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So far the only non-Unearthed Arcana fighter archetype I have been unsatisfied with has been the Purple Dragon Knight/Banneret. I am currently playing one and while I love the idea conceptually, in practice I really feel like the abilities of the archetype are backwards. The defining feature you...

In that case, I would question the legality of data - mining and the posting itself, though I suppose it's kind of a moot point at this point given Wizards released it themselves as a preview.

A bit late to the party, but a pet peeve of mine: information that is given away in an officially sanctioned capacity (i.e. as the case for this because of the charity) is NOT leaked information. A "leak" by definition is unintentional from the perspective of whomever owns the information. I...

It was already sort of covered, but a couple points to consider: 1) The American Civil War period (the mid 1800s) is not the American Colonial Period, which was pre-1800 (some wiggle room based on how long the American Revolutionare War, or I think the American Colonial War, or whatever they...

A key thing to remember about traps: perception merely tells you that something is there, not anything about it. That is what investigation is for, and a poor roll on that could easily set off the trap. That point aside, perception should be used to reveal things like "you notice a scuff mark...

Given that you have no attack cantrip at all, any sort of damage you do will need to be done with a weapon. I can't remember offhand what wizards are proficient with, but have a couple throwing daggers just in case and maybe another weapon that can use dex. That is a "just in case" type of...

Personally, I'd consider making her either a black dragon, or a green dragon with the shadow dragon template (or warlock spellcasting). Admittedly the "foresty" aspects of the green dragon work, but a large part of the "evil" of Malificent was about the corruption of nature. Swamps (black...

The problem you will quickly run into is that dwarves from a folklore standpoint started out in an ambiguous fashion. They started out in Norse mythology and other similar mythologies as a fey like spirit of earth. They dwell in another realm known Dwarfheim and were known for being master...

The chart is fairly self explanatory and allow more freedom once you understand them. Within those rules are suggestions for nearly every ability in the game for monsters and how they effect the power level of a monster, and they have clear cut guidelines for gauging your own. Again, you are...

First, this is a forum dedicated to running tabletop games, one heavily skewed towards munchkinry, powergaming, and fiddly bits, and is in no way indicative of the majority opinion of the players who play d&d. I wish to provide for him an opposing opinion as it is unlikely he will hear it...

If you want to run it as a one shot, it needs to be done as a "hotel california" or "haunted mansion murder mystery" sort of fashion. Don't make it 100% confirmed that it's ravenloft or even strahd. Just make it a random vampire in a random castle. Have the players stumble across the castle...

So a few comments and potential suggestions to ponder. First, I advise against adding class levels to monsters as a means of beefing them up or making them special. It is a tempting prospect, but is counterintuitive to the process for a few reasons. It over complicates monsters with a bunch of...

First. Gandalf was a powerful caster. He had the magic, he was just not overt with it. He would've used stuff like divination spells or abjuration spells to buff himself or the party. I.e. stuff that isn't flashy. This is because he wasn't really allowed to use his full strength (banned by...

I had a similar event pop up in curse of strahd with the vampires in a certain building in one of the towns (I don't wish to spoil). The players found them during the day and opted to nail shut two boxes and stake the rest simultaneously. I ruled a stealth check vs their perceptions to do said...

I sort of did something similar to this in my last Dragonlance 5e game, and will likely do something similar when I start it up again. I gave each player a scaling magic item related to their character, most were based off of preexisting magic items from either 5e or another previous edition...

To each their own then. It tends to work for my games, partially because my players are aware that one lost turn in combat isn't the end of the world, and partially because my group is the sort that tends to avoid combat like the plague. They find the actual sword swinging bit to be quite...

I often use the listed alignment as more "guidelines" for a player to aspire to follow or a guide for the character if they are absent and I have to rub them. I by no means prevent a player from taking any action, however I will on ocassion give them a heads up if they are abot to commit an act...

Honestly? I tend to these situations as conversations as normal and only ask for initiative when the npcs or first player decides to strike. At that point I will have them all roll, and the action happens on the person's turn who declared their hostile intent. I give anyone a turn ahead of this...

I would point out that a lot if themed games are merely the default rules ran with a certain tone from the DM, with players rolling fitting characters. For example, with an espionage game? Probably not the best place to play lawful good unbendingly zealous paladin, or a whole party of lawful...

Personally I don't think sorcerers need more spells known. What they need instead is a couple of the following things: 1) "more" spell points (short rest recharge or an ability to regain them at least once per long rest. 2) More metamagic options, both known and to choose from 3) Archetypes that...