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    D&D 5E (2014) Altering Drow Culture.

    The Durgar only listen to old school, twangy, "my wife left me, my dog died, and my truck is broke" country music, and that is why they feud with the rest of the dwarves who have bought into pop country music.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Find the Path. What? Why is this a 6th level spell?

    I just want to point out that the reason other than power that 6th level spells are 6th level so they won't show up on bonus spell lists. Why keep this one off bonus spell lists? Who knows, maybe the warlock's patron or whoever the paladin swore an oath to doesn't want them to take the direct...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Grung Druid requires Familiar. No previous owners.

    Slaad tadpole is tiny and seems like a good fit for the "ask your DM if you can make a deal with a tiny monster to be your familiar" optional rule. Of course, you know it will eventually infect some NPC and the adult Slaad is not going to be your familiar, but it might be your friend (be kind to...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Epic Monsters: Typhon

    Nice. I would add poison and the poisoned condition to his immunities, and maybe think about giving him a Theros-style transformation (since that setting Greek mythology-inspired).
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    D&D General [+] Racially-Discriminating Afterlife Systems

    Problems about separation are only problems if the petitioner can remember his/her past life. Alternatively, you could borrow from Tad William's Bobby Dollar series and say that being in "heaven" makes you so happy that you don't think about anything that would make you unhappy.
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    D&D General [+] Racially-Discriminating Afterlife Systems

    If I am feeling dark, all souls get chopped up into 9 pieces (based on what you did in life) and distributed to the 9 main afterlives (Mt. Celestia, Elysium, Arborea, Limbo, the Abyss, the Grey Waste, 9 Hells, Mechanus, and the Outlands). Really big pieces become powerful outsiders, but most...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Paladin and Ranger Are Backward

    I am a big fan of the ranger using something similar to warlock invocations. I suspect if I were to build the ranger from scratch, it wouldn't even have casting as a class feature (maybe a subclass would have it), but rangers could pick up bundles of once per long rest spells that don't require...
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    D&D 5E (2014) 5e Lists of Monsters, Spells, Races, Feats, Etc.

    Version 6.0j on the first page has everything from Candlekeep Mysteries and the Draconic Options UA.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Dragon themes

    I tend to think of reds as very competitive. A red wants to be the best and (more importantly) most well-known of dragons of its age in its geographical area. Reds always make sure there is at least one survivor (who knows the red's name) for any carnage they cause. In fact survivors seem to...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Epic Monsters: Seraph

    For holy rending you might want to have it inflict some kind of divine revelation that stuns the target unless a wisdom saving throw.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Revised 6E prediction thread

    I would probably power up fighting styles, make a lot more of them, but have them take concentration. Fighter's big gimmick would be Martial Secrets (they have access to all fighting styles) and they get a few more than other classes. Versatility becomes the fighter's gig. I always figured...
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    D&D 5E (2014) A different take on Alignment

    If you are going to change alignment, give everyone one strong attachment and one weak one. The strong one doesn't change, but the character might have a good/bad/anal/disorganized day without really changing anything. So the LN with evil tendencies hobgoblin will always chose respectability...
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    D&D 5E (2014) 5e Lists of Monsters, Spells, Races, Feats, Etc.

    Version 6.0i on the first page includes the folk of the feywild race options from the March 2021 UA.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Epic Monsters: Cherub

    Maybe I am reliving my childhood thinking of Man-E-Faces from MotU, but I was thinking each round one face could be dominant, and give a special attack (say pounce for lion, gore for ox, a shriek for the eagle, and sacred flames for the human.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Epic Monsters: Cherub

    Always nice to have more celestials, especially in the 6-9 CR range.
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    D&D 5E (2014) 5e Lists of Monsters, Spells, Races, Feats, Etc.

    I have added the ability scores that are increased with feats to version 6.0h on the front page.
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    D&D 5E (2014) 5e Lists of Monsters, Spells, Races, Feats, Etc.

    Sounds like a good idea. It might get added in pieces, but it should be doable.
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    D&D General What have you done with Orcs in your games?

    My premise is that a long time ago, the early gods rose up against a bunch of god monsters and imprisoned them (except for a big shark swimming in the 9 Hells and a big lizard wandering the Abyss). Orcs were created to guard the sleeping god monsters. Orcs (correctly although PC's don't know...
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    D&D General [Creative] What Are The Gods Up To These Days? AKA: Lets Make The Deity Soap Opera Tables

    This one will have to be world specific, but the most important one is Table 9: Is currently feuding with (a list of gods, demon lords, archdevils, and celestial muck-y-mucks). The cleric and the paladin need to know who they get the most brownie points for smiting.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Is there a literary or film archetype for the Ancestral Guardian barbarian or other subclasses???

    I figure the PC having to pay attention to grandpa's ghost going "watch your back boy" or "what are you doing fighting when I don't have any grandkids yet?" is what uses the reaction. :eek: I wish the "you have a variant of a concentration spell going while raging" type of barbarian subclass...
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