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This is not a post about gishes The other day in a game I play, my PC was forced in a duel vs a powerful NPC warrior. I won't bore you with the details, but I won - but I felt that perhaps I shouldn't have.1 This made me wonder "is my PC too powerful?". I have some power gamer tendencies...

Guns - how to incorporate them in a D&D game? (for clarity, this is for low tech guns - muzzleloaders, not modern metallic cartridge weapons) So far the approach has been to have them be a bit like an "extra" crossbow - even more damage, even slower rate for fire. But then people want to...

Hello (I know 5.5 is coming, but the artificer won't be updated for a while, so "tweaks" are still relevant :) ) The alchemist is by far the worse artificer subclass. It's underwhelming. I thought it needed 2 things: a) a small power boost b) an improvement to the "potions" power (the...

This is adorable :D https://rollpig.com/

I've noticed something... the "base" amount of damage/healing in D&D is 5. Cantrip is usually a d8, d10 damage - about five. A regular attack is about double that - the stat bonus is usually about +4, +5, the weapon dice is usually about a d8, d10. Aid: 5 Cure wounds: about double that...

EDIT: the term to use is not "xandering", it's JaquaySing. This is a post by her wife, and I consider it authoritative. I'm editing my first post for people who don't feel like reading the entire thread. Edit part deux: as noted by others, this story keeps changing and evolving, and I...

So a player of mine wants to design a homebrew spell that would grant tremorsense - the idea is being a spore druids, the underground fungal filaments (the hyphae) would grant her information. The problem is, I have no idea what level that should be at. Based on D&D beyond, there is one...

So A number of D&D subclasses have "pets" - the ranger beastmaster is a classic example, but there are others - the steel defender from the artificer, the drakewarden, etc. (I don't see familiars as really fitting into this, they are too "minor"). The idea behind this concept is quite sound...

Before we start, I would like to preface this by saying there is no right answer - this is a "world design" consideration, and of course different DMs will come to different conclusions. But it's still useful to talk about it. 5e has given us several means to generate "petty" casters: 1...

I was wondering, in your personal experience, what have people been playing in your games. This does not include one-shots, non-5e D&D games, non D&D rpgs, as well as 5e games played by post. Each campaign will be described in as few words as possible, starting with the GM. Several of these...

Well this is nice (I hope it wasn't posted already, perhaps my search fu isn't so great) https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/29/dungeons-and-dragons-dnd-film-satanic-panic-to-conquered-world-chris-pine

(I'm going to be using the term fighter, but also applies to a paladin and some other "warrior" concepts). There has been a lot of discussion how in 5e the shield and weapon using fighter is a bit... underwhelming... when compared to other options. This is mainly due to limited feat support...

Hello I have recently been given the opportunity to join a 5e game where we will be playing a campaign I'm very familiar with (Dungeons of Drakenheim). The reason why I'm so familiar with it is because I'm running that campaign - we are in session 16! This issue is not 5e specific (nor...

Hello I'm pretty sure that the playtest document is just the first of several. Does anyone know when the next one is coming out? Will it be for classes? Feats?

The first Drakkenheim kickstarter passed the million dollar mark, and it looks like this one will make it too. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144996758/sebastian-crowes-guide-to-drakkenheim Of note is their new apothecary class, which seems like a really cool attempt at doing the...

Well, if the Google search are to be believed... I'm not sure if I agree with the author's analysis as to why however. But it's clear that sooner or later, it had to plateau. Infinite growth is not possible.

I played a full campaign where I had a dex-build psi warrior with a duelist (sword and shield) style. I was a bit concerned that my damage output would simply pale vs the paladin (great weapon master and great sword) or ranger (sharpshooter and gunner). without the GWM feat, 2 handed style...

Hello I know it's not cool to spam blog posts, but this one is a bit different for me, so I hope you will forgive me: this is the first adventure I have ever released! Low production value, but completely free of course. Please feel free to adapt it, change the system etc, and have fun with...

Familiars are an important part of many D&D rule-sets and can be a fun and very useful addition to a party. 5e, 2nd ed and other editions had lists of "regular" familiars people could take: cat, raven, crab etc., each with their own benefit. But I have realized that these lists are all...

Magic initiate was the first "get some magic" feat, in the phb. Even then it wasn't seen as very strong - taking a subclass with magic, or a small dip, was often seen as better. But still it was a fun and useful feat, and I used it a lot as a GM to give NPCs a little magical something. Since...