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Flipping through Tasha's Cauldron of Everything I was surprised to see art depicting Rhys given that Tasha is from Greyhawk and a lot of the fluff of the book revolves around her. If I had a more conspiratorial spirit I might think that this is a hint that Planescape is coming soon, but really I...

I like this concept. If I had a critique it would probably be that the spell lists here look a little too good. Almost all bonus spells known spell lists include some duds. You might even argue that a good chunk of most lists (especially the ones from PHB) are mostly situational stuff with a gem...

1) Gloom Stalker 2) Fey Wanderer 3) Hunter 4) Monster Slayer 5) Beast Master 6) Swarmkeeper 7) Horizon Walker I like the strong themes of the fey and shadow rangers. I've also seen a gloom stalker in action pre Tasha's and they are more effective in combat than I think most people that complain...

As a DM I'm going to take the policy of "If you're interested in something come talk to me about it, and we'll work something out." Mostly because for an existing campaign some changes might just not make sense. If I were to start up a brand new campaign I would probably allow everything and see...

I've adopted 4th edition style skill challenges to 5e and I've been pleased with them. The idea is you use a series of skill checks as a group to accomplish a larger goal. The way it works is the group must succeed on X skill checks before failing Y times. If they succeed the group accomplishes...

Looks like I can't find the quote. It was a long while ago so I don't remember if it was a Twitter post or an interview article. Or maybe my brain just made it up as a way to understand why some spells from SCAG were reprinted in Xanathar's and those two weren't. In my opinion they aren't...

When I played a wizard I liked to lean into the control spells. Web, Hypnotic Patter, Evard's Black Tentacles are all nice options that really slow down opponents. Wall of Fire is a nice hazard that's even an evocation spell so it can be sculpted to avoid hurting allies on the initial cast...

Xanathar's Guide to Everything is the main player options expansion. You seem to be familiar with what's in there options wise so I will just point out that many in the community feel that the spell Healing Spirit is unbalanced. It's fine if used in combat as enemies can break concentration, but...

I would have no concerns about tacking "Spells you cast treat immunity to the chosen type as resistance to the chosen type instead" onto the Elemental Adept feat for this character. As it stands it's already situational and I've never seen anyone take it.

While Alara is my favourite Magic setting (partly because it was the current one when I started and partly because the 5 micro settings are really neat) I think it would make for a pretty bad D&D setting. The natural conflict comes from the conflux which leaves little wiggle room for other...

EN World is now pretty much the only RPG community I still frequent. The discussion here is a good mix of topics ranging from rules questions, to DMing advice, to sharing worldbuilding, to reviews of products. I am a bit of an outlier in terms of age so the threads discussing older editions...

I played a lawful evil cleric of Vecna once. It was a campaign that we knew would be shorter term while a couple of the other players wouldn't be able to make it for a while. I think the most important thing is to make it clear to the rest of the party that you are entirely on their side. In...

If they do start streaming from home I don't think it's unfair to say that production quality would go down. They currently stream from a studio with professional grade lighting, sound, and camera equipment with a number of staff to manage things behind the scenes. To create comparable setups in...

While Faerie Fire and Darkness are generally considered pretty good spells I can see them losing value at higher levels for casters that would rather concentrate on spells they get from their class. In that sense I can see them being not as attractive as a cantrip that can remain useful at all...

I like the alternate dragonborn options. At first I thought they took away the breath weapon as well as the resistance which would make them feel much less like dragons at that point but upon rereading that's not the case. I do somewhat wish that genasi would get rebalanced at some point but...

I like this idea. Simply dividing a standard monster into a group is a simple yet elegant solution. Much easier to use than the mob rules since that requires you to calculate the roll needed on a d20 for a monster to hit a PC, then take that number and look it up on a chart to see if they hit...

The last book released (Eberron) was a setting and the next two confirmed books will also be settings. So I'm going to guess the unannounced products will go in another direction to avoid setting fatigue. Summer: Shorter adventure collection. Following the Yawning Portal and Ghosts of...

I think it's hard to compare classes that are meant to do different things as they help the party succeed in different ways. Is the paladin a stronger class than the wizard? I don't know. But when you compare the paladin to it's martial peers then I feel it does stand out. The paladin is a...

Did they indicate if weapons and armour are going to be modeled like they are in 5e or or if they are going to follow a model similar to DOS2 or Diablo where you are always on the lookout for weapons and armour with slightly better values? The latter always felt weird and arbitrary to me.

I'd also suggest starting out with shorter adventures at first, but if that's a success and your new DM wants to try their hand at a longer adventure then Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus would be a good fit. It's written in a new DM friendly way often addressing the reader directly with...