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What cantrip will deal more damage - Fire Bolt or Toll the Dead?
My wizard picked up a secondary cantrip in addition to fire bolt to cover opponents at higher levels that have fire resistance.
Cantrip picks are very limited, and sacrificing two of them for attack ...
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D&D 5e Paladin Warlock build
I have 20 levels to build a Spear/Shield badarse who at level 3 has:
STR 16 DEX 14 CON 18 INT 14 WIS 14 CHA 18 (Provided by DM).
We are heavy Roleplayers.
I wish to build a 7’ air Genasi who fights ...
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Are there any features that allow for faster long rests?
Are there any features in the game that reduce the duration that long rests take? Specifically, I'm looking for:
Racial traits that set the long rest to 4 Hours or less
Any other features that ...
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What is the highest possible damage under these conditions in 5e [closed]
I want to make a punishment for my characters should they do something that’s too evil, even within the world of our campaign. But to avoid a “rocks fall you die” or divine intervention bc they’re ...
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Level 6 Gun Fighter Optimization
The setting: The setting is Brancalonia, an E6-like low magic 5e setting. Gold is low, magic items are low. Long rests take a week. The setting is modeled after Italian spaghetti fantasy. Levels are ...
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Paladin/Warlock Multiclass [closed]
I am playing a Leonin Paladin/2 and thinking of multiclassing into Warlock. Just wondering if A. if it is a good idea B. what Patron would work best C. if I should how many levels should I put in?
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What are the most and least commonly used skills? [closed]
When you create characters for a party, one aspect in particular are skills. At least in our games, we try to make sure that someone has a decent Perception skill bonus, ideally several people, and if ...
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When would a +1 Moon Sickle be superior to the other (Dex-based) melee weapons available to a ranger?
Sickles are d4 weapons without the finesse property. Why would a ranger want to use a +1 sickle (that requires attunement) in melee instead of a shortsword?
Note: Jack pointed out in a comment that ...
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I need help calculating min/max damage possible with this character [closed]
I'm posting a link to the character's sheet because I'm not even sure I got all the attack options and damage additions I have or what order they need to go in to get the maximum possible damage out ...
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Is there any official or widely used/accepted quantitative metric for overall party fitness?
To reiterate, I am not asking for a "correct"/"objective" measure of fitness, but if there exists a noteworthy attempt at one.
I'm challenging myself and some friends (who are new-...
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Grapple Shove or Shove Grapple?
In D&D 5e which is more efficient?
This came up as a discussion mostly because I've always seen this combo written out as "Grapple+Shove" and maybe it's just because it sounds better ...
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Is Gloom Stalker Ranger or Assassin Rogue better for round 1 damage?
I'm playing in a campaign, and my friend's character got eaten. He wants to make a new character who does maximum "ambush" damage. We are currently level four, and the campaign will go up to ...
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To what extent can I use wish? [closed]
I am playing a level 19 Fiend Warlock in a campaign, and the wizard has wish. Would wishing for each of the 4 party members to gain two levels in any class they choose be under the extent of wish? The ...
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What is the most amount of jury tampering I can commit using spells?
Unfortunately my scheme to win an election using necromancy failed, not mind you because I created too few undead minions. The regions had an electoral system by which I had to win the majority of ...
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At what level does average incoming damage exceed 21?
I am looking towards concentration saves, and getting to +9 means automatic success on a low damage check, or a check up to 21 damage.
At some point I assume the average single hit may exceed 21, ...
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