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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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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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Is an uncommon magic item that grants +2 to all dexterity checks broken?
I'm really trying to help my friend learn how to balance homebrew magic items and he seems to think that there's absolutely nothing wrong with this. I am doing this to our party's own detriment since ...
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Is this homebrew weapon balanced? [closed]
Im trying to homebrew some new magic items for D&D 5e to add to my groups' sessions. But I'm not sure if this sword is overpowered or underpowered.
The idea is that the item is a "greedy ...
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How much would a +7 AC magic item be worth?
For context: A DM in this multi-DM run D&D 5e campaign I'm in said she would be doing very difficult sessions with very high level loot if we succeed in said sessions. Well, disregarding the fact ...
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Does this Sack of Looting work as a simple replacement for Bag of Holding?
This is the second take on this problem, incorporating feedback from the first round, full background detail can be found there.
In brief, I am looking to create a simple, single focus magic item that ...
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What is the rarity of a magic item which permanently increases an ability score up to at most 13?
In the DMG there are items like the Tome of Leadership and Influence that gives a permanent +2 to charisma and charisma maximum (and other similar Tomes and Manuals for other abilities), but they all ...
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