D&D 5e/Next [Archive] - Page 18 - Giant in the Playground Forums

Should I be mixing combat and utility options in homebrew? (1 replies)
A Fix for the Medium Armor Meta (36 replies)
Fun and interesting Paladin builds? (10 replies)
Player Help Highest bonus to damage rolls? (25 replies)
5e's best "god caster" builds? (26 replies)
Marth's Grab Range or: Maximizing a Monk's Unarmed Strike reach (10 replies)
Spellcasting takes up a huge part of the design space of full casters (53 replies)
Wrestling a Celestial: Monster recommendations? (10 replies)
Looking for an extraplanar BBEG (15 replies)
Build Luke Skywalker (22 replies)
DM Help Sorcerer Subclass Bonus Spell Lists & Questions (11 replies)
Half-caster bards? (35 replies)
Optimization Magic items for a Drakewarden Stranger? (13 replies)
Spell thematics for a bard/ hexblade (2 replies)
My kids make me so proud (6 replies)
Variant Rule: Persuade and Intimidate your PCs (Feedback Wanted) (9 replies)
Agathys Abjurer - spell selection help (3 replies)
Hexblade War Caster or Improved Pact Weapon (6 replies)
Tweaking Pact Magic (8 replies)
Cursing with no save (3 replies)
Graviturgy or illusion wizard help (2 replies)
Roleplaying dilemma (17 replies)
Rules Q&A Nature's Mantle and Dark Vision when hiding in dim light. (16 replies)
Rules Q&A Is Empowered Spell compatible with Divine Smite? (using Booming Blade) (2 replies)
Warlock dip for Bard... With a twist! (5 replies)
Some quibbles for KibblesTasty's Occultist (Witch subclass, specifically) (1 replies)
Player Help Ideas for the creation of a swarmkeeper warforged (5 replies)
Shamelessly ripping off a character from fiction? (24 replies)
DMs in the playground, would you let your players cast unsafe Wish? (35 replies)
Monte Cook - Character Arcs - experience with DnD? (6 replies)
Looking for Ideas/Advice: Kobold & Lizardfolk Two-Man Cell (8 replies)
Who should know that Flameskulls revive after 1 hour? (46 replies)
"Just refluff it LOL" - a compormise in the discussion of racial abilities. (32 replies)
Roleplaying Trickery Cleric of Shelyn RP? (8 replies)
Why do people hate Tasha’s? (1386 replies)
Damage Types and Condition Ratings & Analysis (11 replies)
DM Help Crippling injuries (2 replies)
Allowing refluffing spells to be non-magical (e.g. psionics, ki, martial techniques) (10 replies)
Rules Q&A Metamagic Question (4 replies)
Banning content vs selective approval of content: Burden of Justification (169 replies)
"Fixes" for Monk? (236 replies)
DM Help Fizban Spells as Bonus Draconic Sorcerer Spells? (18 replies)
Rules Q&A Zone of Truth + Detect Thoughts (10 replies)
Hulking out (5 replies)
Character Ideas and discussion wanted. (4 replies)
Optimization A No-Summon Druid (13 replies)
level 5 Bard build help. (10 replies)
Running a Mystery in DnD and ttrpgs (10 replies)
Strixhaven Backgrounds and Feats (79 replies)
Optimization How to best build a ranged Hexblade Swords Bard? (3 replies)
Dragon PC advice (12 replies)
How would you rank damage types? (20 replies)
DM Help A Boss fight (8 replies)
DM Help Building a BBEG (15 replies)
need help (3 replies)
DM Help What imported systems do you use? (3 replies)
Fun Uses of Shatter (6 replies)
DM Help Player interested in researching custom spell: "Locate Word" (38 replies)
Communal magic (7 replies)
Square grid? Hex grid? Why not both? (16 replies)
Player Help Min-max Death cleric (9 replies)
The Clockwork Abjurer (2 replies)
DND Tribes Game (2 replies)
Character Concepts for Next "Everything" Book (25 replies)
Sharing Familiar Senses in Combat? (7 replies)
Variable casting stats depending on Domain/Origin/Pact (1 replies)
How would you create an island? (20 replies)
Level 7 Rune Knight/ X? Multiclass to L12? (14 replies)
Cool things you have Crafted (3 replies)
Thorn Whip-Forge Cleric? (2 replies)
DM Help Dying in Wild Shape (7 replies)
Player Help Analysis-Paralysis strikes again: 18th level magical secret; what spell besides wish? (19 replies)
FFXIV 5e homebrew (3 replies)
Advice about Magic Items (8 replies)
Odd Question But.. (7 replies)
Looking for lightning Synergy (15 replies)
Have you experienced your character dying in 5e? (42 replies)
Player Help Campaign Specific Question Regarding the Echo Knight (2 replies)
Wisdom is not "wisdom," and the game needs to correct this. (102 replies)
Paladin that fits this vibe? (12 replies)
Player Help Spider Themed Divine Soul Cleric (13 replies)
How broken would it be to add all warlock spells to the druid list? (20 replies)
Wilderness "Railcrawl" Spreadsheet (5 replies)
What party roles do you actually need? (63 replies)
Help pick my class! (62 replies)
