homebrew

[weary agate]

Anyone have any ideas for a hex based magic item? Like something that buffs hex or hex blades curse or smth?

[wise flame]

You say that like it was accidental 😅

[spring tusk]

whats the rarity we're looking for

[spring tusk]

[weary agate]

Uh like rare max

[wise flame]

Like sss or ur rarity?

[spring tusk]

things that boost hex's damage or the number of targets,
things that increase the crit change on hexblades curse from 19-20 to 18-20
things the increase the damage on hexblades curse
or just plain weapons that work with hexblade

like an attunement longsword that gives you an extra 1d6 damage to your hexblade's curse target, that could be an uncommon item

all of these would have to be attunement items

you could give yourself something that gives you access to certain spells depending on the ability score you impose disadvantage with when using Hex

im shooting ideas into the dark here cmon tell me something sounds good

[weary agate]

Uhh I do like some of these sorry haha
Would like an item what lets you choose from a few effects on hexing be too strong?

[weary agate]

I do like this a lot tho

[spring tusk]

yeah I do think it'd be too strong

'ts why I didnt list it

[spring tusk]

okay, what skill do you most often impose disadvantage on?

[weary agate]

Dang I had these ideas up choose one
Thorned Hex: When the target misses you with an attack, it takes 1d6 piercing damage.

Binding Hex: The target’s speed is reduced by 10 ft.

Glimmer Hex: Attacks against the hexed target ignore half and three-quarters cover.

[weary agate]

Uh I mean prolly strength for grapples and stuff

[spring tusk]

oh I thought you meant picking an extra ability score

hm

I think as a 1st level spell its still too much

[weary agate]

Yeah but like didn’t they like change hunters mark with ranger or am I crazy

[spring tusk]

maybe

guarding hex, a creature under the effects of Hex has disadvantage on attack rolls against the caster

[spring tusk]

not like that

[weary agate]

Ooo that’s kinda peak

[spring tusk]

also hex is stronger than hunters mark

like way stronger

[weary agate]

Well yeah that’s fair

My dm said I get a special magic item that is homebrew and I’m like a hexadin who is really witchy

So I’m just trying to think of a good item based on that

[spring tusk]

okay cool,

Guarding Hex
Wondrous Item, Rare (Requires Attunement)

While concentrating on the Hex spell, the target of the spell has Disadvantage on attack rolls against you, and you have Advantage on saving throws against spells they cast.

how's that look

if you want it uncommon just scrap the advantage on saving throws bit

[weary agate]

That is pretty solid I like that thank you

[spring tusk]

for sure

anyway i've been procrastinating getting some meal prep done so I gotta head out, but I hope the magic item ends up fun :)

[weary agate]

TY

[peak inlet]

honestly, look at Horror Subclasses UA Hexblade

you can steal stuff from there since they scrapped a lot of it

[loud pasture]

Hey everyone I'm giving out some magic items to my players wanted to get input on one of them. Our druid got his hands last session on a set of magical prayer beads and I wanted to know if yall had any cool ideas for a magic item? One that's rechargeable and not limited use

[wise flame]

Depends on what you want it for

[peak inlet]

what is the player’s playstyle?

[wise flame]

Like there's various kinds of wands/staffs or wearable items

[peak inlet]

first thing I’m thinking of is a modified spellcasting focus

[loud pasture]

Does a lot of support healing, some damage spells and summoning some things

[peak inlet]

I thought they were low level

[loud pasture]

Mostly healing and summons

Nah level 7

[peak inlet]

what’s their level?

[loud pasture]

They have access to 4th level spells

And one is to summon an earth elemental

[peak inlet]

so you’re looking for Rare items?

[loud pasture]

Yes

[peak inlet]

I would probably go for something like a stacking heal based on spell slots used

to allow them to use spells for other purposes as well

[loud pasture]

I'm slightly confused

Like

Allowing them to use he'll spells without expending an action

So they can use others?

[last bolt]

Is anyone good at making homebrew subclasses look professional on D&D beyond? I have a homebrew subclasses I want designed if so one can help
I’m willing to pay lol

[peak inlet]

without using spell slots

[loud pasture]

Ahhh

Ok

That's smart

I'm guessing it would have charges too

[peak inlet]

so you use spells and this thing charges up

[loud pasture]

I like that

[peak inlet]

then you can heal through it without a spell slot

I would probably put a limit to uses per dawn though

[loud pasture]

Yes

I'll give it charges

And perhaps the use of charges increases per spell level

[peak inlet]

let’s say it heals as an action, 5 stacks for 5 spell levels being cast to heal 5d8

that’s a free 2nd level Cure Wounds

[loud pasture]

Ok

Thank you this was good

[peak inlet]

you can also make it so it can heal either as a Cure Wounds or as a Healing Word using the same number of charges and stacks

so then they can heal and cast a spell on the same turn

[peak inlet]

I guess that’s basically exactly the same as the item I made to allow Warlocks to use damaging spells

[fast ruin]

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1xL5iFu2yi0lcRZOgECHoRarsrTJPHgId45RLUOdSZIQ/mobilebasic

Home-brew i did for a class called the Soul Eater

[gloomy flower]

chat imagine a warlock-paladin combo

normal paladin except with pact magic and warlock spell list

divine smite would use smite points generated from pact slots (smite point gain is equal to pact slot level)

you can put up to 5 smite points into 1 divine smite

call it the pact crusader paladin variant

i'll eventually turn that idea into an actual class

eventually is now btw i'm making that an actual class right now

[true forge]

do i have the subclass for you (its hexblade)

[gloomy flower]

you are misunderstanding what i want here

i want a paladin cone

but dipped in warlock

so pact magic paladin basically

i want an eldritch paladin

think profane soul bloodhunter if it was a whole class and also wasn't bloodhunter and was actually paladin

does that make sense or do i sound like a crazy person right now

[true forge]

it does

but its asking for a whole lot

[gloomy flower]

i know what i'm doing (i really don't but you gotta crack a few eggs to make an omelette)

uhh

i mean i just thought to half the spell progression and give them max 3 spell slots going off of a modified PF BH spell progression

[true forge]

well

if you want to give paladins pact magic

[gloomy flower]

current working idea is 1 slot from 2nd-6th level, 2 slots from 7th-11th, and 3 from 12-20th

[true forge]

you got to find out what a half caster with pact magic gets in terms of spell slots

which i think is a max of 2, you get your 2nd around 7th?

as 3rd caster with pact magic gets their 2nd at ~11th

[gloomy flower]

luckily we already have a 1/3 caster with pact magic so i have something to go off of

[true forge]

well it wouldnt be 3rd casting it would be half :P

oh wait

3rd caster with pact magic get theirs 6th level

[gloomy flower]

yeah, so 2nd level at 6th level at 3rd level at 11th level

lines up well enough for what I'm trying to do

[true forge]

thats, just full casting with pact magic (spell slot wise).....

[gloomy flower]

actually full casting gets 4 slots

if full casting gets 4 and 1/3 gets 2 then 1/2 gets 3

[true forge]

at tier 4 when balance gets thrown out the window

[gloomy flower]

that's a damn good point

but what do I do then

in terms of slots

[true forge]

either cap it at 2 (like 3rd caster but eariler level) or give them 3, but the 3rd tier 4/late tier 3

[gloomy flower]

makes sense

[true forge]

in terms of actually flavour and what not

[gloomy flower]

so 3rd at 15th level

[gloomy flower]

ehhhhh celestial patrons and call it a day

that way the theme of holiness and righteousness is still there kinda

[true forge]

is this more just, a paladin that forsakes their oath and turns to deals from patrons, retaining both unholy power (oathbreaker) and the given?

so its a paladin but, warlock

ehhhhhhhhh

[gloomy flower]

exactly

this is a pactladin

[true forge]

thats

[gloomy flower]

i am making a pactladin

[true forge]

so your replacing spell slots with pact magic if you choose this subclass(?)

[gloomy flower]

variant class

[true forge]

paladin and this have 2 very different flavours

[gloomy flower]

it's the same as paladin but with pact magic instead

[true forge]

so from great, to kinda mid?

2 (basically) smites per SR compaired to pally's boat load per LR?

[gloomy flower]

ehhhh i mean i feel like if i crack and readjust the right metaphorical bones i could probably make this work

[gloomy flower]

i actually had an idea for smites

[true forge]

(and more spell slots for other things like healing and other spells)

[gloomy flower]

and it was essentially sorcery points but with smites

each point was equal to a spell level for divine smite

[gloomy flower]

now the fun thing with that is that it uhh

it uses the warlock spell list

yk the more i talk about this the stupider i realize this is

[true forge]

it just seems like, a miss mash of ideas from all the CHA casters (besides bard) rolled into one

[gloomy flower]

i've already sunk too much time into this idea though i can't back out

[gloomy flower]

i mean yeah basically

[true forge]

which isnt good mind you

classes are suppose to be something unique from everybody else, and have a gimmick to match

[gloomy flower]

i mean it's not really supposed to be a thing that stands on it's own

this is literally made to be "paladin if it was a pact instead of an oath"

[true forge]

even tho its a varient class (which isnt a real term in 5e), its just taking the parts of multiple classes instead of something unique

[true forge]

thats, just a warlock lol

[gloomy flower]

listen man if i was here to make anything make sense i wouldn't be sitting here trying to frankenstein a paladin and a warlock into something that can pass as playable

[wet yarrow]

Swapping class features is a pretty functional way to make class variants.

[true forge]

funny enough

its basically a thing in 5e lore, from my small amount of research

Warlock Knights are basically just what your waiting to do

[gloomy flower]

yeah this is actually the base idea of what it is

[wet yarrow]

What's 5e 'lore' >_>

[gloomy flower]

probably FR or Exandria

[true forge]

mb, dnd lore

[wet yarrow]

Okay, what's D&D lore

[true forge]

confusing

[gloomy flower]

usually when people refer to the lore of D&D they're talking about the Forgotten Realms

[wet yarrow]

Do they? Lol.

In my experience they're talking about their table. Because there is no official canon or lore.

[true forge]

bingo

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Warlock_Knights

thats the thing im talking about btw

[gloomy flower]

yeah that's what i want

[true forge]

basically they did both make an oath and a pact, but its basically both i think

[gloomy flower]

i want warlockadin

pact magic paladin with sorcery point divine smite

[true forge]

how would the subclasses work?

is it both pacts and oaths mixed together?

do certain patrons mix with certain oaths (like say, archfey and crown)

now i want to have a stab at it, eldritch based paladin class, I DONT NEED MORE STUFF TO BREW!!!! 😭

[gloomy flower]

for flavor reasons yeah

hold on chat we might be cooking

[primal osprey]

Hey, I hate to interrupt but I have a homebrew species I'd like to quickly get some advice for

[gloomy flower]

shoot

[primal osprey]

First I'll just give some of their lore so you understand the reason for the abilities

They're called Winterfolk, they're fey-themed people of the mountains. They're festive and love dancing, and worship a homebrew archfey called the Princess of Frost

Resident of Snow. You have resistance to cold damage.

