I am at work and can't be bothered to dig up my headphones
...not that there's anyone here at this late hour anymore.
@Himitsu_no_Yami Those assumptions are that one of the chests the player doesn't pick at first is destroyed, and that chest is always a mimic. Somewhat counter-intuitively, the probabilities are different if the destruction could have destroyed the real chest but still happened to destroy a mimic.
The beef I have with the Monty Hall problem is that why is switching considered making a new choice whereas not switching isn't?
The way Monty Hall has often been explained to me is that there's two rounds of decision-making. The first time around, you choose between three doors so you have a 1/3 chance of winning.
If you switch the second time around, you have a 1/2 chance of picking the right door.
Yes, the choice is reduced to 2 options. Option 1 is stay with your closed door, option 2 is switch to the other closed door. (Technically there are 3 options, if you opt to switch to the now-revealed door, thereby guaranteeing a goat)
One of my favorite pastimes at the university was reverse nerd-tripping math freshmen who quizzed people about the Monty Hall with poor problem specification :-)
@Yuuki I think the most robust explanation I know is that the door you get by switching is closed for one of two reasons: either it is the winning door so the host couldn't have opened it (2/3 of the time), or both doors were losing and this one was just not picked (1/3 of the time)
The reason I think it's more robust than most explanations is that it kinda works for the case where the host opened a non-selected door completely at random and just happened upon a losing door, too. (With different outcomes following the same logic)
I think it is stronger in 3.5e than it is in 5e, since it changes your ability scores too
Although you don't get the extra damage in 3.5e so nevermind
Oh my:
> You lose your spellcasting ability, including your ability to use spell trigger or spell completion magic items, just as if the spells were no longer on your class list.
It was much worse in 3.5e
Not to mention you need a 300 gp potion to cast it in 3.5e
(although its duration scales an extra round every level in 3.5e)
You know what is interesting, tiefling had -2 Charisma in 3.5e, but they have +2 Charisma in 4e and 5e
@NautArch Meh, that seems needlessly punitive. I'd do something more interesting. You gain the spell slot and can cast tenser's transformation, but you are stealing the vigor from Valhalla warriors who come to track you down to end the theft. (or something like that)
I mean, technically, if the spell isn't on their list (and they're not a Thief?), they couldn't cast it at all. But let's say we go with they can, then there should still be an ability check.
No, I don't htink you do, scrolls in general can be activated by anyone, however spell scrolls have a limitation to class and ability checks to cast higher level spells. That's very missable if you think you know how a spell scroll works and just look up the rules for scrolls
Wizards can copy spells to her spellbook as per the PHB and basic rules:
"You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard’s chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library."
The process describes a cost of time and gold:
"For each level of the spell, the ...
@Someone_Evil yeah, i found that. Still unclear how it pertains to this issue. Are we in agreement that you always need to make an ability check to cast a spell on a scroll?
I'm also very interested as to what they used their ASIs on. Because it seems like their Dex is 16 and WIS is 14. Which seems awfully low for level 20.
I was playing a D&D session as a female cleric and, at some point, the party encountered some kind of wind monster. As I tried to cast spells requiring concentration, the DM argued that I couldnt because my hairs kept getting in my face and made me unable to concentrate on my spells.
Later on, I...
Understanding whether to multiclass or not is something the community has definitely considered.
and can provide good subjective answers to
And I"m sorry if I came off at all frustrating in your comments. My aim was purely to help get a Q&A that was useful to you and your player.
I do tend to like more detail so that we can dial in the best possible answer.
But understanding the various levers and decisions regarding multiclassing is a good question. And the related question on the downsides of multiclassing are applicable, but I don't think it'd be a duplicate (but in some ways, it could be.)
Another question closed unnecessarily, another question we need to drag into meta to save it from the crusade. This time we have Can you compare and contrast a Battle Smith Artificer vs a Paladin with a single dip in Hexblade?
“Too broad” is absurd; we have exactly two set-ups to consider, a 20...
@kent Nice! You should get some good feedback in there, but did you take a look at the question about downsides of multiclassing? That's going to cover the initial discussion with your players.
@NautArch @Rubiksmoose I think its best to delete my answer until further clarification is reached, but I also want the user to be able to read my most recent comment. Is there a way to move that to the chat room.
What on Earth am I talking about, I can just retype it lol
@kent hehehe :) I'm currently putting myself back on hold from answering. Site agita has gotten back to me, and the comments under your question were the signal for me to step away again.
Happy to chat about in here, though!
And I have a feeling @goodguy5 is going to put up a pretty darn good answer that encompasses this stuff.
@Someone_Evil Not sure what you needed a parseable format for, but I recreated it on D&D Beyond (although I'm not sure what spell was gained from Spell Sniper since it wasn't listed so I just chose magic stone as a filler): Perry. Let me know if I missed anything @RandomPerson (I assumed rolled stats, because it is otherwise impossible)
@kent Coming from someone who has a played a paladin, I'd be very wary to delay any of my paladin abilities. I know a lot of folks like the more/refreshable spells lots for smiting, but Paladin gets a lot of really fun stuff. And the capstones are marvelous.
Delaying the class abilities and removing the capstone would not be something I personally wanted to do.
But if their build vision require it, then that's build over optimization. Totally reasonable.
What's in that class that provides what you are looking for in your character?
My Bard multiclassed into Warlock because of an in-game event and I wanted a damage cantrip that used my charisma modifier for when I had a solid concentration spell going.
It also enabled me to go with my vision of him as someone who never wore armor or used weapons.
@kent Why ddi they want guidance? I mean, they're already a rogue and have some pretty good skill abilities. Do yo uallow guidance to be cast at any time, or only when the situation allows for it (remember it has a pretty short time of 1 minute)
but yeah, remember your enemies can be intelligent (if they have the intelligence). Play those that are smart smart!
At this point, the adventurers may be better known and the BBEG can send specific baddies after them at times that are build to bypass what they're good at.
The Setup
Moon Druid: 2nd Level
Monk: 6th Level
Wildshaped as: Brown Bear
The wildshape rules state:
You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so. However, you can't use any of your special...
Should something be done when questions like the above ^ already have five tags but the [stacking] tag would apply well? This happens a lot with multi-classing questions that have tags for "system" "class 1" "class 2" "multiclassing" and then either "subclass X" or "class-features"
@Medix2 Prioritize the tags that are most likely to help people (experts and other people with the same problem) find the question. That's what they're there for.
Wizards can copy spells to her spellbook as per the PHB and basic rules:
"You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard’s chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library."
The process describes a cost of time and gold:
"For each level of the spell, the ...
Another question closed unnecessarily, another question we need to drag into meta to save it from the crusade. This time we have Can you compare and contrast a Battle Smith Artificer vs a Paladin with a single dip in Hexblade?
“Too broad” is absurd; we have exactly two set-ups to consider, a 20...
