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Balance review for a homebrew magic item - Illithid Tadpole
My (currently level 9) Divination Wizard has been implanted with an Illithid Tadpole. Through various events the Ceremorphosis was ended, and I was left with the live tadpole within me. I could have ...
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Is this weapon suitable for a 2nd tier Barbarian?
I created a new weapon for the barbarian of the party I am DMing. They are in the 2nd tier of playing, they are all at level 7, in a couple of session they will level up.
I would like to give the ...
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Would Thunder Crystal be ok for a Rare rating?
I'll be DMing for a party in an adventure where a lot of enemies will have resistance or immunity to the most common damage types, like Fire, Cold or Poison. In the previous adventure my Sorcerer ...
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How Balanced Would a Magic Item that Changes Size by One Be?
Let's say for example the magic items are as follows:
Torvald's Insecurity. Your size is increased by one for as long as you are attuned to this amulet and it is on your person.
Smeek's Sleuthing ...
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Is this homebrew legendary item's power consistent with other legendary items?
In the continuing journey of my DMing I've finally had a campaign reach the point where my players have gotten the position to obtain a legendary item. Having focused on artifacts to create world ...
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Is this homebrew partial transformation balanced/abusable and useable for its intended purpose?
In the setting that I've created, the party will be spending time around a world tree. The tree is extremely large and has a large number of town sized bird cages (flowers of the tree that never ...
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Does this Sack of Carrying work as simpler replacement for Bag of Holding?
I am looking for an alternative to bag of holding that is simpler and provides the weight reduction benefit without all the extra baggage from creating extradimensional spaces.
Sack of Carrying
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Are these Homebrew "Blackfrost Gauntlets" too strong for a monk?
I have a group of level 15 (soon level 16) characters. One of them is an Ascendant Dragon Monk.
I have homebrewed an item for my group and am certain that the monk is the only one who would use it.
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Are these Relics of Legend Artifacts described well enough to be useable?
Yes, I spent the last 3 days listening to Gloryhammer... and started writing up the Relics of Legend just for the lulz.
Now, I wonder if they are on one hand close enough to the inspiring material to ...
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Is this legendary homebrew cloak (Abyssal Regalia of the Dark Prince) balanced?
I am creating some homebrew magic items for the players of my campaign to custom-tailor to their needs and wishes. The characters are currently level 15 and nearing the end, so legendary items are on ...
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Is this Legendary longsword "Sealed Power/Seven Wishes" too broken?
I'm playing in a very high level campaign with a load of powerful characters, and I'm trying to get an edge. I homebrewed this magic item and I want you guys to see how powerful it is. For comparison, ...
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Would someone help with understanding my DM's homebrewed magic item? [closed]
As the title states, my DM made the whole party custom magic items according to our character's class, history, and other details, which is crazy awesome. My character is a Bard that plays a drum for ...
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How balanced is this for a cursed item? part 2
Part 1
Emblem of the ever lasting plague
Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement)
As an action, you can summon 4 (8 at lvl 9, 12 at lvl 13 or 16 at lvl 17) swarm of insects. You can use their ...
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How balanced is this Emblem of the Everlasting Plague cursed item?
Someone in our party wants to have a magical item that slowly turns him evil, taking control over him and that will make him a possible BBEG down the line, with the chance of being saved by the party. ...
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Updated version: is this Handaxe of the storm suitable for a 2nd tier Barbarian?
This is the second iteration for the magic weapon that I designed for the Barbarian of the group for which I am DMing: the first version can be found here. For reference, I report the motivation ...
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