Winter Dance. When a creature makes an attack roll against you or forces you to make a dexterity saving throw, you may use your reaction to add a bonus equal to your proficiency bonus to your AC or Dexterity Saving throw for that one attack roll or saving throw. You cannot use this again until you take a long rest.

Subject of the Frost Princess. A number of times per long rest equal to your proficiency bonus, you can invoke your connection to the Frost Princess to cast either Misty Step or Fog Cloud. You may also cast these with any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.

I'm not sure about these abilities

[true forge]

is the Frost Madien not good enough for you? /jk

[primal osprey]

Idk who that is <3

[true forge]

the person with an entire adventure based around her.......

[primal osprey]

Oh yes I remember now

[wet yarrow]

AC on Reaction is beef.

[primal osprey]

Yeah I wasn't sure about it

[wet yarrow]

I think Misty Step on top is a tiny bit overtuned.

Because it feels like the 'core racial'

But this has some winter court Eladrin vibes

And the LR balances it out most of the way

[true forge]

dont Star elves/shadar-kai get PB amount of what is basically misty step per LR

[wet yarrow]

Ye. They just dont get +2-+6 AC on reaction too.

[primal osprey]

I'm trying to think of what more to say about them so you lot have enough context to pitch some other ideas for abilties

They're tall, but skinny. They have snow-white skin but colourful hair

[wet yarrow]

Well, if you want a world skill, there's a few things you can do. If you want ribbons, things like manipulating snow or fog in non-combat ways can be fun.

Being able to find feygates could be neat.

[primal osprey]

Maybe I could give them an innate casting of invisibility instead? They're kinda like tall halflings of the mountains

[primal osprey]

Ooooh maybe

So maybe fog cloud and invisibility once per long rest?

No misty step

[wet yarrow]

Naw, Misty Step is very fey coded, I like it

[primal osprey]

The fog cloud could be flavoured as snow, or just have a non-spellcasting version of it that's described as snow

[wet yarrow]

And because its once a day, I dont think its hugely overtuned.

Or, well, once per LR, I suppose lol. Daily v LR are funky in 5e

[primal osprey]

What about the dance? Maybe it's too crazy

How else can I represent their dance and festivity?

[wet yarrow]

Easiest way would be a performance related thing.

[primal osprey]

Maybe a few times per long rest bonus to it?

[wet yarrow]

Yeah, or advantage when dealing with fey on socials once a day, or advantage on performance for carousing.

[primal osprey]

Maybe it could just be a fey magic-themed bonus to all charisma checks in general

[primal osprey]

Oooh yeah

Ty all

[jaunty ibex]

Gonna brew some homes today

[loud pasture]

They better have concrete stats

[jaunty ibex]

I track all stats except for the dexterity, charisma, etc

[abstract arrow]

trying to make an alternative of Oathbreaker for 24 rules
https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/j2TGEz6-4-HY

[native grove]

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDHomebrew/comments/1c32n1m/school_of_arcane_athletics/

This is a link to a homebrew wizard subclass i made

any comments?

it was basically my attempt to make the "buff wizard" meme into an actual subclass

[keen wyvern]

I would like to homebrew some Abyss entities.

From 2024 edition, what are some Abyss entities?

Any Abyss entities that synergise with farming?

[stuck raptor]

you mean Demons?

[keen wyvern]

yes, Demons

[jaunty ibex]

I’m trying out making a homebrew spell for my first full campaign DMing

I think it’ll be cool

[native grove]

Any comments?

[mild cove]

All the comments already on the thread are correct. Nothing more to add

[karmic sparrow]

So the hand and eye of vecna are artifacts. What about the other magic items rarities?

Maybe the kidney stones of vecna can be common and the wisdom teeth of vecna are uncommon? Appendix of vecna is rare?

[peak inlet]

what is happening here?

Appendix of Vecna makes you explode, dealing 10d10 Force damage to all creatures within 30 feet of you. You immediately die and cannot be revived except using True Resurrection or Wish.

[mild cove]

Toe-nails or Vecna

Rare magic item

Whenever you hit a creature with an unarmed strike using you legs, the damage is instead 1d6+con slashing. The creature must also make a DC 14 Con save or be poisoned until the end of its next turn.

Curse: Smelly feet

[weary agate]

I think it was you that pinged me about the horror hexblade stuff that’s quite a good idea to take from that Ty

[plush burrow]

Nose of Vecna allows you to smell the future

[peak inlet]

never use the nose and toenail of Vecna at the same time

[mild cove]

Stomach of vecna lets you eat anything without harm (including poisons), but you’re always hungry

And the Achilles tendon of vecna gives +10 feet of movement, but whenever you move you roll a d20. On a 1, you collapse on the ground and become prone forever

[primal osprey]

Woah we making his whole body as a magic item?

Cool

[mild cove]

Yes

[primal osprey]

Perfect

Got his whole head yet?

[mild cove]

I don’t think so

[peak inlet]

we’re only doing inconsequential body parts

[primal osprey]

Damn

Toe of Vecna

[peak inlet]

Ear Wax of Vecna

[primal osprey]

Awesome

[peak inlet]

is that an upgrade to the Toe Nail of Vecna?

[primal osprey]

Damn you guys have the toenail? Amazing

[mild cove]

Nervous cord of vecna

Advantage on int saves and checks but your paralyzed

[primal osprey]

Sounds like Steve Hawking /j

[peak inlet]

always paralyzed? rip the auto crits

[primal osprey]

Yup

[mild cove]

The other eye of vecna

Basically a free magic initiate (wizard only) with an additional 2nd level spell of choice, but you’re blind

[peak inlet]

why’s the other eye so much weaker than the first eye

[mild cove]

Because

[primal osprey]

Well his other hand doesn’t seem to be as good

Vecna still has his other hand but he doesn’t have the abilities of his hand

[mild cove]

About that…

The other hand of vecna

Your strength score increases by one but you can’t wield weapons or do somatic components for spells or use tools.

[peak inlet]

Lips of Vecna, Glibness is always active but once per day, you say something out of pocket

[primal osprey]

Hahaha

[primal osprey]

Even better

[peak inlet]

that’s a cursed Common Item

[mild cove]

Yes

[peak inlet]

you gotta take your own hand off

too bad you didn’t pay attention in class to which hand is the powerful one

I’m putting a bunch of those in my Halloween special in the campaign

if my players aren’t crying by the end of the session, I didn’t do it correctly

[mild cove]

Funny bone of vecna

Very rare magic item

+1 to spell dcs and spell attacks and +1 to all weapon damage and attack rolls. You can also use any weapon with dex.

Curse: whenever you fail a saving throw or get hit with a crit, the attacker rolls 2 more of that attacks damage dice

[peak inlet]

the curse should be that you use your reaction to attack a random creature within melee range

[mild cove]

Fair

[peak inlet]

let’s check your reflexes real quick

slashes at the doctor full strength

[mild cove]

Heart of vecna

Higher rarity than artifact

It probably does something, but anyone who’s tried to have it put it has died from blood loss before the heart was put in.

[peak inlet]

is that what it says when you use identify?

[mild cove]

When you use identify a hand written note from whatever god of death is in the setting that your using appears in your hand that says “Honestly, no idea what the F this does. Here’s 5 gold though”

[mild cove]

Wait. If it’s common, does that mean that there’s multiple other hands of vecna? Now I’m imagining a Lich with 1 right hand and arm, and 1000 left hands and arms

[bitter whale]

I’m making joke magic items. Next on the list: Bikini armour - any suggestions ?

[mild cove]

If you want joke magic items, just scroll through what we’ve talked about in this channel recently

[mild cove]

A sentient magic item that’s really good but bad mouths you the whole time. Disadvantage on concentration checks and ranged attack rolls.

[peak inlet]

it doesn’t say left arm, it says “other arm”

one right arm, a buncha other arms

[mild cove]

That’s no better

[plush burrow]

A magic weapon that changes a spell's damage type to something the creature is resistant/immune against unless they get a nat 20 in which the spell just works as intended

[scenic urchin]

wand of firecube

[mild cove]

Cheeseburger of gun. Whenever you take a bite you can fire it as if it were a musket from the dmg without the ammunition property. But if you take a number of bites over twice your con modifier between long rests you throw up and are incapacitated until the end of your next turn. Throwing up in this way resets the counter on uses.

[hollow siren]

So I’m an idiot lol

[mild cove]

What?

[hollow siren]

A while ago I posted a subclass for warlock made around storms

[mild cove]

Ok

[hollow siren]

Level 6 and 10 features involved call lightning enhancements

[mild cove]

Sure

[hollow siren]

Turns out when you use the spell to take control of an existing storm you use that storm’s radius and not the spell’s radius

So I have to revise level 10

[mild cove]

Then do that

[hollow siren]

I may just change it to the radius buffs to 150 feet at level 10 when you make a storm

So the feature is inspired by the storm call shout from Skyrim

That shout has a radius of 150 feet

Which btw is more broken in Skyrim than it is in dnd because of how action economy works differently in both games

May also revise the feature so that the spell doesn’t require sight to lightning bolt your foes too, as if the commune with nature spell was in effect during and within the radius of the storm. Thoughts?

[grand jetty]

What if it's called cheeseboomger instead

[hollow siren]

TL DR the feature just buffed call lightning at level 6 to use a BA, the level 10 feature increased radius and damage

[hollow siren]

This is the best name I’ve ever seen

[grand jetty]

So, what exactly is the fantasy you wanna achieve?

[hollow siren]

Not a fantasy as the subclass is basically complete. I’m just revising it to fit with how the spell actually works

[grand jetty]

Like, the warlock makes a pact with nature entities, I'd guess, and what kind of path would they follow?

[hollow siren]

Ah ok

[grand jetty]

Like, when I chose path of the giant, for my barbarian

[hollow siren]

Yeah basically

[grand jetty]

I envisioned it big enough to brawl with a tarrasque

[hollow siren]

Mechanically I liked fathomless for lightning spells but hate tentacle flavoring and mechanics

So this was inspired by that

Flavor wise this is some kind of entity like Talos or a living storm

The subclass mechanically is fairly straightforwardly very damage and destruction focused

[grand jetty]

And how would it behave in combat? Ideally

[hollow siren]

I just thought it would be neat to build the features around call lightning, given storm call from Skyrim

[grand jetty]

If this was a movie, rather than a game, what would it do on the battlefield?

