I'm toying with the idea of cross-classing a Sorcerer with one level in Cleric.
At 2nd level, 1st level Cleric & 1st level Sorcerer, what would be the pros and cons?
At 20th level, 1st level Cleric & 19th level Sorcerer, what would be the pros and cons?
So a quick study reveals that basically...there are no magic items in tier 1 of the HotDQ adventure..Tier two of said adventure is filled to the brim with them (specially Episodes 6,7 and 8)
This is in marked contrast to the starter adventure where there are numerous
There is a single magic item possible in tier 1 (there is also an opportunity to kill an NPC who has some magic scrolls, but it's not necessarily even probable you'll fight him that early).
Tier two has over a dozen possible magic items. And most of them are actually pretty tough to get.
Two new 2015 book announcements from WOTC: Elemental Evil Adventurer's handbook, and Princes of the Apocalypse, which appears to be the first adventure of an Elemental Evil arc
both produced by Sasquatch Studios
interesting to see WOTC farming out a player's book
> Not inherently evil, elemental power can be mastered by those with both malevolent and benign intentions. The Elemental Evil Adventurer’s Handbook provides everything that players need to build a character that is tied directly into the Elemental Evil story arc, with skills, abilities, and spells meant to augment their play experience throughout the campaign. Additionally, valuable background and story information provides greater depth and immersion.
I don't think so
looks like maybe some new subclasses, feats, schools and domains possibly
Perhaps it's a bit of both then..... it's tied to the arc like the Tod one is, but it sounds like it will be bigger.... marketable... filled with good stuff.
> An accessory that expands the number of options available for character creation for the Elemental Evil story arc, providing expanded backgrounds, class builds, and races meant specifically for this campaign.
k, haven't heard from Gruber yet, I sent him an email to his own domain (couldn't find his gmail right off hand). Haven't seen him around since he moved so I don't know how that's going
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Sorc 19/Cleric 1 has a bit more issues. You only have the few L1 cleric spells, and lots of Sorcerer spells, make sure you took cleric spells that scale (so you can cast them in your higher level spell slots).
It is my unders...
@SurrealAnalysis just a thought, a couple of your answers have been heavier on the quotes than the original content. Just quote the relevant sentence or two and summarize the rest
From many spells:
After 1 hour, or until you lose your concentration
This can be ready either as "Whichever comes first" or "Whichever comes last". Presumably it means whichever comes first, but I can't find that stated anywhere explicitly and the ambiguity has come up here and also in my o...
@RobertF and @JoshuaAslanSmith Gruber is unavailable tonight, but has said that he is OK if we want to go on without him. I'll leave it up to you if you want to play without him.
also (@SurrealAnalysis and @Aviose), if I haven't already invited you, we have an open seat (2 tonight) in our 5e starter set game if you're interested in joining
How do you like it so far? My group was running that, but when the PHB came out we all wanted to make new characters, and someone picked up HotDQ, so we all abandoned it.
We had basically just gotten to the first real town
@SurrealAnalysis it's a very solid starter adventure. I'm glad I'm running it before jumping into HotDQ...it's learning curve for the GM is shallower than the ToD storyline
As far as the pregens, I'd suggest the ranged fighter. I liked the backstory, as well as their abilities, a bit more. +7 to hit on a bow is pretty nice.
@waxeagle - In light of a recent question in the discussion forum, I think my character will pick up a 10' pole from the outfitter store before we venture into the secret tunnel under the manor...
I've been playing 5e for a while now, and mercifully this hasn't come up yet, but it's definitely on it's way.
When a caster casts burning hands, how is that properly mapped onto a standard 1" battle mat? The easy response is a 3x3 square, and that's the method I've told myself I'm going to use....
Is it just me or is the 5E Warlock's Eldritch Master ability utter crap? It requires a long rest to recover, only restores spell slots and not Mystic Arcanum or your daily invocations. I'm better off just taking a short rest for an hour since the 1 minute activation time (10 rounds in combat time IIRC) precludes its use during combat.
After looking around, I've found some helpful discussions on differences between the versions and introducing players to 5E, but nothing specifically directed at players new to tabletop gaming who are starting in 5E. Hopefully this isn't a duplicate question.
A friend of mine recently got the st...
Hmm, I know that this doesn't necessarily give you the flavor you want entirely, but if you want that sort of character, I'd look into a shadow monk with a outlander background?
I think if you build a hunter ranger you can still achieve what you want @BraddSzonye
the core ranger features do sorta become fighter but with some utility spells. I think the terrain mastery stuff is cool but obviously you need to work with the DM to make it fit where you are going to be playing
Heh yeah. I’m not actually a big fan of the D&D4 Avenger – they became a fad with my game group and just sorta left me cold. But I was really excited to see them presented as a kind of Paladin. It just makes sense.
And it’s amusing how the core Avenger mechanic is basically advantage.
@waxeagle This was probably my biggest surprise. I was expecting at least one of the classes to be a reaction master that gains lots of bonus reactions like how fighters get attacks and rogues get hiding.
> The pricing model for the app hasn't been released, but the demo build suggested a sort of a la cart model, where you could purchase access to individual classes and races. On one hand, I hate microtransactions like that, but if you're a casual player who just needs basic access to one or two classes, that might make things cheaper in the long run. We'll have to see how it all plays out.
@waxeagle The biggest desire I had from a digital tool was some way to help organize separate spellbooks. On that front, someone else has already beat them to the punch: 5espellbook.azurewebsites.net
and I love for, but I think it should have been called D&D tactics instead. It would have been a better label. It wouldn't have attracted so much negative feedback that way.
Four, damned voice to text
I've already run a couple of sessions of 5, & I am going to be organizing my game stores organized play
@waxeagle I think I saw a general chat message about it. Alas not, I have to go in a few minutes to get my kid from his friends house and I won't be back online till like 11pm. Unless of course you guys like to play real late...
Inspired by this answer http://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/46442/3799
Sorc 19/Cleric 1 has a bit more issues. You only have the few L1 cleric spells, and lots of Sorcerer spells, make sure you took cleric spells that scale (so you can cast them in your higher level spell slots).
It is my unders...
