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    Daily Income

    The PHB has guidance on typical daily expenditure for each lifestyle level (I'm ignoring Wretched, Squalid, and Aristocratic): Poor 2 sp Modest 1 gp Comfortable 2 gp Wealthy 4 gp AFAIK, these numbers cover everything from food, mortgage, taxes, plus the occasional exceptional expenses...
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    A tiny offset to the Frenzy Barbarian's neg?

    I'm sure I am not the first to propose this, but this seemed a simple and thematic offset, especially for higher-level Frenzy Barbarians that get more Rages per day. "The effects of Exhaustion do not apply while you are Raging"
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    D&D 5E Polymorph....wut?

    This spell is one of the most iconic, both in terms of its historical fantasy usage, but also in its being a cornerstone of a D&D's wizard repertoire since the game's early days. That said, I'm really not that familiar with it myself. At AL, I've most often seen it used to turn a friendly ally...
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    D&D 5E Shoving?

    It seems like there is missing text in the Shoving paragraph on page 195-196. It seems like the target of a Shove is able to choose between two options for a contested check...but only one is mentioned. The current errata doesn't call it out that I can see. My guess is that the other check...
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    Hulburg Trilogy - A Concern For Baldman....

    So I didn't read the text, but it certainly sounded like a major NPC has the same name and title as a significant Nazi war criminal. Might be worth checking that and editing it if necessary.
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    D&D 5E [5e DM Help] Keeping the lid on....what builds should I NOT allow?

    So I have been very open with my players, that I was preventing non-standard builds until everyone was comfortable with the system. I allowed Feats (with a couple of minor provisos), but banned Multi-Classing completely. Options from SCAG were allowed, options from Elemental Companion were...
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    D&D 5E Optional Combat Rules from the DMG - yay or nay?

    I'm running LMoP for a large group of relatively new players, so I've deliberately kept things simple and fast-flowing. One of my players is using an online character sheet builder and the print-out made reference to some weird combat options. That caused some headscratching until we located...
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    D&D 5E Drow and innate Darkness spell

    I've used Drow a little bit so far in 5e, but I haven't really used their innate Darkness ability much to date, at least not effectively. My understanding is that Drow can't see through their own Darkness since it blocks Darkvision. So why is their Darkness good, and how should I be using it...
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    Help me build a Trickster Cleric

    I love the idea of a priest ministering to a Thieves' Guild, being able to walk the walk as well as preach scripture. But I've struggled to build something that has both playfulness and effectiveness. Part of it is the stats, part of it is not really knowing what the adventuring / skirmishing...
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    AL queries

    Never played AL, intending to get into it in the New Year. I travel different places in the USA every week, so regular games are pretty much a no-go for me, although I have recently started hosting an infrequent OotA campaign for a few friends. So I'll mostly be targeting conventions, and have...
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    Organizing the 5e forum

    There's a lot of fast-moving threads, a lot of single-issue threads, a lot of overlapping threads for published campaigns, etc. It's a bit of a mess, albeit still good fun. I'd like to propose a bit of a clean-up, to improve navigation for everyone. Some basic ideas: A sub-forum for published...
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    D&D 5E Two Quick Questions

    1) The WOTC forum had a great Q&A thread...is there such for EN World? 2) In lieu of that, please can some kind person confirm if Silence can be cast on an object and moved around?
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    Holy Symbol

    I'm not quite sure what the deal with Holy Symbols is. In the days of yore, they were required for casting spells and turning undead. In 4e.... I'm unclear. They seem to be Implements, but it is unclear whether they are required, required to be held, required to be used (as a Standard or Minor...
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