[mild cove]

Yes

[hollow siren]

Levels 1-4, eldritch blast machine gun and an option to change the damage to lightning
5, lay down call lightning if needed
6-20, call lightning and eldritch blast go brrrrr

Lots of lightning bolts

Flying speed too

Let me see if I can find the subclass

[grand jetty]

I think commune with the nature wouldn't quite be the right call for it

I'd add a feature called "eye of the storm"

"you can see creatures under the area of storms you control, that aren't under complete cover"

[hollow siren]

It’s more just you no longer need to see them and are aware of creatures

My first thought (and not the wording) was to say “oh like commune with nature”

You’re aware of any creatures within the radius of a storm you create or take control of when concentrating on the Call Lightning spell, and no longer need to see them to affect them with a lightning bolt.

That’s what the wording I think would be

[grand jetty]

Uh, what about this

"the storm winds you wield grant you unparalleled awareness. You have blindsense within the radius of storms you control, and can affect any creatures detected through it, with a lightning bolt, from call lightning"

Since what you're describing is pretty much blindsense

Imo

Or "you have blindsense when under rainfall or storms, with a radius of x, around you. When you conjure a lightning bolt through call lightning, you can target any creature you can detect"

[true forge]

Prey on the Weak

6th level Way of the Monster feature
:
Your prey beckons you. Once per long rest, when you target a creature, you can mark them as Prey for 1 minute. When you deal damage to Prey, you deal an extra Martial Arts die worth of damage. This extra damage can happen once per turn.
:
You may regain a use of this feature by spending a Ki point (no action required).

Form of Dread

11th level Way of the Monster feature
:
Your Monstrous Form grows, both in scare factor and in appearance. While in your Monstrous Form, you gain the following effects:

• You gain resistance to non-magical bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage from non-slivered weapons.
• As a action and spending a Ki point, you can let out a cry, howl or any loud noise. All creatures of your choice within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw aganist your Ki save DC. On a fail, the creature becomes frightened off you and becomes Prey for a minute.

hmmmm

i think they are fine, right?

[white bison]

Honestly you can remove the once per turn limit on the 6th kevel feature and it’ll still be balanced

[true forge]

with monk?

its basically hunter's mark/hex

you want 4d6 + another 4d6

all for 1 Ki btw

[white bison]

Yea, both of which are really bad

[true forge]

this doesnt require conc

it just, a set and forget thing

[white bison]

It’s single target, and accounting for accuracy it’s not a very big damage increase

[grand jetty]

Path of the giant gets to warp his damage into any of 5 elements, gets a mjolnir effect, and gets an additional D6 on every hit, for example

All on level 6

[white bison]

Yeah, also all size increasing subclasses get to double weapon dice damage

At level 3

[true forge]

eh, comparing class subclass x to class subclass y isnt a good practise for brewing :P

[grand jetty]

Not path of the giant, at least not inherently

[true forge]

as both classes (in this case monk and barb) are very different in playstyles

[grand jetty]

It's just that a conditional D6 doesn't seem like much, for level 6

Regardless of subclass

[true forge]

this subclass can get 1d4 on all unarmed strikes + awhole lot more cause of the 3rd level feature :P

[white bison]

Yeah, but becoming large allows you to use oversized weapons

[grand jetty]

Yeah, but level 6 is like, a single D6 per turn, once per long rest, unless you spend a resource

[white bison]

^^

Since ur giving damage at level 3 make level 6 another feature

Rather than making the feature useless

[grand jetty]

I'd make something else, with prey, like

[scenic urchin]

no official feature is balanced around oversized weapons

[true forge]

Monstrous

3rd level Way of the Monster feature
:
The monster is born. you gain 60ft of darkvision, if you already have darkvision, you instead increase it by 30 feet, and proficiency in the survival skill, if you have proficiency in survival, you can choose another skill to gain proficiency in.
:
As a bonus action or when you roll initiative and spending a Ki point, you can subject yourself to a monstrous transformation that lasts for 1 minute, refered to as your Monstrous Form. When in your Monstrous Form, you gain 1 of the alterations to your body, as seen below. You may choose how these alterations look and how they form from your body.
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When you reach certain levels in this class, the number of alterations increase: 2 at 6th level, 3 at 11th and 4 at 17th
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If the alteration requires a saving throw, you use your Ki save DC.

• Fangs. You grow a pair of long, pointed fangs. When you deal damage with an unarmed strike, you can deal piercing damage instead of bludgeoning. Once per turn, when you deal damage with an unarmed strike, you gain temporary hit points equal to the damage dealt + your Wisdom modifier.
• Rot. Your skin begins to rot. You emit a 10 foot aura of rot, when a creature enters this aura, you can force them to make a Constitution saving throw. On a fail the creature becomes poisoned until they leave the aura. While poisoned in this way, the creature takes 2d6 poison damage at the start of their turn.
• Snake. Your body becomes more snake-like. You gain resistance to poison or acid damage (your choice when you pick this alteration) and you become immune to the poisoned condition.

• Claws. You grow a pair of sharp claws on each hand. When you deal damage with an unarmed strike, you can change the damage type to slashing. When you deal damage with an unarmed strike, the target bleeds, taking Slashing damage equal to your Wisdom modifier at the start of each of their turns until the creature takes a bonus action to patch up the wound, up to 1 minute. Once a creature is affected by this, they cannot be affected by this again until they patch up the wound.
• Wraps. Your arms become wrapped in while cloth. Your unarmed strikes gain the Reach property, as you can cause the cloth to unwrap from your arm to attack far distant foes.
• Bone. As an action, you can make a ranged weapon attack against a creature within 30 feet of you, through shooting off a piece of your bones. On a hit, this bone deals 2 Martial Arts dice of bludgeoning damage. Once per turn, the bone can bounce towards another creature within 30 feet of the target, you must make another attack roll against this creature. This bounce deals a Martial Arts die worth of bludgeoning damage on a hit.
• Stalker. Your body becomes camouflaged. When you use your Step of the Wind feature, you turn invisible until the start of your next turn.

• Demon. Your mind becomes warped by hellfire. When you deal damage with an unarmed strike, you can change the damage to fire. When you use Flurry of Blows, you can instead send out two altered Fire Bolts. These Fire Bolts deal damage equal to your Martial Arts die instead of 1d10 and use your Wisdom modifier as the spellcasting ability.
• Deep. Your neck grows gills and your toes and fingers become webbed. When you deal damage with an unarmed strike, you can change the damage type to cold and once per turn when you deal damage with an unarmed strike, you force the target to make a Dexterity saving throw. On a fail, the creature falls prone. In addition you also gain a swimming speed equal to your walking speed and you can breath underwater.
• Winged. Your back sprouts wings made from coloured feathers. You gain a 10 foot flying speed.
• Ogre. Your whole body grows. You grow to the next size class up, you cannot grow beyond Large using this feature. Your unarmed strikes now deal an extra 1d4 bludgeoning on a hit.
• Angel. Your body becomes a beacon of light. You emit a 10 foot radius of bright light and a 30 foot radius of dim light. As a bonus action, you can cause all creatures of your choice within 10 feet of you to make a Dexterity saving throw. On a fail, the creature is blinded until the start of their next turn.

[grand jetty]

"when you mark a target with prey, you get x extra movement speed when moving towards them, and if you damage them, you cut their speed"

Something in those lines

Just so I don't have to concern myself with numbers

[true forge]

monk, the highest move speed class (without spells), gets more move speed?

[white bison]

Maybe extra move speed is not it, but i’m in line with just changing the feature

[wet yarrow]

Yay hellfire mentioned.

The other Spellfire.

[true forge]

its not meant to be good in terms of dps, its like that as you also gain another form option thing at subclass levels

[true forge]

lol, what else was i going to mention? the hells? please, those are boring /jk

[white bison]

Then make the 6th level feature do something else

Rn it’s useless

[true forge]

its not useless

added damage is always welcome

[grand jetty]

I don't know how much area monk can cover by level 6, so it might have been bad, too, but it still could be used to catch high range targets

[white bison]

Honestly it doesn’t seem like i will be able to change your mind

[grand jetty]

Maybe something about having advantage on rolls against prey

[true forge]

now thats how we make it too OP lol

[white bison]

But if you don’t want to make the subclass be a damage monster, make the feature do something different from damage rather than making a feature that’s just bad

[true forge]

im listening, but your point is that it is useless, when it isnt at all

[white bison]

It’s one single extra die per turn

[grand jetty]

This could be used for non-direct combat rolls, for example

Such as rolls for combat maneuvers, intimidate, and so on

[white bison]

At level 6

[true forge]

yes, if i made it what you said before (aka not once per turn), it would make this subclass way to much way to early

[grand jetty]

Like, you could have advantage on trip, push and grapple attempts against prey

[white bison]

Since you said you don’t want this subclass to be damage focused, i’ve been trying to tell you to make the feature do smth different from damage

Also it wouldn’t have been too much imo

[grand jetty]

And maybe even the ability to catch larger targets

[true forge]

i never said the subclass, i said the feature

[white bison]

^

[grand jetty]

I don't like that the level 6 feature is that limited, because it tends to be a big power spike for many classes, while the extra die per round isn't all that amazing

But idk enough about the fantasy of this subclass to offer suggestions that aren't like, just tossing ideas

[void jewel]

Opinions

Universal implement
Conjuration cantrip:
1 action
S
Instant

You conjure a small magical tool in your hand, taking an appearance of your choice. The tool lasts until dispelled or until you drop it. While holding the tool, you may use it to manipulate an object as a within 5 feet of yourself in any of the following ways:

Manipulate:
If a mechanism or object can be manipulated with a skill check using Dexterity, such as if a lock could be opened or a trap disarmed with a Dexterity (sleight of hand) check, you may make an Intelligence (arcana) check with the same DC instead of the normal check. If the mechanism could be manipulated by hand without a check, the implement can also perform this.

Cut:
You may focus the device burn through 1 foot of organic material with 1 minute of continuous casting, or 1 foot of nonmagical stone, glass or metal with 10 minutes.

[true forge]

monk is basically the opposite, only like dragon's and shadow's (and a part of drunken master's) are really useful

[grand jetty]

I'd make it so it used your spellcasting stat, instead of a straight arcana roll, unless it's meant for int classes

[void jewel]

Exclusively on an int class yeah

And the class can opt to take arcana as one of its two skills

[grand jetty]

I see

[scenic urchin]

pretty sure this is taking directly from artificer's plate

[void jewel]

Which arti feature does this?

