Questions tagged [homebrew]
For questions about homebrewing new rules content for an existing system, this tag should be used when locally-created, non-published content is at the heart of the question. (Note that soliciting ideas for creating homebrew is off topic for the site.) Not to be confused with the [house-rules] tag. ...
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Is this homebrew Skill Monkey class balanced? [on hold]
Is this homebrew Skill Monkey class balanced?
Skill Monkey
Class Features
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per Skill Monkey level
Hit Points at Level 1: 8 + your Constitution modifier
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When making a campaign, how liberal can you get with “homebrewing” in 5e? [on hold]
Unsure how far to go.
If you want to make your campaign really interesting, how far can you go in making new monsters, artifacts, and such?
Essentially, should you be able to create entire new ...
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Is this homebrew Dryad Sapling race (including its subraces) balanced compared to the official published races? (version 2)
I've done my best to address the concerns from the answers to my original question about my homebrew dryad sapling race. How does this look?
What I'm looking for is whether this is balanced vs the ...
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Is this homebrew Dryad Sapling race (including its subraces) balanced compared to the official published races?
This race is part of a conversion of a race I built for a 3.5e campaign years ago, and I want to start a new campaign in the same setting, so I need to have the same races available for the new ...
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Homebrew Cryomancers? [closed]
So I was thinking of making a cryomancer for the next campaign I am in and as I was looking through all the spells I noticed that there weren't enough ice/water spells to create a fully focused ...
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Is this homebrew magic item balanced for a level 5 party?
I made a weapon to give to my party at level 5. Is this overpowered to give (one) to a level 5 party of 4 characters?
The Halting Rod
Uncommon (unique), 2 lbs.
2d4 force damage
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Is this homebrew archetype for Artificer balanced? [closed]
Here's the homebrew Artificer archetype I have created. It is a subclass for the artificer class from Unearthed Arcana: Artificer.
Note: The link contains the most recent iteration. The archetype ...
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Is a class using strength as their spellcasting stat OP? [closed]
Trying my hand at making a homebrew class, and thought about making the spellcasting stat Strength, would that be OP? For reference, this class is kinda like a sorcerer but is more martial, combat-...
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Is this social reputation point system balanced?
I am planning a "Houses and Humans" or "Suburbs and SUVs" one-shot (yes, based on the meme, title-pending) for later this year using the "Roll for Shoes" system, but the systems isn't terribly ...
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Is this homebrew Dartmaster class balanced compared to the other PHB classes? [closed]
Is this homebrew Dartmaster class balanced compared to the other classes in the PHB?
Hit Dice
Hit die: 1d10 per dartmaster level
Hit points at 1st level: 1d10 + your Constitution modifier
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How should this homebrew class be rebalanced? [closed]
A friend of mine will be hosting a game soon. Another friend of ours wishes to play a homebrew class he made up, as he was unsatisfied with the way 5e had no suitable (in his opinion) ways to do ...
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What damage type vulnerability makes sense for disease-based Zombies rather than being undead? [closed]
I am running a campaign with a disease that makes humanoids become mindless zombie-esque creatures. However they are not undead: they can be cured and returned to their original selves.
In the MM ...
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Is this homebrew feat allowing casters to convert hp to spell slots balanced?
Is this feat balanced?
Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one spell.
You can sacrifice hit points to regain spell slots.
When you cast a spell slot created by this, roll 1d20. ...
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What effect will allowing Spell Storing on Arrows/Bolt have?
Context
I'm currently running a homebrew pathfinder campaign. The players are in the middle of adventure called "Mako's Missing Tome". Mako is a powerful wizard that the PCs owed a favour. ...
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Is this custom darkness spell unbalanced?
As written, the darkness spell is a 2nd-level spell that last 10 minutes, requires concentration, impacts a 15' radius, and cannot be seen through even with darkvision.
As written, the daylight spell ...
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Is this homebrew Olympian race (including its subraces) balanced compared to the official published races?
Is this homebrew 5e race (including its subraces) balanced compared to the official published races?
Olympian
Size: Medium
Speed: 30 feet
You gain proficiency in death saving throws.
