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Session 0+1

There's a lot of cargo cult Session 0 rituals. Let's trim the fat to get players rolling and role-ing the first time they sit down to play D&D.

thinkdm Character Creation, DM Tips 7 Comments December 26, 2020January 1, 2021

Gunner feat for Spellcasters

The Gunner feat has replaced the Crossbow Expert feat as the prime feat for martial blasting.

thinkdm Character Creation, Player Tips 2 Comments December 5, 2020December 5, 2020

Steady Aim

How strong is the Rogue's new Steady Aim optional class feature?

thinkdm Character Creation, Number Munchers, Player Tips 1 Comment November 28, 2020November 28, 2020

Psionic Energy Dice

Psionic Power scaling for the Psi Warrior/Soulknife multiclass. Can you double your dice?

thinkdm Character Creation, Player Resources, Player Tips, The Simple Things 1 Comment November 21, 2020December 4, 2020

Blade Cantrip Changes

Examining the updates to Green-Flame Blade and Booming Blade and their new interactions with metamagic, feats, spells, and class features.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Character Creation, Design Evolution, DM Tips, Feat Breakdowns, Player Tips, Spell Breakdowns 3 Comments November 14, 2020

Poisoner’s Kit DCs

Fleshing out the missing rules for the Poisoner's Kit in 5th Edition D&D.

thinkdm Character Creation, DM Tips, Homebrew, Player Tips 1 Comment October 10, 2020October 10, 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

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

Draconic Bloodline Expanded Spells

Spice up your Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer with these expanded spell lists based on the color dragon you choose!

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Character Creation, Homebrew, Number Munchers, Unearthed Arcana 4 Comments May 30, 2020May 30, 2020

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