Top 5 Forgotten (But Awesome) Rules In D&D

[@DnDShorts]

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[@cphtfluke7565]

Question: With regards to marking a target, can I mark the target using a melee spell attack such as Green Flame Blade or Booming Blade? Also, when I make that opportunity attack against the marked target, can I use War Caster to cast a spell instead? Asking for a Hexblade.

[@symphony10]

I completely forgot about all those optional rules in the DMG since it has been so long since I read it. Thanks for the reminder I totally want to implement several of those.

[@derekstein6193]

Just as a reminder, "Mark", "Healing Surges", and "Cleaving Through Creatures" are optional rules from the DMG. Do not assume that they are active at your table; check with your DM first. Your DM may not even know these options even exist.

[@markturner1220]

I’m a dm and don’t even own the dm’s guide so I certainly didn’t know they existed. They all sound a little op to me but could be useful for certain groups

[@ducciosalvia7893]

Totally agree with you... The only rules that you need, and are mandatory, are the ones on PHB, all the rules contained in other books/manuals are optionals

[@JessicaMorgani]

@@ducciosalvia7893 You people have no idea what you're missing.

[@JessicaMorgani]

@@markturner1220 Problem is that they are not. They are mostly underwhelming if you know how to optimize basic low level spells.

[@MissOnana]

@@markturner1220 They're really not thou, because most of those - healing surges aside - are for martial classes, which are just innately weaker than casters. Let me put it this way: At level five a barbarian gets two attacks and plus 2 damage to each attack. Thats at maximum - assuming they wield a greatsword, as the highest damage wpn that isn't magical - 4d6 + 4. Sorcerer and wizard at that level get fucking FIREBALL. Which is 8d6 in a 20ft radius. Letting a martial not waste damage on a target with 1 HP or punish enemies for not disengaging isn't asking that much, and is lowkey underwhelming.

[@EPICOfficialTeam]

0:06 dmg 271 1:35 xge 129 5:16 dmg 272 6:34 dmg 266

[@EPICOfficialTeam]

I wrote this for my own use, but left out the rule name so people still have to watch the video. It’s a good video thanks. I honestly didn’t know some of these

[@hariodinio]

Still very helpful, thanks

[@kylewooten9272]

Super helpful, Super Thanks and cheers

[@hariodinio]

Another note, and someone please give the page number, but xanathars guide has a rule that makes overlapping proficiencies more worthwhile, like performance and an instrument, giving those checks advantage/or even more positive outcomes

[@steegen101]

carefully, he's a hero

[@arcticbanana66]

Honestly, it feels like the entirety of chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master's Guide was overlooked by the majority of both players and DMs. There are a _lot_ of neat rules in there! I'm _constantly_ reminding people that the rules for Disarming and Shoving are on pages 271 and 272!

[@JennyvdK]

well, can you blame PLAYERS for not reading the DUNGEON MASTER's guide???

[@MrSeals1000]

Thats the price of being an "optional" rule. Majority of people either don't know they exist, and many that do will just say to run the game vanilla.

[@murderyoutubeworkersandceos]

Thats what u get when u don't read the rules and think u can just make it up as u go along

[@Alerondas]

I hear ya... but as it is said, who has really read through it fully. I only have when I usually want to delve deeper (I've surprised many DMs with it too)

[@alsenddrake7764]

I know I learned a few optional rules due to Spheres of Power/Might XD I remember just before I ended up switching to a Spherecaster I asked about using Overrun that I learned of while looking through that. Funny enough I used a rule I learned by looking into Spheres to avoid changing to a Spheres character (attempt to not die as I was boxed in, and the Gloomstalker had just doomed me. He was invisible because Gloomstalker, our NPC ally was down, and I had just gotten back up from Gloom giving me a healing pot so I had basically no health. As a Charisma character (Warlord type) I convinced the enemies to let us go... And then the Ranger decided to shoot them, so I had to overrun to try and flee. Needless to say I dropped and as a Wemic, Gloomstalker couldn't drag me away, let along both the barbarian and I while under attack. I bled out. Character got rezed in town but the trust was gone and he left)

[@peterlinder4177]

Cleave is a great rule to implement in your game to help fix the "Melee characters don't have any AOE options" complaint you often hear. Imagine a bugbear fighter Paladin with Great Weapon Master rushing into a horde of minions swinging a Maul with reckless attacks and action surging. That right there's a 15 ft radius melee nuke.

