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Do Vecna’s New Stats Mean D&D is Killing the Phylactery?

Hopefully, yes and no.

thinkdm Design Evolution, DM Tips, News 4 Comments June 18, 2022June 18, 2022

Fastball Special

D&D's new Giant Barbarian has massive talent, but it shouldn't be the only one who can do a fastball special.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Character Creation, Homebrew, Unearthed Arcana 1 Comment June 4, 2022June 4, 2022

Is D&D Shadow Banning Counterspell?

No. Well, not really.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Design Evolution 4 Comments October 2, 2021October 3, 2021

Identifying Magic Items

Add intrigue and interaction to magic items with these identification rules.

thinkdm DM Tips, Spell Breakdowns, The Simple Things 2 Comments June 19, 2021June 19, 2021

There’s More Than One Way to Skin a Class

Examining reasons why creators might tread over an explored design space.

thinkdm Character Creation, Design Evolution 2 Comments April 24, 2021April 24, 2021

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 2 Comments November 21, 2020December 4, 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 2 Comments October 10, 2020October 10, 2020

Animate Objects Fix

Animate Objects is a 5th level spell in D&D 5e that turns objects in your environment into living weapons. Come along as we tackle balance and action economy issues, and deliver a precise rework.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Homebrew, Spell Breakdowns, Uncategorized, Unearthed Arcana 8 Comments July 11, 2020November 25, 2020

AoE Spells vs. Hordes

Casting big area effect damage spells is great fun. Taking forever to resolve them is not. Let's reverse engineer the saving throw math so we can get to the narrative resolution quicker.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, DM Tips, Homebrew, Number Munchers, Spell Breakdowns 6 Comments January 18, 2020January 18, 2020

Egg Moves

I often draw tabletop RPG inspiration from playing totally unrelated games. In the Pokemon game series, you can breed your Pokemon together for a variety of reasons, including learning new moves. How can we adapt this concept to make more creative monsters?

thinkdm Changing the Rules, DM Tips, Uncategorized 1 Comment July 13, 2019July 14, 2019
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Why Wildshaping into an Owlbear Won’t Break Your D&D Game

Why Wildshaping into an Owlbear Won’t Break Your D&D Game

Do Vecna’s New Stats Mean D&D is Killing the Phylactery?

Do Vecna’s New Stats Mean D&D is Killing the Phylactery?

Feat Trees’ New Roots in 5e D&D

Feat Trees’ New Roots in 5e D&D

Fastball Special

Fastball Special

D&D’s Newest Resource Pool Blends Proficiency Scaling and Arcane Recovery

D&D’s Newest Resource Pool Blends Proficiency Scaling and Arcane Recovery

The One Word Breaking D&D’s Moonbeam Spell

The One Word Breaking D&D’s Moonbeam Spell

The Drax Technique

The Drax Technique

Why DMs Are Banning Silvery Barbs

Why DMs Are Banning Silvery Barbs

D&D: The SADdening

D&D: The SADdening

Is D&D’s “XP Valley” Killing Campaigns?

Is D&D’s “XP Valley” Killing Campaigns?

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