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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. (For questions about the 2024 revision of the D&D 5e rules, see the [dnd-5e-2024] tag.)
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Can I repeatedly cast (spam) concentration spells?
Yes
There is no limitation to how often a cantrip can be cast, or against re-targeting the same area. The only limitation is that you must stop concentrating on the last bonfire cast in order to cast …
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Is your ability to hit someone in D&D 5e independent of whether they are holding a weapon?
That is correct: the act of wielding a weapon has no effect on AC.
However, some feats (Defensive Duelist, Dual Wielder) can grant bonus AC for wielding specific weapons. One can infer that 5e takes …
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Does a passive Perception (Wisdom) check add WIS mod + Perception skill?
Perception bonus = [wisdom modifier] + [proficiency bonus (if proficient in perception)]
Passive perception = 10 + [perception bonus]
Active perception = 1d20 + [perception bonus]
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How to avoid running NPCs/allied groups in combat
The problem you are facing is a common one: the NPCs are adding extra baggage to the game that slows the game down and dilutes the spotlight on the players. The solution is to only use game mechanics …
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Player claims their wizard character knows everything (from books). Solutions?
Reinforce the Character Background
In D&D 5E, mechanical benefits of a character's backstory are captured in the character's Background. Typically, these benefits take the form of skill, tool, or lan …
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Will this PC always be more powerful than the others?
No, the Paladin will not always be more powerful
Every character has strengths and weaknesses. If one character appears to outshine the others in every encounter, the underlying problem is often that …
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One of my player is writing an extensive background for my one shot, how to tell him we're n...
Set expectations, but don't curtail the player's fun
I strongly suspect the backstory writeup is more about organizing the player's thoughts into a coherent character than it is about giving you sour …
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How much movement is needed to climb up a spiral staircase?
This sounds like a physics problem, so let's start by simplifying it to get some intuition. The problem of ascending stairs is essentially a problem of moving one's center-of-mass along the hypotenuse …
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Can you let go of a shield without doffing it?
Mechanically no; thematically yes
Donning a shield grants a bonus to AC and occupies the hand. Of course, a player can narrate that their character "lets go" of a donned shield - but it has no mechani …
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What is rolled when using fishing tackle to pull in a fish?
How to determine the result of an action
Determine whether failure or success is guaranteed. If so, simply narrate the failure or success and move on.
Determine an appropriate difficulty (DC). The g …
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How unbalanced is it to hand out Feats/ASIs in place of Magic Items?
Among the magic items listed in the DMG are (effectively consumable) Manuals, one for each ability score, that increases the ability score and its maximum by 2 points each. These are listed as Very Ra …
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What happens when an Immovable Rod is activated while in a vehicle?
The rules don't explicitly cover this situation. Furthermore, no earthly physical model predicts the existence of such an object or describes how it would behave, so we can't fully rely on science eit …
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How to deal with sniping spellcaster PCs?
The problem isn't that your players have found an exploit to trivialize the game.
The problem is that your tactically-minded players have already found an optimal strategy that works for every encoun …
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Why is spellcasting not improvisational, like martial combat is? [closed]
From my reading of the D&D 5e PHB, as well as other answers on this site (see Are melee combatants limited to standing around saying "I attack"?), it appears that martial combat is designed to meet th …
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In Hoard of the Dragon Queen is the fight with the 4 guard drakes and a major NPC meant to b...
The encounter you describe is extremely deadly.
However, Hoard of the Dragon Queen is not designed as a series of static encounters. Rather, the book generally describes adventure areas and the behav …
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