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I'm working on some homebrew and I'm trying to decide how early is too early for PCs flying around. For context, I'm trying to make a Warlock pact that revolves around the Find Steed spell and I'm realizing that the paladin would have to wait until 11th level for a flying mount while a warlock...

There's been a lot of talk about AI on this board lately. I get the arguments against using AI to replace artists but it's a pretty powerful tool for world-building a home game, from custom art for every PC, to cityscapes and custom monsters. I've recently fallen down the hole of AI generated...

I'm currently playing in a campaign that's gotten to the upper teen levels. It's a sandbox style game where we have significant base in town and we adventure around the region, uncovering ancient powers and changing the local political landscape. One thing that the DM has lamented though, is...

For the sake of argument, imagine that you're a level 11 chronurgist wizard with the Arcane Abeyance class feature and a familiar that can activate + concentrate on a 4th level spell of your choice while you concentrate on your own. What 2 concentration spells you run concurrently? BONUS...

A Weakness for Weaknesses. Fighting vampires? The locals say that garlic and crosses keep them at bay. Werewolf hunting? According to the gypsies, the smell of wolfsbane repels them. An evil fey has you trapped in an unending labor? Finding out his true name strips him of his power. From...

I've been playing or running 5e pretty consistently since launch across multiple groups, stores, and states. One thing that seems pretty regular across all of those tables though, and that's the number of average combats per day. If I had to give an integer, I'd say that the average I've seen is...

Over the years there's been plenty of discussion about the effect of fly speed on games. Some DMs are fine with 1st level PCs having it right out of the gate (aarokocra, tiefling variant, etc) while others prefer it be limited in order to shut down encounter-circumventing tactics. In 4e, flight...

The 5e PHB has 9 "core" races that are assumed to be basic to D&D 5e in a general way. For the sake of discussion, let's say that you're putting out your own homebrew campaign setting and you get to choose 9 races but CANNOT include the original 3 demihumans - elf, dwarf, halfling. Your new...

When you play a character or specific character concept, do you ever recycle them in a different campaign? I just got invited to play the in first in-person game I've been part of in a couple of years and I'm struggling to think of a fresh character concept that I'm excited about. I have a...

Ravenloft was the first setting I ever played in or ran. I've been a long time fan of DnD since the early 90s but without a group I was a passive consumer of the brand/lore for a long time. In the summer of 2003 things finally came to fruition when I convinced a group of friends (with zero...

I just jumped into a RofFM campaign and, with the advent of Tasha's, I find that I have a pile of tool proficiencies. More, in fact, than I even know what to do with. The dim light of the entire storyline has given me the opportunity to run a duergar without worrying about sunlight sensitivity...

I'm about to start a campaign and I'm hyped to give Sorc/Warlock with The Genie pact a shot. At 14th level, the genie war gets Limited Wish - "As an action, you can speak your desire to your Genie’s Vessel, requesting the effect of one spell that is 6th level or lower and has a casting time of...

I just jumped into a new group today and as I was whipping up a character that would work well with the party, I found myself falling back to a build concept I had used at a different table and started thinking nostalgically about all of the characters I've made but barely played. If we go...

I'm working on my homebrew totemist class and I'm looking at just how many monsters of the monstrosity type (formerly "magical beast" in 3.x) get burrow speed and it seems, thematically, like totemists should be able to gain access from at least one of their melds. When i stopped to think about...

I've run RPGs for years now and I've always relied on typing out my session plans on the PC and printing them out before bringing them to the table. Doing so has often been a huge hassle though, with dried out ink nozzles or lack of paper. I've decided to completely reboot my DM organization...

There isn't a character in any of the games i play in or run that isn't reflavored all over the place. In fact, my group is at the point where someone comes up with a concept and the DM asks "well, what mechanics are you reskinning to do that?" Even something as straight forward like a warforged...