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Is a question about the balance of an entirely new class answerable on this site?
I found a homebrew Summoner class on DMsGuild that looks balanced, as well as fun to play. However, I'm not sure whether entire are appropriate for this site, although I've seen several different ...
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Are questions about understanding game concepts allowed, even if I am not currently facing a specific problem involving that concept?
Questions typically arise from problems you need to solve
If I understand correctly, the concept of Stackoverflow is something like: "I am facing a problem while programming, I already researched ...
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Is it OK to post a question about an Sage Advice Column entry?
I find myself repeatedly referring to the Sage Advice Compendium (SAC) entry that defines what counts as magical; however, there is no way (that I know of) to directly point at that entry, the best I ...
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What should I do if I have a huge [homebrew-review] question that I need to break into smaller parts?
After asking Is this variant of the Armorer Artificer balanced compared to the existing subclass?, which offered a wide range of options to choose from, I was informed that it simply had too much ...
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Is it ok to ask questions about the balance of free content from DMsGuild?
I've found several subclasses, optional rules, and other content on Dungeon Master's Guild that I'd like to use in a game, all of which are Free or Pay What You Want. Is it OK to ask questions about ...
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Are lore questions on games that have a TTRPG attached to them on-topic? [duplicate]
Especially in modern times,most popular series appear to get a TTRPG attached to them. Examples include Dishonored, A Song Of Ice and Fire, Warcraft. Are lore questions regarding these games ...
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Is there a better way to ask questions as a player?
I've recently posted a couple of questions that I think are both not entirely obvious or clear cut rules questions, and that as far as I could tell were also no dupes.
Can you cast a Wall of Force ...
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What should I do if I have a downvoted question with upvoted answers?
I posted this question, and it keeps getting downvoted. However, the system won't let me delete it. What should I do about this? Should I vote to close it?
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How to ask for loopholes/hacks/edge cases or other ways to make things work?
BACKGROUND: I'm a buildmaker. I'm RAW RPG gamer, following the philosophy of "GM has no say when it comes to rules", and I enforce this both as a GM and as a player. I love inventing things ...
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Should questions about dice in general be on-topic? [2023]
This question was asked and answered in 2019 with clear consensus in this Q&A: Should questions about dice in general be on-topic?
However, I am asking for a revisit of this discussion, in light ...
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How should we deal with questions about 5e rules from people playing Baldur's Gate 3?
We have had several questions from people that play Baldur's Gate 3, and ask about how something that happens in the game works within the 5e tabletop rules.
For example:
Can a warlock be transformed ...
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Are questions about the viability of a campaign or mission's premise acceptable?
I'm currently in the early stages of planning a campaign where my current idea is that the PCs will be travelling over a large continent, and the primary thing keeping them together is a curse that ...
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Would this question about the Deck of Many Things be allowed?
I recently asked this question on the Deck of Many Things which was closed as opinion-based. I would like to revisit the topic and ask for expert opinion from a different angle.
To avoid as much ...
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How to ask effective questions?
I'm trying to work on posting at least one DnD related question each day and I'm finding it difficult to actually get questions that get decent responses from the community. My best question (Can the ...
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I tried to stay D&D question neutral last year, how did I do?
I made a claim in chat roughly a year ago:
I'm staying dnd-5e neutral this year, and I've just posted my first question, and made sure to ask a non-dnd-5e question :D1
And I'd like to reflect on how ...
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