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  1. Tessarael

    Level Up (A5E) A5E ways of improving travel speed

    In A5E, what are the ways to improve your travel speed? Does a faster mount or faster movement speed improve your travel pace, or not? From the A5E Trials and Treasure rules on page 54, it does, but only for one hour. With a mount at gallop pace, you travel 8 miles in that one hour, but that's...
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    D&D General Unseelie Court members

    I have been hunting for a comprehensive list of members of the Unseelie Court, but I have found none. So, I put together my own. I am posting this here for feedback, thoughts, and suggestions for any candidates that I have missed. This list is for a Forgotten Realms Underdark setting with...
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    D&D General Can animal companions, familiars, mounts, spend HD on short rest to recover HP?

    Do animal companions, familiars, mounts, etc., short rest and have the ability to spend hit dice and recover hit points along with the rest of the party? Searching the web, I see mixed answers about this, and no definitive ruling. I do not see anything in Sage Advice. Is there any definitive...
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    Level Up (A5E) Rare variants of spells that don't have them

    I have been looking for a wider variety of rare spells for A5E. It would be great if folks in the community could share what they have come with. And as a fun exercise, we could come up with some variants in this thread. I have some suggestions for rare variants of A5E spells, that don't...
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    Level Up (A5E) Find Steed 4th level spell slot options

    Looking at the A5E spell Find Steed, it would be great if there were some additional non-fiendish options when using a 4th level spell slot. Serathiel’s Find Fiendish Steed has these options for the rare variant of the spell, when using a 4th level spell slot. CR 3 Hell Hound CR 3 Nightmare...
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    Level Up (A5E) A5E beasts and plants mostly don't have save proficiency

    Scanning through A5E Beasts and Plants up to CR 6, almost none of them have saving throw proficiencies in A5E. (I'm ignoring unique creatures therein.) This is consistent with D&D 2014. I assume this is designer intent. Notably, D&D 2024 does have quite a few with saving throw proficiency. For...
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    Level Up (A5E) What should the first Adept/Druid synergy feat give?

    I have been thinking about a multi-classed Adept/Druid build and what the first synergy feat would be for it. Maybe something along these lines: Force of Nature feat Prerequisites: Adept level 3+ and Druid level 3+ Your Adept and Druid levels stack for Martial Arts die progression. Example...
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    Level Up (A5E) Spell or feat for A5E Druids to shift/resize gear for use in wild shape

    Per the rules for Druid's wild shape on page 172 of the A5E Adventurer's Guide, "Any equipment you are wearing or wielding merges into your new form. Equipment that merges with your form has no effect until you leave the form." Whereas 5E and D&D 2024 permit use of some equipment when wild...
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    Level Up (A5E) A5E Druid wild shape change - equipment worn/wielded always merges

    Reading through A5E, 5E, and D&D 2024 carefully, I noticed the following difference between A5E vs. 5E and D&D 2024: In A5E, "Any equipment you are wearing or wielding merges into your new form. Equipment that merges with your form has no effect until you leave the form." 5E and D&D 2024 both...
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    D&D General Conjure Animals 2024 - moving it & when does damage occur?

    How do you handle the 2024 version of the Conjure Animals spell when it comes to moving the pack? Specific questions on this below. 1. The pack is intangible. So can other creatures move into its area? I presume so. 2. The pack is size Large and appears in an unoccupied space within the 60'...
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    Level Up (A5E) Druid Skinchanger AC 22 with shield +1 when wild shaped at level 8

    I observed that the Druid Skinchanger archetype with Wisdom modifier to wildshape AC can achieve high armor class when in a form like say a Dire Ape, Myconid, or Vegepygmy that can use a shield. Specifically, at level 8 with Wisdom 20 to +5 Wisdom modifier to AC, and base Druid wildshape AC of...
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    D&D General What items can what types of familiar or animal companion use?

    Which familiars or animal companions would you allow to throw a Magic Stone? For a monkey, ape, or other creatures with prehensile capability it seems fairly reasonable. Possible also perhaps for an octopus with their tentacles, or an elephant with a prehensile trunk. What about say for a tiger...
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    Level Up (A5E) What Druid wild shape forms would you allow to throw Seed Bombs? Or use an object?

    The A5E Druid can cast spells in wild shape form, if the spell is range self or touch. The Seed Bomb spell has range touch, so can be cast in wild shape form. Having cast it, you have 4 seeds that can be thrown 60' one-at-a-time as an action. So which Druid wild shape forms can actually throw...
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    Level Up (A5E) Crystalpunk classes in A5E

    Has anyone else looked at converting the two Crystalpunk classes over to A5E? I have some suggestions for converting the Evolutionist and Soulshaper to A5E, per below. Evolutionist suggestion: Hotwired archetype with Combat Maneuvers Mechanically, the Evolutionist class' damage output looks...
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    Level Up (A5E) Wild shaped Druid: do you lose all Heritage benefits, or only physical ones?

    On page 172 of LUA5E, it states "You can’t utilize any features gained from your heritage or heritage gift while in a wild shape." Does this mean, for example, that a Dwarf's Tough train of +1 HP/level does not apply while wild shaped? I assume that your HP should not change. Does a Gnome...
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    Level Up (A5E) CR 1 beast and plant shapes for a Druid Skinchanger

    I put together a summary of CR 1 beast and plant forms for Druid wild shapes. I thought that some folks might find this useful, so posting it here. I have omitted some of the worse options and some weirder and over-powered options. For example, the Squashling should be a monstrosity. I have...
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    Level Up (A5E) Druids, Great Clubs weapon proficiency or not, and the Shillelagh cantrip

    The A5E Druid class lists clubs as a weapon proficiency. I first read that as implying that they are proficient in both Club and Great Club. Likewise, the Shillelagh cantrip specifies club or quarterstaff. Further searching around on the web suggests that this specifically means "club", and not...
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    Level Up (A5E) What would you do to simplify A5E and/or speed up combat?

    Hi folks, what would you do to simplify A5E and/or speed up combat? I very much enjoy A5E, but there are some things that players forget, which slow down combat, or complicate representing a character in a virtual table top like Fantasy Grounds. So in that context, are there any changes that...
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    Level Up (A5E) Multiclassing Voidrunner's Codex classes - any rules for this?

    I'm looking through the Voidrunner's Codex, and I don't see any rules on multiclassing for the Voidrunner's Codex classes. Are there any rules for doing so? If not, should be fairly straightforward to put some together. On a side note, I just got the Voidrunner's Codex (thank you Morrus and...
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    Level Up (A5E) Attacking with a shield uses improvised weapon proficiency

    Attacking with a shield uses what proficiency in A5E? It's a little surprising to me that shield proficiency wouldn't apply. Per LUA5E page 317, "When it is used to attack, a shield is treated as an improvised weaponthat deals 1d4 bludgeoning damage." Additionally, if it is a light shield...
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