Or do you just mean in terms of flavor

(This would also be added to the arti and wiz lists)

[grand jetty]

"you can replace a sleight of hand or tinker's tools check with arcana" sounds like a cleaner description

[void jewel]

That's better yeah. There are no dex checks that aren't sleight of hand that would ever be used for object manipulation.

[grand jetty]

Yeah

[scenic urchin]

The Right Tool for the Job conjures tools

and then boosting your ability to use tools--- Tool Expertise

[void jewel]

That's a different enough function to call it not the same to me.

[grand jetty]

I have been considering to do a revamp of the path of the giant focused on the size part of the fantasy, which would likely significantly change the level 3-6-14 options from this path

I feel path of the giant lacks some mechanical things that make it more about being a giant and less about bouncing weapons, which imo is a mechanic for an entirely different subclass

Unless I'm missing something about giant lore

Which I'm far from an expert, on

[gloomy prairie]

Real quick

I'm currently reworking Swashbuckler based on the UA that released in 2023

Do you think a cunning action for 3d6 to force a wis save against the charmed condition on any chosen creatures within 30ft is balanced?

[void jewel]

You give up 3d6 off of sneak attack?

Or deal 3d6

And is there a target limit?

[gloomy prairie]

No target limit it seems

and yes you give up 3d6

I'm considering changing it to "Choosing an amount of creatures nearby equal to your charisma mod"

But then again, it's only charmed against YOU. Meaning they cant attack YOU. but they can still attack everyone else

[analog lynx]

Guys what do you think about the witch of valda's spire of secrets?

Is it balanced?

[gloomy prairie]

Charmed states they cant attack the charmer

[void jewel]

Within 30ft of you is a big radius.

[gloomy prairie]

True

[void jewel]

For target all creatures

[gloomy prairie]

Though, it just means they cant attack you if they fail

It's why I'm hesitant to say that it's busted

Also, remember, you're a swashbuckler, you should NOT be fighting several opponents

[void jewel]

As is it has no end condition. Repeat save at end of turn?

[gloomy prairie]

Until the end of your next turn I think?

let me double check

End of next turn

It's a decent feature but I dunno how much I'd use it, but then again you can keep using it against one opponent to stop them from attacking you

[short locust]

Anyone looking to help me with a idea(s)?

[jovial kernel]

Sure

[short locust]

Dms or here?

[jovial kernel]

Here

[golden temple]

hm,,

i need some aid,,

it could potentially go in #dm-discussion but like, how would you say you could add tanking,,?

in the sense of like, taking the hit over dodging, and taking hits from others,,

tthis would be without feats and would largely just be baked into subclasses and other indeterminate features,,

[short locust]

So I'm working on a server that has multiple different power systems and races, based off of anime, but I'm having trouble making a sub race category.
It's different from normal Subrace's bc you have to acquire it, example is the demons from demon slayer. There's a certain way to unlock the demon subrace but you need to find a demon or demon king yk

[short locust]

Bracing: Use your reaction to take a defense stance. take xd4 reduced damage where x is your level

Random idea idk if it's good lmao

[jovial kernel]

I've never watched an anime, so is it like in Ninjago when they learn spinjitsu (im so sorry that's all I could think of)

[short locust]

Well honestly kinda, like you have to go through a ritual to unlock it or a curse etc, just an obtainment method for each subrace but it's hard to obtain bc it provides buffs on top of your race buffs

[jovial kernel]

Ok that makes sense

[short locust]

I was gonna show the demon subrace here, but idk if it's allowed lol

[jovial kernel]

So what exactly are you having problems with?

[analog lynx]

Guys what do you think about the witch of valda's spire of secrets? Is it balanced?

[short locust]

honestly Just figuring out how to implement more than the demon subrace. My co admin is trying to help but she's more of a "I want it to be as powerful as possible" type of person whereas I want everything to have ups and downs so talking to her about everything is hard lol

[jovial kernel]

Does it have any sort of fire resistance or immunity yet

[short locust]

Well that's the thing, demons burn up in the sunlight lol

[jovial kernel]

Oh

Is there a way to give it fire resistance outside of sunlight

[olive urchin]

how would you all flavor a legendary spear focused on a god of blood? im using Messmer an an overall base for the boss, but i dont want them to feel to samey

[molten wing]

Bonuses to bleeding targets, attacks above a 15 or something cause bleeding? Stuff like that

[olive urchin]

well to give like, slightly more context of the god and the boss, is that it isnt native to the planet, having originated from somewhere far beyond. and due to this innate strength without the need of believers, worshipping them actually gives you significantly more power than typical gods, at the cost of sacrificing one's own self to their overwhelming power, twisting mind and body.

this boss believes that the consumption of sinners is their form of prayer, causing their body to morph to horrid proportions, to match their now twisted mind, posing as a preacher in white, practicing objective evil.

hope that it gives more context to the magic item's themes

[molten wing]

Sacrificing hit points to deal more damage?

[gloomy prairie]

As an action you can enter a defensive stance that halves all incoming damage until the start of your next turn.

Or you could change it that it only gives resistance to certian damage types until the start of your next turn

[olive urchin]

i could see that

now should i be merciful and have it as a flat hp loss and a flat dmg increase as a bonus action before an attack?

or should i not be merciful, and have hp loss equivalent to extra damage after hit, and as much as they want up to a certain amount?

[tawdry junco]

I wanna play a chimera character, but I'm not sure how to go about designing one, the idea is that I want a snake tail but otherwise humanoid look except with lion claws and ram horns

[stuck raptor]

could use dragonborn as a basis, then give them some natural weapons

[tawdry junco]

I see, alright, simpler than I thought

[stuck raptor]

biggest part is if you decide to give them flight, that eats a lot of species power budget

[tawdry junco]

nah, no flight

[hazy bridge]

can i run an idea by yall and get you r opinions?

[molten wing]

Depends how much your DM is willing to give you
And what abilities you want to earn by levels

[stuck raptor]

better to ask than ask to ask

[hazy bridge]

thats fair

[gloomy prairie]

En Garde
General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+, Dexterity 13+)
You gain the following benefits.

Ability Score Increase. Increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Duelist's Riposte. When a creature misses you with a melee attack roll, you can take a Reaction to make a melee attack roll with a finesse weapon against the creature. The weapon's damage die for this attack is a d4.
Deft Strike. Once per turn when you hit a creature with a weapon that has the Finesse property in one hand and no other weapons with advantage, you can cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target. This extra damage equals 1d6 and additional d6s equal to Half your Proficiency Bonus rounded down.

Can I get an opinion?

I know I've posted it several times but this is recently my final version, so I'd like to know if it's too strong

specifically regarding deft strike

[void jewel]

Deft strike feels like it shouldn't be usable while holding a shield, but it is

Because a shield isn't a "weapon"

Try "and nothing in the other hand"

[gloomy prairie]

It should be usable with shields

Typically, fencers would use bucklers (shields) so I think it fits

[void jewel]

Then it is far too strong. The downside of a shield is you deal less damage. This damage is comparable to dual wielding, but with the shield.

Shields are extremely powerful

[gloomy prairie]

I'll probably reduce it to just half prof rounded up then

[stuck raptor]

Duelling sitting in the corner

[tawdry junco]

could I give my dragonborne the attacks of a chimera, but the damage die scale off of proficiency bonus

[gloomy prairie]

that's what Im saying

[tawdry junco]

or is that too much

[void jewel]

Ye. Unfortunately, dueling is bad.

[stuck raptor]

i would just give them D6s for damage

[gloomy prairie]

The point of the feat though is just so dueling is actually a viable playstyle

[stuck raptor]

i mean, PAM poke and board is like, only some points behind GWM

[gloomy prairie]

That true

with shillelagh especially

[void jewel]

Pam poke and board is not bad yeah

[tawdry junco]

I see

[void jewel]

This feat is secretly for paladins with a quarterstaff tbh lol

[gloomy prairie]

But remember, deft strike only works when you have advantage on the attack

Well, I guess vengance paladins can take advantage

but that's one subclass

[molten wing]

Maybe upgrade to d8 at a later level

[golden temple]

i remember when one of my players wanted to work on a duelist class with me for a while,,,

[gloomy prairie]

also the feat only levels up dex

[void jewel]

Right. That's fair.

I mean. It won't really hurt. Its a martial feat.

Its not game breaking

[gloomy prairie]

yeahhh that's what I was thinking

It also only works with finesse weapons too

[void jewel]

Riposte could be removed and it'd still be worth taking.

That PLUS riposte is a lot

[gloomy prairie]

So either way, you're not gonna be using incredibly damaging weapons in the first place, the whole point of the feat is to put the dueling playstyle on par with other fighting styles

[hollow siren]

Hmm, interesting. I may consider this

[gloomy prairie]

Riposte is the main draw so I might just reduce the damage of deft strike as opposed to removing it. Riposte only does a d4 for it's damage dice regardless of the weapon though

[void jewel]

Doesn't matter, most of the damage is from adding the mod and riders.

That's why PAM is good

Despite the d4

[hazy bridge]

i am making a campaign named the clockwork isles set in a steampunk archipelago that has 3 main towns each ran by respective factions, scrapshore is home to the runts, the worthless who try to make a living doing not so moral work. brasshaven is home to the regular working people, those with higher dreams become adventurers while those think thats to dangerous they stay as fishermen and smalltown merchents. the crown is home to the rich the ones who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, the ones who never worked a hard day in their lifes they spit on anyone below them and think they are the best of the best. im still working on all this and wanted dome peer review and some other ideas

[gloomy prairie]

I might just reduce deft strike's damage then I want both to work in conjunction to one another

[void jewel]

Or put riposte on PB/LR so you don't make battle masters, who need to spend a die, cry as hard.

[gloomy prairie]

yeah nah

Not happening

Battlemasters can still get like 2d6+1d8 damage off a riposte meanwhile you just get 1d4+mod on this one

Riposte on battlemaster would still be better because you arent reduced to such a low damage die, it does extra damage, and it can be used on any weapon

[void jewel]

I think an apt comparison is the feat that gives you a manoeuvre and a couple dice for it.

This is that, on unlimited uses, plus deft strike.

However, once again that's a bad feat so maybe its OK if this is better.