[@lyntoncollins2758]

In Pathfinder Cleave can be amazing on something like a Giant ...

[@Krwzprtt]

Tasha's optionnal class features also include a BUNCH of much-needed fixes for the Ranger, which is really neat.

[@TheBeelzboss]

Tashas' didn't do nearly enough to fix the ranger, it still scks after Tashas'

[@jf_kein_k8590]

Those replacement options make the Ranger less situational and handier to work with.

[@georgeuferov1497]

​@TheBeelzboss how exactly can a half-caster "suck" when compared to classes like Monk and Rogue?

[@TheBeelzboss]

@@georgeuferov1497 bad design from the start

[@JesterC88]

Tasha's rules make Ranger so dope

[@flamechar3381]

I really enjoy the optional feature Steady Aim for the Rogue since you can use them to turn the class into a Sniper. If you haven’t moved (and don’t plan on moving) you can give yourself advantage on a roll - and therefore gain Sneak Attack bonuses, meaning that you can become a deadly stationary turret if you wish.

[@jf_kein_k8590]

Or sit on a mount to move around while sniping, kinda like how the mongolians do it.

[@inkdragoon4547]

​@@jf_kein_k8590 That's what my dad does in Curse of Strahd, except he uses a Broom of Flying.

[@tovekauppi1616]

I played a very research/crafting focused campaign about a year ago. We were an all caster party with an artificer, a wizard, a Druid and a warlock. The way we did things was that we researched magic types and item crafting and then as a group we decided how the items should be shaped to perform the task we wanted (we’re all physicists so the shape was important) and then the artificer with proficiency in smith’s and tinkerer’s tools and the others helped imbue it with magic. The main quest line was that we had to get a specific sword to destroy a great evil. It turned out that we had to make the sword ourselves using a special magic forge. It was a lot of fun. Even more fun was our DM not realising that *of course* we’d make more magical weapons for ourselves once we had accès to the magical forge.

[@DnDShorts]

Rule 1: You do not talk about Fight Club. Rule 2: You DO NOT talk about Fight Club. (seriously guys I haven't seen it yet no spoilers I'm saving it to watch with my GF, come on guys be cool)

[@Blandy8521]

Rule 3: Invite people to fight club

[@mke3053]

Great movie. Enjoy

[@mke3053]

I've created a Kobold Fighting Club on my game. PCs used polymorph just to get in and fight.

[@FlaschenJoe11]

​@@mke3053 Why not have every kobold inside be actually another race. But due to anonimity, a dealer hands out special "scrolls of Koboldshape" or "Potion of Koboldshape", that allow people to join the fight night XD

[@ruthlesace]

You'll love it, just remember parts of it may not have aged well. Nothing major but you could be waxing nostalgic if you're a old as I am.

[@RKGrizz]

Since when was "Marking" your target a thing? Why didnt I know this? I feel like I have been led astray.

[@Managuan]

It's an optional rule, most dm don't use it or totally forgot this was even an option... That's why you never heard of it.

[@MrMrjaymz]

Yeah, it's a cool concept but idk if it translates very well to the table. It can lead to a lot of bookkeeping.

[@Managuan]

@@MrMrjaymz As one who come from D&D 3rd edition, I'm not really affraid of a little bookkeeping but yeah, it make thing a bit more complicated in a d&D version that built its reputation by being simpler and more "new player friendly" like D&D 5 is.

[@choczynski]

It's a mechanic that was very important 4th edition, so I think that's why I alot of GM's were turned off by it at the beginning of 5e

[@nickm9102]

​@@MrMrjaymz it seems to translate well enough that it has added perks for the Cavalier fighter. I always wondered why it refered to others marking a creature when ranger was the only one with hunters mark.

[@Finalplayer14]

I do want to mention in regards to the cleave optional rule: The target your reducing to 0 hit points needs to be unharmed to perform a cleave on them, and then the second target your cleaving to continue cleaving also needs to be unharmed. This makes this mechanic only really useful for defeating like REALLY REALLY low HP minions. Like if you're a Paladin with a Halberd and you wanted to cleave a group of 7 HP goblins who are all within 10 feet of you, you can expend a spell slot for a Smite and cleave through all of them in one attack assuming none of them lost even 1 hit point before that.

