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

Owlbears are right at home as a Wild Shape option, due to their historical theme and their statistical similarity to beasts with matching CR.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Design Evolution, Monsters from Mythology, Unearthed Arcana 1 Comment July 23, 2022

Feat Trees’ New Roots in 5e D&D

D&D is reviving "feat trees" from older editions. Learn about what WotC has in testing and how it's being adapted to 5th Edition.

thinkdm Design Evolution, News, Unearthed Arcana 3 Comments June 11, 2022June 11, 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

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

How many uses can you get out of the Runecrafter wizard's new resource pool, which combines proficiency scaling with Arcane Recovery?

thinkdm Character Creation, Design Evolution, Number Munchers, Unearthed Arcana 3 Comments May 28, 2022May 28, 2022

Give Giff Guns

New Giff features are stacked in a way that hides their value, but they're still missing a critical component of their identity. Guns!

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Character Creation, Design Evolution, News, Unearthed Arcana 3 Comments October 9, 2021October 9, 2021

D&D is a Combat Game

D&D's new adventure, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, is advertised at 5e's first pacifist adventure. Does D&D work as a non-combat social game?

thinkdm Design Evolution, News, The Simple Things 5 Comments September 18, 2021September 18, 2021

The Problems with Race Leveling

D&D's 5th Edition race design is trending in a direction with narrative and mechanical issues.

thinkdm Design Evolution, Unearthed Arcana 1 Comment May 22, 2021

Design Evolution: Bolstering Magic

Let's take a look at the Barbarian Path of Wild Magic's design evolution from the Unearthed Arcana's Magic Reserves feature to the D&D Celebration preview's Bolstering Magic feature to see what kind of tips we can learn.

thinkdm Uncategorized, Unearthed Arcana 1 Comment September 19, 2020September 19, 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

Draconic Bloodline Expanded Spells

Spice up your Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer with these expanded spell lists based on the color dragon you choose!

thinkdm Changing the Rules, Character Creation, Homebrew, Number Munchers, Unearthed Arcana 4 Comments May 30, 2020May 30, 2020

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