[gloomy prairie]

Martial adept only gives you 1 bm dice

[olive urchin]

on this, i have

+2 spear
1d6 hp regen at the start of your every turn
can extend and retract from 5ft to 15ft
for every 2 hp you sacrifice up to 20, you deal 1 additional hp of damage to a target
flaw that causes the weilder to have their own body and soul rended if they are to fall to 0 hp wielding it
for a legendary spear btw

[void jewel]

Yeah

[gloomy prairie]

by all means, it is a terrible feat, probably one of the worst

[void jewel]

Let's be so real, the finesse thing isn't a downside because all optimized martials hit off dex

But its fine

This is very strong, but not game breaking

[gloomy prairie]

I will still probably reduce deft strike's damage though down to PB rounded up

rather than 1 + PB rounded down

Not much but I mean I'm sure a little extra damage could be nice?

the playstyle is starving after all

[void jewel]

Yeah if you just say half PB it auto-rounds down due to the rules.

All numbers round down unless stated otherwise

But it'd be helpful to clarify

[gloomy prairie]

1 + PB rounded down maxes out at 4

4d6 extra once per turn

PB rounded up maxes out at 3d6 extra once per turn

[void jewel]

Oh I missed the 1+

Eh. At those high levels, that's inoffensive.

[gloomy prairie]

Just a reminder though

Deft strike still applies on the reaction attack

if it has advantage

and if you're constantly fighting only one foe using vex, then chances are you will have advantage on the reaction attack so long as you have kept hitting them

so it does buff the reaction's damage

Considering that, I think I may just lower it down to PB rounded up

[olive urchin]

The Spear of Sanguinus
Weapon(spear) Legendary (requires attunement)

A cast iron spear with red undertones. On closer look, those red undertones are a complex weave of sinew and muscle. Pointed at a triangle, and with hundreds of tiny barbs around the point, this spear was made to puncture, tear, and leave nothing to heal.

You have a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls you make with this magic weapon, which has the finesse weapon property. When you hit with it, the target takes an extra 1d6 necrotic damage.

Horrid make: you gain the following benefits while you hold The Spear
• You regenerate 1d6 hp at the start of your every turn
• You can choose to extend the spear up to 15 feet long, and shrink it to 5 feet without changing it’s weight

Life siphon: After landing an attack on a creature, you can choose to sacrifice Hp (Up to 20) to deal additional Necrotic damage against the target, for every 2 points of Hp sacrificed, you deal 1 additional damage.

Flaw: Upon falling to 0 HP, your soul is absorbed into the spear and is immediately devoured, by the weapon, your body starts to rot quickly afterwards. Your soul can only be brought back by the use of a wish spell.

How balanced does this seem, this is for a villan by the way, so its focused around such

[scenic urchin]

its eh

[olive urchin]

under or overpowered?

[scenic urchin]

for a legendary i've seen beefier

[gloomy prairie]

but then againnnnnnnnnnnn 4d6 extra damage at like level 17 is still kinda pitiful that's like 14 average extra damage. It's definitely stronger at lower levels but man the falloff is hard

[grand jetty]

If path of the giant's growth gave strength bonuses (and dex nerfs), as well as oversized weapon benefits, how much of elemental cleaver's power budget should be taken away to make up for that?

[olive urchin]

perhaps a buff to life siphon?

[molten wing]

What stats does the villain have at base? Like health and ac

[olive urchin]

~ 350 due to a second phase, and 19 ac.

i like giving my players good stuff so they have very good ability to hit those numbers

[molten wing]

I’d probably up the d6 healing a bit

[olive urchin]

2d6+4 perhaps?

[tawdry junco]

there's a feat from Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn that does a sacrifice 1d6 hp for a 2d6 necrotic damage increase as a bonus action

[olive urchin]

so a 1 to 1 since 20 extra damage is beefy, but this is a legendary magical item

[tawdry junco]

the hp loss being a choice seems strange, but that might just be cuz i like rolling for damage taken

are you planning on giving this spear to your players?

[olive urchin]

not exactly, they work with an organization that has a high bounty on their head, with bonus cash for their weapon, that paired with the fact that he is an underling of one of the campaign's main villans, i would imagine they want the spear and that main villan as far from each other as possible

[tawdry junco]

it says it does 2 instances of bonus damage, but what's the innate statblock

just a spear statblock?

[olive urchin]

magical piercing, the enemy at one point was a death cleric before they had evolved into the monstrosity they are, so they keep the Inescapable Destruction cleric feature

[tawdry junco]

1d6 piercing + 2 + 1d6 necrotic + life siphon?

[olive urchin]

yes, looking at the damage now, im probably going to nerf the AC to make it a high agression, fast boss,

[tawdry junco]

What level are they

[olive urchin]

5 players at level 10, with plenty of magic items, so they can handle quite a bit

[tawdry junco]

Cuz if they’re like level 7-9 they can definitely hit an ac of 19

[olive urchin]

true, however they are at the point of the game where i cant throw in truly devastating attacks without worry that they wont have the hp to survive

[tawdry junco]

I see, what classes are you dealing with

[olive urchin]

ranger, druid, fighter/barbarian, sorcerer, rouge/warlock

the rouge has stupidly high move speed, the fighter does insane dps whenever they feel like using all the tools they have at their disposal

[tawdry junco]

I see

[tawdry junco]

How about give the boss with the spear the polearm master feat as like an ability

Have it extend the weapon 15 feet and then it has that large of a denial radius for melee users

[olive urchin]

well im already giving them spirit guardians, so the spear would make it downright evil

[tawdry junco]

Yeah, it would be a crazy combo

U could do that tho, but nerf the bosses hp maybe?

I did see u had it pretty high

On top of regen

[olive urchin]

well it is also a 1v5, so they are heavily outclassed in the action economy

[tawdry junco]

Yeah, but u can definitely play with auras for this boss

[olive urchin]

fair, plus they wont have counterspell

[void jewel]

As written, infinite heal out of combat

[tawdry junco]

Are you basing this boss off like a class

[tawdry junco]

Yeah lol

[olive urchin]

cleric

[void jewel]

Short rest infinite heal for anyone in the party since they can attune on a short rest just for that as well.

[molten wing]

Maybe clarify the rule as ‘round in combat’ then

[tawdry junco]

Is it cuz of lore reasons

[olive urchin]

well again, not exactly for the players, for a boss

[olive urchin]

yes

[tawdry junco]

I feel statsheet wise, you could probably work with oath of crown paladin

[molten wing]

If you give the villain a super cool magical spear the players are definitely going to try looting it

[tawdry junco]

Fr lol

Hoarders instinct

[olive urchin]

i mean, i could be that guy and have the spear just, dissapear as it no longer has a user and technically belongs to an outer god

[molten wing]

It’s like dangling a treat in front of a puppy, and then throwing the treat in the bin

[tawdry junco]

Nah, maybe nerf the spear when it becomes playable

Or adjust it

[olive urchin]

perhaps, i might just sleep on it

[molten wing]

I do not advise sleeping on the barbed spear

[tawdry junco]

Lol

[void jewel]

Yeah the players will expect it.

If you want the boss to have an ability but don't want the spear to, just give it to the boss.

[tawdry junco]

if I were to make a dragon that used a breath attack on consecutive turns that got stronger each turn they used it, how would I do such

my initial idea was to have it use a breath attack that generated a recharge die, and using the generated recharge die, it could generate a stronger breath attack

[spring tusk]

Are you wanting it to use it's breath weapon, then use it again on its next turn and have it be stronger?

https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/YLkvWsGCa71Z

Here's an example I have of a statblock where the breath weapon gets stronger the more the dragon is damaged

Maybe it could act as a base for- whatever you're trying to do :)

[tawdry junco]

yes

[tawdry junco]

oooh

[tawdry junco]

Heat Charge
(Breath Attack): The user exhales fire in a 30-foot line that is 5 ft. wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 10 + Constitution + Proficiency Modifier Constitution saving throw, taking 16 (3d10) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This attack generates one d6 recharge die.

Blazing Chamber
(Recharge 10-12): The user exhales fire in a 60-foot line that is 5 ft. wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 8 + Constitution + Proficiency Modifier Constitution saving throw, taking 32 (6d10) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Save the recharge die used on this attack and generate one 1d10 recharge die. User must use the three attacks in succession, and can not skip straight to Fiery Eruption.

Fiery Eruption
(Recharge 20): The user exhales fire in a 90-foot line that is 5 ft. wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 8 + Proficiency Modifier Constitution saving throw, taking 66 (12d10) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. After using Fiery Eruption, User loses all recharge die rolls.

this is what I had come up with

[spring tusk]

Oh that's interesting

Mm

[spring tusk]

Actually, I just recently made a magic item with this concept

[tawdry junco]

its for the tail of a chimera that forces the user to stay stationary to use the attack

shin godzilla style

[spring tusk]

Maybe when you use the breath weapon, on the next turn you can re-use the breath weapon, when you do you don't have to recharge, and the damage increases, but then once you're done recharging, you have a -1 to your recharge rolls equal to the number of rounds you used it for, to a maximum of like.. 3 uses

And that -1 depletes by 1 each round

[tawdry junco]

I was thinking the breath attack has a round based cooldown instaid of a recharge die, so it can't physically use the huge attacks until waiting a few rounds, and has to attack with melee

[spring tusk]

Ah, okok, then...maybe just make it that

You can't use it for a number of rounds equal to the number of rounds you used it

[tawdry junco]

yeah

okii

[spring tusk]

[spring tusk]

#ddb-support

[vivid finch]

Thank you kindly for the direction.

[spring tusk]

this is the CR 15 Black Blade Kindred

[bitter minnow]

So is this where i can send my homebrew ideas?

[spring tusk]

or ask for homebrew advice, yes

[bitter minnow]

Ok ty imma send my homebrew dagger here in just a sec

Simple Melee Weapon, Rare

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Hermes Dagger

𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚: Simple Melee Weapon

𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝: 5 ft.

𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚: 20 ft. / 60 ft.

𝘿𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚: 1d6

𝘿𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚: Piercing

𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨: Finesse, Light, Thrown, Nick.

𝙒𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩: 1lb.

𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙩: 300 gp.

---

Proficiency with a Dagger allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack role you make with it.

This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that let's you use it.

𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙠. When you make the extra attack of the Light property, you can make it as part of the Attack action instead of as a Bonus Action. You can make this extra attack only once per turn.

---

𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜: If you throw this dagger you can teleport to where it landed as a reaction anytime during this turn. If you do teleport to the dagger you will deal 1d4 slashing damage to a target within 5 feet of you after you teleport. You can not add proficiency bonus to the previously mentioned attack. You can only use this ability once per turn.