[@m-yday]

Oh that sucks. I’m definitely gonna home-rule this to not have that stupid requirement

[@JD-qq8fz]

Aah, good eye, I glazed over that requirement. I wonder why it's like that-- like how it would change the game to allow on any creature regardless of if they're "undamaged"?

[@LorcanaTCGcast]

@J D maybe for more realism? after all, a creature being near death =/= it being almost cleaved through already :) only at full HP it is safe to assume that lethal damage would be enough to cleave through them i would like it better if instead of cleaving through an injured enemy being impossible, it just reduces the damage of the attack by the creature's MAXIMUM hp - the way i see it, that would make the mechanic stronger AND more realistic

[@JD-qq8fz]

@@LorcanaTCGcast This makes the most sense! Subtract the target's max HP from the damage of the attack that dropped them below 0, and it should still work if there's leftover damage

[@AnotherDuck]

@@LorcanaTCGcast Yeah, that's how I would rule it. If you hit a 7 HP goblin with a 20 dmg swing, it doesn't make sense that cleave works if it's undamaged, but doesn't if it's lost half its HP.

[@Managuan]

The tasha's optional class feature I totally use and tell my player to use it almost all the time... This one is not as forgotten as the other but it's good to put it out again if some people aren't using these. It's just more options and flavour for most classes.

[@thatonedudeyousawb4]

I started using them in a campaign I was playing as a paladin in because I saw the channel divinity thing to restore spells and thought it was really cool, and now my 2 regular dms both encourage the optional features for all their campaigns, they are awesome

[@Alerondas]

I've used it... My one game was running when TCoE was released and I asked if I could use stuff from it. He was fine with it, and saw how much more "broken" my monk came to be

[@Managuan]

@@Alerondas Broken? Because of what? Ki fueled attack? Because from my end it made underpowered monk option become viable. (Way of the 4 element is just sad without this...) I'm curious how you became "Broken"

[@Alerondas]

@@Managuan note the quotes around the word. My character was already the fastest, and had intense abilities from a story standpoint. I had to give my DM more work, when I took a level in rogue and dedicated a hand crossbow to my attacks as well. He loved it for the idea but that's when he also started remembering other optional rules as well

[@bananabanana484]

Wild companion is really good for Druids like the Shepard and the Land, since they don’t use wild shape to the same degree as others

[@patdav56]

bonus points for Shepard giving some temp hp.... its not a lot of temp hp, but its something :P

[@samuelgreelish3525]

imo druids should just get the actual find familiar spell rather than having to use their most limited resource on it, since 5e only gives druids 2 wildshape charges until 20th level. It fits them more anyways since they have a bunch of summoning spells

[@patdav56]

@@samuelgreelish3525 yeah, two uses... per short rest. Meaning you could just pop this up and have the party rest as it scouts. Or at the start of a short rest if you have a use left over beforehand, and you'll just get it back after that rest. If you have a free use of wildshape before a rest, theres genuinely no reason to not do this

[@chrismcdonald6195]

The main healer for my campaign's party just left, and so seeing this rule about Healing Surges is going to come in very handy for them. Will be putting it straight into my game. Cheers dude!

[@matthiashavrez]

1. Mark - 0:06 dmg 271 2. Crafting - 1:35 xge 129 3. Cleaving - 5:16 dmg 272 4. Healing Surge - 6:34 dmg 266 5. Tasha's optionnal class features

[@EvilExcalibur]

I personally am a big fan of the optional disarming rule in the DMG. It gives everyone the ability to do it without stepping on the toes of the Battlemaster's Disarming Strike. Great stuff

[@doctorbr2195]

Also, Battlemaster still maintain their strength as they can disarm while doing damage

[@notesmaker204]

I just love base rules. Rules that can be used by almost anyone. It's fun and built in. And I am definitely gonna homebrew stuff inspired by cleaving.

[@davidbycroft]

Seems like cleaving is being added in the next version as a Weapon Mastery. Certain weapons will just be able to cleave naturally, kinda like green flame blade does for Gish characters currently.

