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Aarakocra Banned?

What do new Adventurer's League changes mean for flying character races?

thinkdm Changing the Rules 2 Comments February 27, 2021February 26, 2021

Avoiding TPKs

What is a TPK? Why do they happen? And what can we do to prevent them from happening at our table?

thinkdm DM Tips 4 Comments February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

Passive-Only Skills

Are there skills which should only function as passive skills? How passive-only skills can align player:character knowledge and assist DMs to plan ahead.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, DM Tips 7 Comments February 13, 2021February 14, 2021

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

Way of the Word (Monk)

This shout-based Monk subclass charges up different power words to attack with elemental force and to fortify abilities with enhancements.

thinkdm Homebrew 2 Comments January 30, 2021January 30, 2021

Prosthetic Attunement

Wizards of the Coast is bringing accessibility improvements to D&D by removing attunement from prosthetic items.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Design Evolution, News 2 Comments January 16, 2021

Spell Fix: Avoid the Zone of Truth Torture Chamber

Fixing up an social spell so it does what it says without pushing the player characters to torturing the subject.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Homebrew, Spell Breakdowns 1 Comment January 2, 2021January 3, 2021

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

DC 0 Checks

As a matter of adventure design (or when improvising as a DM), you shouldn't lock mission-critical information behind a skill check. Because if the characters fail the check, the plot line is dead. But, the solution isn't to get rid of skill checks. The solution is progressive skill checks, starting at 0.

thinkdm Design Evolution, DM Tips, Homebrew 4 Comments December 19, 2020December 19, 2020

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

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Aarakocra Banned?

Aarakocra Banned?

Avoiding TPKs

Avoiding TPKs

Passive-Only Skills

Passive-Only Skills

5e Surprise Round

5e Surprise Round

Way of the Word (Monk)

Way of the Word (Monk)

Defending Your Wizard Tower

Defending Your Wizard Tower

Prosthetic Attunement

Prosthetic Attunement

Spell Fix: Avoid the Zone of Truth Torture Chamber

Spell Fix: Avoid the Zone of Truth Torture Chamber

Session 0+1

Session 0+1

DC 0 Checks

DC 0 Checks

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