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Category: The Simple Things

5e Surprise Round

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

thinkdm Changing the Rules, DM Tips, Player Tips, The Simple Things 4 Comments February 6, 2021February 6, 2021

THAC0 5e

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

thinkdm DM Tips, Number Munchers, The Simple Things 1 Comment December 12, 2020December 4, 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

Monster Knowledge DCs

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

thinkdm Changing the Rules, DM Tips, The Simple Things 2 Comments October 17, 2020October 17, 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

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.

thinkdm DM Tips, Player Tips, The Simple Things 1 Comment June 27, 2020June 27, 2020

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.

thinkdm DM Tips, Player Resources, The Simple Things 18 Comments June 13, 2020June 13, 2020
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