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So, 5e was not designed with buying magic items in mind. And there is good in that. Magic items are special and gold can be used elsewhere. But buying magic items is fun and is part of most stories with these sorts of fantasy worlds. So what do. 1. Consumables cost too much. 2. Permanent items...

Thanks to someone (@Oofta ?) for the text list of the 2024 DMG magic items I have put together random item tables. These are not equally random. I made some decisions of which items I want to see more of and I removed the cursed items. I thought others might get some benefit from it. At the...

Here is a list of multiclass concepts that can be realized using single classes in 2024. Subclasses largely make this possible. Not included are backgrounds and feats which further allow blending of themes. I am not considering mechanical combos in this list. This is about being able to play a...

I love the design of the species but I think a few miss the mark. Here are some tweaks I've made for the ones I was dissatisfied with. As you will see I love Gnomes and was most disappointed with them. You may notice that these all add to the abilities (with the exception of Rock Gnome which...

I like the direction they went with species. I think all of them are powerful enough that I don't want to split hairs on which ones are stronger. Instead I want to rank them by how well they are designed. I'm weighting how well their mechanics result in unique expression in the game most...

A player in my game would like to play a Bard using this mini. I'm coming up with a fire dancing subclass to make it work. I've stolen ideas from others but making tweaks to try to find the right balance. We won't be playing to 14th level so I'm not worrying about that. Also no multiclassing...

When you play 'stupid' characters are you are saying that there are stupid people and then you are imitating those people. The idea of 'stupid' and 'smart' is rooted in ableism. Don't use stats as an excuse. Having an 8 Int means (basically) that the character is slightly worse at memorizing...

Abilities that charm tend to assume that the party is not in combat and often give provisions (usually penalties) for what happens if they are cast in combat. They are also things that other creatures typically don't want to have happen to them. If a player says "I cast Fireball" we roll...

How do you handle this narratively? I'm talking about creatures like ghosts and fire elementals. In my games I describe it as the creatures having a sort of energy core that can be disrupted. Visually I think of the creatures that are fought at the end of season 3 of Legion.

I want to have a fun fishing competition with a prize of a magic item. The story is that the town is starving and they want to encourage people to fish so they're offering up a precious item. I don't want this to take a lot of table time. I'd like dice to resolve it (unless the players do...

In the recent Unearthed Arcana there is a Chef feat. I once had a character who was a chef and I represented that with the Inspiring Leader feat. Instead of a speech they prepared food which was much better than would be expected when on the road. So how do they stack up against each other...

Here's a quick tier list I put together of 1st level spells. A player asks me my thoughts on a spell: 'Yeah that's a great spell' - S Tier 'Yeah that spell is pretty good' - A Tier 'That spell is a decent choice you should be satisfied with it' - B Tier 'That spell could be good but I advise...

I'm currently running PotA. The party explored the air dungeon/temple but retreated before confronting the prophet. They are planning to go back next session. What are some new challenges they could face?

Since the other thread is about discussion regarding what changes to make to Concentration and what other houserules can be made to spell to make them better I thought I would make one with an actual list that can be discussed. This is only for the houserule of removing Concentration from some...

I was inspired by the polls on representations of classes in media. The Marvel movies are the peak of geek pop culture right now. What better way to explain the D&D classes to someone using them. Here is my take of which character best fits each class. Artificer: Iron Man Barbarian: Hulk...

Editing the OP to present the finalized rules. I have revised Xanathar's Downtime rules. Keep in mind these rules are designed to be used with limited downtime. All of the activities are overpowered if the PCs have a lot of downtime available to them. In my games I like to have 1 week of...

I've seen a trend of people brushing off abilities which make mundane attacks magical. This must be because in their games magic weapons are plentiful. Even when people bring up that 5e monster balance is designed without magic items assumed, people still say that this cannot be the case...

Stopped at "when I fight"

When people have trouble understanding 5e I compare it to an action movie. There should be tension in all things 'on camera', that is, what is happening at the table. The 2 areas I see many people (mostly people from 3e/4e) have issues understanding are skills and rests. I think they are...

So, Intelligence. I think it is fine where it is. It could use a bit more application than it does (eg. Warlock should use it to even out the casting stats among the classes). It's okay, but a small boost wouldn't imbalance it. Let's talk about Spell Scrolls. Here's the thing, they're fairly...