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Pricing a homebrew magical item allowing the use of a random spell
Most of my players are magic users, so I created a homebrew wondrous magic item that I hope they will find slightly useful and mostly enjoyable for many game sessions to come (they are mostly level 6 ...
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Is this homebrew abjuration artifact balanced? [closed]
My players are currently level 9 as part of a campaign that I anticipate extending to somewhere between 18-20. The overall world is between low to medium magic. For context, the most powerful magic ...
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How balanced are these feats that grant a specific 3rd-level spell to spellcasters?
I want to create some new feats that grant a single cantrip and a 3rd-level spell. The feats will have the prerequisite that the PC must be a spellcaster with access to 3rd-level spells already, and ...
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Would moving Hex Warrior’s benefits for pact weapons to Pact of the Blade itself improve balance?
As described in my answer to another question, the Hex Warrior feature offered by the warlock’s Hexblade patron offers a kind-of-counter-intuitive upgrade to Pact of the Blade:
If you later gain ...
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Are these homebrew feats balanced with the official feats? [closed]
Are the following homebrew feats balanced with the official feats?
Dart Master
You gain proficiency in darts, if you do not already have proficiency.
You have a +1 bonus on any attack ...
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Is this Onyx Spear homebrew magic weapon overpowered for a low-level (3-5) character?
I'm building a unique weapon that can be looted off a boss creature in a very early portion of my campaign (expected for characters level 3-5), and I want to ensure that I can fairly hand it out to ...
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Is this homebrew Liscem race balanced compared to the official races? [closed]
Are this homebrew Liscem race and its subraces balanced compared to the official races?
Liscem
Alignment: Liscem tend towards Chaotic.
Type: Humanoid.
Size: Small.
Ability score improvement: Your ...
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How can I have a Giant Spider cocoon a PC in web? [closed]
Giant Spiders have an ability to restrain their prey. I'm adding a custom ability (for the sake of the storyline) to wrap a player in web cocoon. Part of the storyline during the battle with the ...
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Are there any major balance issues with Sorcerers having access to these non-sorcerer spells?
So, as a follow-up to this question about giving extra spells to sorcerers, inspired by the second half of András' answer to that question, some of the spells I have chosen are from other spell lists. ...
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Would giving Sorcerer archetypes extra “spells known” unbalance them?
Sorcerers don't have many spells. If I compare them to other full casters (I'm not including Warlocks in this because they work entirely differently), namely Bards, Clerics, Druids and Wizards, then ...
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Would giving PHB Ranger archetypes extra “spells known” unbalance them?
There are two ranger archetypes in the PHB; the Hunter and the Beastmaster. There are three ranger archetypes in Xanathar's Guide to Everything; the Gloom Stalker, Horizon Walker and Monster Slayer. ...
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What level should a spell that lets a character briefly attune to an extra item be?
I am considering adding a homebrew spell to a game I DM. Here is the exact wording I intend to use:
Superior Attunement
8th level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
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Would a PC temporarily changing their own creature type cause complications?
I'm working on a homebrew class that, as one of its features, changes type between Humanoid and another (Aberration, Monstrosity, Fiend depending on subclass). Are there any strange interactions of ...
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Is this Hexblade homebrew weapon balanced? [closed]
I came up with the idea for a weapon for my Hexblade Warlock and I was wondering if it is balanced. as I look at it now it seems a bit under-powered and I would use it mostly for flavor.
My reasoning ...
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Is this modification of the Vicious Mockery cantrip overpowered?
New DM here. One of my players wants to be able to cast vicious mockery without doing damage (because his character became a pacifist after death and resurrection). I'm considering allowing him to ...
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How unbalanced would a feat that allowed access to other spell lists be?
Background
There are times where I feel like a certain spell would very much suit a certain character or concept, but because it's not on that classes' spell list, they can't have it.
The classic ...
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Is this Homebrew “Boggart” balanced? [closed]
I wanted to put a Boggart into my 5e game, similar to a Boggart from the Harry Potter franchise. For those who don't know, it's a magical shape-shifting creature that can transform into the worst fear ...
