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How does Augury work exactly?
I am the DM for a party that started to rely more and more on the augury spell, casting it as a ritual at least daily, because it has shown them the 'right' path on multiple occasions in the past.
The description of augury seems pretty…
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How can I stress my players' resources while making the stressors feel natural without simply adding more combat encounters?
In a weekly campaign I've been running my players have recently reached levels where they are obtaining some of their core abilities. One of my players is a druid, who has chosen the wild shape-focused Circle of the Moon. Now that he can transform…
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What is considered an object?
In the PHB, on page 193, the Use an Object action is described:
Use an Object
You normally interact with an object while doing something else, such as when you draw a sword as part of an attack. When an object requires your action for its use, you…
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Was "Warfare & Wizardry" a real game?
I recently downloaded the "Mazes & Minotaurs Player's Handbook: 2012 Silver Jubilee Edition" PDF. I believe this PHB is a revised / updated version of the Legendary Games Studio-revised 1987 version of the same game.
At the end of each chapter, the…
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Where's my share of the loot?
How do you handle loot disputes as a DM? Say we are doing a random loot drop from a felled enemy, and there happens to be one thing that two players really want. Do you make an initiative roll to see which character finds it first? or is it better…
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How to add a deep chasm-type hazard to an encounter without risk of instant death to PCs?
In fantasy works like Lord of the Rings, the vertical dimension often helps the protagonists in gravity-enhanced combat (in other words, pushing foes off high walls or into chasms to kill them). I would like to incorporate such high places to push…
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What is the origin of D&D 1-9 spell levels?
D&D spells in all editions (except for 4e powers) are categorized according to "spell levels". This is something that I haven't seen in other games.
When did these spell levels first appear and where did the they come from? Did the designers of the…
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Can the rogue repeatedly hide in combat to sneak attack the same enemy?
One of my players is a rogue and has been, on his turn, using Cunning Action to hide as a bonus action and immediately afterwards attacking. I have been ruling that this does work to grant him advantage as an unseen attacker as I believe that is the…
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Has anyone produced a drop-in well-reasoned economy for a fantasy game?
I've seen so many attempts to justify this or that crazy thing in various fantasy RPG economies, but they don't tend to hold water as far as I've seen. I realize that suspension of disbelief is technically an option here, but my brain clenches up…
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Making aging relevant: How can I translate premature aging into a mechanical effect?
My group is about to come across a haunted sunken keep with an adversarial Ghost mini-boss. Being mostly composed of Humans (because who doesn't want a free feat?), I expect them to be particularly vulnerable to Horrifying Visage's aging effect.…
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Dungeon World after much D&D (3.5E, 4E and 5E) - struggling with what degree of "fiction first" applies to moves
My group tried out Dungeon World for first time. We've played quite a variety of games, but the most time has been spent with D&D 4E and 5E.
During the session - which in general I enjoyed - I felt something wasn't quite right for the group, but…
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Do creatures with Legendary Resistance know what they're making a saving throw against when they choose whether to use it?
Say I cast a Fireball at a white dragon, it definitively knows that the spell cast was a Fireball, with all those flames around...
However, some spells are more subtle, such as Banishment. Maybe the characters want to have about 1 minute to build…
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The group I DM for insists on rolled stats, but I don't want unbalanced PCs to cause group conflicts later
I'm going to be running a new campaign for my players, with our session 0 starting tomorrow. I was leaning towards the traditional ability score method of generation (roll 4d6, drop the lowest). I am not concerned with the numbers themselves but…
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Do you regain your hitpoints when you stop being a wild magic potted plant?
The DND 5th Edition Wild Magic table will cause you to become a potted plant if you roll a 41 or a 42:
You turn into a potted plant until the start of your next turn. While a plant, you are incapacitated and have vulnerability to all damage. If you…
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What ways are there to anger the PC's without angering the players?
Since I got so many good ideas on my last question, here's part 2:
What ways are there to really anger my PC's -- give them that sense of unbridled rage and fury -- without pissing the players off too?
I'd like to accomplish this through the story…
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