Questions tagged [dnd-5e]
For questions about Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, an RPG published in 2014 by Wizards of the Coast. D&D 5e is a heroic fantasy RPG inspired by the mechanics and settings of all previous D&D editions. It was previously code-named D&D Next during the playtest period.
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Does a hexblood have all of the stated physical properties that evidence a hag's influence?
I have a question about the appearance of hexbloods in D&D 5E. In their description, it reads:
Some who enter into bargains with hags gain their deepest wishes but eventually find themselves ...
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Do you get the benefits of Oversized Weapons with Path of Giant?
The description of the Path of the Giant barbarian's Elemental Cleaver feature (from Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants) says, in part:
Giant Stature: Your reach increases by 5 feet, and if you are ...
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Balancing a social media-themed warlock subclass in D&D5e?
For an upcoming Strixhaven campaign, I have attempted to homebrew a Warlock subclass which is centered around a social media/influencer theme. The idea is to use the social medium itself a magical ...
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Using Dual Wielding, you can do two weapon fighting with a two handed weapon held in one hand.And can the other hand be a weapon that you just drawup?
For example, in one turn, there is a Fighter that has Dual Wielding and uses Attack Action on the greatsword that was previously held. He then chose to release the one hand holding the greatsword and ...
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Is the forest gnome's "Speak With Small Beasts" feature definitively bi-directional in 5e?
Forest gnomes have the following racial feature:
Speak with Small Beasts. Through sound and gestures, you may communicate simple ideas with Small or smaller beasts.
Like many words in English, "...
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Can the Faerie Fire spell be oriented in a small space to not affect allies?
Many AOE spells use a point as their origin, and from this point, area is calculated. Faerie Fire doesn't state where spells start. Often, AOE spells are cast in rooms near walls to avoid friendly ...
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As a half-orc barbarian, how can you increase your chance of getting a critical hit? [duplicate]
I noticed that barbarians have a Brutal Critical feature, and half-orcs also have a similar trait (Savage Attacks).
As a half-orc barbarian, how can you increase your crit chance?
I'm looking for ...
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Does the Path of the Giant barbarian's Elemental Cleaver damage increase by 1d6 each attack?
The description of the Path of the Giant barbarian's Elemental Cleaver feature (from Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants) says, in part:
[...] While you wield the infused weapon during your rage, the ...
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How many Proficiencies should I have?
I playing am a Shifter (Wildhunt), Druid (Circle of the Shepherd) with a Gruul Anarch background. I am not sure how many Proficiencies I should have. Please help me get the right number.
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Is this revision of the level 2 Transmutation Wizard feature balanced? [Version 2]
This is a follow up to Is this revision of the level 2 Transmutation Wizard feature balanced?
I will soon be playing a wizard who I intend to become a transmutation wizard. However, I find the ...
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Are a Beholder's Legendary Action Eye Rays Also Bound to the "Reroll Duplicates" Rule?
This is a balancing question as I am currently in the middle of homebrewing a Beholder-esque monster and I'm trying to use the Beholder's stat block as a template for how my new monster's challenge ...
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How Artificer Works in D&D 5e [closed]
Good afternoon! I found an infusion from an artificer that allows you to improve his armor by adding +1 to his armor class.
But also one of the subclasses has a feature that sounds something like this:...
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Can you use Shapechange to regain a creature’s daily uses of an ability?
Using the spell Shapechange, one can access certain creatures with abilities that either recharge every so often (like a dragon’s breath attack), or are limited in use in a day (like an androsphinx’s ...
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What is the best way to learn 5E coming from 3.5E? [duplicate]
I have been playing 3.5E for the past 7 years. My group wants to try 5th edition. What is the best way to get started for me and my group? What are the major differences between 5E and 3.5E that we ...
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What is the damage output of a Two-Weapon Fighting Beast Barbarian(3) / Fighter (5)
My (theoretical) Path of the Beast Barbarian (lvl 3) Rune Knight Fighter (lvl 5) is already in a Rage (on a previous turn) and would like to use its claws (natural weapons) to make as many attacks as ...
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If a PC gets knocked unconscious but the attack involves a separate saving throw, when does the saving throw trigger?
