Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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They aren't synonyms, no. There's a lot of variation in how accessible knowledge is.
Unless there's something that explicitly says you still fly while Prone or Grappled without Hover, I'd never even consider ruling it that way. 0 of any speed means you can't do that thing anymore. If you're walking and you get grappled, you can no longer be considered walking. Standing, sure, but not walking. Standing doesn't require movement or appreciable effort. If you're flapping your wings to stay aloft and something has a hold of you enough to completely restrict any form of movement, unless you're staying aloft by some specific magical means, it follows quite reasonably that you cannot be considered flying since you can't stand or crawl on air like you can stand on ground or float in liquid. If you could, you'd be Hovering. Furthermore, Prone can very reasonably be interpreted as a flying creature having been knocked out of proper flight posture/orientation, causing them to tumble to the ground until they right themselves.
As a rule, specific beats general anyway, and the wording of Prone specifically says you can't move unless you crawl, which cannot be done in the air. DMs who rule flyers as that much harder to ground are likely the antagonistic/unimaginative type or have a hard-on for the Earthbind spell.
Well, being able to cast guidance on someone once per long rest instead of virtually continuously is a considerable nerf. If the idea is that guidance is now stronger because you don't have to waste guidance on rolls that would have been made anyway, that ignores the fact that the resource being "wasted" was essentially free.
For what it's worth, I notice a lot of people tend not to pick up on the fact that the Guidance roll doesn't have to apply to the next check you make, nor do you have to roll during that check. You roll the die first then can choose to apply it to any eligible roll in the next minute...while concentration is held.
Never seen anyone else play it that way, but it's 100% RAW and people's eyes pop when I see them realize this.
So you remember everything and call it up in the same time regardless if it was 10 minutes ago or 10 years? Even if it is the most obscure fact?
Remember too it is up to the DM if it is something you would roll or not.If you were paying attention to the heraldry then they probably should let you remember it without a roll.
To remember that symbol on the wall was one you saw scrawled in the book a month ago would take an action.
People remember but some things take longer to recall than others and sometimes you totally forget things as people forget things too. Unless you remember the name of that kid you didn't really talk to in Kindergarten.
What is missing from all of this is some idea of what Wizards is trying to accomplish. It is hard to judge and comment on whether a change is good unless we know what it is trying to accomplish. So far, it just leads to wild speculation about why some change is made with no ability to comment intelligently over whether the change actually accomplishes this end.
Nerfing classes in early game could be because there is a perception that early game adventures are insufficiently challenging. Alternatively, it could be that these particular classes are being nerfed to respond to some perceived imbalance with other classes. Alternatively, the changes could be completely misguided and not accomplish anything that Wizards is intentionally trying to do. Without a statement of goals, it is impossible to judge the proposed changes against what they are trying to achieve.
This lack of stated goals also leads to speculation over changes that have not yet been proposed (e.g. We think paladins will be nerfed like rogues to put them on the same power curve). Such speculation is fun, but is not based on anything other than perceived intent. In this particular example, it is also not consistent with the current proposal that puts rangers on a decidedly different power curve than bards or rogues.
In terms of the Thief's use of higher level scrolls, it seems skill in Arcana and okay intelligence would be quite useful to them now. After they get the ability, they soon get reliable talent, and then would automatically succeed on the check for mid-level spells. Heck, if they take expertise in it, they can automatically succeed in using high level spells. Arcana certainly can be a thematic skill for a burglar of magic items, although they would have to pick it up from their background.
As an old fart, I also kind of like the idea that it's more similar to the old Thief's ability to use scrolls back in AD&D.
Yes in reality you can come up with examples where it takes time, 99% of your recall is instantaneous though as you just know it without thinking about it. Even if the %s were such that people usually had to stop doing everything almost every time they wanted to remember something the question would remain is this a good rule. And it flat out isn't. If actions aren't balanced they minds as well not be in the rules as no one will use them. You are basically pushing for a rule where no one will ever use it because its such a bad action to take.
I am sure you have done a investigation into memory.
This rule is what people already do. Unless you are saying that during a fight while the barbarian is swinging their axe they would just remember the holy symbol the enemy is wearing is of a certain religion. Now sometimes the study action will not be in combat. Then it is all the times you are having the person roll the appropriate knowledge check and is not taking six seconds. It is just giving a name to it. It does not mean it will take six seconds all the time. It is just an action. There is also nothing to say that study isn't a bonus action
If I gave you items to juggle and then while you were focused on that asked you historical questions you would not fail?
This is what the study action is about. Not basic knowledge.
Your 99% is hyperbolic. Otherwise people would not shut off the radio while they are lost while driving. It is often while focusing on something people will ask for quiet. Why when people are focuses on something at work and someone asks them a question they will often ask to give them a second. Why when someone ask me at work if I remember the details of a query from last year I say no because there has been a thousand queries between that (not hyperbolic). Now if I stop what I am doing and think about and do some research I can dig it up.