[@JarieSuicune]

@@davidbycroft That's just part of the playtest document, not a sure sign of what is or is not coming. That said, while I appreciate the idea of having weapon-bonus effects, I quite dislike the way they are handling it. Not to mention martial classes in that document STILL get proficiency in ALL martial weapons rather than just 4-5 martial weapons (of their choice). UGH. If spellcasters have specialized spells as their main thing, why can't martials have specialized weapons? They can still learn more, they should just have to earn it over time!

[@landremon]

Always a pleasure to receive a notification from dnd short, always terrific ideas!

[@TakeruTakashi]

This may be the most instructive video for me in a WHILE, thanks so much

[@Platemage-ev6nm]

I've been reading through these optional rules like the Mark action for my campaign I'll be starting soon!

[@annatarsoly941]

Thank you for this video! I will definitely use the cleaving, and will also consider the others. I'm starting my first game as a GM this weekend and am looking for variant rules to speed up combat. This will help a lot for sure.

[@knutandersson4606]

If you haven't considered this before, or seen it somewhere. Group initiative. Have similar enemies act on the same initiative so whatever tracker you might be using doesn't become cluttered with Gnoll 1 - 7, + the 2 Pack Leaders. Just use "Gnoll", and "Pack Leader".

[@annatarsoly941]

@@knutandersson4606 I've seen this one, but still thanks for mentioning. I will definitely use this one too. (Most of the details-rules or variants I know didn't come from reading the DMG but from videos and from my previous DM, and this is a rule he's been using a lot, so yes, I've seen it in game.)

[@krysbingham2501]

I linked this video to my DM friends and they all immediately implimented these for the games we currently have running now. I can say, Cleave is a really good optional rule for your martials, it made ours really happy during a boss fight that was really tough. We haven't had a chance to really use the Mark rules, but some rules are hard to remember. Maybe next time

[@WolfCry791]

At least three of these are going into effect in my game. Thank you for this video! It was super helpful! More of these obscure rules videos!!

[@j.rinker4609]

Love the longer format and the background of this video.

[@Sagnak91]

i really appreciate that you just get right to the point as soon as the video starts

[@sandmanlives3]

Thank you for this. For the record, I would watch your crafting episode.

[@thomasfrye6335]

Might wind up using the cleaving rules as an active during horde combat. Like if the players are in a war, whether they’re just passing through or actively intending to participate, and there are so many enemies. Or, use the rule as an ability a bbeg has and uses if the players notice him fighting in the distance. Maybe a fighter or paladin was a squire in a party that fought the bbeg, and witnessed a single swing kill the whole party

[@JD-qq8fz]

Ooohh yeah, cleaving through creatures is a game changer, very fun. Also, our group made only STR-based melee attacks be able to cleave, as DEX is already too good at everything and it makes thematic sense

[@Nomadic813]

Can I say I just... Love it when you do your little 3 clap intro ? I don't even know why. But it just makes me happy. Like ASMR. ❤

[@jamespaden8140]

I started playing in the very early 80's and the one thing I always liked was the part of the dungeon masters guide was the paragraph that said that the book contained suggestions, not RULES. They are meant as loose format to create any kind of game style you were most comfortable with. I have never played a game that used experience points, for instance, just scattered times where, 'give that one a level' was said as the DM warranted. I played for twenty years, and loved it.

[@jackj08]

Thank you, this video gave me the inspiration to start our artificers' (two of them) collective quests to craft their respective magnum opus

[@OjamaIndigo]

Don’t forget the disarm action! It’s a really cool underutilized rule that lets you disarm opponents, so if a villain is using a super strong item you can try to take it away from them to deal with them

[@andyik9009]

Never heard of the cleave mechanic. But damn do i love it!

[@Lucasacp]

Awesome video! Great rules that should be used in everygame! Loved it! Will definitely incorporate into my games.

[@nojusticenetwork9309]

I'm really confused by the statement of MARTIAL options taking up time or slowing down combat, that is near exclusively the problem with casters and monsters with spells.

[@fadeleaf845]

Not in the sense of decision making, but physically executing them. Battlemasters need to resolve their attacks one by one, seperating attack and damage rolls, as they need to decide if they want to Precision Attack and keep tabs on Tripping Attack because they might get advantage on later hits.

[@cyanide7270]

Its neither actually. Its an exclusive problem to BAD PLAYERS NOT DECIDING WTF THEY WANT TO DO DURING OTHER PEOPLES TURN.

