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Arcane Blast When you take an attack action, you can make one ranged spell attack. This attack requires verbal and somatic components as if it were a spell. This attack has a range of 60 feet. On a hit, the target takes fire, lightning, or cold damage equal to 1d6 plus your spellcasting...

Path of the Gloambound Gloams are ghosts that have lost their moorings to the physical world and have slipped into the Shadowfell. There, they gradually transform into hideous incarnations of their own death: one savaged by wolves might appear as a skinless floating torso with a bull skull for...

Back in May, Crawford tweeted about one way to handle passive checks: "If a DM decides (a) to use a passive check and (b) it's always active, it can function as a skill check minimum. Entirely up to the DM." That got me thinking: which of you out there use passive checks as an ersatz form of...

Check this out. Inspired in part by Lanliss' earlier thread, this is my take on what a Hexblade might look like if it were a Fighter Archetype instead of a Warlock Patron. There are two things I like about this take. For one, it is fun to see a fighter-themed and fighter-exclusive patron...

These changes are an attempt to streamline both the melee weapon rules as well as the rules for proficiency. It also has a secondary goal of making a player's choice of weapon primarily a thematic choice as opposed to a mechanical choice. Note how proficiency now affects how much damage a...

Several of the maps in the Lost Mines of Phandelver, Wave Echo Cave in particular, are very big. The Wave Echo cave, if put to a standard 5 feet to 1 inch scale, is a massive 5 feet by 7 feet. Even if you were to draw/print it in sections, that's still bigger than many tables. How have y'all...

The PHB descriptions of Arcane and Druidic Foci and Holy Symbols leave a lot of leeway in what they might be. Each entry suggests several forms, with a matching cost/weight in the accompanying chart, but goes to great lengths to say that those examples are not all-encompassing. As such, what...

Inter alia, the Athlete feat allows you to climb at your full walking speed as opposed to at half speed. Would you allow a PC with this feat to move while crawling at full speed as opposed to half speed on the justification that crawling is basically climbing across the floor?

Various feats and class abilities permit characters to do fun things with their bonus action. Some can dodge, disengage, or hide as a bonus action, while others can make extra attacks or cast spells. Rangers can even order their pet to do stuff with a bonus action. One mechanic that has yet to...

The Tarokka reading at the beginning of this adventure gives you an opportunity to randomly select your group's ally against Strahd. There are a number of powerful allies available: a werewolf, an archmage, an undead avenger, and many others. On the other hand, one of the potential companions...

Is there any guidance as to what the Hermit's Discovery can entail in Adventurers' League? It is obvious that it can't include a combat bonus, but are there any other limitations or published guidance for DMs?

I've been reading through Curse of Strahd in anticipation of running it for my group and it has quite a large number of quest hooks, activities, and connections between NPCs and locations. Has anyone made or seen a flow chart that breaks down these plot points in an organized manner?

The Eagle Totem benefit of a Barbarian's Aspect of the Beast allows a Barbarian to see clearly up to a mile away as if he was only 100 feet away. The Observant feat allows you to read someone's lips if you can see his or her mouth. So can an Aspect of the Eagle Barbarian read lips from a...

Here are the rules to a cantrip I just created. Is it too powerful compared to cantrips like Shillelagh or other pure damage cantrips? Burning Bash Evocation cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon) Duration: Instantaneous You imbue a weapon you...

Here is the backstory for my 5e High Elven Tempest Cleric. Would y'all mind giving me some feedback? Is the story coherent? Is it interesting? Would you, as a DM, be able to draw interesting adventure hooks from it? *** Physical Description To many, Fulmea Kireen is an unassuming and reserved...