Six seconds is not that long to recall a bit of memory that is not basic knowledge.
Rogue definitely has some issues to work through. With the other classes getting expertise sooner the rogue is losing some specialness there. The loss of Tasha's Steady Aim is pretty big, but the gain on light weapons is good. Subtle strikes is ok, but it isn't giving you sneak attack at any time when you wouldn't already have it and it comes on line very late.
As for thief. Loss of use an object is just a huge loss of fun AND power. Search as a bonus action is cool, you can search someone for something hidden so you pick pocket and then pick pocket it. Finally, Thief's reflexes is a MASSIVE nerf from the current thief ability. Now I do think it needed to be toned down because of how early you get it. This said it does seem like it would be really fun, IF it wasn't a limited number of times per day AND you gave thief back its ability to use objects as a bonus action.
In truth the rogue is SO CLOSE to being good. A limited way to gain sneak attack a limited number of times when you wouldn't otherwise have it is all the base class REALLY needs. For thief again it is SO CLOSE..... just 1 ability back and the removal of a limitation and it is good. Remember that this document also has the new Magic action which states when casting a spell or using a magic item you take the magic action. This already cleans up the language enough that I feel it SHOULDN'T be confusing as to whether you can use a scroll with the use an object action and let thieves have that.
Basically, yes? But that's more the way skills and tools are handled in 5e that made us start to act this way.
My 99% is not hyberbolic as 99% of the time the question or task wont be difficult enough that it takes more than a second to think up even while distracted. Sure if someone asks about a case a year ago I wont remember but I never put any effort into remembering it I see 100s of clients a month. But if someone asks would this household be eligible for benefits I can answer instantly without breaking stride even while currently working on a case, because I actually was trained in that skill set, just like how your character is trained in arcana or whatever.
And even if I couldn't while juggling or whatever because juggling is so distracting, I'm not a big damn hero who can tackle dragons out of the sky. Lets build the characters to be legendary heroes but lets make sure they do mental actions under pressure like a middle aged out of shape office worker. All of which is irrelevant to my main point. Whether or not you can argue a logical reason why it should take an action in reality does not matter, its a shit rule because no one will take the action. Does it logically take effort and time to jump more so than just movement, yes. Turning jump into a action is still a crap rule as it just stops people from jumping in combat.
People like me would likely fail but its because I can't juggle as I am not a juggler. But yes, a trained juggler would do fine.
Making things like Jumping and 'Remembering stuff' an Action is a bad idea, unless WotC just goes all the way and embraces an aspect of Pathfinder 2e.
Step 1: Make Moving an Action too.
Step 2: Give everybody three Actions per turn.
Then you can move, jump and attack on your turn, or move, remember something useful about the enemy, and then cast a spell. Or if you don't need to move, you can remember something useful, cast a spell, and use an item. Etc. I think this would solve a lot of the monotony of DnD 5e combat, where you have one Action to do one thing, and if that thing didn't work, sucks to be you.
The likelihood that they try that is incredibly low. I mean, they'd need to completely remodel combat and the game to give you three actions per a turn, and I don't think anyone would want that. And yeah, remembering stuff should not take your whole action. Max, it should take a bonus action. But I think it being a free action makes more sense. With this rule, if your players ask, "I'm supposed to run ahead and steal the treasure, but I'm not as smart as my character, so I've forgotten the directions, can you please remind me DM?" The DM is supposed to tell the player to make a check and spend their whole action. Yeah, this rule really doesn't make much of any sense.
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HERE.They already are completely remodeling the action economy by codifying these new actions and changing things like how movement speeds and jumping works, but what they're doing now is a half measure. They either need to bring back the concept of Free Actions and make these new things Free Actions, or they need to increase the number of Actions you can perform in a turn. Otherwise, these changes are just bad, creating Actions nobody will use because it's a waste of a turn.
I guess, but they certainly aren't remodeling the action economy that much, just adding kind of useless actions. So yeah, I hope they bring back the concept of free actions. Either way, I'm against giving people three actions in one turn. Imagine how long it would take just to get through one turn and imagine how boring it would be for the other players at the table.
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HERE.I think they're expecting that, if people want to be able to make checks to identify enemies mid combat, they'll be taking the Observant feat. That makes it a bonus action, plus you get an Expertise on a Study skill. Otherwise, wait til combat is over.
It works just fine in other systems that allow multiple actions per turn, like the aforementioned Pathfinder 2e, or are you saying DnD players are uniquely slow and horrible at making decisions on their turn?
I don't play Pathfinder so I can't speak on how it works there, but if we were to give three actions, we would completely need to remodel all of D&D. And the designers of 1DD have already said they didn't want to completely change anything. And yes, D&D players are known for being "uniquely slow and horrible at making decisions on their turn" due to the sheer complexity of combat in the game. And a spellcasters turn with three actions would take eons.
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HERE.