[@faefolkarts]

My partner made a bearfolk race and my game has a barbarian of that race, added tankiness, claws, and teeth. I'm just picturing that barbarian raging and pouncing and it is....an adorable yet terrifying sight

[@otbaht]

people often over look the potion mixing rule. i mean I did the math and mixing healing potions of basic level to get higher tier ones is more cost effective and gives you slightly better results vs buying or making the next tier ones. And that's not even considering the non healing potion mixes.

[@byrongsmith]

Plus, it's fun to hand out pre-mixed potions as quest rewards where the outcome of the mixing is unknown: will this potion of invisibility + cold resistance give you permanent invisibility or temporarily make you vulnerable to cold? Who knows? (Pray to the dice gods and) Bottoms up!

[@michaelconner9208]

8:18 I love how the captions mistook Barbarian for "Vulgarian"

[@richardlandrum1966]

My favorite was the critical fail option from ad&d2e. Rolling a 1 meant far more than just "didn't succeed" and has been the starting point of some of my best role-playing stories

[@seethlaemmert5175]

How have I not heard of these? I knew a couple, but marking, especially, whaaaaaaat?

[@vincentstuart9562]

I have a DM that has responses to damage or certain attacks, such as getting proned because that Death Cleric smacked the leg out from the ogre with an Inflict Wounds out of a Warhammer, or the barbarian landing a crit and just straight removing a wing off that young dragon (gimping movement speeds is really fun)

[@deformedtrex9183]

Been watching you while I'm working and was running out thanks for the drop

[@darklordofsword]

Could we perhaps talk about really cool but underused weapons in D&D?

[@niedude]

With how limited the weapon choice is in 5e (not necessarily a bad thing fyi) I don't really think there's any cool but underused ones at all? Happy to be proven wrong tho

[@IgnoreMeImWrong]

Doesn't exist.

[@JarieSuicune]

You mean the blowgun? Which is much longer (about 5 ft.-ish) than people think and absolutely should NOT be classed as a martial weapon (real life, used by children for hunting vermin). Not to mention the stupid restriction on the interesting poisons that would otherwise make it DEADLY viable.

[@MisterCynic18]

Mundane weapon choice is close to irrelevant and magic weapons are very sparse

[@amroth14105]

Whip! A reach finesse weapon!

[@BFedie518]

I was an artificer in a high-level campaign when we got a year of downtime. The party had a few more toys by the end of that year. 😁

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

The optional rule I think brings a lot to the table is the Xanathar's Guide to Everything optional rules for the, for lack of a better term, "synergy bonuses" afforded by various Tool Proficiencies. For example, proficiency with Mason's Tools allows you to damage walls more efficiently, proficiency with Cartographer's tools provides you with additional insights from Int checks, and proficiency with Carpenter's tools allows you to build wooden structures more efficiently and notice woodwork that might compromise your Dexterity checks.

[@deannekellogg8514]

Oh great video! I need to look some of these up! Thank you! Those cards you advertised, do they come with blank ones? I like to make up items.

[@thedarkbard]

Omg. That healing surge is going to help my low leveled campaign so much! We’re play Lost Mine of Phandelver, with two PC’s and one DMPC. We do have a paladin, but (and this is in character, not my friend being an a’hole) he forgets to use it. Two party members were almost taken down by four thugs! Oh, we have a war mage, draconic warlock, and paladin.

[@whoobs]

Our Curse of Strahd DM shared this with us and said we can use all apart from crafting (which makes sense). Our barbarian had to use Healing Surge during this week's session. We've had a lot of combats with no chance of a rest and only the ranger and artificer (one spell slot left) can cure wounds. So I think Healing Surge might just keep the party alive long enough to get somewhere to rest.

[@allteair3391]

Cleaving rules..*stuffs this in my pocket DMing notebook and sitters away while screaming* "mine now!"

[@GeneralGob]

For the martial combat one i usually explain something like you feel like you have strength remaining and take an attack at a target nearby or that you hit through an enemy and get another one at the same time.

[@JarieSuicune]

I always have my players include Tasha's additions for their characters. I've also been working on a set of Action/Bonus Action/Reaction/Free Action cards for reminding players what they can do, and already included these variant options because they are interesting!

[@oz78]

Not gonna lie... it's almost 2am and I'm here enjoying hearing about forgotten D&D rules from *checks video* Charles Manson? Gear!

