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Does the sanctuary spell save from an accidental attack?
Homebrew problems require homebrew solutions.
Accidentally attacking an ally on a natural 1 attack roll is not an official rule of the game, it’s a house rule. Consequently, the official rules of the ...
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Do I have to use a new background that's been republished under the 2024 rules?
The passage on choosing a background begins with the following mention:
You can choose any of the backgrounds detailed in chapter 4, and your DM might offer additional backgrounds as options.
In ...
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Does the opportunity attack from Polearm Master also proc the speed of 0 from Cavalier's Hold the Line?
The Cavalier's Hold the Line works with any Opportunity Attack
The feature has two independent clauses:
Creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they move 5 feet or more while within ...
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Is there a (mostly) comprehensive list of cursed magical items?
You can filter for cursed magic items on D&D Beyond, the official site for D&D 5e rules. Here is the list as of posting this:
Armor of Vulnerability (BR)
Axe of the Dwarvish Lords (DMG)
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Is this homebrew Kelpie race balanced compared to official races?
I'm not very familiar with Detect Balance, but I've seen other people's attempts to score every racial ability in some way, and every time I end up disagreeing with half of their reasoning. Which is ...
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Is this homebrew Kelpie race balanced compared to official races?
It's on the weaker side and most of the abilities are situational
I really like the flavour of this race but I think mechanically it's somewhat lacking. How useful the abilities are is going to depend ...
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Do I have to use a new background that's been republished under the 2024 rules?
But does that same requirement hold true with regards to backgrounds?
Yes, and no. The Player's Handbook(2014) allows for custom backgrounds, even though WotC chose to move this to the DMG for ...
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Are fey characters balanced compared to other playable races?
This depends on your campaign/DM
To be honest, this seems like a question that can all too easily become purely opinion based, so I will try to focus only on my experience in playing a Fairy (...
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Does the sanctuary spell save from an accidental attack?
There are two sides to this
Strictly by the rules
Looking at the spell, it states:
any creature who targets the warded creature with an attack
What you are describing is an attack dealt by one of ...
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Do I have to use a new background that's been republished under the 2024 rules?
I am asking if the intent of this ribbon is to allow players to use backgrounds from older books that haven't been republished.
Yes, it's only for species and backgrounds that haven't been ...
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How long should a wooden construct burn (and continue to take damage) until it burns out (and stops doing damage)
"Vulnerable" already covers the RAW flammability of a golem. Even if we choose to treat their body components as objects rather than a creature, they are certainly both "wearing" ...
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How to use a player's backstory without ignoring the other players?
If you want your campaign to have people for the other PCs to interact with, you need to put more people in your campaign.
Not people who are part of other PCs' backgrounds, or people who care about ...
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Working out the appropriate level for a home-brewed spell based on the Banshee's abilities
Weak 2nd-level spell
Alternatives
The closest matches I found were Spray of Cards (from the Book of Many Things), Fear (PHB), Cause Fear (XGE) and Tasha's Mind Whip (TCE).
Spray of Cards (2nd-level) ...
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Does the sanctuary spell save from an accidental attack?
Only you know
This is your homebrew rule, not the official rules. It's therefore impossible to have an official ruling. I think it's logical that Sanctuary does not protect when the attacker doesn't ...
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Working out the appropriate level for a home-brewed spell based on the Banshee's abilities
Between 1st and 2nd level?
I couldn't find many spells comparable to this one for the classes you assigned it to, and each one I found always had something making it drastically too different to ...
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Does the sanctuary spell save from an accidental attack?
It depends on how your accidental attack rules are worded
RAW, there are no "accidental attacks". A roll of 1N always misses:
If the d20 roll for an attack is a 1, the attack misses ...
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