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Month: August 2020

Smites Without Spell Slots

Let's hack smites to reinvigorate Paladin spellcasting, discourage multiclassing for the sake of powergaming, and promote more dynamic playstyles.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Character Creation, Homebrew, Player Resources 21 Comments August 29, 2020August 29, 2020

Tiefling Skin Color

People love making Tieflings with all arrays of skin color. What do the rules say about that? And should you listen? Let's scope our some infernal bloodlines.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Character Creation, Player Tips 3 Comments August 22, 2020August 22, 2020

Critical Saving Throws

Adding mechanical benefits to critical saving throws so players don't feel like their 20 is wasted.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, DM Tips 6 Comments August 15, 2020August 15, 2020

Gender Bias in D&D Character Creation

I ran a poll asking folks about their gender identity, what races/classes they've played, and what races/classes are their favorites. Here's the results of 1150 responses.

thinkdm Character Creation 1 Comment August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

Death Saves Revived

Reviving the death save mechanics to give more interesting narrative results and keep fallen PCs engaged.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, DM Tips, Homebrew, The Simple Things 14 Comments August 1, 2020August 8, 2020
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