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How can I balance the Zealot barbarian's Warrior of the Gods feature in a setting without resurrection?
In our homebrew universe, we don't have resurrection (as we feel it cheapens character death, etc. - don't really want to get into that debate). Spells like revivify, raise dead, and resurrection ...
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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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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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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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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).
(Maddening ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Would Witch Sense be unbalanced if it could be used quickly?
Rogue Genius Games created the neat Pathfinder class Witch Hunter. At level 1 a witch hunter gains the extraordinary ability Witch Sense:
After a witch hunter spends time in a terrain, wilderness ...
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