Trimming a bad mechanic from 5e to improve the flow of combat and eliminate adversarial DMing posture.
Cutting Words
Tag: 5e
MCDM’s Illrigger Preserves and Pushes 5e Design
Exploring how MCDM's Illrigger class capitalizes on classic 5e design and pushes the envelope with a new spellcasting template.
No, You Can’t Cast Magic Missile at the Darkness (and Other Weird Rules)
A primer on magic missile, and its weird rules interactions.
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.
The Gunslinger Misfire
Examining the Gunslinger's Misfire mechanic as a cautionary tale for importing character options from other games. Why to never base a class on a "critical fumble" mechanic.
Aarakocra Banned?
What do new Adventurer's League changes mean for flying character races?
Avoiding TPKs
What is a TPK? Why do they happen? And what can we do to prevent them from happening at our table?
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.
