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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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How can I persuade my DM to play my warlock's patron in a way that respects my character's c...
Your problem isn't that you need to persuade your GM to change how the Warlock class works. Your problem is that you've fallen prey to what I'm going to start calling "the Nomenclature Bugbear."
Each …
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What to do as a DM if my players are in constant disagreement with each other?
I've seen something like this happen before. If some or all your players are enjoying some of the game, but find dealing with the other players frustrating enough that they're starting to get reluctan …
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Why Do We Keep Adventuring?
Motivation is personal.
This is true for both players, and for their characters. Your question makes it sound like you're having issues with both.
Player Motivations
It doesn't matter whether a group' …
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How can I balance the power of loot between player characters?
Arguably, this isn't your problem. In most circumstances, you don't give loot to specific characters - you give it to the party, and let them sort out how it gets distributed.
Yes, this could theoret …
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Can Arcane Lock be cast on living material?
Well, here's the relevant part of the arcane lock spell:
You touch a closed door, window, gate, chest, or other entryway, and it becomes locked for the duration.
That seems pretty clear. There's …
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Assuming the overall shape is still 10x10x10 cubes, can you subdivide cubes to create more f...
Yes.
The spell's description explicitly says:
You can create any floorplan you like, but the space can't exceed 50 cubes, each cube being 10 feet on each side."
That sentence unambiguously says that …
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What techniques can help players reach consensus quickly on group actions?
Give the party a way to identify these situations where an argument is ongoing with no new information is being introduced, and a mechanism to decide on a particular course of action regardless of the …
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Deck of Many Things: How problematic is each card for a campaign?
As requested, I'll go through each of the twenty-two cards and explain whether and how each of them could go horribly wrong.
Since you asked for each card to be rated on a four-point scale from benign …
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What is the functionality of Eyes of the Eagle?
Being able to see things a long way away in fine detail is useful, because it gives you information, and knowledge is power. How much power depends on the knowledge and what opportunities you'll have …
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Running a D&D game in the afterlife
That article doesn't come out and say it, but the ultimate goal of petitioners is to become their deity. Sort of, anyway. See, a petitioner who dies faithfully following their deities' precepts loses …
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I have the Players Handbook, Monster Manual and Dungeon Master's Guide; What other D&D books...
You've got everything you need: The Player's Handbook, Monster Manual, and Dungeon Master's Guide are all the books you need to play the game and have fun.
Anything else from this point on is just opt …
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I failed to open a lock. Now what?
As others have already said, rolling the dice should be interesting. This means that the consequence for failure should be meaningfully different to the consequence for success.
The issue you appear …
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How to design a GMPC that will not push the story ahead?
Give your NPC a motivation other than "advancing the story." After all, your NPC has no idea "the story" exists; Just like the PCs, they've got a goal (defeat the cultists, recover the Bauble of Glory …
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How do spellcasters know what's on their spell list?
Whether and how much a character knows about the abilities they could potentially gain in the future is a setting detail up to the GM, whose decision is probably informed by the flavour of the class.
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What's a clock and how do I use one?
What is a clock?
You know how, when you're using software and you tell it to do something time-consuming, sometimes you'll see a "progress bar?" It's a little rectangle that gradually fills up as as w …