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Wait, 0.7% of characters have a boomerang. Where is that weapon coming from? Because I want one.

I'd recommend putting all 4 levels into ranger and keep going at least until extra attack. It's a big power boost that you'd be missing out on otherwise. And at level 4 you're past the rough early levels of ranger since you'll have your fighting style, spells and archetype. For fighting style...

I disagree. I'm glad they set the book during the second block. Ravnica is a much more interesting place before it is invaded and destroyed by a Mary Sue villain. (Also wow, I now understand fans of old versions Greyhawk/Dark Sun/Forgotten Realms)

In the games I'm in it's been ruled that the caster cannot end effects early if they lack concentration and the spell makes no mention of being able to end it early. Since I've never played a game past level 10 this hasn't affected much. The only time it's come up is with grease, where if we...

The latest Magic: The Gathering set takes place on Ravnica which with the release of the Guildmaster's Guide is now eligible for DM's Guild. The latest set covers a large story event where a metric tonne of planeswalkers are all converging to have themselves a big old war. While the story takes...

In general I don't stat out NPCs that I never expect to engage in combat. I've never seen the need to make a roll to see if the local blacksmith can do his work for the day. It's his job so he can do it. If the players approach him wanting something done then I as the DM just determine if it is...

Succubi/incubi can travel to the ethereal as an action. I had a succubus use this to tail the party for a good portion of the early levels.

I think box text is useful when it's well written, that is it actually describes all the pertinent information about the current room or situation. I've encountered some adventures where the text will describe in great detail some things in the room but then make no mention of other things that...

The vast majority of spells that make the top 10 are first level. Probably because there are a significant number of low level characters that simply don't have the higher level spells. It would be interested in seeing further breakdown for each spell level for each class.

Most of the good ones have been mentioned but I'd also like to throw Expeditious Retreat into the ring. Extra mobility is great, you get to use it the turn you cast it and it's even a bonus action to cast so you can still do stuff on your turn. Especially useful on melee focused builds that...

4th Edition? :p

I'm not a big fan of the solutions that add flat bonuses to hit or damage given the overall flat math of the edition. A suitable compromise might be to leave the feat as it be but also give one of the weapon based fighting styles: Dueling, Two-Weapon Fighting, Great Weapon Fighting or Archery...

The general rules for spells state that spells of the same name do not have their effects combine, only the highest level effect applies. As there is nothing in the contagion spell specifying it can stack the answer would be no.

I played a wizard in Out of the Abyss which features plenty of random encounters with demons, most of which have magic resistance. Here are some of the things I was able to do: - Buffs. Help boost the party members that are most effective at contributing to the fight. Or if you're like me and...

I like it. You said your player wanted a just a bit of information so you don't have to write a novel or anything. You have some core tenets to follow as well as strong imagery of bodies relating to how the entire world is this thing's body. The philosophy behind the thing is still somewhat...

Is that 60ft fly speed supposed to be a swim speed? Otherwise I am more confused than if I had got hit by the confusion ability.

So designing for your specifications of an aoe debuff without concentration you're filling a desirable niche that no other spells really fill which will automatically make the results a competitive pick. Some people think that homebrew should err on the side of under powered as the cost of...

Well clearly the night hag and the goblin should both get the benefits of the wedding effect of the ceremony spell. As a serious suggestion you could treat the marriage as a kind of geas like effect. The goblin could magically feel compelled to honour his duty as a husband to help carry out the...

I recently had a sequence in my game where the party was on a sand sailing ship and on their way to the City of the Dead their ship was attacked by various undead creatures culminating in them being chased by a giant bone serpent. Because the goal was to break through the blockade and not truly...

I think this change makes the feat much more circumstantial. It's either strictly better or strictly worse than increasing your Con score depending on whether your current Con is even or odd. That's generally not great for balance as it can noticeably penalize you for not using an optimal...