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Does anyone know if there is RAW answer for the following? If not, how do you handle it? If Arcane Ward is subject to a damage effect that allows a saving throw, does the ward a) use the wizard's saving throw, b) make it's own saving throw using the wizard's stats and proficiencies, c) make...

This thread is inspired by prior threads that we've done - and it's finally time to do 5e giants, Part II! That's right; it’s time to get yer Fee Fi Fo Fum on (again) and pick your favorite overly large humanoid that, somewhat inexplicably, is not a D&D “Humanoid”. But these things were much...

This thread is inspired by prior threads that we've done - and it's finally time to do 5e giants! That's right; it’s time to get yer Fee Fi Fo Fum on and pick your favorite overly large humanoid that, somewhat inexplicably, is not a D&D “Humanoid”. But these things are much too bulky to take in...

This thread is inspired by prior threads that we've done - and it's time to finally do 5e plant creatures! That's right; it’s time to deal with your greens – the kind that will eat you. IMPORTANT NOTE- DOWNVOTES ARE WORTH 2 IN THIS THREAD. Each plant starts with 20 points and you vote for one...

This is a new incarnation of the Survivors metathread, created because I cannot edit the original. Below is a list of the Survivor threads that have ended on or after April 3, 2020, followed by the contents of the OP from the original metathread. Finally, there is a link to the original...

(Sorry, I couldn't edit the original thread to change the title. Here is the contents of the OP in the original thread with final results, followed by a link to the original thread.) This thread is inspired by the prior threads that we've done- and it's time to finally do 5e elemtnals...

My players' characters are about to hit level 7, so I'm looking over the stuff that they will get. One of the PCs is a Vengeance Paladin, so she'll get the Relentless Avenger feature. I'm having difficulty seeing how this could be useful more than rarely. Ok, your foe is trying to retreat...

No, not that kind of inspiration. Courtesy of Inspirobot, decoration for the back of my DM screen. (Ok, actually I don't use a DM screen, but if I did...)

A recent thread concerning whether the Slow spell goes through walls / around corners got me thinking ... As mentioned in the other thread, for spells, there is a general rule And then specific spells have explicit exceptions (usually 'spreads around corners'). Ok, but what about the...

Reading the recent Locate Object Abuse thread brought to mind a different question about Locate Object. Suppose the caster is using the option to look for an object of a certain kind - say the bottle of red wine mentioned in the previous thread. (And if you don't like that, then substitute any...

Casting a spell as a ritual takes 10 minutes + the normal casting time of the spell. As I started my 5e campaign (I missed the other eds. that had ritual casting) I assumed (obviously without thinking about it very hard) that the design intent was to provide, for some spells (mainly utility...

An unwilling creature gets only one save against Levitate. For control purposes, this seems to make it better than Telekinesis (5th level, save each round). Seems OP for a 2nd level spell. Am I missing something? And for bonus points - if the unwilling creature has the ability to fly, can it...

And as long as I am on the subject of familiars, why are 5e familiars celestial/fey/fiend instead of beasts? Is there the intention that this provide particular mechanical benefits or drawbacks? I tweeted the question to JC, but got no response. Anybody know?

As if I hadn't aggravated my group's Wizard enough about Identify, it turns out that when he went to cast the Identify that sparked my previous thread, he wanted to cast it via his familiar (because there were dangerous creatures somewhat nearby). Sure enough, Find Familiar says that your...

Although I have been running a 5e game for a year now, I only recently tripped over a situation in which a player used Identify and I realized that I had not really thought through the implications of what seems to be the intent of the spell description. Previously, my players had found several...

So I have a player whose character is a wizard with an owl familiar. (Some of you may recognize him from another thread.) He has asked me how delivering 'touch' spells via his familiar is supposed to work exactly, that is, what sequence of actions do he and the familiar have to take. To me...

In a recent game during a combat one of my players asserted that his familiar (an owl) was perched on his shoulder. (Fine so far.) Then he further asserted that he moved as far as he could and then his familiar took flight and moved its full movement (in addition to the distance that he had...

Since this seems like an obvious question, if it has been asked and answered before, I apologize, but googling doesn't show me any answers. The Goodberry spell description says that "Up to 10 berries appear..." All the discussion that I see seems to assume that this means 10. Period. Rather...