[@kubratichuplays4242]

Loved the Video man! Keep it up!

[@SkywardSpork]

Im glad Cleave is a weapon mastery feat in oneDnd. My campaign is a fan made Elder Scolls conversion, their version of warrior has an incredible subclass with fight stance masteries (somewhat similar to the new weapon feats but a class built around them). Cleave is a fighting mastery that allows you to make a second attack against another creature within 5ft of the target with a two handed weapon, as long as you move no more than half your Mov speed that turn. It makes your martial feel incredible, especially when mixed with the rest of the sub class.

[@stewanmaleno]

That shovelling barbarian sounds amazing. It better do some real good shovelling!

[@bagel_guy9495]

The games i run use cleaving rules attached to the slasher, crusher, and piercer feats. It encourages players to not go for polearm master + sentinel.

[@Rexir2]

I have to say one of my favorite awesome, yet easily forgotten things is siege weapons. Partially depending on the campaign, adventurers can work together to operate these high-payload weapons. That pirate ship over there heading your way? Turn the boat sideways and fire those 8d10 bludgeoning damage cannons!

[@AtelierGod]

I’m not sure if I missed or forgot it but you should mention where these rules can be found because any obscure ruling will just be questioned with “Where can I find it? Which book? Can’t say? Banned from my table for trying to invent rules to make yourself stronger”

[@mickeymarek2352]

He gives page references in the video. The optional combat rules are in the DMG

[@thickums5344]

I've been using the cleave rule for almost 2 years now and i will NEVER go back. Its such a boon to my martial players and they love the power fantasy.

[@AKDragonFish3D]

I RP through Cleaving rules from the DM standpoint to speed up through low- to mid-level mods. My players get 'frustrated' when the BBEG has a mob guards and when we first started (~5yrs ago) they got disheartened having to chew through a mob while the BBEG taunted them just by his presence. I also apply real world physics you see in action samurai type games with gore all over the place - players don't gain anything cuz they are adventurers, but your average mob bad guy isn't used to fighting over gore, so they count as difficult terrain. Happy Cleaving everyone :)

[@Razdasoldier]

Be me: Not knowing Mark exists Dnd Shorts: Putting out a video hours before I playtest the new one dnd sorcerer Me: Immediately asks dm to apply this rule Updates to follow.

[@KevinVideo]

The cleaving rules are great for martial characters. Make that as good as they should be, especially when fighting mobs.

[@Zedrinbot]

Most of these benefit melee martial characters is a good change. A lot of these would've addressed a few issues I've had with 5e if I still played.

[@NaskaRudd]

What system do you use now? (:

[@Zedrinbot]

@@NaskaRudd mostly PF2.

[@NaskaRudd]

@@Zedrinbot oh! That's what we play too!

[@Khordin]

Just to fix something you said, you said that with the cleaving rule if a creature has 1 HP and you crit your excess damage goes to the next creature but cleaving only works with undamaged creatures so you night want to fix that or specify you meant a really weak creature that only has 1 HP max.

[@Howler452]

I actually had a DM who thought the Cleaving Through Enemies rule was a 'weird rule' and didn't want to include it in his game because of that. And he absolutely refused to let us use it in a situation where we were surrounded by 30+ enemies. No I don't play with that DM anymore.

[@larkohiya]

In the history of the game. It IS a weird rule. Not letting you do it against a wave of 30 enemies seems ok. Realistically I'd accept it against enemies actually in your threat range and low hp mobs though to speed up the game.

[@Howler452]

@@larkohiya Oh what I meant was we couldn't do it against 2 guys side by side while there was a crowd surrounding us. As in he wouldn't allow it how it normally would be used.

[@Thozmp]

Well, Rule As Written, it is kind of weird, since it specifically mentions the target being "undamaged." If it was at full health and you kill it in a single blow, it is valid to continue on, but if the target is missing 1 hp, it apparently isn't.

[@andrewcarlson4402]

Sounds like he wasn't familiar and didn't want to learn it.

[@DonsArtnGames]

This gives me great ideas for my next session... a partial Session 0 to introduce/remind us of these. Thanks DS!

[@patrickdees5256]

Reddit: Martial and caster debat! Dnd Shorts: you forgot to read these options in the DMG!

