Miniman

Fireball needs to be upgraded to meteor swarm to be a viable way to kill thousands but is otherwise not bad.

The plane shift one is terrible, since it's a single target spell.

Heh, or they're busy dealing with the multitude of epic-level villains running around - that takes care of the other side of this problem.

Or, you know, just don't worry about it.

@ThomasMarkov Still applies to everyone else. I'm not saying you shouldn't come up with an explanation, just that if you feel the need, it kinda needs to cover every character that's had a book written about them.

@AncientSwordRage The party from the last campaign aren't PCs anymore, because the PCs are the current party.

@AncientSwordRage Same reason as all the epic-level Lords of Waterdeep. Whatever that might be.

Basically, I'm not saying that this is or isn't a real problem. Just that worrying about that one specific instance doesn't really make much sense.

@AncientSwordRage Sure, and whatever justification you pick (including that one) applies equally to "the party from the last campaign".

Not to mention characters like Laeral who actually appear in the adventures in question.

If you're not worried about Elminster solving all of the problems with a wave of his hand, you probably shouldn't worry about "the party from the last campaign", either.

@ThomasMarkov You're talking about a setting containing a multitude of epic-level characters who have every reason to intervene in these situations.

(Trigger the growing realisation that pretty much everyone in the Myth series is some variety of bard.)

(Greater Steed, probably.)

It's tempting to suggest Quigley, with Buttercup as a goal.

Also, playable unicorn is pretty difficult within the rules.

@nitsua60 Do you want other players at the table to know what you're referencing?

Hmmm. I'm not convinced that the sovereign glue one needs a source at all, since the question is asking about it, but anyway. I'll edit those in.

@NautArch That's what I try to do, did I miss it somewhere?

XD

@NautArch You've got a few years, I'm sure.

@NautArch It's not a problem, I just clean them out of my own posts when I see them.

@ThomasMarkov Nothing personal, I'm just not a fan of the platform (and am looking forward to not cleaning the dead links up when it gets decommissioned).

@NautArch Someone edited a DNDBeyond link into one of my answers, which made me realise that I'd let a few of those creep in.

@trogdor Yeah, that's better.

So what you really need to do is ask your GM: "Hey, my character wants to blow something up. Do they know any ways to do that?"

@BESW Thanks!

@BESW My google-fu is failing me, what's the Unearthed Jam?

Yeah. In fairness, I have seen evidence that sloppy writing was a design goal for 5e.

I've never seen any evidence that that was a design goal for 5e, and even if it had been, there's certainly plenty of evidence that they didn't live up to that goal.

Fair point! It's not something I'm going to do, anyway, I'm just grumpy.

(Because I'm not sure I can live up to your expectations.)

Or are you talking <1s fast?

@BESW Only if a lot of them were from the same person, right?

Would it make me a bad person if I went and downvoted every question or answer on the site which spouts "there is no fluff text in D&D 5e" as if it's a fundamental truth of the universe?

@Rubiksmoose Glad to know I'm not the only one having trouble getting motivated XD

@ThomasMarkov Given that I couldn't bring myself to finish writing this one, probably not.

So, I started writing an answer to this question, explaining how having a bonus-actions tag is a terrible idea, but I ran out of steam - does it bother anyone else how many D&D 5e specific tags we have, or is it just me?

@nitsua60 They can't be temps, they wouldn't have had an opportunity to make the sign.

Thanks! Interesting to see 2 stats on one power - I guess Cha is the Paladin primary?

@BESW Sorry, I only understand defender powers XD

@ThomasMarkov If everything written there fails to persuade you, I'm not sure what I (or anyone else in chat) could say off the cuff that would change your mind.

@ThomasMarkov Explanations abound in the meta question Purple Monkey linked for you, and many meta questions linked to that one.

@Axoren Ah, nice.

@Derpy Yeah, I got that - just misunderstood and thought this was referring to a different game that was an example of the same thing.

@Derpy Ah, no - thought you were comparing to something else.

@Derpy I feel like I should know what game you're talking about there, but it's not coming to mind.

The example is a good question, but the broader question is too broad, since it requires looking at every class feature in the game to determine the answer.