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Casting wall of fire in a T-shaped corridor
In D&D 5e, is casting wall of fire like this allowed, or would I need to have line of sight for the entire corridor? Assume my wizard knows that the corridor extends both ways and how long it is.
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What's the earliest instance of a "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" reference to beholders?
Is there any recorded use of the phrase, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" being used in a commercially available D&D campaign or any rulebook of any edition, specifically to reference (secretly or overtly) a beholder that appears in the course…
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Running Parallel Campaigns
So, as seems to frequently be the case with me, more players wish to be a part of my new campaign than I'm comfortable putting around one table (maybe 8). I toyed briefly with the idea of running two campaigns with different parties in parallel in…
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Is a pregnant creature considered a single entity for spells such as Banishment?
Using the D&D 5e RPG system. We'll use a Brown Bear and the spell Banishment as an example. What, if anything, occurs when you attempt to cast such a spell on a creature that is currently pregnant?
The spell specifies the following:
You attempt to…
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How powerful would an always-on Truesight ability be for a PC?
How powerful would an always-on passive ability or magic item or whatever else that could grant truesight to a PC be? Let's say 60 ft. to match the range of races with Darkvision.
For reference, here's what truesight does (MM, p. 9):
A monster with…
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What are the mechanical consequences of a Centaur's Fey trait?
Centaurs have the Fey trait (Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, pg. 16):
Fey. Your creature type is fey, rather than humanoid.
What does this mean in terms of gameplay? I know that certain spells, such as hold person, require a humanoid target, so a…
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Can an 18th level hastened mobile wood-elf monk move at over 100 mph?
One of my players wants to say his monk can kill a T-Rex in a single blow, by simply ramming it. The pitch goes like this:
As a wood elf he has a base speed of 35 feet.
The Mobile feat increases this to 45.
Being 18th level monk adds +30, so…
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"Punishing" characters for stupid actions
I'm currently running a 6 person World of Darkness campaign, which is heavily social based. 5 of the players I am happy with, but one of them keeps doing stupid things, such as pushing himself to the point of unconsciousness (via a curse the party…
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Does Fog Cloud render a Beholder's eyestalks ineffective?
The fog cloud spell creates "heavily obscured" vision, which effectively acts like the blinded condition for characters in it, per the answer to this Q&A: Interaction between fog cloud and new vision errata rule
A beholder's eye stalks (Monster…
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How to destroy a spellbook when the wizard dies?
I would like to use a wizard as the enemy. I've done that before but this time is different: his class level will be above the group's level. As with any other wizard in the world he has to use a spellbook.
This spellbook is my problem because in…
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What's wrong about addressing the players in Dungeon World?
One of Dungeon World's gamemastering principles is “Address the characters, not the players”:
Addressing the characters, not the players, means that you don’t say,
“Tony, is Dunwick doing something about that wight?” Instead you say,
“Dunwick,…
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Is the DC on the Linguist Feat too low?
I am talking specifically about the DC to create a cipher. As written the DC is INT+Proficency. This means that as a level 14 wizard with a 20 INT, I can create a cipher with a DC of 10. This seems to be quite low to me?
Have I missed something…
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What can I include in my character's background to help the GM build a better story?
Whatever the system or the world used, what can a player add to his character background that will help the GM make the game more interesting.
Games are much more interesting with the addition of the character's events/NPCs/whatnot into the main…
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How to encourage casters to expend spellslots?
As you walk in the forest, you notice a group of gnomes, tightly packed together; your turn Mr Sorcerer. "I cast Firebolt" "You mean Fireball?" "Nah, saving it for later". Ten rounds later and with 10hp left the battle is over.
It doesn't matter if…
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Is my Paladin stacking Smite spells correctly?
I am the DM for a level 2 Paladin. Today, he managed to pull off what the table found to be a very powerful, yet simple, combo. The two of us read over the rules and we both think it was by the book, but I'd like to be sure.
The paladin first cast…
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