[@indiana47]

I forgot Xanathar's guide had stuff aside from subclasses, magic items, and spells. It has some pretty cool traps. Short rests and hit dice actually are pretty important at my table.

[@JarieSuicune]

For crafting, I highly recommend Witch+Craft by Astrolago Press! It really helps fill in the gaps for crafting as well as add fun mechanics for crafting as well as its own setting for a casual crafting-oriented game!

[@Sharkboyok]

Cleave states that the creature needs to be "Undamaged" and reduced to 0. So it won't help with getting more damage out of a 1 Hp enemy and carrying it over to another. But it does mean you can throw more low HP minions at your players and watch the barbarian or paladin cleave through 3-4 kobolds in one swing.

[@MageLeaderInc]

He ment a creature that only has 1hp as in that's their max HP, not that they only have 1hp left.

[@ethanfisher5414]

Where did the D&D fighting videos used in between snips come from? Looks AMAZING

[@Zaprozhan]

I occasionally use knockdown attacks with multiple attacks and a high athletics score. A prone opponent has disadvantage on attacks, and grants advantage to all adjacent opponents!

[@MehlDragon]

I totally made use of the Tasha's channel divinity feature with my cleric since she was a spellcasting powerhouse. As for my paladin not so much but that is cause she has the oath of glory feature that allows spending it after a smite for bonus HP so I tend to use that one more.

[@simonlarragy9376]

Cleave is a great rule. We threw it straight into a game this week. Our sword and board fighter loved it

[@JohnDoe-vm5rb]

Cleave's fundamental problem which has existed since 3e is if you're chewing through popcorn enemies that you can 1-2 shot, they're almost certainly not a serious threat either, so you may as well use that feat for something better.

[@jackjazzhands2357]

Tashas made playing a Beastmaster Ranger very veeery fun :) Recommend it.

[@lucas_lipp]

My favorite thing people might forget is Tasha's Customize Your Origin. It essentially let's you exchange any ability score bonus, proficiency etc. from your race with another comparable one. So you could exchange an Elf's Longsword proficiency to get Halberd proficiency, if you wanted to, but most importantly, you could play a dwarf wizard, for example, without losing out on the intelligence bonus that you wouldn't be able to get without Tasha's. This kind of adjusts the pre Tasha's races to how the were designed post Tasha, which is fantastic and makes a lot of race/ class combinations viable. I assume most people already know about this, but if you don't, this is a game changer. You can also use it on DnD Beyond, even if you don't have access to Tasha's.

[@SetArk]

I have to say, i used Mark for at least 3 separated games and it makes things REALLY cumbersome. It's ONE MORE thing for you to have to track on the table. Specially for the DM, it seems little but it adds another layer of burden.

[@demogorghon]

What do you mean "nobody uses Tasha optional features". It's my second campaign since Tasha release and we use those all the time. Not all of them, but still. Bard feature is tricky. It lets person use Bardic Inspired to add BI to magical healing or dmg but it's a bard feature that OTHER people have to know about existing.

[@duwanglover3424]

Healing Surge is just Fighter's Second Wind on steroids, there's a reason its an optional rule.

[@ducciosalvia7893]

All the rules mentioned in this video are optional, but yes, healing surge is really OP

[@salimufari]

I would make one exception on the Dedicated Weapon rule to allow a short spear. Since that is arguably the most prolific weapon any & all martials train with.

[@pyr0cyb3r]

Wait wait wait. CLEAVE is available to ANY MELEE? AWESOME! I thought I'd have to take something in Battle Master for that.

[@Capsuleer7]

From what I've noticed most folks don't pay attention to crafting, tools, or other unique item interactions because combat is more of the focus. I've had people look at me funny when I go to spike a door, cook food for the party, or even maintain their equipment. (Cobblers Tools can be of a big help.) In one campaign I was playing a Limitanei (Fighter) and took a ton of proficiencies a garrisoned board guard would reasonably have. Capentry, Cooking, Medicine, and so on. He'd wake up early every morning to cook food for the party, maintain weapons and gear, and shore up the camp a little for our return. The extra benefits from this saved us a few times. Hell, we camped so often in the same place that the DM go tired of me messing with thr shelters that he ruled them permanent, well maintain homesteads. So i got to work on walls and fortifications after xD

[@frog8220]

Honestly that ad backfired like hell because I shall now give out loot irl and find some adoptive families for shelter dogs :)

[@jf_kein_k8590]

Probably didn't mention Tashas Replacement Features for Rangers, cause these are the main part of the optional Features.