[spring tusk]

Hermes Dagger

Weapon (Dagger), Rare

On a hit this weapon deals 1d6 Piercing.

[bitter minnow]

What's attunement?

[spring tusk]

A lot of what you added was redundant, in base game magic weapons are considered just variants of their base weapon, and so get all these base stats that a dagger would normally have

[bitter minnow]

Sry i didn't rlly know that

[spring tusk]

so having Finesse, Light, Thrown (20/60), Nick, dealing Piercing damage, having a reach 5 feet, and being a Simple Melee Weapon is all already built into the weapon as long as you specify its a dagger

you're all good i'm just informing :)

I will note, A dagger that does nothing but increase the damage from 1d4 to 1d6 is.. way underpowered to be a rare item

it'd be uncommon at best, it lets you cap your damage out higher but its technically no better than a +1 dagger when it comes to the averages

[bitter minnow]

Fair enough but i thought the ability would balance it out

[spring tusk]

omg I so missed that part hold on

[bitter minnow]

Lol np!

[spring tusk]

Hermes Dagger

Weapon (Dagger), Rare

On a hit this weapon deals 1d6 Piercing.

Hermes Blessing. When you make a Thrown attack with this weapon, you can choose to teleport to it as a reaction at any point during your turn, and then make a Melee attack with it against a creature within range. Do not add your modifier to this attack roll unless the modifier is negative. You can use this ability once per round.

How's that look?

[bitter minnow]

Round as in entire combat encounter?

Or like round of combat

[spring tusk]

round of combat

[bitter minnow]

Ohh ok ty!

You made it like 100x better loo

*lol

[spring tusk]

[bitter minnow]

Imagine if a rouge aarakocra used this

[spring tusk]

you throw it at a creature, you teleport there, you make another attack,

[bitter minnow]

Yea sneak attack :D

[spring tusk]

naur

Sneak Attack requires Advantage

[bitter minnow]

There is MANY ways to get advantage

Especially as a rogue

[spring tusk]

thats true, but you don't get Advantage from teleporting next to a creature

now

[bitter minnow]

Yea but if you teleport while an ally is within 5 feet you'll get advantage for the sneak attack

[spring tusk]

if there was another creature next to the target, thats a different story

oop, just checked

sneak attack is only once per turn

multiple times per round though

[bitter minnow]

Also when it means "can't add proficiency bonus" does that include the ability or just the damage?

[bitter minnow]

Unfortunately 😭

Cus 2d6 + an additional 1d6 for nick would go crazy at lvl 1

Now all that with like +5 acrobatics and now you have hornet from hollow knight silksong

[spring tusk]

good thing you wouldnt be getting that at level 1

its a rare item

[spring tusk]

you dont add your proficiency bonus to damage either way, but it doesnt say you don't add your proficiency bonus, it says dont add your modifier

so no +dex, no +pb

but thats only on the attack roll

[bitter minnow]

Ok so basically it's still kinda op to have at lvl 1 or 2

[gloomy flower]

change it to once per turn and it's lookin good

[spring tusk]

more then kinda, just go by the usual standard for rare items

[gloomy flower]

once per round makes it look like crappy dandwiki brew

[spring tusk]

wompwomp

[gloomy flower]

also reactions can't be done during your turn

[spring tusk]

I think it looks fine, and it works as intended

[spring tusk]

false

[gloomy flower]

ah, this is wrong, I was wrong about a thing

though a reaction does need a trigger

consider making that a bonus action or adding a trigger (eg taking damage)

[scenic dew]

How bad of an idea would this be as character specific spell ?

Warp Conduit
Evocation cantrip

Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous

You focus your perception and brace yourself, letting your body become a conduit for bending force. Make a melee spell attack against a creature within your reach. On a hit, the target takes 1d12 force damage.

If the attack misses, the warped energy lashes back into your body and you take half the damage rolled (rounded down) as psychic damage.

This spell’s damage increases by 1d12 when you reach 5th level (2d12), 11th level (3d12), and 17th level (4d12).

[quiet falcon]

Pretty awful

[scenic dew]

Good

[quiet falcon]

I can’t think of any reason id logically choose that cantrip

[scenic dew]

Then it's perfect.

If it doesn't make sense to take it then it's exactly as I wished it to be.

and I made it even worse.

Critical Overcharge
Eldritch Invocation
Prerequisites: Level 5, Warp Conduit cantrip

You have refined the dangerous technique of pushing warped energy to its absolute limit and riding the blade’s edge between brilliance and ruin.

You score a critical hit on a roll of 19–20 when making a melee spell attack with Warp Conduit.

You also critically fail on a roll of 1–2. On a critical failure, you automatically suffer the full rolled damage of the spell as psychic damage instead of half.

[spring tusk]

the trigger is making the attack

[gloomy flower]

then just have it teleport you when you make the attack to an adjacent space to the target

[spring tusk]

I could, but the item given specified having the option to teleport to the knife at any point during your turn

[plush burrow]

Does CME add to the self damage taken

[white bison]

Who are you making these things for 😭

[amber hollow]

+5% crit chance is not going to be worth a 10% chance of taking all of a spell's damage yourself 😭

[tropic stratus]

you can exclude yourself from the emmanation or include yourself at your choice when you cast the spell

[true forge]

Prey on the Weak

6th level Way of the Monster feature
:
Your prey beckons you. Once per long rest, when you target a creature, you can mark them as Prey for 1 minute. When you deal damage to Prey, You deal extra damage equal to your Wisdom modifier. When you make a Charisma (Intimidation) check or a Charisma (Persuasion) check against Prey, you can roll it with advantage, but only if the creature is a CR equal to or less than your Wisdom modifier.
:
You may regain a use of this feature by spending a Ki point (no action required).

so, changed it

DPS is higher and added a RP effect

[white bison]

Way better than what it was, really like it

[true forge]

changed it slightly

[plush burrow]

Oh I see, pairing this with Absorb Elementals would be awesome

[true forge]

https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/fn4svlkkI6SA
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yIsJLFaYVhMQ3PdkZDV8EWwJN7p3x6x8NTxOPmhm_3k/edit?tab=t.0

both a docs and homebrewery link to the Way of the Monster Monk, feedback is welcome

[halcyon hemlock]

Advice for some of the math

How much do I modify a monster's HP when I give them a Vulnerability?

[spring tusk]

Uhhh I think you double it

Or not modify it at all

That's always been confusing to me, why give a monster vulnerabilities or resistances just to give them more or less health

[halcyon hemlock]

Because I got a Wraith boss fight

[spring tusk]

Or atleast like, an equal level to the CR health

[halcyon hemlock]

I go by 2024's method of no more BPS resistances mostly, but I want to keep the weakness to silver; I wish to give him vulnerbility to Silvered Weapons.

[spring tusk]

Ah

It might be a bit too much of a vulnerability, but if you think you're up for it then yeah I'd say just like.. 150% the health, but typically it's closer to 200%

[void jewel]

This feat is actively worse than no feat at all

Extended critical hit range offers you almost no damage gain, but making you take a ton if damage 10% of the time you attack is an awful downside

Invocation* not feat

[spring tusk]

Just to make sure we're all on the same page

I do believe, that's the point

[void jewel]

I mean if a player wants to actively gimp themselves by reducing the turns they could survive, just dump con and dex.

Easier than a homebrew feat, same effect.

[peak inlet]

the Reaction implies once per round

just completely remove that part

[spring tusk]

A couple messages up this person directly says the point is that they want the invocation to not be chosen

[spring tusk]

I was just reformatting someone else's magic item, but that's fair yeah I didn't even think about that

[void jewel]

Ah. Then yeah. Make it "taking this invocation kills you immediately" or something else bad. I, too, could easily make something I didn't want to be picked.

[spring tusk]

In all fairness in most of my homebrew games I use a multiple reactions system

[void jewel]

Tons of easy ways to do that

[spring tusk]

Cool

[void jewel]

Mission accomplished in terms of designing a feature that isn't worth reading

[peak inlet]

it might be a bit strong for a Rare item, but since you need to use it on your turn and you have to commit your Reaction from the beginning (it doesn’t reproc Sneak Attack) it should be fine

it’s a teleport as a Reaction

up to 60 feet

[spring tusk]

Pretty much yeah

[peak inlet]

I still think it’s strong, but Rare should be fine

[spring tusk]

Do you wanna tell the person who made it, or

[void jewel]

The teleport is excellent, but I think low key more notable is weaoonizing your reaction every turn with no resources. Even without adding your mod, accounting for all your other riders this is a lot if damage.

This is, in my opinion, at least an exceptionally strong very rare.

[spring tusk]

Gang again I didn't make the item

[void jewel]

hopefully whoever did will see it.

[peak inlet]

nah, I think Very Rare would be stronger, at least getting a +1

[spring tusk]

Personally I think rare makes the most sense

[void jewel]

I'm not sure a +1 is better than an entire modifier-less weaoonized BA and an every turn teleport.

[peak inlet]

it’s definitely in limbo between Rare and Very Rare

[void jewel]

In terms of DPR this adds way more than a +1

[peak inlet]

I meant +1 in addition to the current effect

[spring tusk]

[peak inlet]

for reference, Very Rare weapons are +3

[void jewel]

I'm fairly confident this adds more than a +2 in DPR alone ignoring the teleport is the thing.

[spring tusk]

Very Rare +1 weapons are +3

It would add around a +5 to damage yeah

[peak inlet]

the impact of the +1, +2, and +3 is not linear

getting a +2 is way more than 2 +1s

[void jewel]

Yeah it gets worse the higher it is. Every additional number adds less DPR.

[peak inlet]

it’s the other way around

[void jewel]

Going from +0 to +1 adds more relative DPR than going from +8 to +9.

[peak inlet]

you break through limits the higher you go

you’re forgetting accuracy

[peak inlet]

if you’re only talking damage, they both give the same DPR

DPR isn’t checked based on percentage increases

the enemy’s HP doesn’t scale with your weapon

[void jewel]

Going from 50% to hit to 55% is a 10% increase. Going from 90% to hit to 95% is a not as high of a relative increase.

[spring tusk]

Ok

[void jewel]

I'm talking about damage in terms of % increase rather than absolute.

[untold obsidian]

hi everyone i am new here were can i look to find some ppl to d&d with

[spring tusk]

CR 15 Black Blade Kindred

[spring tusk]

#looking-for-dm or #looking-for-players

If you're new to D&D then #dnd-newcomers

[untold obsidian]

alr much apprecaited acacyn

[spring tusk]

:3

[peak inlet]

if you weren’t using this weapon, you wouldn’t be using a regular dagger

[spring tusk]

Hey Lemon what do you think of the statblock I just posted

[void jewel]

Yeah, you'd be using a +2, since it's rare I presume.

