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Constructive feedback requested. Can you suggest any additional XP awards (with catchy phrases, if you feel so inclined) to add to the ones below? General Awards (+1 XP/award) Danger (Survived one or more potentially lethal encounters/situations) Mortal Combat (HP reduced to/below...

The Barbarian and the Monk both have Unarmored Defense. The inclusion of DEX in the formula to calculate Unarmored Defense strongly implies to me that the word "defense" is meant in the active sense, as in "I am taking steps to evade an attack that I am aware of." Were a character with...

For those DMs that think cantrip damage is overpowered, consider this house rule: Damage inflicted by a cantrip is equal to the caster's proficiency die. Too restrictive? Allow the caster to expend a spell slot to empower him- or herself and thus use the current RAW. This empowerment lasts for...

Has anyone significantly house-ruled or altered the 5E skill system? Care to share your ideas? Also, if you offer a critique of an idea you see here, please be consider being constructive. :)

I read a game setting the other day and can't find it again. It was a dark fantasy setting, Iron Age technology, with two forms of magic that are opposed and mutate their wielders. The magic wasn't good vs. evil, but more order vs. chaos. I don't know if it used RQ6 or some other rules set...

Here's my take on an alternate XP system for D&D Fifth Edition. After reading it, I would welcome constructive criticism, especially about new or refined XP categories. I've blended together the idea of Aspects (from FATE/Fudge), Keys (from The Shadow of Yesterday) and a roll to level up idea...

Can anyone recall if there any spells that allow a caster to shape a living tree? I'm having no luck finding anything in the mountain of pdfs I have access to.

Revised version, after some playtesting: For each level your character has, you may allot 1 Customization Point. Customization Points may be spent to buy certain bonuses for your character, subject to GM approval: [*=1]add +1 to a specific implementation of a skill (i.e., “skill...

Some ideas to spice up bows and crossbows: Weapon classification: long bows and hand crossbows are martial weapons. Light and heavy crossbows are simple weapons, as are short bows. Initiative: using a ranged weapon attack against a foe that is not an immediate melee threat to you (i.e., the...

Perhaps my eyes are not working correctly, but I cannot find a cure disease spell in the new PHB. Is there such a spell, or its equivalent?

Does anyone know if the forthcoming 5E DMG will have armor as damage resistance rules in it?

Here are some campaign setting notes and house rules that I will be using in my D&D fifth edition games. The setting is based on the Moonsea region of the first edition of the Forgotten Realms, and long-time gamers might recognize elements from the Greyhawk, Dragonlance, and Known World...

I've decided not to use the healing rules from 5th ed D&D and will be replacing them with these rules instead: Characters have a pool of healing dice equal to their proficiency bonus (instead of their character level, which is the current rule in 5th ed). These dice can be used during short...