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Is this lesser version of Life Transference balanced?
My ("plain vanilla" dnd 5e) wizard is now near level 8, and I was thinking to equip him with a straightforward reduced version of "Life Transference".
The purpose of this is merely ...
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How unbalanced would it be to change the duration of the Expeditious Retreat spell to "Concentration, until the end of a long rest"?
I have been playing Baldur's Gate 3, and the rules in the computer game are slightly different than the ones in paper 5e.
One that I found surprisingly OK in the game was that the duration of several ...
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Is this homebrew "Shimmering Barrier" spell balanced?
I'm trying to make a spell based on a scene from the Dungeon and Dragons movie where a spellcaster protects a group of people around him with some sort of magical barrier:
Shimmering Barrier
2nd ...
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Would it be unbalanced to let a 5e Cleric cast Enlarge/Reduce?
Playing D&D 5e. The Cleric (Tempest domain) in my players' 4th-level party (Cleric, Ranger, Rogue, Warlock) spotted Enlarge/Reduce and has taken a liking to it for hijinks of the Enormous Half-Orc ...
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Find Familiar magical item [closed]
I want help to create a magic item. I am a Bard 1/Sorcerer 2 with a (Faerie Dragon) pet. I would like to make an item in-game. I'm not quite sure how to proceed.
I want an item (or a set? Like when ...
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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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Is this Control Magic homebrew spell balanced? (Spell-stealing counterspell)
I based this off of Counterspell, with higher level requirement as it seems to me that it is generally a more useful spell.
Control Magic
Fifth level abjuration
Casting Time: 1 reaction, when you see ...
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Balancing implications on allowing "Touched" feats from Tasha's for different schools of magic
In Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything there are 2 so called half-feats Fey Touched and Shadow Touched, which grant an ability score improvement from Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma, one spell and one ...
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What level should Mordenkainen's Sword be? [duplicate]
Mordenkainen's Sword is a level 7 concentration spell for bards or wizards that costs an action to cast and summons a blade of force for one minute. It attacks for 3d10 force damage, and you can ...
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Is this custom version of the Blink spell balanced? V2
This is an iteration on my previous attempt to create the Shadow Blink spell. after I have taken into consideration feedback and suggestions.
I am currently on a campaign playing a Shadar-Kai ...
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Is this custom version of the Blink spell balanced?
I am currently on a campaign playing a Shadar-Kai bladesinger and I have already reskinned all my spells to appear like shadow magic.
It is really cool and feels great but until now I only reskinned ...
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What level should Elemental Bane be to be balanced?
Elemental Bane from Xanathar's Guide to Everything seems high to me at fourth level.
For a spell pick, a preparation slot, a fourth level spell slot, a full action and concentration, you get a spell ...
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Does adding an area of effect to Phantasmal Killer really make it a 9th-level spell, or, what level should Weird really be?
Phantasmal killer (4th-level) and weird (9th-level) have the same effect, with the only differences being the level and that weird affects all creatures in a 30 ft sphere, and phantasmal killer ...
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What level would a weaponised version of Vortex Warp be?
In a campaign I recently misread the wording in the Vortex Warp spell, and was fighting a mounted knight. I used the spell to whip the horse out from under him and have it appear 90ft in the air above ...
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Is this altered version of the spell "Crown of Madness" balanced?
I'm preparing for my first campaign as Dungeon Master. While I was assisting my players with character creation, one of them (playing an Archfey Warlock) expressed enthusiasm for the spell "Crown ...
