Questions tagged [homebrew-review]
For questions about evaluating the viability of new rules content homebrewed 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. For creating entirely new games, use [game-design]. For questions about homebrew in general, use the [homebrew] tag.
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Monkey Demon Boss Design
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In my campaign, there is a demon trapped in an artifact and forced to grant wishes. Though generally I rule wishes by intent and not trickery, this ...
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How powerful is this homebrew Barbarian Path of the Colossus compared to other martial subclasses?
As DnD 5e has aged it's become more clear that Martial classes lack a fair amount compared to their spellcasting companions. They offer less utility, fewer defensive options, and in some cases fail to ...
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Is this verstatile fighting style and feat combination well balanced?
(original title: "How to artfully min-max the hell out of this verstatile fighting style and feat?")
So, given all the answers to my previous question, we have come up with what we think ...
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Is this Legendary longsword "Sealed Power/Seven Wishes" too broken?
I'm playing in a very high level campaign with a load of powerful characters, and I'm trying to get an edge. I homebrewed this magic item and I want you guys to see how powerful it is. For comparison, ...
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Is this a balanced Homebrew Class? (Planar Protector)
Here is a homebrew class I made, and I want you guys to determine if it's balanced or not.
I'm trying to create a class with a lot of otherworldly flavor and a DEX/INT split. The arcane talisman and ...
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Is this homebrew sword balanced? [closed]
I liked the idea of a magical weapon that affected the stats of creatures. Such as the shadow's strength drain attack and added it too a weapon.
Leech sword (Very rare, Heavy, two handed, strength ...
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Is is balanced to swap "Built for Success" for "Fey Ancestry"?
I am looking to create a homebrew race for a Quadrone, and the best place to start is with an existing race. With that in mind I have found the Autognome (Astral Adventurer's Guide) and it has several ...
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Homebrew retractable shield
An idea that I had for a deployable shield as I didn't find anything satisfactory online. It's simple, but I would like to know if it's balanced or if you see any weird interaction with it.
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Is this sporeborn homebrew race balanced compared to other races?
It's basically a spore-infested nature-related horrific kind of being, a regular individual of pretty much any race that got infested and biologically changed, linking themselves with nature in the ...
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Is this revision of the level 2 Transmutation Wizard feature balanced? [Version 3]
This is a follow up to Is this revision of the level 2 Transmutation Wizard feature balanced? [Version 2]
I will soon be playing a wizard who I intend to become a transmutation wizard. However, I find ...
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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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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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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 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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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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Is this Electrifying Body spell thematic and balanced? (V2)
Stark Rost, look away!
Version 2 of this question.
I've omitted most of the redundant discussion from this iteration of the question and instead focused on what changes I made and why. For the ...
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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 does this homebrew Chromatic Domain compare to published domains?
For an upcoming campaign revolving around bringing dragons back to the homebrew world my DM runs in, I am considering building a Tiamat cleric. Unfortunately, the suggested domains for Tiamat, War and ...
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Is this "Mentar" homebrew race balanced?
I come here with a homebrew race for 5e D&D, its history, physical and mental description as well as racial features. I would like to know your take on the racial bonuses, if they are balanced ...
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Is this Homebrew Fault Feature Balanced?
Long story short, I've fiddled with character creation in DnD for a good while before I actually started playing, and I really love the idea of starting with a handicap. I made a character who has the ...
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Is this homebrew "Shimmering Barrier" spell balanced?
I'm trying to make a spell based on a scene from the Dungeon and Dragons movie where a spellcaster protects a group of people around him with some sort of magical barrier:
Shimmering Barrier
2nd ...
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Would someone help with understanding my DM's homebrewed magic item? [closed]
As the title states, my DM made the whole party custom magic items according to our character's class, history, and other details, which is crazy awesome. My character is a Bard that plays a drum for ...
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Are these homebrew 'Enhanced Arrows' balanced against each other?
Between adventures my campaign has Down Time, a more structured form of play where the players can build relationships with other NPCs, create things, earn money, etc (taking inspiration from the ...
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Balancing help for homebrew warlock subclass
I have created a 5e warlock subclass heavily inspired by the leshen (specifically, an ancient leshen described in the Book of beautiful horrors).
While overall I am very happy with the outcome, I ...
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Does this trigger violate GM principles? Can it be fixed?
I have been working on homebrew class replacements for dungeon-world, and as part of this we have added "class triggers". Class triggers look like the compendium class triggers. However ...
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Homebrew Review: exhaustion and "dying"-Condition
This is a homebrew review request for the "dying"-condition, but the different exhaustion plays a part in that.
Exhaustion: There are 10 levels of exhaustion, each level of
exhaustion a ...
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How do I evaluate the CR for this homebrew Phoenix creature?
The determination of CR of simple and standard creature is quite simple, and it suffices to follow the DMG book. But now that I am trying to create a complex creature, with high CR, I don't know how ...
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Is this homebrew creature(s) balanced?
