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Is the Kobold Press Maddening Whispers spell overpowered?
The Kobold Press OGL has a spell called Maddening Whispers. It is 2nd level, and would seem (to me) to be overpowered, when compared to similar control spells at 2nd level, such as Suggestion and ...
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In Third Edition Exalted, how would a Solar NPC stack up against a party of Dragon-Blooded PCs?
I am hoping to run an Exalted 3e campaign with Dragon-Blooded protagonists, and am considering including Anathema as antagonists/recurring characters. The problem is, I'm new to the system and despite ...
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Balancing a Holy Water Bomb
We are currently playing through Keep on the Borderlands (I DM). The tier one group has made it all the way to the
Because of this, and because they believe the leader to be some kind of demon, they ...
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Are the Humblewood character races balanced in comparison to the playable races in the PHB?
(Inspired by this question: Are fey characters balanced compared to other playable races?)
The Humblewood Campaign Setting features a number of new, animal races for D&D. In particular, I'm ...
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Does it break anything either mechanically or lore wise for a Solar to take Sage of Three Circles?
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My Twilight is a Sorceror first and foremost. His primary initiation is Arcanometric Calculus from Alchemicals, though he also acquired a relic which is functionally similar to the Talisman ...
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Benefits/Point of Stand-Alone Abilities?
In QuestWorlds, a character's Abilities can be Keywords, Breakouts, and Stand-Alone Abilities. I don't think I understand the point of Stand-Alone Abilities. They seem to be priced like Keywords, but ...
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What would be the effects on game balance if there were no opportunity attacks?
I'm not a big fan of opportunity attacks. The major reasons for this are that I do not know how often I had an exchange like this, but too often:
Player: "I move over to the orc shaman and whack ...
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Balancing Aspect-like mechanics with significantly variable breadth and 'height' of maximum bonus
I'm trying to homebrew a game mechanic that is similar to FATE Core's Aspects and Fate Points, but with the following differences:
An Aspect-like trait can have different breadth of applicability and ...
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Revision 3: Is this homebrew Warlock patron - the DM - balanced?
It's been a little while, but - with thanks for feedback on revision one and revision two - here's a further adjustment to replace the most problematic of the original features. Plus, a tweak to Rocks ...
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Revision 2: Is this homebrew Warlock patron - the DM - balanced?
Thanks for the advice in the first revision of this homebrew subclass. My daughter's made a few changes:
Master's Knowledge has been dropped to 1st level (the unusual reference to actual numeric HP ...
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Is this homebrew Warlock patron - the DM - balanced?
My daughter's been dabbling into some homebrew for D&D 5th Edition - this is her first completed unit of new content. She was amused by the idea of a Warlock having the DM as their "...
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Would compressing the PrCs in the DMG to 3 levels make them competitive with other options?
I came across a discussion recently about the remarkably underwhelming Duelist prestige class that suggested balancing the class by compressing it into three levels instead of ten. It would put all 1-...
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Is a Tempest cleric playable? [closed]
I am planning to run an adventure with a new group, using the 2024 rules, and all subclasses are open to pick for the players. Legacy subclasses from the 2014 PHB and the Everything that have not been ...
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Are fey characters balanced compared to other playable races?
I plan on being a fairy who came from the Feywild to the Material Plane via fey crossings, and there are some things that are good about this, and some that are bad.
For starters, I've noticed that ...
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Would it be Balanced to Give Everyone Warlock Slots for Casting Racial Spells?
As part of the campaign I'm running soon, each race is going to have innate spellcasting abilities. Other racial traits / bonuses will exist, but I'm hoping to balance those in isolation from this. I'...
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