Jack of All Trades (JOAT) is an ability that all bards get at second level, which improves some of their ability check rolls. Specifically, the ability says: “Starting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn’t alr...
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(Yet 17 wastes a point, as 16 gets you the same bonus). What's off here is the assumption that, in your fighter example, you MUST choose a starting setup that gives you +3 in combined STR/CON. Really? If you want an interesting build, how about just boosting one of these stats...
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rolls a d20. To the result, the player adds an ability score modifier based on the action attempted. In addition, if the player has training in a specific area that pertains to the action attempted, they get to add their proficiency bonus. That’s the most basic rule in D&D 5E, right...
* As a 5e player Summoner and the Kineticist were the two classes I was always the most interested from an outsider's perspective. I'm not expecting to see the Summoner soon personally, that feels like something that will take a while to get the mechanics right. * Magus is interesting...
I'd have the entire counteract system be revamped to where you don't need a table (there wasn't anything wrong with d20 + CL [or for 2e, d20 + casting proficiency bonus or something]). I'd remove the wounded category--I've heard it's supposed to solve "rocket tag" issues with...
On your turn, you can take one additional action. This change is confirmed in the January 2019 edition of the Sage Advice Compendium: Does the fighter’s Action Surge feature let you take an extra bonus action, in addition to an extra action? Action Surge gives you an extra action, not ...
Would overlapping bonuses work, where you take the higher of your innate damage or the weapon's damage, but not both? Garydee wrote: More grittiness. I want a group of orcs to be a challenge for a higher level group. That shouldn't be too difficult. Either cut the +level bonus ...