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Why Wildshaping into an Owlbear Won’t Break Your D&D Game

Owlbears are right at home as a Wild Shape option, due to their historical theme and their statistical similarity to beasts with matching CR.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Design Evolution, Monsters from Mythology, Unearthed Arcana 1 Comment July 23, 2022

Do Vecna’s New Stats Mean D&D is Killing the Phylactery?

Hopefully, yes and no.

thinkdm Design Evolution, DM Tips, News 4 Comments June 18, 2022June 18, 2022

Feat Trees’ New Roots in 5e D&D

D&D is reviving "feat trees" from older editions. Learn about what WotC has in testing and how it's being adapted to 5th Edition.

thinkdm Design Evolution, News, Unearthed Arcana 3 Comments June 11, 2022June 11, 2022

Fastball Special

D&D's new Giant Barbarian has massive talent, but it shouldn't be the only one who can do a fastball special.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Character Creation, Homebrew, Unearthed Arcana 1 Comment June 4, 2022June 4, 2022

D&D’s Newest Resource Pool Blends Proficiency Scaling and Arcane Recovery

How many uses can you get out of the Runecrafter wizard's new resource pool, which combines proficiency scaling with Arcane Recovery?

thinkdm Character Creation, Design Evolution, Number Munchers, Unearthed Arcana 3 Comments May 28, 2022May 28, 2022

The One Word Breaking D&D’s Moonbeam Spell

What do moonbeam, blade barrier, cloudkill, cloud of daggers, Evard's black tentacles, forbiddance, sleet storm, and spirit guardians have in common? A spell quirk that can be fixed with one word.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Number Munchers, Spell Breakdowns 3 Comments January 1, 2022

The Drax Technique

Attacking your problems from the inside out.

thinkdm Monsters from Mythology, Player Tips 2 Comments December 11, 2021December 11, 2021

Why DMs Are Banning Silvery Barbs

Find out why DMs are banning Silvery Barbs before its even released in D&D's new Strixhaven book.

thinkdm Character Creation, Design Evolution, Spell Breakdowns, Unearthed Arcana 7 Comments December 4, 2021March 5, 2022

D&D: The SADdening

Examining D&D's added ability score flexibility and how the SAD/MAD balance affects characters.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Design Evolution 5 Comments November 20, 2021November 20, 2021

Is D&D’s “XP Valley” Killing Campaigns?

A sneaky system design quirk may contribute to D&D campaigns fizzling out before they reach high level.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Design Evolution, Number Munchers 25 Comments October 30, 2021October 30, 2021

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Why Wildshaping into an Owlbear Won’t Break Your D&D Game

Why Wildshaping into an Owlbear Won’t Break Your D&D Game

Do Vecna’s New Stats Mean D&D is Killing the Phylactery?

Do Vecna’s New Stats Mean D&D is Killing the Phylactery?

Feat Trees’ New Roots in 5e D&D

Feat Trees’ New Roots in 5e D&D

Fastball Special

Fastball Special

D&D’s Newest Resource Pool Blends Proficiency Scaling and Arcane Recovery

D&D’s Newest Resource Pool Blends Proficiency Scaling and Arcane Recovery

The One Word Breaking D&D’s Moonbeam Spell

The One Word Breaking D&D’s Moonbeam Spell

The Drax Technique

The Drax Technique

Why DMs Are Banning Silvery Barbs

Why DMs Are Banning Silvery Barbs

D&D: The SADdening

D&D: The SADdening

Is D&D’s “XP Valley” Killing Campaigns?

Is D&D’s “XP Valley” Killing Campaigns?

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