[peak inlet]

so I don’t really get why you would be checking it against the baseline of a regular dagger

[void jewel]

I'm not. I think it is significantly better than a +2 dagger.

[spring tusk]

Hey Whisper what do you think of the statblock I just posted

[void jewel]

Tbh judging high cr monsters is not in my skillset yet so I don't think I'd have much to offer

[spring tusk]

Fair enough

[peak inlet]

I’m not really good at Monster stat blocks and def not good at 2014 design

[spring tusk]

This is 2024 design

[peak inlet]

especially high CR monsters

[peak inlet]

then the resistances don’t make sense

[void jewel]

Yeah nonmagical attacks don't exist in 24

[spring tusk]

What about these then?

CR 3 and 2 Ancestral Follower and Ancestral Shaman

[spring tusk]

The only thing that's inconsistent with 2024 is BPS resistance

But you're right maybe I should scrap the nonmagical attacks aspect anyway, since the point is that it's resistant to all physical damage from anything other than like giant hammers because it's made of metal

[peak inlet]

really? depending on your build, a dagger/scimitar is attacking up to 3 times with regular extra attack. a +2 weapon is giving you +6 damage on that and not taking away your Reaction. This gives you +3.5 and uses up your Reaction

[spring tusk]

Also puts you in melee range of a creature which isn't always bad but definitely puts you into danger

[peak inlet]

both options do that though

[spring tusk]

Fair point

[peak inlet]

the teleport is pretty good

could be an issue in RP situations

considering Misty Step is always limited

while this one isn’t

although the requirement of being able to throw the weapon can also be bound just as easily as stopping a Verbal component for Misty Step

[spring tusk]

All very good points

[void jewel]

IMO you're carrying a +1 with this and only using this for the tp/reaction attack.

[peak inlet]

this is obviously an attunement item because it literally cannot work without attunement

[void jewel]

A +1 is easy to get alongside this

[spring tusk]

@bitter minnow

[peak inlet]

so a Rare attunement item vs. a non-attunement item

[peak inlet]

then you’re still using 1 Rare and 1 Uncommon item vs. 1 Rare item only

[void jewel]

You don't need to be in melee range of the creature, you could thrown attack an object or the floor

As written

[peak inlet]

yeh that’s what I’m saying

[void jewel]

Eh, when you have a magic item or X rarity I also assume you have a few of X-1 rarity and judge in context of that

[peak inlet]

that part is powerful, but the DPS I don’t think is the issue

[spring tusk]

I think scrapping the replacement to 1d6 damage and making the teleport a reaction to the weapon hitting its target would very even this out

[void jewel]

That would still be quite potent and more reasonable imo

Any form of resourceless teleport is excellent

[peak inlet]

the 1d6 is a non-issue imo, I think the limitless stacks of teleport are the issue

are you saying only allow teleportation on a hit?

because I do def agree with that

as I said, the issue is the limitless teleportation at any time

[spring tusk]

I think the teleport is the big thing but I don't think 1d6 with an extra attack is nothing

[strange surge]

I'm working on a Barbarian subclass that has a pretty strong counterattack feature, currently limited to 2 per Short Rest + 2 per Rage, but I'm worried that only twice per Rage without consuming the two general uses isn't enough considering how long Rage can last. here's the feature:

As a Reaction when you take damage, deal the same amount of damage taken back to the attacking enemy as Fire damage, then make an attack against them, the damage of which optionally becomes Fire damage.

Is it too strong in general? Is 2/SR + 2/Rage fair? Thoughts are appreciated :)

[void jewel]

It's worth a solid amount when you consider the riders that will be there

[void jewel]

Is it as a reaction?

[strange surge]

Yes

sorry about that

[peak inlet]

the riders will make the +1 DPR even more inconsequential

[void jewel]

What I mean is that it multiplies all the riders that aren't your ability score.

That's the main DPR increase.

How effective that is depends on the build though admittedly

[peak inlet]

being a d6 multiplies your riders?

what riders are you referring to?

I might be forgetting something, but other than Piercer and Savage Attacker, the rest don’t care about your weapon’s damage. Honestly, those 2 are really weak so I don’t know if they’re an issue

[peak inlet]

it’s too strong

unless you can refer me to something that reflects damage that players can get to compare to, it seems to me like they’re specifically dodging adding something like that

I was looking to make something that reflects damage and couldn’t find a reference, so either I didn’t look hard enough or the game isn’t designed to withstand something like that

[strange surge]

Barbarian Berserker has an "attack back" feature but it's unlimited (though I also think it's tenth level)

[peak inlet]

either way, this is a saveless reaction without attack rolls, it’s pretty OP

[strange surge]

you would make an attack roll to hit the creature back

I should reword it if that was unclear

but the damage reflection is currently saveless that's true. I could add save vs half or just make it halved? originally i had it unlimited during Rage and so phys damage would be halved already anyway but now that this isn't the case I could change it fs

[peak inlet]

that’s not what I meant, I’m talking about dealing the same damage they dealt back to them

[strange surge]

Ah

[peak inlet]

Reaction to make a full attack on an enemy especially as a Barbarian is really powerful

and should be a full feature

should also be melee

[strange surge]

wdym by full feature? because it is one feature rn, and Berserker gets it without limited uses (albeit at level 10 vs this at 6 iirc)

[peak inlet]

ok, that’s what the Berserker feature is

yeh, that’s what I’m saying

counterattacking is a full feature especially on a Barbarian or Rogue

you say this is limited, but it’s not really as limited as you seem to think

[strange surge]

oh, do you mean "full feature" as in "that's the entire feature and nothing else?"

[peak inlet]

yeh that’s what I meant

[strange surge]

that's why I asked if the uses were fair

[peak inlet]

you could make it something else other than an attack roll since it has limited uses

saving throw with half damage on a save

you could go for something like Hellish Rebuke

[strange surge]

what did you think of this? reflect half damage, save vs half, or save vs none, + attack?

ah

[peak inlet]

you could also make the damage equivalent to 2d12 + STR if you want it to feel more like a weapon

[peak inlet]

unless you can find a case in the game where there is damage reflection, you shouldn’t add it

it not a case of they didn’t think about doing it, it’s a very obvious mechanic that you would think of and if it doesn’t exist in the game, there’s a reason for it

[strange surge]

that's fair. would making it reflect a specific damage die (like 2d8 from Tempest Cleric) with save vs half be fair? maybe upgrading damage at 10th and 14th level if necessary so it stays useful?

[peak inlet]

yes, that would be fair

I don’t think you need to upgrade the damage with levels, you can use Rage Damage or just the extra number of uses

since you get the extra uses from activating Rage

[strange surge]

fair, it slipped my mind for a second that Rage has its own progression. thank you Lemon!

[coral merlin]

Spiny shield has a semi reflection. I mean it’s reduction that deals damage back so maybe not the same thing but pretty close. Maybe that could work?

Roll to reduce and deal that much back at the enemy or maybe they take damage equal to what you take after reduction

[peak inlet]

what I meant is more scaling off an attack that hit you, Spiny Shield scales separately, damages separately, and just decreases the damage taken by that amount

so I get what you’re saying, but I think Spiny Shield is exactly the thing I’m talking about where it could make sense to reflect partial damage but they specifically didn’t go for that

if that makes sense

[coral merlin]

Yeah I agree a straight reflect is pretty broken cause then it turns their biggest success into their biggest fail and that’s a major swing moment. I would also assume there’s a reason they haven’t touched that. I was just hoping to give him some helpful ideas for ways to play with that mechanic in other ways. Especially when he was talking about 4 times per long rest not being enough. I think even 1 time per long rest is really strong for a full reflect plus an attack

[void jewel]

Consider that armor of agathys is static damage 5 per spell level and still sees good use

[smoky mica]

Is there a full list of snippet codes? I'm still new on this part

[primal osprey]

Hey! I got a magic item I’d love some feedback for! Shamelessly based (slightly) off of Sekiro and other fantasy fiction

Warrior Prosthetic (Equipment)

Wondrous Item, Rare

This magic item acts just like the Prosthetic Limb magic item, but with the additional property:

Bladed Prosthetic. When you make an Unarmed Strike, you can use a hidden sword built into the prosthetic. Your Unarmed Strike with the sword deals slashing damage equal to 1d8 plus your strength modifier. You can also make this special Unarmed Strike as a bonus action on your turn.

Does it fit the rarity? How good would it be in a game?

[midnight zinc]

idk about the rarity bit but you should word this so that it sounds more magical

as its described in the message it straight up just sounds like a customized prosthetic

nothing magical about a hidden blade

maybe the prosthetic turns into a blade as opposed to being a hidden sword

shrug

[primal osprey]

It’s not really meant to be magic I just wanted to use the same wording as the prosthetic limb item

[void jewel]

Balance wise it's inoffensive.

Solid early game monk damage

But otherwise not too notable.

[primal osprey]

But also let’s be honest, a prosthetic arm that is controlled exactly like a normal arm definitely has a teeny bit of magic

[primal osprey]

Sweet. Ty

I might bump it’s rarity down to uncommon

[midnight zinc]

for a rare item its a bit underwhelming i think

[midnight zinc]

probably for the best

[void jewel]

It should definitely be uncommon

And non attunement imo

It requires you to literally be missing an arm

That's a slot.

[primal osprey]

It doesn’t need attunement

[void jewel]

Oh solid then

Ye I'd say uncommon

[primal osprey]

I could even make a rare upgraded version with more abilities

But I also don’t want to go too crazy and basically make it akin to a class ability

[wraith carbon]

How do I put my own post for looking for a dm

[primal osprey]

But Ty all for the advice

[primal osprey]

#find-a-game

It’ll tell you how

[midnight zinc]

hardened warrior prosthetic that has an automatic crossbow like the guy from berserk lol

[vale ingot]

Could also be it gains a plus 1 to attack and damage rolls through the amount of souls its harvested

[primal osprey]

Oooh good ideas. Ty

[vale ingot]

How do i make a sort of item in a city town etc. that senses a flying creature? About 10ft in the air is when it would ping them out for a guard to notice

Obvs there would be an item for those allowed to fly over the limit to not get pinged out, which i also don't know how to do if it'll have quantity

[midnight zinc]

good ol classic sauron eye style tower

moment something goes past the limit of flight the eye hones into the flying creature and just does the equivalent of a spotlight on them

[olive urchin]

Quick question

Opinions on effects that last for turns instead of rounds?