I was thinking this kind of question would be closed due to it would be "opinion-based", but turns out there're tons of similar questions exist (and answered) already. So I am going to give ...
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Should I Remove the +1 ASI from fey and shadow touched and give them one more use per spell
I think that for what they give, fey and shadow touched seem a lot better than the +1 to an ability score you sacrifice for them, but not quite good enough to justify sacrificing a +2, do you think ...
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How balanced is this for a cursed item? part 2
Part 1
Emblem of the ever lasting plague
Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement)
As an action, you can summon 4 (8 at lvl 9, 12 at lvl 13 or 16 at lvl 17) swarm of insects. You can use their ...
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How balanced is this Emblem of the Everlasting Plague cursed item?
Someone in our party wants to have a magical item that slowly turns him evil, taking control over him and that will make him a possible BBEG down the line, with the chance of being saved by the party. ...
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Is this divination-focused Warlock Patron, loosely based on the Fathomless Patron, balanced?
One of my D&D groups will be starting a level 5–20 campaign soon, and I have a character concept I'd like to use for it. Briefly, the character is a warlock whose patron is a mysterious coven from ...
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Is this Homebrew Wendigo in the appropriate CR?
I made a Wendigo and tried to incorporate all of the things of the legends into it, then I tried to use the CR calculator to have a baseline of CR for the monster, I just don't know if the way it has ...
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Homebrew Monk "Way of the Dog" Review request
Way of the Dog
(Monk Sublcass)
Certain monastaries in the forgotten parts of the world train in an obscure form of martial arts. Each monk is gifted a puppy of a highly specialized dog breed and the ...
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Should the Beast Barbarian Call the Hunt feature just give CON x 5 temporary hit points
The feature says
14th-level Path of the Beast feature
The beast within you grows so powerful that you can spread its ferocity to others and gain resilience from them joining your hunt. When you enter ...
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Is this Ellayn race balanced?
The Ellayn are a falcon-winged fey creatures that dwell in the skies of Faerie, the ellayn are relatives of the elves and their long-standing allies. They live in tight-knit family units consisting of ...
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Are there any ways to exploit this feature that creates a copy of a magical weapon? [closed]
I am currently working on a bit of homebrew which includes a rule, which currently has the wording
If your bonded weapon has the light property, you can create two copies of it instead. Both copies ...
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Is this homebrew Flower/Plant race balanced?
As it is my first time making a homebrew race, I'd like to know if this race is somewhat balanced. I've used Detect Balance to try and achieve this purpose, but I would like to see what others think ...
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Is this homebrew tweak to the Druid class balanced?
Druids are great, but Wild Shape has some subtle frustrations.
I'm near the end of a mid-level (5–12) campaign in which I played as a Circle of the Moon Druid, and our group may continue on to a high-...
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Does this creature, generated by ChatGPT, fit within the guidelines for monsters set by WoTC?
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This creature is supposed to be a miniboss in one of my adventures with a dark horror theme. It's intended to be a hard encounter for four 3rd level pcs.
The questions:
Is this monster ...
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Cataphract—homebrew martial adept base class
This is a defensively-minded Tome of Battle martial adept. As with most of my work, I strive to make it stand-alone: ideally, this class should just work, as-is, without any meta commentary, and fit ...
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Is this "Rebound Energy" Arcane Tradition homebrew feature balanced?
I am currently working on a homebrew Arcane Tradition for Wizard, based around the concept of modifying spells, amplifying or mixing them by directly tampering with the Weave, at the risk of ...
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Is this "Leshy" homebrew race balanced?
I come here with a homebrew race for 5e dnd, its history, physical and mental description as well as racial features. I would like to know if the racial bonuses are balanced.
Leshy
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Updated version: is this Handaxe of the storm suitable for a 2nd tier Barbarian?
This is the second iteration for the magic weapon that I designed for the Barbarian of the group for which I am DMing: the first version can be found here. For reference, I report the motivation ...
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Are these four "special weapon properties" roughly similar in power?
Assume you have multiple weapons such as the glaive, halberd, and pike that are (in stock 5e) identical other than name (and possibly damage type, but that rarely matters and can be ignored for this ...
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Monk Way of the Iron Body, Homebrewed Subclass Reworked version, please give me some feedback!
This is the follow up from the Homebrew I posted last month, after reading the feedback I received not only here, but also on D&D Beyond, I made some changes to the subclass. Once Again I hope to ...
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How does this homebrew Warlock "Patron of the Old Blood" compare with official patrons?
As I've developed further into DMing and the path of creation that follows, I've started to understand a need for more subclasses. And I've continuously toyed with the idea of a more occult style of ...
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Is this Exploration homerule balanced?
My groups have started using a homerule that we find fun (and aren't looking to change). However, I do find myself wondering why it isn't supported in the rules themselves. I'm wondering if anyone ...
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Is this Lunarri race balanced?
The Lunarri are an enlightened race of being, born from the celestial spark of the moon goddess. Blessed with a long life and an innate power, they were a peaceful and contemplative, who mastered ...