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Overpowered pyromancer (Kaladesh) nuking the battlefield for the lulz: fixing our Icewind Dale campaign [closed]
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We're starting an Icewind Dale campaign with level 15'ish characters we've built up through 4 previous campaigns. The team is concerned that one player (pyromancer, Roy "Trogdor" ...
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Would allowing Draconic Sorcerors to be descended from the new dragon types be balanced?
The book Fizban's Treasury of Dragons has been released. While it does contain some player-oriented material (2 new subclasses), something it doesn't do is update the Draconic Sorcerer to have ...
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Are these 5e homebrew Metamagics balanced? [closed]
This is a follow-up to How do I determine appropriate Sorcery Point costs for homebrew Metamagics?, which I asked in preparation for this question.
I'm working on a homebrew version of the Sorcerer ...
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Would giving Sorcerer archetypes extra “spells known” unbalance them?
Sorcerers don't have many spells. If I compare them to other full casters (I'm not including Warlocks in this because they work entirely differently), namely Bards, Clerics, Druids and Wizards, then ...
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What would be the ramifications of allowing a Wild Magic Sorcerer's Bend Luck ability to scale with level?
I was wondering why a Wild Magic Sorcerer's Bend Luck ability is always 2 sorcery points and a reaction to increase or reduce another creature's attack roll, ability check or saving throw by 1d4.
I ...
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With these buffs, would the Storm Sorcery subclass still be balanced with other official sorcerer subclasses?
The Storm Sorcery subclass (SCAG, p. 137; XGtE, p. 51-52) is widely regarded as the weakest of the sorcerer subclasses; for instance, see RPGBOT's assessment of the subclass. We - as in my D&D ...
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Would any issues arise from letting Sorcerers select different Metamagic options after a long rest?
I am running a Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition campaign for my family, and they will shortly be reaching 3rd level. My (8-year-old) son is playing a Sorcerer, and so will gain access to Metamagic ...
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Is this "Fae Ancestry" homebrew sorcerer subclass balanced?
Continuing my current planar obsession I have made this Fae Ancestry sorcerer subclass. To me (I may be biased), it looks mostly fine except for Fae Charm, but I can't tell which is the reason I am ...
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Would it be balanced to give a Sorcerer access to the Illusory Dragon spell?
Xanathar's Guide to Everything (p. 157) features the spell Illusory Dragon. Maybe it's me, but doesn't the spell description scream Sorcerer (especially Draconic Bloodline)? Imagine my surprise when I ...
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Is this added versatility to the Sorcerer's Flexible Casting imbalancing?
After playing Sorcerer quite a bit (both spell-slot and spell-point versions) I feel that the spell-slot variety lacks much of the versatility granted under the spell-point option.
The current ...
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What are the consequences of denying Quickened Eldritch Blasts?
A follow up to Can you use Quickened Spell to cast cantrips? (and asked in the spirit of this question and this question), a L18 Sorcerer/L2 Warlock has 18 Sorcery points, and "recovers" 2 (so to ...
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Would this custom Sorcerer variant that can only learn any verbal-component-only spell be unbalanced?
I recently started reading through the Shannara books by Terry Brooks, and it got me thinking about how the notion of the wishsong would translate into a system like D&D.
My (very) rough idea ...
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Is it balanced to take features from different sorcerous origins at the corresponding sorcerer levels?
For a new campaign, I made a half-elf kid, abducted by a demon who changed his magic origin from a Draconic Bloodline (for cold damage) into a Shadow Magic (from Xanathar's Guide to Everything).
At ...
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How does my homebrew spell replacement for the Shadow Magic sorcerer's Hound of Ill Omen feature compare to the original?
We are starting a new campaign soon with 7 players. To avoid a lot of extra rolling and stuff, the DM banned summons (companions/mounts).
I still wanted to play a Shadow Magic sorcerer (XGtE, p. 50-51)...
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Is it balanced to allow a Divine Soul Sorcerer to swap out Empowered Healing for Extra Attack?
The Divine Soul sorcerer (Xanathar's Guide to Everything, p. 50) gets the Empowered Healing feature at 6th level:
Starting at 6th level, the divine energy coursing through you can empower healing ...
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