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’...
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Dungeons & Dragons
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...
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
Rules to Argue About: Communications When In Wild Shape
In the 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons (DnD5e), as well as Pathfinder 1st & 2nd Edition, the “Wild Shape” ability of a druid allows them to transform into a...
Looney Tunes – Then and Now (5e)
Looney Tunes were created as NPC’s for AD&D back in the early 1980s. Here’s a take on them in 2021 D&D5e.
DnD5e Rules to Argue About: Flanking!
The DnD5e optional rule of flanking from the DMG the alternatives