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I am not trusting Ken Whitman on anything.

Agreed, but it's a nice ability. The monk subclass I think is particular good by the way overall. Even their high level ability is better than similar competing subclasses like the Eldritch Knight, as the Monk can give up their two attacks for a 2nd level spell while still hitting with the...

Uh, you don't actually absorb the spell you know. They cast the spell as normal. Chromatic Orb, Guiding Bolt, those all do fine and do their thing. [Edit - I see others pointed this out to you before I saw it] For the recharge ability, your ally can cast comprehend languages as a ritual for...

I only realized after listening to Pack Tactics that it doesn't say it's a foe that triggers the ability. It says, "Immediately after a creature you can see within 30 feet of you casts a level 1+ spell, you can take a Reaction to absorb magical energy from the spell. When you do so, until the...

While some had them added, a whole lot had them converted into simply magical abilities. See this thread for some details.

So many foe abilities which used to be explicitly spells are now explicitly not spells so the utility of many of these abilities is much more narrow than it was under 2014. And it wasn't particularly broad then. Given how uncommon it is to be within 30 feet of a foe who is casting a spell, I...

Yes, and if it's actually a book, it does not matter if you tried to categorize it as a rubber ducky. It will still be treated as a book.

No. It does not. At least, not for the United States, where WOTC imported the item into. That's another nations classification system. For the United States, the Government decides what it is. And I am willing to bet the other nations classification system also doesn't care how you classified...

It unquestionably does not impact tariffs into the US. This is one of the rare few areas where I speak with pretty good authority. You cannot alter you tariff classification. You get no choices, can do nothing to influence in any way what the US Government considers your product. If they think...

How they categorize it for Amazon has zero to do with how it is characterized for tariffs. The US Government does not care how you categorize it elsewhere. If it's made of paper and looks like a book, they tariff it like a book.

It depends on level. At 10th and 11th level, they do a whole lot more than they do at lower levels. Their homunculus spamming 10 fireballs a day, or 10 hypnotic patterns or conjure barrage, while the artificer casts other spells, is a different thing than the low level tinkerer.

I was going to disagree, because of multiclassing dips. But then I saw your rationale, and the things you'd want to see at 1st level, and you make a fair point.

If you're not reviewing the subclasses, you're not reviewing the class. Subclass design is now integral to the class design itself. This reads like someone just reading the classes without having played much with them and seen how the subclasses mesh with the class, and how the classes mesh with...

I quoted the only time you mention the word stingers. No matter how many times you claim you've said this three times, you really didn't. I challenge you to find it more than once. You can't because you didn't. And the one post you did say it, which I quoted, isn't nearly as clear as you seem...

I looked pretty extensively as well and cannot find even a hint of it. This is literally the only time you even mention the word poison in this whole thread:

I like Colby Poulson's (D4 Deep Dive) content too because I find him entertaining. But his assumptions are just nothing like what our games are like. In fact, I don't think they even apply to HIS actual games! First, he had to have nearly a viewer revolt to get him to stop multiclassing every...

This is really noticeable for wizards at lower level. I am playing one, and took a dip in Ranger for armor proficiency and a few more hit points, but got my butt repeatedly kicked by Ankhegs who spit acid. It's a Dex save for half damage, but enough times of being in the stream of acid and it...

I game twice a week and have consistently since before 5e. I...don't think I could handle 3-6 games a week (and turned down a third). That's some serious time commitment there! And to be the primary DM, wow. Impressive. Noteworthy, it's one of the spells not updated so far for 5.5e, and not...

I agree that creatures intended for boss fights do on average need more magic resistance, better saves, more legendary resistances, etc.. They've done a better job in 2024 with that however. But your average mook? I don't see the need for it. It's OK to let spellcasters shine sometimes with an...

I think everyone including very experienced players have fun with fireball and other direct damage spells even when they know it's not optimal. Optimal play isn't necessarily fun play, for most players regardless of experience. I think people here have a lot of experience playing on average...