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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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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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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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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 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 ...
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Help balancing a spell, dealing with blindsight, concentration and a unique character build
Drizzledusk's Smoke Shroud 1st level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range/Area: 20ft./10ft sphere.
Components: S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Magical smoke spreads from a point you choose ...
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What spell level should this homebrew spell have? (gain resistance to one damage type, but vulnerability to another)
Name: Morph Exterior
Level: 3
School: Transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
Range: Self
Components: V S M (a piece of obsidian, a sycamore tree branch, or a sample of ...
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If spiritual weapon allowed you to use spells with it would it be broken? Yes, but if I put this limit on it would it still be?
I am toiling with a spiritual weapon-based subclass homebrew idea. In the base game, the way you would use spiritual weapon would be alongside a cantrip or weapon attack. This is because you can't use ...
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Is my homebrew Burning Ears spell the right spell level?
I have designed this spell:
Burning Ears
8th-level divination
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Self
Components: S, M (an earwig or a hollowed out animal horn)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
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Is this Waking Dream spell balanced?
This homebrew spell for dnd 5e is based largely on the Scrying spell and the Dream spell. Conceptually, I wanted something that functions similarly to the "force-bond" that Rey and Kylo Ren ...
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Is this Cloud of Mage Hands spell balanced as a 3rd-level wizard spell?
I am creating a new arcane tradition for the wizard in dnd 5e. This arcane tradition is focused on spells that summon Hands, like Mage Hand and Bigby's Hand.
Since there are not many "hand" ...
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Need help balancing an homebrew 9th level wizard spell
I am creating a new school for the wizard in dnd 5e.
The school is focused on spells that summons Hands, like Mage Hand and Bigby's Hand.
I have trouble balancing a new spell for the 9th level.
My ...
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Would it be unbalanced to let a Tempest Cleric replace one of their domain spells for the 4th-level spell Storm Sphere?
I wanted to pick your DM brains about allowing a Cleric of the Tempest domain to swap one of their domain spells.
One of the players in our campaign would like to swap Control Water (PHB, p.227) for ...
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