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Then definitely talk to your DM. It doesn't make sense to be inconsistent in him controlling the summoned creatures sometimes and you controlling them sometimes. It should be one or the other, and as a Forever DM myself, anything that I can place upon the players to track and manage, the more...

So one thing to consider is that Strahd and Rahadin are smart. It's likely that Strahd has been spying on your group and may know more about you than you know about him. So even if that's not part of the original module, it is in line with the spirit of these characters. But if he's a decent DM...

That's... a use of this ability that I never considered. But I'd totally allow it. It's like Rambo jumping out of the bushes, choking a dude, and then dragging them back into the bushes. Very on theme.

Yes, I agree it's frustrating, but it's a similar situation for conjuration wizards as well. Personally I agree with reskinning Find Familiar and Unseen Servant as kinds of undead creatures. I also created the following spell to support early necromancers. Animate Undead Beast 2nd-level...

I guess I'm just struggling to understand where the clarification is needed. Maybe if you could provide a better example of where the ambiguity is, or an example of how you might improve my wording?

What do you mean by results? As long as the spell is maintained the target needs a check to move beyond the range of the spell. They can only make one save per round, and if they succeed it effectively ends the spell since they would move beyond the range, triggering the end of the spell. I...

They need to make the save in order to move 1' outside of range of the spell. The spell prevents movement outside of range unless a save is made. The spell says nothing about the save itself costing movement (some spells do specify needing to spend an action to attempt a save or make a check. My...

@NotAYakk I think it's pretty clear in my version. If the target tries to move outside the spell's range, they have to succeed on a Strength saving throw to do so. The spell ends if they move outside the spell's range, so in order to end the spell they need enough movement and to succeed on the...

Ok, so I admit I had my own homebrew version of Witch Bolt (which I actually broke up into 2 spells, Witch Bolt and Lightning Lasso). But after reading some of the comments here, I think I was inspired to write up a new version that I think is even better than what I previously came up with...

Not sure I agree. Everything I've read seems to suggest that advantage on a d20 roll is roughly equivalent to a +5 bonus on the check. Now sure, advantage doesn't allow you to hit a 29 AC if the best you can hit is only a 24 on a natural 20, but I don't recall any monsters lower than CR 20 with...

Yea, that's true. But I think a few factors come into play. First, a lot of players like to have more strategic options. Whether or not such options actually exist (I'm not totally convinced) they want to feel like there are ways to set up the set pieces to gain some additional advantage. Like...

So something I'm wondering is why flanking is always associated with an increase in attack bonus or adjusting the attack roll (usually via advantage). But in essence, flanking is a strategic choice the makes characters working together more dangerous. I don't think this needs to be via adjusting...

Yea, the best part is letting the players see how their very powerful former companion (current ally/patron?) changes the world with their power.

What about adding a d4 for Perception checks? This way it stacks with other abilities like a rogue's reliable talent or expertise (if you allow that to be taken with Perception). I've kinda wondered if Keen Sense was supposed to be focused more on sight, or are all of an elf's senses...

Another thing that I think could help for balancing the Dhampir's Bite Enhancement is setting a timeframe in which the bonus must be used. It does state your next attack roll or ability check, so you don't really have the ability to bank the bonus. To me it seems like you can choose whether it...

... First, a d4 or d8 plus mod as a bonus to a skill check is already doable without the Dhampir's bite. Advantage, plus guidance, plus bardic inspiration, plus certain battle master maneuvers, plus enhance ability, plus expertise, plus reliable talent... you can already get high numbers fairly...

First of all, how would one get a +50 bonus from 1d4 or 1d8 plus damage mod? If that is really a concern, then it's simple to reword the enhancement bonus to the base damage dealt. That means sneak attack, smite damage, ect wouldn't apply. I think this is probably the design intent anyways...

Huge disagree here. The number of times something can be performed absolutely matters when considering whether something is balanced. Unlimited fireball at 5th level is broken, but limiting to 2/day keeps it in line with other classes. This empowerment is similar to bless, bardic inspiration...

Are you guys reading the full ability for the Dhampir's bite? They can only empower themselves like that a number of times per day equal to their proficiency bonus. So at most, 2-6 times per day (depending on level) they get to add that to an attack or ability roll.

I would just combine the benefits while raging. A barbarian vampire that turns into a vampiric dinosaur while raging is cool. If I were DMing, while the barbarian is raging I would let them use the higher damage and combine the benefits of both bites. Regarding the modifier, I would allow the...