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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

Why DMs Are Banning Silvery Barbs

Find out why DMs are banning Silvery Barbs before its even released in D&D's new Strixhaven book.

thinkdm Character Creation, Design Evolution, Spell Breakdowns, Unearthed Arcana 7 Comments December 4, 2021March 5, 2022

Design Dials

Dial your D&D designs up to 11 by focusing on the elements that bring your intended fantasy to life.

thinkdm Changing the Rules Leave a comment June 12, 2021June 12, 2021

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, 2021November 29, 2021

Lucky Death Saves

Exploring how 5e's dice manipulation features affect your odds to survive death saving throws.

thinkdm Feat Breakdowns, Number Munchers, Player Tips 1 Comment October 3, 2020October 3, 2020

Sleep Spell Reawakening

If the sleep spell is keeping you up at night, because of confusing mechanics or soft scaling, come take a look under the hood and sample two sleep spell solutions.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Number Munchers, Spell Breakdowns 2 Comments September 12, 2020September 12, 2020

Time Domain (Cleric)

Time Domain Clerics make sure that things stay in order, and they aren't past changing around time to make sure.

thinkdm Character Creation, Homebrew 3 Comments March 7, 2020March 8, 2020

Sunchaser (Ranger)

Sunchaser Rangers dart around the battlefield without incurring attacks, channel the fire and radiance of the sun into their strikes, escape harrowing situations, illuminate targets for attack advantages, and leave fire in their wake across the battlefield.

Check out our build notes for the Sunchaser (Ranger) subclass.

thinkdm Character Creation, Homebrew 3 Comments February 1, 2020February 1, 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

War Caster vs. Resilient (CON)

Comparing the War Caster and Resilient (CON) feats to determine which one gives a bigger boost to maintaining concentration on a spell.

thinkdm Feat Breakdowns, Number Munchers, Player Resources, Player Tips 7 Comments December 14, 2019December 14, 2019

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