Player Help Greater Find Steed, Warding Bond, Barbarian, Peace Cleric, and Shepard Druid thoughts (0 replies)
Divine vs Arcane (119 replies)
Mando's debut to 5e (4 replies)
Need help understanding 5e power balance (12 replies)
Ideas for a challenge dungeon (5 replies)
Swapping Wisdom for Charisma for the Monk? (12 replies)
Recommendations for some homebrew Magic Items (Made from Bronze Dragon). (4 replies)
DM Help Improved Githyanki Psionics Feat (5 replies)
The "Interaction -action" (2 replies)
DM Help Extending the Treasure Tables (8 replies)
MMORPG Style Crafting System (1 replies)
Player Help Bard Magic Secret Help (1 replies)
Attrition of Resources Over Longer Time Scales (24 replies)
Another What Should I Play? Thread (23 replies)
Tips and Tricks for Rime of the Frostmaiden? (4 replies)
Suggestion for business opportunity (6 replies)
Optimization Healer feat useful or a waste? (35 replies)
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What would yo play in a group with a Moon Druid, Twilight Cleric and Chronurgy Wizard (41 replies)
DM Help Optimization Help. Are These Boons Too Unbalanced Between My Players? Opinions? (7 replies)
Optimization What are your favorite Rare magic items that DON'T grant flight? (19 replies)
Session -1 (4 replies)
Playing Gandalf (16 replies)
Magic mouth rulings (27 replies)
Player Help Spirit Guardians & Forced Movement (7 replies)
How strong is suggestion? (66 replies)
Optimization Who does debuffing better? Enchanter or Diviner Wizard? (20 replies)
Player Help Eloquence Bard/Inquistive Rogue Advice? (5 replies)
DM Help AMF double-check (5 replies)
Banishing a creature that has swallowed a PC (27 replies)
Building a City (7 replies)
What are some good non-restricted Eldritch Knight spells? (8 replies)
Why do you like Theater of the Mind? (69 replies)
DM Help Starting New Players in Planescape as All Primes - Suggestions Requested (17 replies)
Optimization The Steel Juggernaut Build (2 replies)
Non-magical Revivify with a difficult Medicine check (29 replies)
Reversing Mounted Combatant so the mount protects the rider (1 replies)
What character have you had the most fun with in combat? (50 replies)
All Feats, no ASIs, no MC challenge - Fighter edition (16 replies)
Converting Creatures to Minions, Teams and Groups (2 replies)
DM Help Did AL remove the PHB +1 rule? (28 replies)
Long Rests in Hostile Environments (Low, Medium & High) (13 replies)
Alchemists Rock! 5 Tips and...Several Ideas to Optimize Your Alchemist Artificer (44 replies)
3 builds wanted. Artillerist, Psionist, and Runeknight (1 replies)
Easy to Manage Crafting System (18 replies)
Player Help New Campaign Starting - Character Suggestions (47 replies)
Temporal Sentinel (Echo Knight / Chronurgy) Build (22 replies)
"I'm the highwayman" over the garden wall build. (4 replies)
New Survey from WotC (92 replies)
Optimization Kobold Dragon Rider: Drakewarden or Valor Bard? (8 replies)
Chromatic Dragonborn and Animated Breath (5 replies)
Do you actually *like* HP as a system? (409 replies)
What if most class features ran off of "spell slots"? (9 replies)
Is the Horizon Walker Good? (14 replies)
MC Spell Slots by Character level (2 replies)
Narrated Encounters / Rapid Encounters (1 replies)
Investigation - Clue Hunt as a Skill Challenge (2 replies)
Would adding on half casting to Rogue be overpowered? (13 replies)
Player Help Build a Moon Druid Not going to 20 (25 replies)
mid-high level boring/annoying (27 replies)
Cleric of Wealth? (13 replies)
I think Chromatic Dragonborn got it bad in Fizban’s. (13 replies)
D&D Creative Mechanic Tricks (14 replies)
Why don't high level non-casters get cool anime abilities? (311 replies)
I have been finding my gloomstalker boring in combat, any advice? (42 replies)
Wild Question - What if Longbows were Strength Based? (63 replies)
Lets built an Deathlock (24 replies)
I think I'm going to buff Aaracokra (17 replies)
Summoner Character? (35 replies)
Really Mythic Items (12 replies)
How much transparency is too much? (62 replies)
Readied attacks vs spells (131 replies)
Most Entertaining monster up to CR15? (7 replies)
My First Wilderness Session (0 replies)
Should monks lose features when wearing armor? (61 replies)
Campaign with massive buffs to spellcasters? (17 replies)
Omega Red build (2 replies)
DM Help Active Gameplay and Reliable Talent (31 replies)
DM Help Where to Place the Other Dragons? (Starter Set/Essentials Kit mash-up help) (0 replies)
Conjurer Wizard VS Shepard Druid (16 replies)
Portable hole trap (13 replies)
High-level cleric spells (20 replies)
