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RAW, meld into stone is not concentration and doesn't do anything that would break concentration, so the sunbeam could continue for its duration. However, as Undrave points out, you couldn't really use the sunbeam on account of being unable to see, unable to aim, and arguably being unable to...

This weekend I bought and read Mutant City Blues Second Edition from Pelgrane Press. It's a great game and even just reading it puts me into the mindset of being a police detective, like on TV. This really, really didn't make me feel good.

An alternative could be allowing a character to take the Dodge action but confer its benefits to an adjacent ally. E.g., you are jumping in front of your ally to interfere with incoming attacks. Another alternative would be that you can Hinder a creature to impose disadvantage on all their...

If you and a player disagree about what their character is capable of, or even how the rules work with regards to their character, don't debate it. Instead, solve the disagreement with a quick ability check, and move on with the game. You can hash it out after the game, if it really matters --...

My favorite setting book is Blades in the Dark. I would say, and I say this to everyone creating a setting: Focus on what the PCs see. The people they meet, the places they go, the things they find. "Behind the scenes" stuff, like history, politics and traditions, is mostly irrelevant. That...

Here's one for your justice cleric: there are so many ways (magical and mundane) that zone of truth can be fooled or subverted that statements made under its effect are inadmissable as evidence. So the culprit could actually confess, but unless you have other evidence or some sort of leverage to...

I was in a campaign for a while with SEVEN player characters who were all wild magic sorcerers. An inordinate number of combats ended with someone accidentally summoning a confused and grumpy unicorn.

My solution is to give the non-casters overpowered magic items. Like, if you've seen what a staff of power can do, why not create a greatsword of power that does just as much? Something that makes a vorpal sword look positively Tier 3.

Dragonfist!!! Why am I the only one that voted for Dragonfist?!?!? :(

I use this thing that I made! Party Base I've used this in two campaigns, and it works reasonably well. One base was an abandoned guard tower in an urban environment. For the other campaign, it was Saltmarsh, and the party turned the haunted house into a base. I do need to make some...

Increase the casting time to 8 hours. Suddenly wish will only ever be used when it's doing things that no other spell will do.

Pro Tip: If you think something is clear, and others disagree with you, then by definition it is not clear. ...I think this rule, though, is pretty clear. ;)

I would allow this if it were scoped to a narrow domain, e.g., any fire spell, any illusion spell, any healing spell, etc. I've been exploring something similar as a metamagic option for sorcerers: The Homebrewery - NaturalCrit

If you're interested in this subject, also check out the Runewild from Sneak Attack Press: The Runewild Campaign Setting - Sneak Attack Press | DriveThruRPG.com I like it better than Margraeve (which is also excellent) but there are definitely ideas you could steal from both. Margraeve is more...

The other great move is to give the dragon class levels instead of aging. "Well, he is now a 7th-level death cleric, but with d12 hit dice..."

For a single age category transition, you can just say the dragon was already nearing its birthday. "He's rather large for a Young dragon," you say, and then next time, "...Since it's been two years in game-time, he's now an Adult dragon, although on the small side. A young adult; maybe tempt...

Ninja'd! I use this too. In most campaigns, I treat the Feywild and the Shadowfell as the same plane, the Otherworld. The bright parts are like the Feywild, the dark parts are like Shadowfell. The Otherworld is coterminous with the material plane: you can just walk there, if you know the...

oh, and for an effect on a creature, making it permanent uses up an attunement slot. and I don't allow permanent 9th level spells via this. for that, use some variant of wish.

Hey I created a spell for this. I gave it a costly material component. Original thread: Permanency

I created a Vampire player class and there's a sidebar about how to address each problem: Vampire Player Characters Here's what I said, way back when: