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Is This Homebrew "Protective Ward" Spell/Ability Balanced?
I am in the process of creating a homebrew class.
or potentially a subclass...
I haven't decided yet if I wanted to make this class a type of caster or martial character, but either way, I want it to ...
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What would be the impact if I let Hand of Harm be used more than once, like Hand of Healing?
In Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, the Way of Mercy Monastic Tradition grants both Hand of Healing and Hand of Harm at 3rd level. Hand of Healing/Harm describe their effects as using 1 ki point to ...
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How to justify Expertise? [closed]
Apologies - I am still stuck up with Bounded Accuracy and Expertise. As far as I understand from the answers about what it means to break bounded accuracy, from the related Q&As about how bonuses ...
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Secret door and trap DCs in Tomb of Horrors vs Expertise [closed]
Normal skill checks
The standard DCs for skill checks, for example for discovering secret doors with Wisdom (Perception) or Intelligence (Investigation) is given on page 238 DMG under Typical DCs:
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What are good principles for determining whether and at what level a homebrew class feature is balanced?
I'm working on a homebrew revision (and slight buff) of the Sorcerer class in D&D 5e that includes some additional class features. I've read the Unearthed Arcana article about modifying classes, ...
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What is the purpose of the wizard's spellbook, from a mechanical standpoint?
I'm still fairly new to DMing, and the wizard's spellbook is constantly breaking my mind. While I think I finally understand how it is working, I wonder why it is in the game to begin with. And I don'...
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Why is prepared casting considered to always be superior to spontaneous? [closed]
Many times, I've seen the case made for a specific prepared caster class being superior to its spontaneous equivalent (e.g. Wizard vs Sorcerer, Cleric vs Favored Soul, anything vs its Uneathered ...
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For a Portent feat based on the Lucky feat, how many Portent dice would be balanced against the 3 points (dice) from the Lucky feat?
I am looking to make a homebrew feat based on the Lucky feat but using the Portent mechanic, and am trying to find the balance point on the amount of dice.
Disclaimer: I don't think Lucky is ...
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Is the Graviturgy Magic wizard's Adjust Density feature overpowered?
In the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, there are two new arcane traditions for wizards: Graviturgy Magic and Chronurgy Magic.
The Graviturgy Magic wizard gets the Adjust Density feature at 2nd level ...
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Would allowing Primeval Awareness to specify numbers and directions make the feature unbalanced?
The 3rd level class feature of the ranger, Primeval Awareness, says:
Beginning at 3rd level, you can use your action and expend one ranger spell slot to focus your awareness on the region around ...
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What are the balance implications of letting the Order of the Dragon cavalier's Aid Allies feature's +3 bonus stack with Aid Another's +2 bonus?
The Order of the Dragon cavalier order gives an Aid Allies ability, which states:
At 2nd level, whenever an order of the dragon cavalier uses the aid another action to assist one of his allies, the ...
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Would swapping the Assassin's Imposter feature for the Scout's Ambush Master feature be unbalanced?
Inspired by this question: Would allowing the Rogue sub-class (Assassin) to benefit from Supreme Sneak be unbalanced?
The Assassin roguish archetype is considered by some to have very weak class ...
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Would letting the Assassin rogue replace its 9th-level Infiltration Expertise feature with the Thief's Supreme Sneak feature be unbalanced?
I wanted to ask about allowing the Rogue sub-class (Assassin) to benefit from Supreme Sneak.
I have a player in my campaign who plays as an Assassin Rogue and would like to have access to the Supreme ...
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Is this homebrew Circle of the Bloodlust Druid subclass, which replaces Wild Shape with a Berserker barbarian's Frenzied Rage, balanced?
Would it be balanced to replace the Wild Shape feature of a druid with Rage?
This homebrew is intended for a pacifist supporting spellcaster, cursed with a violent blood lust curse. This homebrew is ...
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Is this proposed change to the Transmutation Wizard's Master Transmuter class feature balanced for a setting without resurrection? [Version 2]
In my previous iteration of this question, I proposed a replacement for the Master Transmuter option Restore Life. the feedback I received identified that it was too powerful, so I have a new, much ...
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Is this proposed change to the Transmutation Wizard's Master Transmuter class feature balanced for a setting without resurrection?
The School of Transmutation wizard archetype has a feature at level 14 called Master Transmuter. It can allow such a wizard to, once per long rest, destroy their transmuter's stone and do one of a ...
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Can a Forge Cleric use Artisan's Blessing multiple times to create parts of an item? [closed]
I am a DM running Curse of Strahd, 5e. The dwarf forge cleric in our party really wants a set of Dwarven plate armor. He's asked if he can use his channel divinity skill to craft the armor piecemeal ...
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Is the 2nd-level ability of a transmutation wizard under-powered when compared to other wizard subclasses' 2nd-level abilities?
The text for the transmutation wizard's Minor Alchemy feature (PHB, p. 119) is as follows:
Starting at 2nd level when you select this school, you can temporarily alter the physical properties of ...
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Would removing the "total cover" part of a Paladin's Divine Sense unbalance the feature?
Inspired by this question: What good is the paladin's Divine Sense?
I am running Lost Mines of Phandelver to introduce a couple of people to D&D (just me and my two players; I use DMPCs to ...
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Would allowing versatile weapons wielded in two hands to benefit from Dueling be unbalanced?
As a DM, would allowing players using a versatile weapon in two hands to benefit from Dueling create unforeseen imbalance in the game? The reason for this change is because it appears that the ...
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How to limit the power of the Mystic's Phasing Eye ability
A player in my campaign is playing a Unearthed Arcana V3 mystic and has been making use of the Phasing Eye ability. I've been trying to figure out how to curb its use a bit.
The majority of the time ...
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Is this homebrew variant Hexblade warlock feature, Master of the Elements, balanced as a replacement for the Hexblade's Curse feature?
One of my players wanted to play a Hexblade warlock with a different flavor, so I made this feature to replace the Hexblade's Curse feature (XGtE, p. 55).
The feature:
Master of the Elements
Starting ...
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Would using a lower-leveled spell for the a Warlock's Mystic Arcanum feature impair balance?
I confess I find myself underwhelmed by the 8th level spells available for a Warlock's Mystic Arcanum feature, especially if you e.g. have one or more bards in the party (as I do).
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Is it balanced to take features from different sorcerous origins at the corresponding sorcerer levels?
For a new campaign, I made a half-elf kid, abducted by a demon who changed his magic origin from a Draconic Bloodline (for cold damage) into a Shadow Magic (from Xanathar's Guide to Everything).
At ...
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What are the balance implications of allowing Forge Clerics to gradually create items worth over 100gp with multiple uses of Artisan's Blessing?
I am currently DM'ing a campaign, in which one of the PCs is a Forge Cleric.
Artisan's Blessing lets Forge Clerics conduct a ritual to craft non-magical items worth no more than 100gp. Raw materials ...
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How does my homebrew spell replacement for the Shadow Magic sorcerer's Hound of Ill Omen feature compare to the original?
We are starting a new campaign soon with 7 players. To avoid a lot of extra rolling and stuff, the DM banned summons (companions/mounts).
I still wanted to play a Shadow Magic sorcerer (XGtE, p. 50-51)...
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Variant Spellcasting for Warlocks [closed]
I was looking at the Warlock in 5e and wondered: what would it be like if they were a 'full caster'? The idea I had would be that their cantrips and spells known would remain the same, as well as the ...
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Would limiting Paladins to 1 Divine Smite per turn make them weaker than other classes?
It's no secret that paladins have a very high burst damage thanks to Divine Smite (and the ability to use it on every melee weapon attack as long as you have spell slots to burn), but this has proven ...
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Is it balanced to allow a Divine Soul Sorcerer to swap out Empowered Healing for Extra Attack?
The Divine Soul sorcerer (Xanathar's Guide to Everything, p. 50) gets the Empowered Healing feature at 6th level:
Starting at 6th level, the divine energy coursing through you can empower healing ...
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Would allowing Path of the Storm Herald to change aura type after a rest unbalance the class?
I'm currently playing a Path of the Storm Herald barbarian (Xanathar's Guide to Everything, p. 10-11).
Would allowing my character to change aura type after a long rest make the class unbalanced?
I ...
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