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I'd actually like to see more D&D video games that don't try to just translate the table top experience into digital form. Those games always come up short because the number of experiences are limited by the content in the game. If I came up with a neat adventure set in a tundra city I can...

They're also not immune to the restrained condition so when I had my wizard put down a web to create difficult terrain in order to better outmaneuver the oozes I was surprised to learn that I had actually managed to stop a couple given their poor dex modifier. That's a bit easier to accept...

Volo's Guide to Cataclysms: A survival guide for the citizens of the Realms covering what to do during a Realms Shattering event that will inevitably change how reality works. But seriously I think it could be interesting if they did a smaller book that had advice and/or rules on creating...

Sometimes all you need is some big dumb muscle. The t-rex isn't the best option to use against swarms of golins that can figure out how to spread their forces and kite the t-rex, but it works wonders when you use it against mindless monsters that can't use tactics very well themselves, like...

Overall, I'm really excited about this release (and I've preorderd a copy from amazon). The MM was my favourite of the core 3 to read casually because of the lore and stories behind the monster so I like that this book seems to be doubling down on that aspect. As someone who hasn't been playing...

As a reward for finding a powerful summoning circle my wizard was able to conjure an earth elemental and control it without using concentration for a duration of one week. The party was 7th level so my wizard couldn't even normally summon an earth elemental. In a lot of fights I was able to...

Black dragons have a swim speed, meaning that they are quite comfortable in the water. Perhaps your black dragon has decided to make its lair in an underwater cave system underneath the swamp and is only accessible by diving to the bottom of a lake. The lair could have been carved out by a tribe...

I think the goal of role playing differs from game to game. Since this is posted on a forum for the 5th edition of Dungeon and Dragons, I answered the first. D&D is a game about fantasy heroes embarking on high adventures and doing fantastical things. The bulk of it's rules are dedicated to...

If your players are approaching the higher levels perhaps a good reward could be the types of rewards that increase the PC's status. Things like property, titles, or connections to people in power. They can use these things to start building themselves up to be real movers and shakers and when...

In my first 5e game there was a valor bard that did pretty well for himself in melee. He would let the fighter go in first and follow behind so it's not exactly a front line class but he was tougher than the party wizard. I should include the disclaimer that we rolled for stats that game and he...

Not being able to end the stasis early when using a higher slot was the intention. It's more of a tradeoff than other spells that typically get a straight upgrade. I can't think of many scenarios when you would want to force yourself into a stasis for a while, but it is kinda funny if you set up...

Second revision: Gave it a level of 5, added concentration, and added an at higher levels section for more duration and getting rid of concentration (using Bestow Curse as a precedence for this kind of thing). Balah's Perfect Endurance 5th level Abjuration Casting time: 1 reaction, which you...

If the typical depiction of drow appear in your setting there could be books that detail the rituals involved in the worship of Lolth and political theory explaining the strengths of a society run by power hungry, backstabbing families. Essays written by historical figures that have fallen out...

Thanks for the input everyone. General consensus seems to be cut between 5th and 6th level or lower if the spell is tweaked to disrupt the user's concentration or changed to an action (making it proactive as opposed to reactive). Since I'm using the spell as a macguffin of sorts in an...

CR10 is an interesting place for monster because it means that early on it's a really tough opponent and can be used as a really big threat but as the game goes on it becomes an even threat and finally at high levels it becomes a low threat. I can see this guy being used in a bullywug...

So in other words when populating a lich's lair with monsters, estimate how many creatures you think should be there, then double it. Then double it again. Is that about right?

A storm giant that rejects death and decided to become a literal force of nature? That's awesome. Also it's "lair" seems to be anywhere within the storm area. Which means it's lair is actually itself. Maybe we'll get an updated Terrasque that has lair actions that affect creatures in its belly.

I have an idea for an adventure where a dao hires the PCs to find some thieves that have stolen the only copy of a new spell that the dao has created. I came up with the following: Balah's Perfect Endurance ???th level Abjuration Casting time: 1 reaction, which you take when you are hit by an...

When I first read this my mind automatically replaced duel with dual, so I thought that there was actually a rules clarification stating that you cannot wear two sets of armour at the same time. But I guess a dwarf does it in Boarmurdered so you can't argue that there isn't precedence for it...

When I first read this my mind automatically replaced duel with dual, so I thought that there was actually a rules clarification stating that you cannot wear two sets of armour at the same time. But I guess a dwarf does it in Boarmurdered so you can't argue that there isn't precedence for it...