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Started going through Undermountain and am noticing errors. SPOILERS GALORE!! Level 1: The map has a room 6e but there is no description of it. Level 1: Room 6a mentions creatures in 6b reacting to noise. There are no creatures in 6b. Perhaps they meant 6d? Level 1: In room 37 near the top...

Could someone check my "math"? In Volo's Guide, the Blackguard in the NPC stats section does 1d6+2 damage with a shortbow. This seems wrong to me. I think it should be 1d6+0. Can anyone tell me if I am wrong and, if so, why? Thanks.

Does anyone have copies of the online magazine Knowledge Arcana, put out by WOTC back in around 2004? I am asking because I wrote an article for issue #2 and I'd like a copy of it (my copy died on an old computer). I can't find the magazine anywhere on the internet.

I was designing a kobold lair for my campaign when I noticed that Kobold Dragonshields have a speed of 20 ft., while every other kobold in Volo's or the MM have a speed of 30 ft. Is this a typo, or is there some obvious and logical reason for the slower speed that I am missing? I am happy to...

In going over the stat blocks for NPCs in the Monster Manual and Volos' Guide to Monsters, I noticed a lot of niggling errors. Here is my list of those found and the corrections involved. Sure wish WOTC would do a better job of proofing their stuff. It got really bad in 3.5 and I was hoping...

So a 14th level transmuter can restore 3d10 years to anyone at no cost. Once per day. At no cost. Did I mention at no cost whatsoever? Does anyone see this as a problem in a campaign setting? How do you ever meet a wizard or noble who is not walking around looking like a 20 year old? Once per...

It has occurred to me that in 5th edition, a paradigm shift has occurred with regard to what was once the pinnacle of the cleric's abilities...raising of the dead. Transmuters of 14th level can now raise dead once per day. This doesn't supplant the cleric, but it basically makes the transmuter...

A great many magic items in 5e reset their charges at dawn. What, exactly does that mean? Most campaign worlds, even if they are flat, have a sun that moves across the sky (or a planet that spins on its axis). That means different time zones...and different dawns. Not a problem until you get...

As an aspiring DMs Guild adventure writer, I have been paying much closer attention to stat blocks in the Monster Manual. Can someone tell me how the attack bonuses for ghouls and ghasts were calculated? Specifically, why is the bite attack 2 less than the claw attack? As best I can figure out...

How do people handle the Shield spell? I have two distinct questions about it. First, you cast it as a reaction, of course. But at what precise point? In other words, if a PC wizard has the Shield spell, does the DM just say the attack hits or misses and leaves it up to the player to guess if...

I get the game play reason for Legendary Actions in 5e. I really do. It is to allow a solo creature to take on a party of PCs. But one of the things I most despised about 4e was how the world was meant to explain the game mechanics rather than the game mechanics explaining the world...

Is the intent of the 5e skill system to basically allow retries on a failure? I am not talking about a retry if you fail to persuade someone. I am talking specifically about: 1. Lockpicking. The DCs are so low that it wouldn't take even someone not proficient in thieves' tools and with a 12 Dex...