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Can a Bag of Holding be opened from the inside?

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What issues will arise from a player's weird request for a backstory?

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How can Fate Accelerated be adapted to very short game time windows?

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Will a pact with a Demon change the paper trail of the Demon and mortal?

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How is Spirit of the Century different from vanilla Fate [closed]

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Is a pregnant creature considered a single entity for spells such as Banishment?

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Portable Hole vs Bag of Holding vs Handy Haversack - differences other than size/weight?

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How can I make an NPC useful without overshadowing the player characters?

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When does the soul leave the body after death?

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Do magic weapons that require attunement count as magic (for Resistances) even if you are not attuned?

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Does the Protection from Evil and Good spell give an undead disadvantage to attacking itself?

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How does one tell what's in a Bag of Holding?

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Is there a rule that allows me to fuse 2 NPCs?

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Can Sneak Attacks with Rakish Audacity be done with Ranged Attacks?

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When a solarian uses the Reflection revelation to reflect an attack, do they apply the original attacker's modifiers or their own?

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How is the bag of holding in any way preferable to a portable hole?

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If you have the War Caster feat and cast Booming Blade as a reaction, does it count as an opportunity attack for the UA Blade Mastery feat?

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Can I communicate through my familiar?

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How do the activity limitations for a long rest work in the Gritty Realism variant?

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Do multiple cases of reduced HP from Harm need to be cured individually?

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What are good guidelines and principles for designing and balancing superpower stunts in FATE Core?

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What methods exist to get your AC higher than 20 without magic items?

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Is it necessary to purchase all the D&D 5th edition books to have access to all player character options?

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Which adventure books have information pertinent to non-adventure play? [on hold]

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Do the sanity loss cap rules apply to seeing dead bodies?

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Are there any overpowered race/class combinations for the 5e campaign Curse of Strahd?

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How do I make shadows more obviously present and usable with Shadow Step, in Roll20 with pre-made maps?

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Is an Adventurers League DM allowed to adjust an encounter to max out the combat XP reward?

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Which spells improve damage infinitely with caster levels?

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How wealthy are the rich in the Forgotten Realms?

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Can the Alter Self spell simulate bioluminescence?

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Does the bard's Jack of All Trades feature make them proficient with thieves’ tools?

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Would an Antimagic Field set off a Sphere of Annihilation?

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Can a Way of Shadow monk use Shadow Step to teleport from a cape's shadow?

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What would it take for a villain to get his domain transported to Ravenloft on purpose?

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What is a “spellcaster” for the purpose of magic item attunement?

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Is there any in-text justification for limiting Reserves of Strength?

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Heavy Crossbow vs (unmodded) 5th level Eldritch Blast, which would be more reliable?

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How is XP awarded in AL for non-combat puzzles in Tomb of Annihilation?

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How powerful would an always-on Truesight ability be for a PC?

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Where is a larger creature allowed to be placed on the grid when moving into the opponent's space to maintain a grapple?

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What are the effects of Pact Magic and Spellcasting being stacked on the same character?

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As a player, how do I deal with a spotlight hog?

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Can you use the soldier's “enhanced tank” to get 1/2 off on all upgrades?

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What movement limits are there when maintaining a grapple?

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Is using the term “gypsy” in a game racist?

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