No, You Can’t Cast Magic Missile at the Darkness (and Other Weird Rules)

A primer on magic missile, and its weird rules interactions.

Size & Strength DCs

Can giants use their own doors?

5e Surprise Round

Writing the surprised round (and condition) back into D&D 5e to avoid confusion for players with legacy knowledge.

THAC0 5e

Updating an old D&D tool to 5e for quicker and more satisfying combat resolution, without all the math breaks.

Psionic Energy Dice

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

Monster Knowledge DCs

Answering the question, "what does my character know about this monster?"

Death Saves Revived

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

Light and Vision Tables

Darkness is great for setting the mood, but it can be a mechanical headache to juggle. Use thes tables to simplify your experience.

Resting Rules

While we pride ourselves on deeper analytics, there's no reason you should have to work to understand the basic game mechanics. With that in mind, we're refining the resting rule in 5th Edition D&D.