The Gunslinger Misfire
What is the Gunslinger?
The Gunslinger is ...
2021-02-22 16:34:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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Avoiding TPKs
What is a TPK?
TPK stands for "total party kill." This is when a scenario (usually combat, although not necessarily) causes the entire adventuring party to die. This normally mar...
2021-02-20 09:41:20 +0000 UTC View PostWay of the Word (Monk)
This is the PDF for the Way of the Word Monk subclass. This shout-based subclass allows you to charge up different power words to attack with elemental powers and to fortify yourself with different...
2021-01-30 08:45:57 +0000 UTC View PostIdea Workshop: Tarot-based subclass
I'm tinkering with a tarot-based subclass. This is my first pass at trying to cobble together some features based on the Major Arcana.
It's looking like a cleric. I like the fact that the sub...
2020-12-19 19:30:52 +0000 UTC View PostDC 0 Checks
As a matter of adventure design (or when improvising as a DM), you shouldn’t lock mission-critical information behind a skill check. Because if the characters fail the check, the plot...
2020-12-19 16:56:40 +0000 UTC View PostProgressive Skill Check Template
Hi folks! As an accompaniment to today's ThinkDM article on DC 0 Checks, I'm providing these handy tables for you to write out progressive skill checks.
Here's an image you can write on:
<... 2020-12-19 13:15:09 +0000 UTC View PostProTip: Gunner has replaced Crossbow Expert as the feat for martial blasters
Steady Aim Power
Steady Aim is a supplementary Rogue class feature presented as an optional rule in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. It allows the Rogue to spend a bonus action to give themselves advantage ...
2020-11-26 08:36:21 +0000 UTC View PostSteady Aim
A calculator to compare and combine the new Steady Aim bonus action with Elven Accuracy, Sharpshooter, Crossbow Expert, Archery Fighting Style. From Tasha's Cauldron of Everything.
2020-11-26 02:42:05 +0000 UTC View PostPsionic Energy Dice Progression Calculator
Use this link to plot out the progression of your Psionic Energy dice for a Psi Warrior/Soulknife multiclass.
2020-11-21 13:50:37 +0000 UTC View PostSCAG Blade Cantrip Errata
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide (SCAG) published two cantrips that have long been a staple of the martial spellcaster (AKA "gish") playstyle:
- Green-Flame Blade
- Booming ... 2020-11-12 15:35:30 +0000 UTC View Post
THAC0 5e Tables
Here's some THAC0 tables broken down by character level, so they don't take up as much space on your screen.
2020-11-11 13:45:03 +0000 UTC View PostTHAC0 5e
There's an old D&D system that you've probably heard of.
It's called THAC0, which stands for "To Hit Armor Class Zero."
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2020-11-11 13:29:05 +0000 UTC
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The Thing ≬ The Bachelor
A 1-page romance horror RPG you can play in an evening, just in time for Halloween weekend!
2020-10-30 14:54:11 +0000 UTC View PostYou Can Fit 100 Intellect Devourers on the Outside of Leomund’s Tiny Hut
Len Lakofka has left us, but his memory persists in the stories we tell.
Len was the creator of Leomund's Tiny Hut.
He also ran a crunch column in Dragon for 6+ years. &nbs...
2020-10-24 14:39:45 +0000 UTC View PostMonster Knowledge DCs
A system for figuring out what your players know about the monster they're facing. PDF below.
2020-10-17 18:55:48 +0000 UTC View PostMatt Mercer's Oath of the Open Sea (Paladin)
Hey Thinkers!
Famed Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer released a new subclass called the Oath of the...
2020-10-17 17:11:11 +0000 UTC View PostPoison
In preparation for working on a new system to fix 5th Edition's Poisoner's Kit, I made the the attached sheet summarizing the benefits of the poisons listed in the Dungeon Master's Guide.
... 2020-10-04 13:33:20 +0000 UTC View PostDungeons & Designers 9.18.2020
Notes from the D&D Celebration Panel featuring Rime of the Frostmaiden Lead Designer Chris Perkins and D&D Lead Rules Designer Jeremy Crawford (September 18, 2020). 2020-09-19 14:47:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Accessible Dungeons
A sidebar for D&D modules that want to include accessible dungeons and other places.
Warlock Pact of the Grail
This is a new homebrew spell pact for the Warlock.
It's not my most polished work, since I knocked it out over a busy weekend, but it's fun.
The story goes back to the new Strahd mini, ...
2020-08-10 13:25:42 +0000 UTC View PostSo.... I made a game.
Giving it to y'all for free. Hope you enjoy. :)
2020-08-07 17:32:10 +0000 UTC View Post5e Spot/Listen System Numbers
I was going to run a bunch of numbers for y'all to show you how the Spot/Listen system works. In the process, I decided to just make a calculator so you can run any numbers you want. After tinkerin...
2020-07-25 17:22:05 +0000 UTC View PostListen/Spot Checks for 5e
Wait, don't run. I know what you're thinking. There's good reasons we ditched that system.
What if I told you that we could preserve the detail of listen/spot without the mechanically punishi...
2020-07-25 13:30:44 +0000 UTC View PostGender Bias in D&D Character Creation
I'm currently running a survey to see if there's any bias in race and class selection based on player gender. I've attached the google sheet that breaks down the data so you can view the updates li...
2020-07-18 19:48:02 +0000 UTC View Post5 Skill D&D
The full refined article is up on ThinkDM.
If you caught the sneak preview on patreon, go check out the article. I made a lot of refinements, wrote a bunch more, and came up with a rule of th...
2020-07-18 12:15:34 +0000 UTC View Post
5 Skill System (D&D5e)
Why have 18 skills when you can have 5?
We're giving D&D players more agency over the narrative implementation of their skillsets by streamlining a bloated system and highlighting a popul...
2020-07-13 17:09:00 +0000 UTC View PostAnimate Objects Fix
Hi Thinkers! I finally finished editing my article on Animate Objects, so I deleted Part I and Part II and I'm adding it back here as one long post.
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Animate Obje...
2020-07-10 22:03:10 +0000 UTC View Post