual weapon to break down the locked door and escape.
@KorvinStarmast It does say it's gotta be a creature. And I'm kind of fine with that--you're calling down the wrath of God on a door? What sins has the door committed?
RAW, spiritual weapon can attack a creature. A door is only not a door when it's a jar or a construct. So if someone cast animate objects on the door, then they could attack it.
@MikeQ Perfect answer. Thanks also to @MarkWells and @NautArch I saw the creature thing and realized that this poor cleric needs to come up with a better idea.
@GcL Not to mention chewey and in need of horseradish sauce and lemon juice, just like oysters.
Hmm, fair point, but I think we are trying to avoid analphylactic shock in this setting. Not sure if peanut butter even exists ... yeah, I know, we must therefore be in Hell ...
@ThomasMarkov hm yeah that is an uncomfortable situation for sure. Our guidance is to not do that but I guess the real question is what to do about it.
> A "not an answer" or "very low quality" flag kicks the post into the Low Quality Posts review queue but the final result of the review was "Looks OK".
I can't think right now of a way that mod-handled VLQ flags would would end up as disputed since our vote is binding. But I'm sure one of my fellows will be around to correct that gap sometime ;-)
@ThomasMarkov I see no value in going back to a two year old question with two good answers and closing it, but I'd like to protect it so that answers like the one that just popped up are prevented. And yet, I can't protect it. :(
the answers explain why the build will or will not achieve the OP's objectives.
Once people have voted on your answer, it is not good practice to change it to say something completely opposite (because it essentially reappropriates those votes and makes them look like the agreeing to something completely different). On the other hand, editing to add in more updated info in some cases can be good. In this case, using a RAW/RAI framing, both options can be presented so I've gone ahead and done that for you. :-) — Rubiksmoose ♦1 min ago
@KorvinStarmast I'm certainly not going to die on this hill but I would rather not see any question protected that didn't have clear-cut long term problems since protection cuts off all possibility of getting new quality answers from low-rep users.
I realize that standards differ though.
@KorvinStarmast :-)
If I came across a question like this while browsing the site and saw it was protected, I'd almost certainly go ahead and unprotect it without much doubt at all.
The description states:
On its turn, it can move only toward its target by the most direct route, and it can use its action only to attack its target.
Who controls whether he indeed uses what he can?
@ThomasMarkov That's fair. but that answer was an attempt to negate the beginning premise of the question the rest of it didn't really matter as much. however, I'm totally fine deleting it. It's not an answer I really I'm going to die on a hill for.
@ThomasMarkov ah, okay. I mean, as I said, if you really think it's not an answer, i'm good with removing it. But my approach really was just to negate the first step of their process which would remove the rest of the process.
how many queue votes does it take to remove a flag?
@Rubiksmoose Swamped in the bogs of postgrad work. Basically I pay them to do nothing and I teach myself everything. This week, the professor called everyone onto zoom for discussion, only to tell us that they were on travel and couldn't hold this week's discussion, and our exam is postponed to the date which it was originally scheduled for.
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@AncientSwordRage try not to panic and spontaneously combust over starting a new job on Monday, venture out for Filipino takeout tomorrow sometime.
@BardicWizard it's not the length of it. My wife gets extremely anxious when I participate in this kind of stuff. She feels she can't interrupt, and the idea of me not being available to help if something goes wrong could cause a panic attack, which then does mean I need to help her calm down ... And then she's guilty about having interrupted....
@AncientSwordRage ah. I have like a million things I’m doing at the same time so it would probably not be immediate responses all the time (who assigns homework on a friday???)
@Rubiksmoose I do AM5 by post. It lends itself to a different kind of game. Much more narrative with lots of player latitude for filling in the narrative of what's going on in their demesne.
Slows down a lot when there are situations to be resolved by the story guide or between characters controlled by different players.
@Rubiksmoose We're having only kids from our campus around our neighborhood, and everyone in the neighborhood is setting out tables with goodie-bagged candies spread upon. And everyone's wearing masks.
@BardicWizard You could totally make a room on this chat server and use it for such a purpose. Just know that even if you select "private" as its security setting, moderators and staff can still read/write.
There was a site we used that would essentially archive rolls for you so they could be referenced later, but it was difficult to keep track of which order they all happened in.
@Rubiksmoose my wife and I made Halloween our official date night over a decade ago. We find something to do and then go do it - movie, dinner, whatever. This year it's a bit tricky, so we may have a dinner with her mom and sister ... festive occasion and such.
Meh, tonight ish.... I’m gonna be a little sporadic and will be unavoidably offline from 6:00 UTC to 13:00 UTC since my phone auto shuts off for that time period
FYI, found the thing that proves my point. Take a look at the Grappled condition: A grappled creature’s speed becomes 0, and it can’t benefit from any bonus to its speed.
The description states:
On its turn, it can move only toward its target by the most direct route, and it can use its action only to attack its target.
Who controls whether he indeed uses what he can?
