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There are some simple tools to estimate how big a fight will be. The first is simply to add up the HP of the monsters and divide by an...

OAs (and being out of reach so you can't be charged) are about the only reasons why position matters in melee combat right now. Getting...

In my campaign, this was resolved by switching to a variation of side initiative. My table doesn't play a lot with the weapon tags.

Imagine if each time you get the ball, you flip a coin. On heads, you stand around for 5 minutes, then the other team gets possession...

No, it shouldn't be copy and paste? Meteor Storm is not a copy and paste of Shield. But Meteor Storm has mechanics in common with...

Seems like a fun game to play. That is sarcasm. Alice rolled to hit and missed. Bob skipped their turn. Same game state change. In...

Mechanics at level 11+ should echo mechanics at level 1-5 not be out of left field. People get into their class in the first few...

5e doesn't reward moving all that much, unless you build for mobility. If you are engaged, mostly a melee character's turn is to roll...

Redirect 2nd level Abjuration 60' range Reaction to a spell being cast In response to detecting a spell being cast with a component you...

I'm thinking about mechanics to unfreeze the narrative in D&D. Ie, some creature's turn comes. The creature tries to do something...

Look, if you want to make counterspelling fun, please don't make it save-or-suck. The best counterspells aren't counterspells. 1. A...

I'm thinking of a flat cosmology. We have the mirror worlds of Fey and Shadow (they are just too good), but we'll add Liminal worlds...

Oh yes, I fully support the "add up and round up after fractions" in my houserules. It is a bit more complex, but multiclassing already...

Rounding up after adding the fractions seems reasonable to me.

The math is weird to avoid exploits. A simple version would be to give everyone an ECL. Half casters get (1/2 class level, rounded...