[@Valkyrion126]

Epic Heroism is a fun rule in the DMG 267. 5 min short rest and 1 hour long rest is fun for classes that depend on short rest like warlock.

[@danielstohr6391]

YOU WARPED REALITY! **MARK** DID NOT EXIST BEFORE THIS VIDEO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Once played a game where the slain dragon revealed it was a transformed wizard. My players were furious there was no dragon carcass to harvest!

[@fasterpet]

Turns out I need to dive back into the DMG.... those rules are pretty useful!

[@KefkeWren]

There's a really interesting aspect to the crafting rules that has immense roleplay potential. Crafting a magic item requires a "formula" and "materials", but there's no specifications on what those are. That sounds like the writers being lazy, but it's actually incredible foresight, in my opinion. Yes, your players can gather the horn of a corrupted unicorn, a branch from a thousand-year-old elm tree, and mountain copper struck by lightning to make a wand, but you don't _have_ to limit it to just making a new item. Suppose one player's character has a particular attachment to a certain piece of equipment. Let's say it's an heirloom sword. Well, what if the "formula" for a Sun Blade or a Holy Avenger called for taking a weapon with a particular sentimental attachment or history, slaying a particular monster with it, and then going to a sacred place with a piece of that monster to make an offering? What if their special sword, that has a great personal significance to their character, by being used as a material for the weapon they're "crafting" actually _became_ their new magic sword? Don't you think a personal quest to imbue magic into a weapon that was already important to the character sounds pretty awesome?

[@lucasm.3864]

9:23 “Any weapon that lacks the special or two-handed property” - Shows a character that would most likely be a Monk using a two-handed weapon.

[@andrewf2010]

The Cleaving optional rule says "When a melee attack reduces an Undamaged creature..." So this does not apply to creatures damaged and on low hp, only those that are not damaged.

[@magius-jo2gl]

ok.. more doggo! he must be seen and determine our fate!

[@Darkgnome]

Mark, cleave and Healing surge are all great for melee characters, giving them the position they deserve. Cleaves ruling is odd but can be worked.

[@lighthadoqdawg]

I think its been taken as a given at a ;pt of tables that tasha's optional features are just standard unless the book isn't used at all by the table. I know I don't forget abotu them because I typically ask my DM about them at character creation, and normally they allow them all.

[@ReplicatorFifth]

Ty for this video! I didn’t know any of this :)

[@Namekwoes]

"Getting a wand of magic missiles at level 3 is kind of broken." Dude stop reading my character sheets.

[@khartog01]

Grappling while naked, happen to my fighter but wasn't plan.

[@wesleyrussell8386]

I may have misunderstood what you were saying in the section about mark, but I thought you were saying you could make multiple reactions as long as they were on different turns and for a second I blacked out thinking I'd been playing wrong for 10 years... looked it up, if you take a reaction at any time you can't do another until the start of your next turn. Phew. Again, not even sure if that's what you said or meant but it's good for me to take even misheard things as an opportunity to go do some research!

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

It’s a special optional rule from the DMG that makes an exception to the normal reaction economy. I’ve never played with it, but it has potential.

[@wesleyrussell8386]

@@johnathanrhoades7751 gotcha, went and read it. You get to make an aoo without using your reaction, so you still have a reaction to use (can't be another aoo however). Watch a moron (me) comprehend exactly what a simple video said in real time!

[@MageLeaderInc]

He was saying you can make multiple opportunity attacks if you mark multiple creatures because making an opportunity attack on a marked creature doesn't use your reaction. So in a way you do get multiple "reactions".

[@wesleyrussell8386]

@@MageLeaderInc 🤔🤔😯 I see... Mark says you can only get one opportunity attack per turn but you don't use your reaction so each TURN you could potentially do an opportunity attack. So you need to have enemies that are taking different turns (i.e. different enemy types or your DM is ignoring the suggestion to have identical enemies go on the same turn) and they also move out of your reach... situational, but good!

[@HunterHerne]

If somebody handed me a real sword to take home and properly oil just to represent a weapon in a D&D game, I would be ecstatic. It can go into my collection.