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    Level Up (A5E) A5E + alt-5E = ?

    On the DM end, my base is the a5e books. I rarely use o5e creatures but i do use lots of Kobold Press, MCDM, and Monty Cook Publishing creatures. They all work fine. Even creatures converted from the Cypher system.
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    Level Up (A5E) Representational Magic and You!

    Silver was also associated with running water. As opposed to "dead" ponds, which could be a way into the underworld in Germanic and Slavic cosmology.
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    Level Up (A5E) Representational Magic and You!

    Yep. And the inverse too "From hell's heart i stab at thee!" That's why the merchant the PC swindled can cast scry.
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    RPG Evolution: Hasbro's AI Plans

    I'm certainly hoping that captains Ludd and Swing ride out once more.
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    OneBookShelf (drivethruRPG, dmsguild, et cetera...) Enshittified.

    I just closely read the banner introducing the new website. Apparently it is only for "some" customers at the moment. With the implication that it'll be rolled out for everyone. I recall that for me the dmsguild shifted over several days after dtrpg. I was pretty sure it was the Owen bundle...
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    OneBookShelf (drivethruRPG, dmsguild, et cetera...) Enshittified.

    OneBookShelf recently changed their website, ending batch downloads - unless you use their app. I am sick of my devices getting cluttered by scores of proprietary apps trying lock customers into corporate walled gardens. So i am not going to use it. Which means that purchases with lots of...
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    Level Up (A5E) Basic artificer question

    If your GM allows it, the best schematic is for a generic level 1 spell scroll. Them make consumable magic items for all the utility spells that are great in the moment but might only come up every ten sessions so you can't justify memorizing them each day. As mentioned above, emergency...
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    Level Up (A5E) Basic artificer question

    What W'rkncacnter said. In play, the difference is that infusions are free but you only get a few of them each day and they stop working after a day. Whereas crafting is expensive but you can have an unlimited number and they last - so you can sell them. My players have been crafting a lot of...
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    Level Up (A5E) Are Bard Hymns Overpowered?

    IN RE: bards OP? I've got players running bards in a couple of long running campaigns. The queen bee berserker sharing her rage abilities with the whole front line while the bard sings harmony of pain to disadvantaged attacks against the front line... can be challenging. But i still don't...
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    Homebrew a5e magic item animal components

    Jacob Vardy updated a5e magic item animal components with a new update entry: a5e magic components from AG, T&T, Stranger Sights, DDG, and GPG 0-16 Read the rest of this update entry...
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    a5e magic item animal components - a5e magic components from AG, T&T, Stranger Sights, DDG, and GPG 0-16

    Magic item and spell components that come from creatures in the game. For when the PCs are looting their bodies. Includes the precious stone types listed in T&T. I also included some sources for magic inks, since spell scrolls are probably the most common magic item crafted but i didn't find...
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    Level Up (A5E) Harvesting monster body parts

    Done. Or at least the first version is done and posted. https://www.enworld.org/resources/a5e-magic-item-animal-components.1638/ I don't think you would have to kill a sentient being to create anything in T&T. The smiths might be asking nicely for Awakened Tree bark. But a great deal would...
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    Homebrew a5e magic item animal components

    Jacob Vardy submitted a new resource: a5e magic item animal components - Who to kill to get (x) magic items Read more about this resource...
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    a5e magic item animal components 2

    What it says on the box. A spreadsheet of the monster bits listed to create magic items in T&T. Including humanoids. I hand out a lot of monster body parts as single use items. Like the silk gland harvested from a giant spider being able to replicate the web spell. Since my parties have...
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    Level Up (A5E) Harvesting monster body parts

    I started making my own. I'm about a quarter of the way through. I'll share it when i'm done. Although i'm worried about the elfish farming of sentient beings :) Creature Part Use Awakened Tree branch Cantrip Wand Awakened Tree Bark & leaves Cloak of Elvenkind Awakened Tree bark...
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    Level Up (A5E) Harvesting monster body parts

    I'm pretty sure that somewhere i saw a list of monster body parts that are listed under magic items in T&T. I had been making up my own but i thought i better include the "official" ones in case players are relying on the manuals. But i can't find the list. I checked T&T, tried the forum...
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    Level Up (A5E) Dreamer's Morel wildshape?

    The PC is already a plant, so at least she won't poison herself if she changes back. She is a mycelial exile, which also solves the problem of how she knows of the plant. Since the party are all new players, i was thinking of suggesting the tabaxi artificer learn the floating disc spell...
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    Level Up (A5E) Gritty Realism

    Yeah, sorry. I wasn't sure if to write it up as i actually did it, or to change it for clarity.
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    Level Up (A5E) Gritty Realism

    I used the gritty realism rules in a couple of run-throughs of Out of the Abyss. Which has a great deal of travel through the Underdark. The gritty realism rule variant worked quite well for keeping travel challenging without being a slog. Although i did it that the eight hours rest at the...
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    Level Up (A5E) Dreamer's Morel wildshape?

    I was helping a newish player level up with the online tools. We came across the dreamers morel. So we looked it up in the DDG. It has the plant type, Its under CR 1/2. It looks pretty powerful against anything that breathes. I think it is going to be hilarious to fight. Are we missing...
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