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Do animal companions, familiars, mounts, etc., short rest and have the ability to spend hit dice and recover hit points along with the rest of the party? Searching the web, I see mixed answers about this, and no definitive ruling. I do not see anything in Sage Advice. Is there any definitive...

I have been looking for a wider variety of rare spells for A5E. It would be great if folks in the community could share what they have come with. And as a fun exercise, we could come up with some variants in this thread. I have some suggestions for rare variants of A5E spells, that don't...

Looking at the A5E spell Find Steed, it would be great if there were some additional non-fiendish options when using a 4th level spell slot. Serathiel’s Find Fiendish Steed has these options for the rare variant of the spell, when using a 4th level spell slot. CR 3 Hell Hound CR 3 Nightmare...

Scanning through A5E Beasts and Plants up to CR 6, almost none of them have saving throw proficiencies in A5E. (I'm ignoring unique creatures therein.) This is consistent with D&D 2014. I assume this is designer intent. Notably, D&D 2024 does have quite a few with saving throw proficiency. For...

I have been thinking about a multi-classed Adept/Druid build and what the first synergy feat would be for it. Maybe something along these lines: Force of Nature feat Prerequisites: Adept level 3+ and Druid level 3+ Your Adept and Druid levels stack for Martial Arts die progression. Example...

Per the rules for Druid's wild shape on page 172 of the A5E Adventurer's Guide, "Any equipment you are wearing or wielding merges into your new form. Equipment that merges with your form has no effect until you leave the form." Whereas 5E and D&D 2024 permit use of some equipment when wild...

Reading through A5E, 5E, and D&D 2024 carefully, I noticed the following difference between A5E vs. 5E and D&D 2024: In A5E, "Any equipment you are wearing or wielding merges into your new form. Equipment that merges with your form has no effect until you leave the form." 5E and D&D 2024 both...

How do you handle the 2024 version of the Conjure Animals spell when it comes to moving the pack? Specific questions on this below. 1. The pack is intangible. So can other creatures move into its area? I presume so. 2. The pack is size Large and appears in an unoccupied space within the 60'...

I observed that the Druid Skinchanger archetype with Wisdom modifier to wildshape AC can achieve high armor class when in a form like say a Dire Ape, Myconid, or Vegepygmy that can use a shield. Specifically, at level 8 with Wisdom 20 to +5 Wisdom modifier to AC, and base Druid wildshape AC of...

Which familiars or animal companions would you allow to throw a Magic Stone? For a monkey, ape, or other creatures with prehensile capability it seems fairly reasonable. Possible also perhaps for an octopus with their tentacles, or an elephant with a prehensile trunk. What about say for a tiger...

The A5E Druid can cast spells in wild shape form, if the spell is range self or touch. The Seed Bomb spell has range touch, so can be cast in wild shape form. Having cast it, you have 4 seeds that can be thrown 60' one-at-a-time as an action. So which Druid wild shape forms can actually throw...

Has anyone else looked at converting the two Crystalpunk classes over to A5E? I have some suggestions for converting the Evolutionist and Soulshaper to A5E, per below. Evolutionist suggestion: Hotwired archetype with Combat Maneuvers Mechanically, the Evolutionist class' damage output looks...

On page 172 of LUA5E, it states "You can’t utilize any features gained from your heritage or heritage gift while in a wild shape." Does this mean, for example, that a Dwarf's Tough train of +1 HP/level does not apply while wild shaped? I assume that your HP should not change. Does a Gnome...

I put together a summary of CR 1 beast and plant forms for Druid wild shapes. I thought that some folks might find this useful, so posting it here. I have omitted some of the worse options and some weirder and over-powered options. For example, the Squashling should be a monstrosity. I have...

The A5E Druid class lists clubs as a weapon proficiency. I first read that as implying that they are proficient in both Club and Great Club. Likewise, the Shillelagh cantrip specifies club or quarterstaff. Further searching around on the web suggests that this specifically means "club", and not...

Hi folks, what would you do to simplify A5E and/or speed up combat? I very much enjoy A5E, but there are some things that players forget, which slow down combat, or complicate representing a character in a virtual table top like Fantasy Grounds. So in that context, are there any changes that...

I'm looking through the Voidrunner's Codex, and I don't see any rules on multiclassing for the Voidrunner's Codex classes. Are there any rules for doing so? If not, should be fairly straightforward to put some together. On a side note, I just got the Voidrunner's Codex (thank you Morrus and...

Attacking with a shield uses what proficiency in A5E? It's a little surprising to me that shield proficiency wouldn't apply. Per LUA5E page 317, "When it is used to attack, a shield is treated as an improvised weaponthat deals 1d4 bludgeoning damage." Additionally, if it is a light shield...

I just noticed that Fantasy Grounds Unity criticals don't double the damage modifiers, only the dice with A5E. Is there a way to set this up properly, so that the damage modifiers get doubled as well? Thanks for any help!

The 4th level spell Resplendent Refraction is too good. It is significantly better than the 6th level Sunbeam spell, which only has the benefit of being a 60' line rather than 30'. I'd suggest dropping the damage in bright light from 5d10 to 4d10, and maybe keeping the blindness to a rare...