There was also my gnome divination wizard. He’s 230 years old, and his last assignment before graduating wizard school with a Master’s in Divination is to find a valid use for True Strike. His best bet is to make it to level 17, and simply Wish for True Strike to do something different.
Fun fact: he has received degrees in Evocation, Conjuration, Enchantment, Illusion, Abjuration, and Transmutation before. It’s just that spending decades sitting in a school strips away a lot of experience (and levels). His secret goal that even the DM doesn’t know about is to go back and learn necromancy last. It’s not that he wants to become a lich, but if he ever does, he’ll want to have a well-rounded magical education
Bonus: Nanfoodle's True Strike
Upon reaching level 17, Nanfoodle will cast Wish, and beseech Mystra to turn True Strike into the following:
You extend your hand and point a finger at a target in range. Your magic grants you a brief insight into the target’s defenses. While you are concentrating on this spell, you may use a reaction to gain advantage on one attack roll against the target. You may choose to use this reaction after rolling to attack, but only before the result is determined. After gaining advantage in this way once, the spell ends.
Most people attempt to fix true strike by turning it into a bonus action, but that takes it too far. It makes it too good. So now it also costs a reaction, which I think fixes it. Instead of being flatly better than other bonus action options, it’s now competing with Uncanny Dodge and Shield and pportunity attacks and so on.
ʜɪ, ɪ’ᴍ ʙɪʟʟ sᴛɪᴛᴢᴍᴀɴ. ɪ’ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀ ʀᴇᴀʟ ᴇsᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴀɢᴇɴᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜɪʀᴛʏ-ғɪᴠᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀs, ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ sɪɢɴᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ ᴘᴀɢᴇ ᴏғ ᴀɴ ɪɴғᴇʀɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛ. ɪ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛᴀʟʟʏ sᴏʟᴅ ᴍʏ sᴏᴜʟ, ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍʏ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇ ʟɪғᴇ sᴀᴠɪɴɢs, ᴍʏ ʙᴜsɪɴᴇss, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀʟғ ᴍʏ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ, ᴛᴏ ɢʟᴀssᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴍᴜᴛᴇ. ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪᴛ sᴏᴜɴᴅs ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪ’ᴍ sᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀғᴇᴄᴛʟʏ ɴᴏʀᴍᴀʟ ᴠᴏʟᴜᴍᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ’ᴍ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ sᴄʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴘ ᴏғ ᴍʏ ʟᴜɴɢs ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ.
There was also my gnome divination wizard. He’s 230 years old, and his last assignment before graduating wizard school with a Master’s in Divination is to find a valid use for True Strike. His best bet is to make it to level 17, and simply Wish for True Strike to do something different.
Fun fact: he has received degrees in Evocation, Conjuration, Enchantment, Illusion, Abjuration, and Transmutation before. It’s just that spending decades sitting in a school strips away a lot of experience (and levels). His secret goal that even the DM doesn’t know about is to go back and learn necromancy last. It’s not that he wants to become a lich, but if he ever does, he’ll want to have a well-rounded magical education
Bonus: Nanfoodle's True Strike
Upon reaching level 17, Nanfoodle will cast Wish, and beseech Mystra to turn True Strike into the following:
Nanfoodle’s True Strike
Casting time: 1 bonus action (requires concentration)
Range: 30 feet
Components: S
Duration: up to 1 round
You extend your hand and point a finger at a target in range. Your magic grants you a brief insight into the target’s defenses. While you are concentrating on this spell, you may use a reaction to gain advantage on one attack roll against the target. You may choose to use this reaction after rolling to attack, but only before the result is determined. After gaining advantage in this way once, the spell ends.
Most people attempt to fix true strike by turning it into a bonus action, but that takes it too far. It makes it too good. So now it also costs a reaction, which I think fixes it. Instead of being flatly better than other bonus action options, it’s now competing with Uncanny Dodge and Shield and pportunity attacks and so on.