DM Help Cantrip review Request (PEACH): may add to Wild Beyond Witchlight adventure (21 replies)
A Town Riot as a Skill Challenge (8 replies)
What's a good flavor/concept for a Mercy monk? (35 replies)
Rabbit-folk Rogue subclass & ASI / feat advice (4 replies)
How do you handle Warlock versus Patron conflicts? (33 replies)
Party Feats. (13 replies)
5e Pure caster heist character ideas? (15 replies)
What magic items would a beholder use if a beholder used magic items? (13 replies)
Van Richten's Guide Campaign Ideas (3 replies)
Exploiting Ancestral Legacy (Dhampir/Hexblood/Reborn) (3 replies)
Counterspelling Booming Blade: What happens?!? (55 replies)
Player Help To many choices: Swarmkeeper vs Drakewarden (3 replies)
Nothing to see here (43 replies)
Fizban's first impressions (181 replies)
Speeding up combat with soft time limits and initiative manipulation (18 replies)
Player Help Hexblade's Curse vs resistances (18 replies)
Limited-INT wizards (13 replies)
Roleplaying Best Class for an Orc Blade of Ilneval? (8 replies)
DM with Autism needs help: What do Lords talk about!?! (16 replies)
Anyone play an echo knight? (34 replies)
Halloween Tactical Challenge (21 replies)
Build enabling or defining items? (21 replies)
Help remaking my bard to be competent? (16 replies)
The Wall - Making an undefeatable party (28 replies)
Can a snail escape a grapple? (28 replies)
A triple-digit cantrip (6 replies)
Interrupting Combat, switching between combat and the narrative smoothly. (4 replies)
Prestidigitation. Take it early or never. (67 replies)
Cursed/Living Magic Items (10 replies)
Dragon Patron Exists (34 replies)
CR would be more useful if it were three numbers, not one (24 replies)
Aasimar Modelling Meets Legend of Dragoon (2 replies)
Character Model Anhedonia: Does Anyone Else Get This? (8 replies)
DM Help placing AoE effects (33 replies)
Martial Power: 'cause everyone else is doing it. (22 replies)
What spells would be broken if they didn't cost slots and instead took longer? (15 replies)
The problems with Melee Combat (297 replies)
DM Help Feedback on custom magic item (15 replies)
Monster AI, Intelligence Cheat Sheet? (16 replies)
Genie Warlock and Wish: Infinite Simulacrums Possible? (5 replies)
Looking for monster (6 replies)
Consequence, Courage and Karma (2 replies)
Should Barbarians get Fighting Style and Extra Attack (x2) (48 replies)
Fighting style for dual-wielding shields? (16 replies)
Fixing Exploration/Social Across Classes (7 replies)
Riding another PC, and getting a 3/4 cover "saddle" (6 replies)
Ki & Spells: Should this be allowed? (4 replies)
Optimization Need Arcane Archer Build Tips (22 replies)
How Literate are your D&D Worlds? (51 replies)
What does your personal character pantheon look like? (15 replies)
Adding tactical options to fighting syles (PEACH) (9 replies)
Optimization Steel Commanders - Artificer riding a Paladin (oh yeah, it's blitzkrieg time!) (8 replies)
Sack of ball bearings/caltrops (7 replies)
Player Help Compared to 3.5e/Pathfinder, why play a sorcerer over a wizard in 5e? (172 replies)
How can I abuse Gravity Well? (9 replies)
Question on Dungeon of the Mad Mage (13 replies)
Non-proficient saves (94 replies)
What's your favorite class? Why? (91 replies)
Player Help Rime of the Frostmaiden Class Choosing (21 replies)
Ways a magical 5e world would resemble ours instead of Midievil Europe? (23 replies)
Paladin subclass with damage reduction aura? (4 replies)
NPC Sharpshooter/Sniper (5 replies)
The Mimic, a synopsis (16 replies)
Artificer, to MC or not. (5 replies)
Optimization [5E] Swashbuckler / Genielock - Tier 3 Optimization (7 replies)
Death House at level 8 (2 replies)
DM Help Large new group help (12 replies)
Subpar but fun: Fighter Battlemaster X / Monk 1 (2 replies)
quicker combat - D20 only (27 replies)
level adjustment, story boons and ancestral magic items (27 replies)
Is Ravenloft in 5e really as bad as they say? (35 replies)
What does an artillerist artificer bring to the table? (12 replies)
Player Help Zealot damage type choice (12 replies)
To be big, or not to be big? (23 replies)
DM Help One shot where players will have legendary actions - how big of a mess will this be?! (5 replies)
The real High Level Adventure was the Friends we made along the way (39 replies)
Are there creatures in the books that mess with you in your dreams? (9 replies)
DM Help How does the Exploration Pillar work? (89 replies)
Frenzy alternative: frenzy costs hit dice? (33 replies)
Can a Druid become an "Archlich"? (45 replies)
Did we grapple wrong? (21 replies)
Some curse of strahd homebrew (0 replies)
Rolling the combat feats into specific classes (4 replies)