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51 questions linked to/from What are "tiers", and what tier is each class?
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GMing for a hyper optimized character
One of my players loves building characters that are, for lack of a better term, broken. I don't mean he min/maxes them, I mean he builds characters that are way more powerful than they should be ...
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What can I do to prevent a player from breaking the game?
Several of my friends are starting a game pretty soon, and one of the players is a great guy, and fun to play with EXCEPT, he plays with the objective of optimization, while everyone else plays much ...
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How can I prevent casters from stealing the spotlight from non-casters?
I have been running a game of D&D and the group is split with two non magic users (Fighter, Barbarian), one quarter-caster (Paladin), one half-caster (Bard), and two full casters (Cleric, Wizard). ...
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Is it ever okay to flat-out ban Tier 1 classes?
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Trying to DM a party that has a Cleric, a Druid, and a Wizard (Tier 1 classes) together is pretty much difficult, especially whenever there is always one person that wants to make a Monk (....
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Rules lawyers and how to deal with them
I've been running a Pathfinder campaign set in my own world for close to three years now. We play using a VTT system (d20pro) since all of my players aren't in the same state. Since the beginning I'd ...
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As a DM, how do you adjust the difficulty to create challenging encounters when your party is well constructed (aka Power Players)
I am a newbie DM and started DMing because our current DM was not bringing a nice and engaging story.
I am doing really good on the role playing and storytelling, but my encounters had been nothing ...
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What tier are the Pathfinder classes?
I know what tiers are, but what tier are the various Pathfinder classes? This is about Pathfinder only, no 3.5 material is relevant.
An ideal answer would cover all available (non-prestige) classes, ...
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How do I make a tanky Monk?
I do have some experience with D&D 3/4, but 5 is pretty much new territory for me. Now, from what I can remember, monks used to be kind of an inbetween pick - not the worst, but not really shining ...
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What is wrong with the Truenamer?
I have seen a lot of people say that the Truenamer does not work (such as this answer placing Truenamer at the bottom tier) or that it's terrible.
As far as I can read and see, though, it seems to be ...
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Is there a D&D 3.5 fighting class with more non-combat use than the fighter?
The common, D&D 3.5 fighter is a war machine, it is build to fight (effectively or not is another thing). But when it comes to out of combat situations, it's better built in technique to handle ...
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Is succubus in savage species underpowered?
One of my friends mentioned wanting to play a succubus in a pathfinder game and wants to use the savage species succubus class for it though at a glance the succubus class in savage species seems ...
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Acceptable background by level
Disclaimer: This has nothing to do with backgrounds from D&D 5e.
It happens a lot that the story you create for your character sometimes is not well aligned with what happens afterwards in-game. ...
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Can a Warlock Selectively Curse Anyone they can See?
This question was prompted by reading this answer.
That answer, and accompanying comments, indicate that a Warlock can curse the closest enemy that he can see, even if he's aware of enemies that are ...
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What is the benefit of a Necklace of Fireballs?
A Necklace of Fireballs sounds like a cool item. Cast Fireballs by throwing its beads, hah! However, it doesn't seem to be practical due to its cost.
The market price of the Necklace of Fireballs is ...
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Is there enough disparity between the classes to put them into tiers?
I'm interested in the balance of this new edition's classes. Are casters still noticeably more effective in almost all situations than non casters?
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