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What are the impacts of changing a Ranger's spellcasting ability?
Background
As a follow up to this question: What are the impacts of allowing Rangers to cast Arcane spells?
If we assume that my DM is fine with letting the Ranger use the Wizard spell list instead ...
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What would a Shadow Pseudodragon's CR increase to?
I want to create a shadow version of the Pseudodragon for a Pact of the Chain warlock's familiar, and wanted to know if it would be unbalanced. It would gain the gain all the features a dragon gains ...
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What are the impacts of allowing Rangers to cast Arcane spells?
Background
Rangers have the spellcasting class feature. It allows the Ranger to cast a small number of spells from the Ranger spell list, which has a lot in common with the Druid spell list (much ...
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Is there a way to create linked 'vanishing cabinets', or an effective alternative, without homebrew? [duplicate]
I'm about to start running a homebrew seafaring campaign in which my PC's will spend the vast majority of the narrative travelling on a boat, far from the mainland, on a diplomatic mission to explore ...
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Is this player made spell good or unbalanced? [closed]
In a pathfinder game I'm running something has come up that I've never gone through before. A player is about to be lvl 17. He is about to get his first 9th level spell and wants to make a signature ...
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What are the implications of running a game with only 2 Major Deities: God and the Devil?
I've been wanting to simplify the general pantheon of 5th Edition down to 2 major moral forces, mirroring the horizontal spectrum of the alignment system:
(Good [Neutral] Evil)
It seems simple ...
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Would this homebrew Eldritch Strike eldritch invocation be balanced?
I'd like to make an Eldritch Invocation for warlocks that allows you to make a weapon attack and cast eldritch blast at that same target:
Eldritch Strike
Prerequisites: 5th level, eldritch ...
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Would this homebrew Eldritch Invocation allow you to add Eldritch Blast damage to a sneak attack?
NOTE: Homebrew must be allowed for this to work!
Take 1 level in Rogue to get Sneak Attack. Take 5 levels in Warlock
(this is preferably your starting class).
Take Agonizing Blast at the second ...
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How do I evaluate whether my homebrew race is balanced?
I've just created a couple of homebrew races for my players to potentially choose from for an upcoming campaign.
The problem is, I have no idea how well they stack up against the official races when ...
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Is this homebrew “marble” race balanced?
Is the following homebrew race balanced?
Marble
Physical appearance: milky orb with 4 smooth tentacles. Absorbs food and water through its skin.
Ability score increase:
+1 to Dexterity and +2 to ...
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Is this homebrew terran race balanced?
Is the following homebrew race balanced?
Terran
Ability score increase:
+4 to Constitution but -2 to Dexterity
Age:
Terrans live 300 years.
Size:
Large. You are 14 feet tall and weight 700 ...
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Is this homebrew mechanoid race balanced?
Is the following homebrew race balanced?
Mechanoid
Ability score increase: +2 to Intelligence and +2 to Wisdom
Age: Mechanoids live an average of 40 years, but can live much longer.
Size: Medium
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Can this homebrew-race centaur thief wear magic pants?
For this question, I am using this homebrew centaur race on DNDBeyond. One of its traits is Equine Weakness, part of which states:
As you lack the lower body of a humanoid, you are unable to wear ...
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What damage values are appropriate to complement the given effects? [closed]
I have developed a homebrew magic item designed to give more choices to a ranged weapon user so that it isn't just attack rolls every round. I think I have a good solution, but I'm inexperienced with ...
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How would Elemental Affinity work with a Booming Blade-style delayed damage spell?
Draconic Bloodline sorcerers gain the Elemental Affinity feature at level 6:
Starting at 6th level, when you cast a spell that deals damage of the type associated with your draconic ancestry, you ...
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Is there any official guidance on customizing class options?
This is not a suggestions question.
I'm not looking for someone to suggest how I should balance ability X. I want to know the "rules" or customs for balancing. I am also not looking for rules on ...
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Is there a reason this homebrew spell wouldn't work with the Attack action?
The spell in question:
Sendak’s Lightning Lash
2nd-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 10 feet
Components: V S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute.
You bring your ...