Making a boss based off of something in elden ring, and one of their attacks hangs our for like 3 seconds before it fires, making the dodge timing a bit akward

Short enough to not last a round, but long enough to not activate on the same turn

[coral delta]

Mechanically hard to interact with. Better to have a setup on the boss's turn, and then the resolution as a legendary action.

[frank berry]

Potentially could be interesting if done right, though one issue that first coems to mind is that with the effect being only some turns rather than full round, it will always be the same players that are gonna be affected by the boss (The ones after the boss in the initiative)

[olive urchin]

I mean, my inspiration was a homebrew poison that my dm made up. (we were a party of 5 level 15 characters so we were hard to put down) the effect did damage every turn.

Yes we challenged his competence because the previous 2 encounters were too easy

Safe to say we got offered a slice of humble pie

[midnight zinc]

i guess they could do some finangling by making it so whenever the boss uses a charged up move that has that mechanic it needs to use the next turn to (re)roll iniative

[coral delta]

What, poison that damages you once on every character's turn? Such that if your buddy summoned a familiar, you'd take even more damage than you normally would because there would be one more turn in the initiative?

No, that certainly sounds like a bad idea, and doesn't really work in the fiction of a 6 second round.

[olive urchin]

There was a rule that all summons shared initiatives with the caster, and the enemies shared their turn, so it was 6 initiatives, making it in universe its 1 tick of damage a second

At least it wasnt the fight where every 5ft of movement caused a counter to tick up that would damage everyone like, 1d6 lighting per counter at the tip of the round

[coral delta]

Yes, this sounds extremely unnecessarily complicated.

Simplicity is king, with homebrew.

[olive urchin]

I think that second one is a UA thing, i also might be misremembering the second one because it was 4 years ago

[void jewel]

Annoying to track from a DM perspective.

I always do either one minute (the entire combat), until start/end of (creature) turn, or until (condition)

Running turn timers gets old fast

[main trellis]

I was going to make a Reddit post, but then figured you guys would be better to ask this.

Working on converting my homebrew setting into a book for people to purchase on like DM's Guild, DriveThruRPG, etc. and I want to see what is more popular: the formatting I've done in Google Docs or Homebrewery. Got them both in the Google Drive folder linked below, and I would send images (since I understand caution regarding links) but it looks like this channel doesn't allow that lol.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lfXROZ3Jsei6FLrPAEHGSXOF3Uo9hQnW?usp=drive_link

In either case, the Docs version has more pages despite them having basically the same content, but that's mostly because of weirdness with tables and having a 12pt font, and doesn't bother me much. Like I mentioned, I'm planning on selling this (even if it is a bit below market value), so if y'all have any suggestions feel free to give them. I do plan on some revisions anyways, and will include art (cover art included) that I will commission eventually, but wanted to check on formatting first.

(Also, if anyone wouldn't mind telling me what the market rate on this sort of book is, if any, that would be appreciated.)

[void jewel]

Market rate depends on your reputation I think. I'm willing to pay $0 for most content, but would pay for the content from someone I know makes good stuff

It highly depends on the seller.

Might pay a little bit for content from a new seller if it gets excellent review from trusted sources.

There is far too much free homebrew to bother risking it, since by its nature you can't see what it is before you pay.

[main trellis]

Okay, yeah, that's fair. My brain was thinking like $5-$10 for a no-name, but you do have a really good point. Also requires someone who wants to use another DM's world lol.

Problem is, this is 100% not the thing I'd want to put out there for free to get name recognition, so I guess I'll have to make some other things while I write the other chapters that I haven't finished yet.

[white bison]

Considering the amount of free homebrew, it’s very hard to break into this field

[coral merlin]

I’m currently working on an Olympus themed set of subclasses and was curious what you guys might think about one of the subclasses I finished today. It needs some tweaks but I love the flavor and overall feel of the subclass.

Fighter Subclass. The Gorgon Slayer (Perseus)

They train not only in steel, but in the art of reading their enemies, turning monstrosity against itself, and protecting mortals from the darkness.

(Level 3) Divine Relics - You have been gifted sacred relics by the gods to overcome impossible odds. When you gain this feature, choose one of the following Divine Relics. You gain its benefits while it is equipped. At 7th level and again at 10th level, you gain one additional relic of your choice from this list.

Athena’s Polished Shield - +2 to armor class. You have advantage on saves against spells or effects that would impose a condition.

Hades’ Helm - You learn the Invisibility spell. You can cast it once per long rest without expending a spell slot or requiring material components. In addition, when you roll initiative, you can choose to cast Invisibility immediately without expending this feature

Hermes’ winged sandals - Increase your movement speed by 10ft. As a reaction when taking damage you may move up to half your movement speed without provoking opportunity attacks.

(Level 7) Hero’s intuition - Your divine insight grants you flashes of your enemy’s intent before they act. As a bonus action, choose one creature you can see within 60 feet of you. You immediately gain a brief awareness of that creature’s intentions for its next turn, learning its planned movement, action, and bonus action, if it is able to take them.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining one expended use on a short rest and all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

(Level 10) Slayers Precision - Zeus guides your weapon, you strike where monsters are most vulnerable.

Once per turn, when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can deal an extra 1d10 damage. This damage increases to 2d10 if you have advantage on the attack roll or the creature is affected by a condition. The extra damage is radiant or lightning your choice.

(Level 15) Relic’s ascension - You have mastered all of your divine relics, and their power ascends to match your legend. Each relic’s true potential awakens under your command.

Athena’s Polished Shield - Once per long rest as a reaction when you succeed on a saving throw that would impose a condition you may reflect the effect or spell back at the creature causing them to make the save as well against their own save DC.

Hades’ Helm - While under the effects of invisibility, your first attack deals an extra 2D8 necrotic damage.

Hermes’ Winged Sandals - You have advantage on dexterity saving throws. Additionally once per long rest when you fail a dexterity save you can choose to take half damage instead. (No action needed)

(Level 18) Gorgon’s Glare - You have taken the head of the Gorgon and turned it into a relic of your own making.

As an action, you can unleash the petrifying power of the Gorgon’s Head. Each creature of your choice within 30 feet that can see you must make a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier).

On a failed save, a creature is restrained as its body begins to turn to stone. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn. On a second failure, the creature becomes petrified.

On a successful initial save, the creature is frightened of you until the end of its next turn. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

[vale ingot]

The thing is i want it to be something smaller to be in areas similar to a crossroads. Want the chance for them to be destroyed somewhat if needed, a giant tower in the amount of places i have in mind isn't gonna be possible

[vale ingot]

Make the relics be 2 not 3, Hermes is good but the other one from the other 2 can be dropped due to being OP already(no matter what i would only see people choosing Athena's at low levels then taking Hades', even reverse is too much with one dip in Rogue)
Also add a timer, a minute should suffice and have it be once per short or long rest

Cause then you have a Fighter with a plus 2 to their armor all the time

[coral merlin]

It’s just a shield. They get all 3 items through the course of the subclass

You can just get a shield as a fighter anyways I don’t think that’s overturned

[vale ingot]

Level 7 needs rework into being something else or maybe at a level over 14, it's immediately too meta and ruins the DM's moments for baddies if they have to say how the enemy will Fireball, run away, and hide

[coral merlin]

It limits the weapons you can pick as a caveat also

[coral merlin]

Ok this I can see for sure

[vale ingot]

So it'll be a regular shield that gives advantage against all conditions includng petrification, paralyzed, incapacitated? Too OP again since not even racial features at level 1 give more than 2 which are mostly charmed or frightened

[mild cove]

Permanent +2 ac and advantage on spell saves (for conditions) is insane. That alone would be a legendary magic item. And then you get more stuff

[vale ingot]

For Zeus', it's pretty good overall, but switch the condition for wearing or wielding metal

[coral merlin]

I mean in essence they are legendary items that part of the point but I could limit the conditions to balance it.

[main trellis]

At the very least you should tweak the levels you get them at. 10 is too low for getting all 3. Also perhaps make them do some form of scaling? (Edit: I mean start them at lower power to get more powerful over time.) Or lock them to an "intended" order. (Like Hermes->Hades->Athena or something.)

[vale ingot]

There's also nothing that states it loses the power if not in your grasp which is why its more powerful, so if it's dropped(or stolen) they lost the one thing that was part of their level class up which(unless the DM goes against bad rolls in getting it back) will cost them an entire feature

[coral merlin]

It does say while it’s equipped

[vale ingot]

They get 1, at 10th they can have 2(which again would only be all except Hermes)

[coral merlin]

I did have this originally and changed it just due to having flexibility

[main trellis]

TBH, I think it should be somethimg more along the lines of one at 3rd, one at 7th, and one at 15th or something. (Numbers impercise, but 10th is way too early to have all 3 if he sticks with all 3.)

[vale ingot]

Have it be similar to an item that levels up with the player, so at 3rd it can be summoned to aid the fighter and in a future level gain the bonuses(plus 1 shield, then plus 2) then the legendary effect)

[coral merlin]

Ok that could work as that’s when the buff for them comes in anyways

[main trellis]

Well perhaps, but they are different levels of feature. Like the Shield is a silent tank IMO, and frankly Hade's Helm which is kinda just really weird for a Fighter but otherwise busted.

[coral merlin]

I mean I don’t wanna go to 2 because Perseus had all 3 items and I wanna keep the flavor of it.

Yeah I mean those are basically what the items did in traditional lore so I really focused on that part

[vale ingot]

Then each one will have to be nerfed heavily for them to gain 2 of them

[main trellis]

Well, however much we joke about it, even 20th level characters aren't even really demigods like Perseus is.

[coral merlin]

I think I can drop the advantage on conditions and keep the reflection

[vale ingot]

The player will be going through this with other players, giving them Perseus treatment would make it not as fun for them too knowing this

[coral merlin]

But then the shield doesn’t have a feature so maybe just again 2 conditions

Petrified which is thematically correct and maybe incapacitated

[vale ingot]

It can be it gives advantage against charmed and frightened in later levels, since greek had scary and seducing stuff

[vale ingot]

This means he's able to resist looking at the eyes of Medusa, which again would make sure to get eye contact as much as possible

And incapacitated would be they're winning against dying itself, since you either get it by being downed or through a powerful spell(or Sleep)

[coral merlin]

You think frightened is better then?

[vale ingot]

Immensely

[coral merlin]

So frightened and petrified

[vale ingot]

Greek lores showed fighting against scary stuff, needing bravery for it

[coral merlin]

That fits gorgons well

[vale ingot]

Charmed, not petrified

[coral merlin]

Can I ask why you say that