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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 Heightened(4th) Silence spell balanced?
The second level spell Silence can be heightened to 4th level, when its description is as follows:
Heightened (4th) The spell effect emanates from the touched creature, silencing all sound in or ...
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Would DnD 5e style heightening unbalance the game?
Non-damaging spells like Fear, Slow and Haste increase the target count when heightened. However, not linearly as Hold Person or Blindness does in DnD 5e (+1 target / level) but quite randomly:
Fear ...
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Would allowing Shillelagh to transform your staff into another weapon be unbalanced?
I am planning a (not explicitly optimised) Ranger/Monk character, that uses Druidic Warrior to cast Shillelagh:
Druidic Warrior
You learn two cantrips of your choice from the druid spell list. They ...
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What happens if I let my conjuration wizard be able to target unwilling creatures with Benign Transposition?
The 6th level conjuration wizard feature Benign Transportation says:
Starting at 6th level, you can use your action to teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space that you can see. Alternatively, ...
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Is moving between separate attacks of the same spell unbalanced?
As stated in this question, you can't move between attacks when casting spells like Eldritch Blast as per RAW.
My question is, if a GM would allow this to happen (cast a beam to a creature, move, and ...
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Are there any balance issues with familiar from the Find Familiar spell to be of the elemental creature type (instead of celestial, fey, or fiend)?
The spell find familiar allows a character to summon a familiar, which is a spirit of creature type celestial, fey or fiend. From the spell's description (PHB, p. 240):
You gain the service of a ...
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What are the implications of allowing a shove attack with the Spiritual Weapon spell?
I saw this on a stream and it got me wondering. Instead of attacking with the spiritual weapon spell, they were allowed to try a shove using their spellcasting modifier rather than Athletics, ...
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Would it be balanced to allow Enlarge/Reduce to double its effect when upcast?
The enlarge reduce spell currently has no listed advantage to being upcast. It also seems relatively rare to find 5e mechanics that are able to stack with this spell, allowing you to grow/shrink even ...
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What would be the balance implications of a house rule allowing a readied spell to be held indefinitely?
As established by this question, readied spells can only be held until the beginning of your next turn.
What would the balance implications be if there were no upper limit on how long the spell's ...
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Is this change to the Magic Initiate feat unbalancing?
The Magic Initiate feat states:
Choose a class: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You learn two cantrips of your choice from that class's list.
In addition, choose one 1st level ...
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Are there any balance-breaking consequences of house-ruling that the Spider Climb spell can be upcast to affect additional creatures?
I have a broader question that is the root of this question. I thought I'd ask what I would think is a relatively simple question and see if the answers can help me answer the broader question.
As ...
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Is a house-rule to increase crit range via the Bless spell balanced?
Here's the situation. In the campaign that I am DMing, I have ruled that if a blessed creature (via the Bless spell) gets a total of 20 (or more) on the sum of the d20 and the d4 on an attack roll, ...
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Adjusting power of Animate Dead in custom Dark Sun campaign with slower recovery mechanics (24-hour short rest, 1-week long rest)
tl;dr Because of slower recovery mechanics, my Wizard cannot raise or sustain as many undead as a RAW 5E Wizard. What would be a fair alteration to the spell to bring it back inline with the intended ...
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Does allowing the Thunderwave spell to be centred-on but not affecting the caster increase its power level?
The thunderwave spell has the description:
A wave of thunderous force sweeps out from you. Each creature in a 15-foot cube originating from you must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed ...
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