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Running some numbers here for the downtime activity Research from XGE 132. I wanted to come up with some rules for researching spells, and this seemed like the best option of all the downtime activities. General summary of the research rules: Time: 1 workweek Intelligence Check (will...

This. Why do so many DMs think giving more spells to PC wizards will "make them OP"? Complete nonsense. I want to know where this assumption comes from, because I see it all over the place. But consider: Completely on their own, a level 20 wizard will have 42 non-cantrip spells (anyone else...

Ha, that's an interesting idea. Guilds of transmuters could effectively maintain the ratios of precious metals regardless of what the mines dug up. As for gem value, I tend to take it a step further and just consider them to have their literal value be obvious, so trying to haggle them down...

While I never would have thought of that (not really my style), I have to applaud the ingenuity and will have to keep that in my back pocket! You might be able to ignite a powderkeg if you have two rival groups and some kind of trophy or symbolic thing they fight over. If you silly-fy the...

What can be done with the D&D 5e Transmutation Wizard's 14th level feature, Major Transformation? Perhaps due to the Transmutation school generally coming in at the bottom of the wizard popularity list, there seems to be little discussion of the use of this ability. To be clear, I am not...

@treantmonk, quick sanity check: I think the part 2 guide in your first post currently points to the doc you stopped updating. Might want to redirect it to the living doc.

Say what now? I never met a bean I didn't like! And I'm not sure if I've ever had straight liver, but I do love me some haggis. The next day, unfortunately, it gives me gas on par with Poison Spray, only there's no save. No save whatsoever. Agreed, both abilities aren't particularly good...

Shouldn't a level 20 Abjurer's ward be 45 HP? 2 x wizard level + INT. Or did you mean to say level 10? War Magic's Power Surge seems worse than Evocation's Potent Cantrip, IMHO (and that's saying something, as much as I love Evocation). Unless you're fighting casters, you can only use it...

Yes, it is the point. The difference between two wizards will likely come down to the spells they chose to prepare more than their school. And the question of whether it's better to bolster one's weaknesses or lean into one's strengths is as old as our species. We can't say definitively which...

I never said it wasn't, just that it often is. There is a big difference between a swarm of enemies attacking the closest thing to them (any wizard worth his salt is going to position himself to mitigate those possibilities. This will not be possible all the time, of course, but efforts should...

As you say, it really depends on the group. A number of DMs fall into the metagaming line of thought that, "nobody hurt the wizard in the last fight, so I need to make sure my monsters are hitting him in this one while ignoring the barbarian who's all up in their grill" in a misguided but very...

It is not in the spell description. I suspect someone conflated Levitate with Fly.

Sorry to inform you this is incorrect because you are conflating two different rulings. In the post you referenced, Crawford says you only make one damage roll and apply it to all darts. However, this does not mean all darts are a single source of damage. Each dart is its own source of...

Indeed, we're all just trying to get to the facts here. As that twitter thread showed, sometimes even the lead rules designer isn't sure at first what the lead rules designer meant. Side effect of using a natural language and expecting people to come to the same interpretations. Sometimes I...

I tip my hat to your etiquette, a lost art in these dark times. Carry on, good sir.

See PHB p255, Leomund's Tiny Hut, under range. The response you have an issue with is in response to someone else's question regarding domes vs hemispheres, and has no bearing on the floor question. Crawford's final answer on the issue of floors is "Leomund's tiny hut does have a floor." No...

Sorry to say you're reading the posts out of order. Crawford was the one who corrected himself to say it DOES have a floor. Here are the tweets in order, with date stamps: https://www.sageadvice.eu/2017/01/24/does-leomunds-tiny-hut-have-a-floor/ A 10' radius. Plenty of room.