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I suspect that the reason Polearm Master doesn't make it into the top 3 of Fighters and Barbarians is that the characters that took it also take Great Weapon Master. But because Great Weapon Master is also viable on weapons that are not polearms it eclipses it in popularity here. My best guess...

As a tie in product they wanted to include a mini of the actual villain from the show. I also wouldn't be surprised if in the adventure the monster is also more based on the show's creature rather than the real Prince of Demons. #NotMyDemogorgon

Quick google search would suggest that it is The Shadowfell: Gloomwrought and Beyond. Thanks for the heads up. This should prove to be a useful resource as my campaign setting is based on the Dawn War cosmology.

My party is heading for the Shadowfell soon and I'm not quite sure what types of encounters to use and if the environment itself will offer any difficulties. Does Riddle of the Ravenqueen have any generic Shadowfell lore/rules to steal? It has good ratings on DMs Guild so I may pick it up and...

As a new monster it doesn't have iconic status, but I'd like to throw the oblex from MtoF into the ring. With its ability to impersonate anyone that it has assimilated it has a lot of cool story potential. You could set it up antagonizing a village or even have some of the residents in on it to...

This is also how I felt about taking Hold Person. It's a very powerful spell, but only in the situations where it works. Judging from opinions around the internet a lot of people play homebrew adventures that feature a ton of humanoids. But when I was playing Out of the Abyss where many...

If you're looking to get access to as many non-druid spells as possible underdark is the way to go. You mentioned building for 5th level and at that point all of the underdark spells granted are spells you wouldn't normally be able to cast. I also have a soft spot for it since Web is one of my...

Some fiddly stuff that I have to look up just about every time they come up: -The formula for how far/high a character can jump based on their strength -The formula for carrying capacity (annoyingly the Roll20 character sheets will calculate current weight total but do not show the maximum)...

A good way to differentiate the tribes could be to have them value different traits based on the primary way that tribe survives the harsh environment: Survival method: trapping small to mid sized game Values: Cunning and planning. By extension this tribe seeks victory without ever directly...

I'll give that variant human opinions are controversial. But I think most people would agree that the standard human is pretty boring. Not even under powered. Just boring.

Nonvariant human race is very lackluster and variant human is banned in most games I've seen as some of the feat are a bit too much to get at level 1. I like playing human characters so I wish a happy medium existed.

Unseen Handyman: It would be like unseen servant except the entity is skilled enough to make repairs and make improvements around the house. Also put me down for wanting Unseen Servant in real life as well. Verify Info: A divination spell that confirms or denies if any piece of information is...

I used to be of the opinion that the wizard was a far superior version of the sorcerer and then I played a divine soul sorcerer for a couple of one shots. The sorcerer gets some great power plays with metamagic, in particular twinned spell that I had chosen most of my spells to synergize with...

A magic item that grants the user the ability to use the Nothic's weird insight ability a set number of times per day could be flavourful and fun. Since you as the DM dictate what the fact learned is you get to control how powerful it is. If you're feeling a bit chaotic you can vastly vary the...

Because the fighter is somewhat supposed to be a blank slate for flavour, I think that deciding what exactly the fighter should be good at outside combat is a nontrivial exercise. I also think that no matter what direction you go in someone will inevitably disagree with you on if what you came...

The hydra gets 1 attack per head it has. Consider a party that farms heads by dealing damage to it to remove heads, then letting it regrow heads and then finally healing up to full before heading into combat. You could probably pretty easily get 10 attacks a turn considering it starts with 5...

This sounds neat. This product didn't really pique my interest but hearing how well thought out it seems I'll probably pick it up for reading over the holidays. My current group has established an organization of sorts to help the disenfranchised refugees living in the main city. It hasn't been...

I don't think twinned spell would work with the conjure spells as twinned spell states "... you can spend a number of sorcery points equal to the spell's level to target a second creature in range with the same spell." Conjuring a creature isn't targeting a creature within range of the spell its...

You might have to get a bit creative in refluffing spells to get thematic shadow effects. Illusion spells like invisibility or Major Image could be shaping shadows to fool the perceptions of others. Fear could be revealing the horrors that lurk in the dark. Most damage spells that deal necrotic...

4 out of 5 rating for Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica The book gives an in depth dive into each of the ten guilds which are really the lifeblood of the setting. Along with new mechanics in backgrounds, new subclasses, new monsters and new magic items the book plants plenty of seeds to inspire...