Wizards had already made attempts to divorce race from DnD stats in 5e supplements, and (as predicted), the new edition took this one step further. The biggest tweak in this department was that ability scores and proficiencies were now linked to backgrounds instead of race. Additionally, ...
Bards do get a number of skill proficiencies, however. And they will not receive any bonus on rolls for ability checks for skills where they already have proficiency. This further limits the usefulness of JOAT. Similarly, JOAT does not provide bonuses for other kinds of rolls, such as attac...
As such, I hope the community here is able to document all these changes in a single Q&A, hopefully serving as a valuable resource to anyone looking for a proper accounting of the changes made in the November 2018 printing of the books - since the 2018 PHB errata fails to do a sufficien...
So, you found out you’ve got to evict a nalfeshnee from the local puppy orphanage, but you’ve got no idea what the hell a nalfeshnee even is, let alone what it’s vulnerable to. How do you find out what you want to know about a monster if you’ve got the time to do the ...
expanded the TargetScan tool to predict miRNA regulation quantitatively so as to model differential miRNA proficiencies, thereby improving prediction performance. They incorporated predicted seed-pairing stability (SPS) and target-site abundance (TA), concluding that both parameters have a substantial impact...
Furthermore, if the arcane focus is something PCs can gain proficiency in, your character must have that proficiency.[3] For example, a crystal doesn’t require any proficiencies, but it’s possible to be proficient with a staff. So, if your PC has a staff focus, they must be ...