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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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Is this homebrew Bard College of Comedy v4.0 balanced, compared to officially published subclasses?
I haven't updated this in a while so I thought I would post my latest revision. Based on the comments/answers from version 1.0, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0, I have updated features, dropped some, and moved ...
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Is my bard college of dance homebrew balanced?
College of Dance V.1
People of this college have learned to dance in such a way that it can control life and death. Dance has existed since before written literature. You have found a way to harness ...
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Is my College of Poems bard subclass balanced?
College of Poems V.1
You have been trained in the art of poetry, you have gained heightened sight and knowledge. Your poems can invigorate your allies, or torture your enemies. The power of poems is ...
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Is this homebrew Bard College of Comedy v3.0 balanced, compared to officially published subclasses?
Based on the comments/answers from version 1.0, 2.0, and 2.5, I have updated features, dropped some, and moved others around. I'm including the (slightly edited) original intro, and have adjusted the ...
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Is this homebrew Bard College of Comedy v2.5 balanced, compared to officially published subclasses?
Based on the comments/answers from the first version and second version, I have updated some of the features, dropped some, and moved others around. I'm including the original intro, but have adjusted ...
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Is this homebrew Bard College of Comedy v2 balanced, compared to officially published subclasses?
Based on the comments/answers from the first version I have updated some of the features, dropped some, and moved others around. I'm including the original intro, but have adjusted the text explaining ...
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Is this homebrew Bard College of Comedy v1 balanced, compared to officially published subclasses?
I wanted to play a bard, but personally lack any musical talent. While it's not vital to actually sing in real life, it got me thinking that there should be a College that focuses more on the spoken ...
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Is this cantrip "shoot confetti" balanced with the PHB cantrips?
In the process of promoting silly party feats and a cantrip to support one of those feats, I designed:
Shoot Confetti
cantrip, conjuration
Range: 30 ft
Casting time: 1 action
Duration: Instantaneous
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Is this Poetry Bard balanced compared to other Bard subclasses?
In all honesty, a lot of this class arose from the goal of having themed feature descriptions which were drafted and then refined over time to make them have a more cohesive internal-theme as well (...
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Would this homebrew college of spirit be unbalanced? What should I change?
I'm currently running a campaign within Ravnica, and one of my player came to me with this homebrew for her bard working within Orzhov guild.
I wanted to be sure first (as I'm a new DM and relatively ...
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Is this homebrew Bardic College of Revolution balanced?
I decided to try to homebrew a 5e bard subclass. I was looking for a good mix of combat and charisma based roleplay abilities. I’m still in the early stages of the campaign, but I anticipate a pretty ...
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What is unbalanced about this homebrew College of the Storm bard subclass?
What, if anything, is unbalanced about this homebrew College of the Storm bard subclass?
I think the subclass I made is unbalanced because of the number of abilities gained at third level, and the ...
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Is this homebrew feat for bards balanced (or even useful)?
I've been toying with the idea of a feat for a bard to allow for more sneaky play with things like mass suggestion. I think it could be fun and I was thinking of suggesting it to my DM for the bard I ...
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Is this homebrew Bard College of Midnight balanced, compared to officially published subclasses?
I wanted to play a necromancer, but I wasn't all that thrilled by my options. Wizards obviously make great necromancer, but I was drawn in another direction. A charismatic puppet master, that was my ...
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