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    D&D 5E Simple Suggestion to improve champion fighter.

    If by 2 AOs you mean that he can potentially hit 2 different creatures that try to move away from him then I think that it's way too rare to be meaningful (unless you intentionally do it all the time). If you mean that he gets to attack one creature twice, then that's a really beefy AO and I...
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    D&D 5E Firearms help needed please

    I think part of the issue people have is that they are comparing say, D6 handgun damage to D6 short sword. But if you were to tell a person that doesn't know a short sword does D6 damage then they wouldn't have any issues with the D6 damage of a handgun. So the solution can just be to make all...
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    D&D 5E Is D&D a Story or a Game? Discuss.

    It's a themed game that mechanizes the conversation between players to create a narrative which becomes a story? So it's a game about creating stories, but not actually a story-telling game? But you can tell stories within it. So it's a game about creating a story with stories within it that...
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    WotC Names 10 "Adepts" On Their DMs Guild Store

    In Dragon Talk they said that the AL modules of ToA wont run 'parallel' to the AP but be more 'intertwined' with it. An example was that the first 2 modules for AL will actually be alternative lead-ins to ToA and that the later modules will be 'the day after' ToA. Also Perkins says that they...
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    D&D 5E Help My Group Tactics and Planning

    In D&D Adventures League there is an official rule that lets you switch feats and stuff out. We recognize that many players start out with a pregenerated character, or might try out a character class, race, or other option, and then decide later that it wasn’t the play experience they were...
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    D&D 5E Building a better Rogue

    Things I would consider tweaking for the Rogue would be: Fast Hands: Someone said Advantage for Sleight of Hand which could be nice. But I think something like 'Add your Dex to the DC of objects' could be fun. So that ball berrings, traps, and caltrops stay somewhat viable past 3rd level...
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    D&D 5E Do You DM or Play with Flair?

    The Flair you have written up looks really fun and interesting. As is, I think it would be great for the NPCs of a region. I think you can create a lot of interesting missions from having NPCs that lost their Class Features because of an alignment change and now need the PCs help. Ex Bard that...
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    D&D 5E How much extra starting HP for PCs in a Death at 0 HP Variant?

    Something else you should consider is to keep the Death Saves but lose the 'fall prone and unconscious' aspect. It's a very minor mechanical change that i think can dynamically impact combat thematically. So when they hit 0hp they stay up and when it's their turn they keep fighting as normal...
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    D&D 5E How do you make a 'Soldier' interesting?

    Something you can do to make Humans much more interesting and is super simple to implement is have her fall in love with another character. Preferably another PC, and to make it extra fun, choose at random. Then if its someone like her, shes in love because they "understand you in a way that no...
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    D&D 5E "Auction-style" magic shoppes

    The Auction System looks really fun and unique. The only thing that I can think of suggesting is concerning the the shop Tier system. Having 10 shops - 1 tier I, 2 tier II, 3 tier III, and 4 tier IV - means that you will have to create 10 separate 'menus' and keep track of them independently...
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    D&D 5E XP is a major weapon in the DM arsenal

    Another thing you can do is use xp to get players to lean into their Bonds, Flaws, and Ideals. At the end of the session have the group decide if each players Bonds, Flaws, and Ideals came into play in a meaningful or complicating way, if so, they get xp. Or you can also decided right when it...
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    D&D 5E Musical instrument tool proficiency and performance skill proficiency

    Just ask the Player what they think is more important. That theylook awesome (Cha) Performance Check, or that they sound awesome (Dex) Lute Check. Then, if they have proficiency in it, they add it. If they have proficiency in both let them 'FORK' the other in, and give them advantage. I think...
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    D&D 5E What happened to the Hermaphrodites???

    I just think that Crawford and Mearls got tired of people doing that thing where you politely look away or involuntarily wince/cringe when they said the word Hermaphrotide (Kinda like when your around that old person that says the word negro way too often - It's like, come on grandpa. Unless...
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    D&D 5E Moving while blind

    Because realistically only the Rogue will have a high Dex and Acrobatics. A Dex Ranger, and Fighter will have high Dex but not Acrobatics, and Bards might have Acrobatics but low Dex. Basically the average PC tops off Dex at +2 because of medium armour. Also, the overall average for creatures...
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    D&D 5E What happened to the Hermaphrodites???

    To be fair, at a glance, Intersex looks like a portmanteau for Internet Sex. js
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    D&D 5E Moving while blind

    Making terrain difficult while blind will have weird interactions with Features and spells that let you move through difficult terrain without a penalty. Exploring while blind already has enough disadvantages I don't think adding trip/veering mechanics will make it more fun, just slow it down...
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    D&D 5E DMi suggestion - adjudicating attacks inside Darkness

    I've seen a combat where a PC and bandit were fighting in a smoke cloud and the DM ruled that since they couldn't see each other they both had disadvantage, because that makes sense, and thought it was RAW. It took a really really long time. The first rounds of them missing each other was novel...
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    D&D 5E Resting and the frikkin' Elephant in the Room

    So Instead of using the Stick to get your Players to stop Short Resting; Random Encounter rolls, Exp deduction, and Alarm clocks (Altho I think vague time restraints don't work as well as most would like. I like the Pie clock system from Blades in the Dark. Have a 4 or 6-sectioned clock and fill...
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    D&D 5E Two vs. thousands

    Just to come at this from a different angle, and because I like Rogues. A 10th level rogue with expertise in Insight, Persuasion, Deception, Intimidation, and Criminal Contacts. You know a guy, that knows a guy, that can get a guy to get a message to the Orc leader for a secret meeting to...
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    D&D 5E Should Warlock Patrons be able to revoke a Warlock's powers if the Patron is displeased?

    Another approach for a DM is to put everything concerning the Warlocks Patron solely in the hands of the Player. If your curious about what the Patron would think concerning the Warlocks actions, just say "Hey, so what does your Patron thing about your Warlocks actions being in direct conflict...
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