It seems that when an attack involves base damage such as slashing and an extra source of damage, such as poison damage, that requires a save, both damage sources are considered to be instantaneous ...
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Is this Visions of Danger spell balanced for level 7?
So I am looking to homebrew a 7th level sorcerer spell because I am not entirely happy that the options match my characters theme.
I have seen Visions of Danger in Pathfinder 2e and have made an ...
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Fire Immunity as a racial feat
I want to give one of my players a racial feat for his custom race (basically a goliath).
The race is heavily influenced by the ifreet/efreet of Final Fantasy - and therfore it seems appropriate to ...
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Is Turn Undead still in effect when the cleric becomes unconscious or is otherwise removed from combat?
The rules seem to imply that the undead have to be within range and sight/earshot only at the beginning of the effect. Which makes sense since part of the feature is that they run away from you and ...
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At what AC does GWM become ineffective? [closed]
For the mathematically challenged (me), is there a general, simple, easy-to-remember rule of thumb for when a monster's AC is high enough that you should not use GWM because the -5 to hit becomes too ...
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Do bonus rolls, like guidance and Bardic Inspiration, affect a passive check? [duplicate]
After reading this question: Bless/Bane and their effects on Passive checks, I want to ask about the general bonus rolls to passive ability checks.
The description for passive check is:
A passive ...
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Is this revision of the level 2 Transmutation Wizard feature balanced?
I will soon be playing a wizard who I intend to become a transmutation wizard. However, I find the transmutation wizard sorely lacking in power. To remedy this, I have begun creating a revision. The ...
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How does the Way of Mercy monk's ability Physician's Touch work exactly?
On the 3rd level Way of Mercy monks receive the Hand of Healing ability:
Your mystical touch can mend wounds. As an action, you can spend 1 ki
point to touch a creature and restore a number of hit ...
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What level should this version of Warp Mind be?
I have taken this spell from Pathfinder 2e, where it is a level 7 spell (I think here are 10 levels there though), and converted it into a 5e spell.
I think it is still around the correct power level ...
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How can I best set expectations for and run a campaign in a darker setting?
Having played in multiple 5e campaigns over the past few years I've felt like a lot of campaigns have a "happy go lucky" nature about them - where my fellow players and I are playing mostly ...
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Does my Tree Ghost Totem Warrior barbarian have to choose the bear totem animal every time?
The Sword Coast Adventurers Guide (p. 122) describes a number of Uthgardt tribes for the Path of the Totem Warrior barbarian from the Player's Handbook. Saying:
The totems of the Uthgardt barbarians ...
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Book like 'Ancestry and Culture' but with a lot more races included
I remember encountering a D&D book online as a pdf, which offered rules to create characters belonging to multiple races/cultures, similar to 'Ancestry and Culture'. Unlike 'Ancestry and Culture', ...
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Is this Changeling homebrew race balanced?
The objective of this presentation is to provide a buffed yet balanced and more setting-encompassing alternative to the already introduced Changeling race.
Ability Score Increase. When determining ...
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How long does it take to set up a Hunting Trap? How does it work?
Can you affix the heavy chain to an immobile object when you use your action to set a Hunting Trap (PHB p. 152), or is it just the opening of the teeth that takes an action? The text says:
When you ...
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Can a dispelled zombie's remains be reanimated? [closed]
How the animate dead spell works in the video game Baldur's Gate 3 has me wondering:
Can I reanimate the remains of a dispelled zombie?
Does it remain a zombie (undead creature) after dispelling, and ...
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How do I calculate the damage modifier for Bloodshed Blade?
In the book Bigby Presents Glory of the Giants, Page 111 has the magic weapon Bloodshed Blade where it states the following:
"You can add your constitution modifier (minimum +1) to the damage ...
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Can a satyr benefit from magical horseshoes? [duplicate]
I have seen this question posed for centaurs with their four hooves, but what about a satyr with two? Both Horseshoes of Speed and Horseshoes of a Zephyr say:
These iron horseshoes come in a set of ...
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Is there a way to grapple as a bonus action without attacking first?
