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There is no rule stopping it, albeit as mentioned, walking around chanting and waving your arms in the middle of a dark dungeon quiet cavern is sure to attract attention. As would casting in the middle of a crowded marketplace (where magic may even be illegal depending on setting). Likewise...

While I certainly agree with the comments that cure wounds should have a bit more "omph" to it (maybe make it 1d12 + mod or add caster mod to every level of spell? Or at the very least make it 30ft range instead of touch) to help it compete with healing word, I have a fundamental issue with your...

I like the above suggestion. Fortunately, however, the problem is more or less self-control Ling even with no changes. Keep in mind a player spending attacks to destroy enemy weapons is basically no different than doing the same to disarm them...and both actions means trading the chance to do...

The answer to this depends on a number of factors, namely the other events you choose to run in Valaki. Consider the characters of the Burgomaster and Izek, Lady Fiona Wachter and her book club, and Rictavio, all in relation to both the party and each other. Valaki has a lot of potential plot...

I do try and invest myself into any games I run or play in, and encourage the rest of the party to do the same, as they will. As a player, I tend to method act, slipping into a character and staying in their shoes for the entire session, or at least trying to. This desire goes so far as to being...

Please feel free to keep the maps coming, one can never have enough tools to implement. I sadly lack the space or funds required to "level up my games" in such a way. Sure, I could make a table myself for cheaper, but when you lack the funds to buy the tv, it's kind of a moot point. That said...

Fortunely I read ahead on places like here and realized quite quick Strahd is a squishy individual. I planned for this type of thing by doing a couple things. First, being well aware of his capabilities and making sure to swap out some spells to better suit a hit and run monster. One pet peeve...

Sorcerers of the Shore. By the gods! I now cannot help but imagine some horrible reality show involving overly shirtless and tan Pyro - sorcerers with bleach blonde (or actual fire) for hair. "Dude, it's a Sword coast thing. You wouldn't understand." :cool:

A couple of comments from what I've seen here thus far. For the original idea suggested, I don't think it would cause any sort of balance issue to use what you have suggested. However, I do feel as though Sorcerer *should* have their own spell list. The problem is that the wizard list at...

In my game I currently have a paladin of the Morning Lord who started out as an Oathbreaker and is now Oath of the Ancients (after much deliberation between all three phb oaths, I am tying his nature shift into being attuned to the megaliths near the windmill). I also have a storm cleric of Thor...

The thing to keep in mind is that their power comes at dark costs. First, accepting gifts have the chance of making your character outright evil (which may not fly with some classes like Paladin and Cleric), and they each come with drawbacks, some of which are debilitating. If you feel each...

My suggestion is to use the mob attack rules concerning autohits in the dmg guide, and have them work in squads of 4 or 8 (the number of skeletons that can swarm 1 medium creature on a grid). Give each of these "swarms" 8x the health a single skeleton should have. Then no dice even need be...

Wave. If that is too powerful an item, a Trident of Fish Command. Fits a bit less with rogue and more with the triton / seafaring setup. Also see if the DM would be willing to allow a finessable one so you can sneak attack (the trident is frankly a sub poor weapon so this isn't as big a deal as...

I do point out that the d&d 5e necromancer wizard and the death cleric have kind of swapped places in this edition. In editions past the cleric was more of the minion builder while the wizard necromancer was more about debuff and withering spells. I say withering rather than damage because...

More data is needed, as the subclasses and build for druids and bards can be radically different from each other in play. Did the paladin, druid, and bard *want* to heal any? Are the latter two caster/ranged build or melee? What sort of character ideas did you have in mind (not builds...

My immediate concerns with hiding health from the players are three things. The first is a mechanics thing, it's a lot more work on your part as a DM to keep track of player health. Second, these rules really only work if the players are comfortable giving up the agency of knowing how much...

There is another elephant in the room that you shall consider, concerning not how the checks are determined, but their frequency. In situations of extreme cold or extreme heat, for example, you have players making checks every hour. Were they to travel half a day (a typical "montage" for...

I had something two similar things occur in my group with the same player. The first was with a Tiefling Warlock, whom started as pact of the old ones and very quickly descended into madness/power hungry with the hags of old Bone grinder. She met the mother hag first in Barovia and ended up...

It is certainly a reasonable houserule, but still a houserule none-the-less. If the OP feels as strongly about the realism of throat slitting then certainly another viable option would be to let him succeed once or twice, then have the sorcerer king show up and slit this warlock's throat while...

As mentioned, having guard dogs and guards posted in/outside of rooms is standard fair for nobles. An invisible pc is not automatically hidden, and still must make stealth checks. Likewise, I assume he would have locks on his doors/windows, and any sensible lord would keep the walls of his...