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General Impressions: I've read the thing cover to cover now. The highlight of the book is the layout and user experience (best of any PHB I ever read), and the art (fantastic). The core philosophy of the book seems to be filtering more things through key words and named actions, like Influence...

There's been some debate about the Hide action and the Invisible condition. Basically, when you succeed on a DC 15 stealth check in three-quarters cover or heavily obscured, you get the Invisible condition. The text states that it ends when you make a sound louder than a whisper, an enemy finds...

This seems to be an entirely new spell. 8th level enchantment: Target makes an INT save, taking 10d12 psychic damage, and it can't cast spells or use the Magic action. It can repeat the saving throw at the END OF EVERY 30 DAYS. It can be ended by Greater Restoration, Heal, or Wish. Half damage...

Hey folks, I'm sitting here in a stadium in Indiana with a little time to kill. AMA about anything you want to know, and I will look it up! Also, yes, we have an index!

Hello! Is anyone here interested in watching an actual play show with seven weirdos and a goat? The Shifting Realms is a gritty, dark fantasy (but also funny) campaign set in a world that has seen better days. Check out our premier tonight at 7:00 on YouTube!

On May 6, Wotc said it would release SRD 5.2. It's the closest thing we have to an "edition" name from WotC, so why don't we just call it 5.2 and rest? https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1717-2024-core-rulebooks-to-expand-the-srd

I like it! Exclusive: D&D Dungeon Master's Guide alt cover channels every DM's inner schemer'

Including all alt covers. I'm just curious! I think my favorite might actually be the new PHB alt cover that was just announced.

I'm reading the magazine feature, and they've mentioned the following bits included in the 2024 PHB: Aasimar included as a playable species. "A new section with tools with specific actions connected to each and a newly expanded item crafting section, including rules for spell scrolls and...

Seeing all the talk about bringing Fighters up to snuff with casters got me thinkin'. So I whipped up a Revised Fighter, using mostly elements we already have from UA 7, and a few high-level abilities I invented. I haven't done the math, but I think it puts it up to snuff with casters. (Meaning...

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I noticed that the subclasses choices for Spellcasters in the 2024 PHB follow certain patterns and themes, and that may explain some of the odd choices. Druid is obvious: Land, Sea, Moon, and Stars. Clockwork Soul sorcery is the counterpoint to Wild Magic sorcery--chaos and order (probably why...

I'm very happy with this new Druid. Circle of the Sea is sick.

Though I do not like the templates very much, I agree that needing to refer to the monster manual is a chore. Here is my take on how they could fix Druid's Wildshape: "At level one, your connection to nature allows to change into beasts, or wildshapes. As an action, you can transform into a...

It makes sense to me at least. There are many different stories to tell and ways to explain it. Here are two that come immediately to mind. 1. You made a pact at level one with your patron, but they have only given you a small measure of power to test your mettle. By reaching 3rd, you have...

Anyone else think it's weird? To have literally zero online activity on the day a big product releases...things must be dire in the company right now.

Hello, community. Like many of you, I am a nerd. I am also a lawyer. With all the OGL controversy, I have been seeing a lot of claims on the internet, here and elsewhere, about what the OGL is and how it interacts with third party content and copyright law. Many of these claims are, in my...