Trimming a bad mechanic from 5e to improve the flow of combat and eliminate adversarial DMing posture.
Cutting Words
Author: thinkdm
There’s More Than One Way to Skin a Class
Examining reasons why creators might tread over an explored design space.
MCDM’s Illrigger Preserves and Pushes 5e Design
Exploring how MCDM's Illrigger class capitalizes on classic 5e design and pushes the envelope with a new spellcasting template.
No, You Can’t Cast Magic Missile at the Darkness (and Other Weird Rules)
A primer on magic missile, and its weird rules interactions.
Heward’s Handy Haversack
Unpacking D&D's magical backpack.
Size & Strength DCs
Can giants use their own doors?
Critical Fumble Fix
A solution for the interaction between critical fumbles and extra attacks.
The Gunslinger Misfire
Examining the Gunslinger's Misfire mechanic as a cautionary tale for importing character options from other games. Why to never base a class on a "critical fumble" mechanic.
Aarakocra Banned?
What do new Adventurer's League changes mean for flying character races?
Avoiding TPKs
What is a TPK? Why do they happen? And what can we do to prevent them from happening at our table?
