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I have some good news for you. 5e Meteor Swarm: "Blazing orbs of fire plummet to the ground at four different points you can see within range." (look ma, no hands!)

I don't think this is true for 5e. I'm familiar with the concept of 'tendays' as a unit of time in FR, but I think now that's just a vestige of past editions. I don't remember anything in the PHB or DMG mentioning it. For 5e, unless a word has been specifically defined, it retains its plain...

@akr71 I ended up deciding I preferred 3 years, but it doesn't really matter. There's no need to add anything because the PCs will all be wizard students, meaning there's nothing for them to compare progression against anyone except themselves. Wizards are studious. The only reason they have...

@Son of the Serpent yes, in fact the Training reduction in time/cost for INT only in the XGE rules. I was deliberately simplifying my examples to give you an idea of the changes, but definitely check out the rules in both. This is true. Like I said, both sets of rules are out there, so you...

While I'm positive both of you are aware of both rulesets, since @Son of the Serpent professed their newness, I just wanted to let them know that these apparently contradictory references are both correct. The PHB (player's handbook) and DMG (dungeon master's guide) contain the "first swing"...

@Salthorae alright, I think you have put me on the right track. Let me know what you think of this arrangement. Course Results on Completion (equipment given at course start) Prerequisites Cantrip Foundations & Somatic Discipline ~Equipment: (a) a quarterstaff or (b) a dagger ~Proficiency...

I don't know, if the school is run by a lich, it might need a steady supply of souls! Nobody knows what happens to the students who fail their tests... @Salthorae If that works for you, I'd say go for it! I feel like rituals are more defining for wizards, but I can't just put everything at...

Nope.

I think the real driver leading to spell slowdown is twofold: -Lack of familiarity with the spell... usually for both the player and DM. -Lack of trust... usually for both the player and DM. If you run a game where either the player or the DM knows how the spell works and both parties trust...

Academia, as ever, is a luxury of the wealthy. Though honestly, I tried to keep the costs as reasonable as possible. Anyway, glad it's inspired a few to think about wizard academies in their worlds! @TaranTheWanderer I went with Academy of the Arcane. Perhaps less flavorful than something...

Excellent points/questions. @Al2O3 Student work requirements would depend on the power of the masters, I suppose. For my setting, the masters have to be at least level 14 wizards (so they have all of their tradition features). So they're pretty high level and most mundane tasks can be...

I was casually wondering to myself what it would cost to attend a wizard boarding school/academy using 5e rules, and came up with some numbers. A good number of assumptions had to be made, of course. Thoughts welcome, but mostly I just wanted to put this out there in case anyone else was...

Animate Objects is ten objects of tiny/small size (which swords definitely are) when cast at 5th level.

Indeed, but of course I couldn’t have known that prior to your response. All is well; carry on, good sir.

It applies to changing any monster stat, which adding lair actions certainly does. While some lair actions don't cause damage, they're likely intended to be of similar "power", so I would just use the one that causes obvious, straight up damage (if I were doing it at all, which I wouldn't). CR...

Lair action do change the CR, the MM just doesn't provide you with both values. From the DMG | Dungeon Master's Workshop: "When calculating a monster's damage output, also account for special off-turn damage-dealing features, such as auras, reactions, legendary actions, or lair actions." What...

Let me start by saying I don't know anything about the adventure. Is level 7 really the module's recommended character level for fighting an adult red dragon? I'd like to point out that the CR of the adult red dragon is for the "base" model. The MM doesn't tell you the CR of an adult red...

As long as the liquid cavity is "regular" (centered, even, etc), then why wouldn't they be? They will certainly roll slightly different from a normal die because the glittery fluid swirling around is eating up kinetic energy, but as long as the cavity is regular there's no reason for the die to...

No matter, props to you for maintaining consistency. So would I, but I'm the sort of person who will take three feats before their first ASI, so...