DnD5 Lock Picking and Alternatives
Lockpicking in D&D 5e is intentionally simple, but there’s some nuance depending on how your DM runs it. 🔐 The Basics Lockpicking uses a Dexterity check with proficiency in Thieves’...
Role-Playing Games (RPG) and Thoughts about them
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Monsters of Mystery
To keep encounters interesting its best to keep monsters mysterious by not just calling them by their Monster Manual name. Example: “Muscular barbaric looking humanoids approach you with malice. You...
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DnD5e Surprise! (2014 & 2024)
D&D 2014 D&D5e 2024 Disadvantage on Initiative Rolls If a combatant is surprised by combat starting, that combatant has Disadvantage on their Initiative roll. For example, if an ambusher starts...
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DnD5e Grappling (2014 & 2024)
D&D5e 2014 Grappling You grab a target, and the grappled creature can’t move. The Grapple action can be performed in place of one of the Attacks on your turn. For...
DnD5 Lock Picking and Alternatives
Lockpicking in D&D 5e is intentionally simple, but there’s some nuance depending on how your DM runs it. 🔐 The Basics Lockpicking uses a Dexterity check with proficiency in Thieves’...
Thoughts on AI Usage
AI is a tool, it should always be managed, monitored and the finished product reviewed and amended by a human. An artist who uses AI should always use the power...
Monsters of Mystery
To keep encounters interesting its best to keep monsters mysterious by not just calling them by their Monster Manual name. Example: “Muscular barbaric looking humanoids approach you with malice. You...
DnD5e Surprise! (2014 & 2024)
D&D 2014 D&D5e 2024 Disadvantage on Initiative Rolls If a combatant is surprised by combat starting, that combatant has Disadvantage on their Initiative roll. For example, if an ambusher starts...
DnD5e Grappling (2014 & 2024)
D&D5e 2014 Grappling You grab a target, and the grappled creature can’t move. The Grapple action can be performed in place of one of the Attacks on your turn. For...
Ultramodern5 at My Table
I am a fan of Dias Ex Machina Games Ultermodern5, and it was the first 3rd party book I got for D&D5e. I even built the original Ultramodern5 OGL FoundryVTT...
DMG Variant Rules: Spell Points
From the Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide (DMG) for 5th Edition page 288. Spell Slots are converted to Spell Points, allowing for more flexible casting, as the spellcaster can...
Review: D&D5e 3rd Party Content Compatibility 2: Everyday Heroes
See Review: D&D5e 3rd Party Content Compatibility (2023) for previous reviews. Everyday Heroes (2024) by Evil Genius Games A 5e reimagine of d20 Modern (2006). There are 6 Archetypes (based...
Review: D&D5e 3rd Party Content Compatibility
Various 3rd party DnD systems using that used the SRD and added to the DnD5e system