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I get all of that, but I'm saying that the multiclass archer, for example, can do more than that with their action. For example, she can quicken bless for a few spell points to grant an attack (at level 9 as opposed to level 6), but instead of using the action for a cantrip of 13.5 damage, she...

While Embodiment of Law for those bonus action spells is nice, it is a bit underpowered if you don't have a main action that is strong and can be used with the bonus action spell. If you swap a strong bonus action and weak action for a strong action and weak bonus action you're not really...

If the game is set in Exandria, I'd take the opportunity to 'sample the local fruit' and play one of the subclasses designed for the setting. Blood Domain is interesting. You don't need to select a powerhouse build to have a great game, but I find that the Order Domain is the most...

You've accidentally ventured into a nifty space in my campaign history. The thing is a solid metal box with a lead interior lining. There is no obvious way to open the box without breaking it. Someone has enchanted the interior of it with two Magic Mouths. The first emits a ticking sound...

"Let the wookie win." If a player hits on this idea, they'll keep pushing the limits until they figure out ways to effectively kill monsters using polymorph. You can go back and forth in a somewhat antagonist game of cat and mouse with the player where you explain away why this and that...

I note that nowhere on this list is there even a hint of a suggestion that a DM should wear any clothing.

No wrong answer here, but I'd look to ideas from the real world. https://www.thetreetop.com/aba-therapy/autism-colors-and-symbols#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20official%20color,puzzle%20piece%20as%20their%20logo.

I think Transmutation does work with reskinning: 1.) The Minor Alchemy changes the natural makeup of something. That doesn't feel like a stretch at all. 2.) The Transmuter's stone seems like taking on natural elements. You could drop the stone and just allow the PC to give a boon with their...

I'd look at this as the root of the solution, then. What is the fundamental difference between this NPC's worship and the PC's worship? I'd look to manifest that conflict. The easiest path to do that is to bring in divine agents that agree with the NPC and give the PCs access to divine...

2 to 6 hours depending upon the group and situation. Whatever works for everyone. In my current Wednesday night online game (in which I am a player) we start at my 10 PM (7 PM for West Coast players) and play 2.5 to 3 hours. By the end, some of the West Coasters are fading and falling asleep...

If your players are not going to be familiar with the subclass either, I'm not sure there is a benefit to emulating a subclass they do not know. To that end, I'd consider going in a different direction: Make the druid a druid / warlock mix. If they turned on the religions, maybe they've made...

You're entitled to your opinion. I think it is wrong. You also didn't answer my question. What makes these items unlike other existing items other than their mechanical structure and the numbers (and other complexities) underlying them?

Magic arrows - accounting. New conditions - keeping track of too many different types of effects is too much account (which is cited as a reason for the change to exhaustion rules in the new edition ... people could not remember what each level of exhaustion did). New consumables - the rules...

As you note, it isn't really broken. However, if you want to weaken it some, here are some options: 1.) Reduce the +10 damage to +5, 6 or 7 or 8. The reduction in hit chance means they'll still be missing out on damage from missing, so your goal of +8 to +10 should be reasonably close...

Things to consider: 1.) I've seen a lot of suggestions for implementing BG3 elements into a product, but changing them so that they work better with 5E. We essentially already have most of it - there isn't much of anything in BG5 that doesn't equate to something in 5E that is built for the 5E...

At which point they are essentially something else, right?

While they could drop something like this on the DM Guild in a much shorter window, it would not be a great idea. While the video game does a great job of giving players an RPG like experience - it is not an RPG experience and the balance of the items in the game is different than in RPG...

I've built a Human Variant War Cleric 1 / Fighter X (Eldritch Knight) build and quite enjoyed it. I went to Fighter 13 and then added more cleric levels. It ended soon after that point. In the low levels, being able to Bless before combat and then Make 2 attacks a round for a few rounds in...

Artificer: Any Bard: Lore, Whispers Blood Hunter: Any Cleric: Arcana, Knowledge, Order Fighter: Battle Master, Eldritch Knight, Gunslinger Monk: Open Hand Rogue: Inquisitive, Mastermind Warlock: Any Wizard: Any Using the traits above, I could build a fun PC in any of those choices.

I do something tengential to this idea: When a character attempts a check that involves gaining information (intelligence skills, insight, perception, survival, etc...) I set a DC. Then they roll against it. If the roll is far below the DC, I tell them they just don't know anything. If the...