I know there are some ways to grapple as a bonus action (like with the feat Tavern Brawler and the maneuver Grappling Strike), but I was wondering if there was a way to grapple as a bonus action ...
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Is Daern’s Instant Fortress considered an extra-dimensional space?
Some context: myself, and another dungeon master were discussing Daern's instant fortress and its interactions with a bag of holding.
My stance was that the instant fortress is essentially utilizing ...
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Are there magic items that allow a character to shapeshift?
I am trying to create a character that can temporarily change its form into that of a dragon, with wings, flight, breath weapon, claws and so on -- a real dragon, even if only a small one.
Are there ...
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Is it possible for me to play as a half-dragon and if so what would my stats be?
I love dragons but I don't want to be a full dragon or a full human all the time so I want to play as a 1/2 dragon, 1/2 human but to clarify what I mean by 1/2 Dragon is human form but just add Dragon ...
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Can you wear a magic spell component?
To cast a "Hex" spell (Player's Handbook, pg. 251, Warlock 1 lvl spell), you must use an arcane focus or a component called "petrified eye of a newt". I thought it was very cool to ...
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Are all souls of equal value?
The Monster Manual's Devil entry describes how devils desire souls and enter into contracts with mortals to gain them.
To own a creature's soul is to have absolute control over that creature, and ...
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Can a creature restraining someone also be restrained?
If a PC is being “restrained” by a creature - could the restraining creature also in turn be “restrained” by a different PC / creature? And, would doing so break the initial restraint on the PC, or ...
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Can a vampire spawn turn someone else into a vampire spawn
I don’t know much about DND, but this question keeps chewing on my brain. I know a vampire can turn someone into a spawn and after that they can turn them into a true vampire. But can the spawn ...
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Can you take hand crossbows as beginning weapons as a fighter or paladin?
When you take the fighter or paladin as your starting class, you get the equipment options of "(a) a martial weapon and a shield or (b) two martial weapons"
hand and heavy crossbows are ...
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Can a devil patron grant a warlock immortality? [closed]
Are devils limited with regards the powers they give to a warlock by a pact? I want to know if a devil can grant immortality by a pact. Normally they want the souls after death.
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Can a warlock be transformed into a devil for breaking their pact?
Baldurs Gate 3 is oriented in 5th Edition. We can see in the game that a cambion transforms a human into a devil after he breaks a term of his pact. Is this possible in D&D 5th Edition? Normally ...
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Are the spell descriptions detailing movements a part of the spell's somatic component? For example with Message "you point your finger" [duplicate]
I am specifically asking this, whether Subtle Spell would eliminate all signs of casting a spell or not, as many have additional movements or actions described in them. Message needs pointing a finger ...
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Can a College of Swords bard use the Slashing Flourish option to apply a Smite spell to all creatures in range?
The description of the Wrathful Smite spell says (PHB, p. 289):
The next time you hit with a melee weapon attack during this spell's
duration, your attack deals an extra 1d6 psychic damage. ...
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What are the suggested characteristics of an Astral Drifter from the Astral Adventurer's Guide?
What are the suggested characteristics (Person, Ideals, Bonds, Flaws) of an Astral Drifter from the Astral Adventurer's Guide?
Are there any, or a suggested set from another background?
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Can Wind Wall block a Cone of Cold?
Wind Wall says: "The strong wind keeps fog, smoke, and other gases at bay."
Cone of Cold says: "A blast of cold air erupts from your hands."
Given Cold of Cold is cold air, and air ...
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For the artificer's Magical Tinkering feature, do you need to touch the object with your tool?
The artificer's Magical Tinkering feature says you need to hold the object in hand. Then touch an item to imbue it.
But can the touch be with the other hand?
Are there any other examples of this in ...
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Allowing instant kill (skipping a resolve) in a very specific situation
I faced an argument while running DnD 5e as a DM.
A player (rogue) had devised a very meticulous and well thought-of plan to assassinate an NPC - A veteran soldier with 64 hitpoints. Still just a ...
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How does the Dream Spell manipulate the target?
One of my players uses the Dream spell regularly as pretty much a visual telephone. He casts it to contact people he wants/ needs to talk to, who are otherwise unavailable due to distance. This has ...
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