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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

Casting a Bonus Action and Reaction Spell on Your Turn

The bonus action spellcasting restriction in 5th Edition D&D can keep you from casting a reaction spell on your own turn. Why is this? Was it intended? And how can we rewrite the rule to alleviate this quirk?

thinkdm Changing the Rules, DM Tips, Homebrew, Player Tips 6 Comments October 12, 2019October 12, 2019

Passive Skills vs. Reliable Talent

Reliable Talent makes all your skills passive. In order to see what you're really getting from this class feature, you need to find out what skills already function passively, and what skills only function actively. We'll examine passive skill treatment in the rules and analyze where each skill should fall.

thinkdm DM Tips, Homebrew, Player Tips 2 Comments December 22, 2018July 20, 2020

Lucky Feat: RAW vs. RAI

After last's week post calculating the success odds for the Lucky feat, some folks who run the Lucky feat a little differently asked me to run the odds on that iteration. Since this homerule is popularly employed, including by D&D Lead Rules Designer Jeremy Crawford, we're running the odds and evaluating the comparison.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Character Creation, DM Tips, Feat Breakdowns, Number Munchers, Player Tips 1 Comment December 15, 2018December 15, 2018

Non-Metal Druid Armor

Since the Druid's non-metal armor restriction is purely thematic, we're taking a close look at the rules and reskinning the metal options to give Druids access to the full armory!

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Character Creation, Homebrew, Player Tips Leave a comment December 1, 2018December 2, 2018

271 Ways Contagion Got Nerfed

The Player's Handbook errata released in November 2018 patched a gap between RAW and RAI by inflicting the poisoned condition. We're exploring the impact and duration of the poison effect with an updated odds calculator.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, DM Tips, Happy Fun Hour, News, Spell Breakdowns Leave a comment November 24, 2018December 7, 2018
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