First glimpses of D&D's Wild Beyond the Witchlight offer 5th Edition's latest attempt to grapple with applying alignment to monsters: "typical" alignment.
“Typical” Alignment
Category: Changing the Rules
Flanking Damage
What if flanking did extra damage instead of causing advantage? Methods, pitfalls, and an exercise in implementation.
Changing Spell Damage Type
Players piloting spellcasters often want to swap out damage types for thematic or mechanical reasons. They might think that a fireball is cooler as an ice explosion. Or, they might want to swap a lightning bolt to fire to keep a troll from regenerating. How can we implement this mechanic in an exciting way for 5e?
Design Dials
Dial your D&D designs up to 11 by focusing on the elements that bring your intended fantasy to life.
What Am I Counterspelling?
Counterspell is a spell you cast as a reaction to stop another spell: Xanathar's Guide to Everything (XGE) introduced an optional rule for identifying a spell. It also costs a reaction: This creates a tension between identifying a spell and deciding to counter it. You can only spend your reaction on one. The grand implication … Continue reading What Am I Counterspelling?
Cutting Words
Trimming a bad mechanic from 5e to improve the flow of combat and eliminate adversarial DMing posture.
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.
Aarakocra Banned?
What do new Adventurer's League changes mean for flying character races?
