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What do you think? Although we haven't seen the final balancing pass, so our predictions have to be taken with a grain of salt, we do have a pretty good idea of where things are going. Enough to start thinking about what the new hotness will be. In some cases, it's pretty obvious that the rich...

This kickstarter (well, Gamefound, but same idea) is going great guns, so I'm posting a link for anyone who might be interested. If you've ever been a bit interested in building terrain sets for your games, this is the best deal you are likely to find...

As more products being added to DDB, I would love to see some of Level Up's material go on there. I understand that the Level Up system itself is unlikely to appear any time soon, but what about adventure paths and so on? Which ones would you most like to see? For me, it is for sure the...

One of my players wants to run a campaign for just three of us, and possibly a fourth. The campaign will be Drakkenheim, and we are starting at level 3. His wife will be playing a paladin, and my spouse is going for a barbarian. Thoughts on what I should play? A full caster? My initial thought...

Thinking about the various threads discussing better ways of doing CR got me wondering whether DnDBeyond should include an encounter simulator, and whether that would be feasible. A big problem with CR rating is that it doesn't take into account how particular creatures weigh up against...

According to this article from ABC News, anyway: Dungeons and Dragons' latest wave of adventurers roll with the punches However, they cite "some sources," so...anyone know what they are talking about, or what these sources might be? On the other hand, this is one of the few news stories that...

We had various threads relating to this on the OneD&D forum, and it would be interesting to continue those discussions here, as we gear up for the new PHB later this year. My latest home 5e campaign had reached around level 7 when we started experimenting with incorporated the UA rules for...

Okay, the D&D movie demonstrated exactly why some of the creatures currently labeled as (usually) "monstrosities" should actually be labeled as beasts: because it would be awesome for druids to be able to wild shape into them (and would help address the paucity of possible wild shapes after...

Anyone seen this? Sounds kind of awesome! https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/fantasy-shows-january-2024-delicious-in-dungeon

This has been referred to in several threads now, and I am intrigued. Has anyone tried it? I'm tempted to do so, but I avoid Facebook like the plague.

I was watching the Critical Role special from Wembley, and there comes a moment where the party is fighting a kaiju-sized opponent and a character, Bo, tries to use a reaction attack from the sentinel feat to stop it moving after another party member. The attack is successful, but Mercer...

Interesting read - pretty well reported. https://www.polygon.com/23919779/dnd-dungeons-dragons-actual-play-tv-show-encounter-party

I thought this was a fun concept and worthy of discussion, if only for the entertainment, so I plucked it out of a Phandelver thread: From @MerricB: Okay, so I laughed...but then I thought about it. RAW, the player might have a valid argument. Here is the very short description of purify food...

For those interested. I'm a fan of Critical Role - it's the perfect accompaniment to my endless hours painting miniatures. And I really like that we live in a time when someone can get a feature in Slate through being a DungeonMaster. Good on Matt Mercer. No One Ever Thought They’d Get Famous...

It's worth noting that Jeremy Crawford has been known to react to Treantmonk's videos directly, so it seems pretty clear that, aside from being well respected in the community, WotC also pays attention. The video is just 20 minutes long.

Pretty positive!

So, weapon masteries felt like they were going to be primarily a fighter thing, and they are in the sense that fighters get the most flexibility with them. But I find myself questioning how valuable that really is. Typically, as a campaign proceeds characters become more exclusive in weapon...

Thoughts on the updated monk? My initial feelings are: minor improvement to the base class, where more is needed. In particular, why is WotC so averse to letting monks be monks right from level 1? Let them use discipline points (calling them di points from now on) right from level 1, and let...

What 5e monsters don't get enough, respect, in your opinion? I nominate the humble, CR2 Peryton. A trio of them, from a random wilderness encounter, just gave a level 7 party fits. Between flyby, resistance to non-magical attacks and a really nasty bonus to their dive attacks (which was all of...

In the interests of considering what spells should be re-tuned for OneD&D, what would folks say are the "must-have" or "no-brainer" spells? My premise is that player choice is good, and if a spell is so obviously strong that an experienced player takes it almost automatically, it should probably...