Apr 14, 2025 · I have been working on wrapping my head around the new PHB's wording, and recently came across an oddity with the Mastery: Nick feature that has me searching for …

Apr 14, 2015 · In D&D 5e with its level of abstraction, the main use of a shield bash would be to knock the target prone thus granting advantage to the attack on a follow up attack. This …

Jan 20, 2022 · 5e mostly moved away from this style of table, and it seems intentional - so while this might work well for the querent, it is unfortunate that the answer doesn't go into more …

(click for larger image) They might also be called proficiencies. Are they just the modifier of the appropriate skill or something else?

May 21, 2017 · A brief aside, it's fairly common for terms from one edition to slip into another (eg., I believe that 4E "created" the terms shift and bloodied, but I've seen many Pathfinder …

Sadly the rules on curing disease do not seem to be organized in a single section of any of the rule books. Here are all the options I can find: Spells Lesser Restoration (2nd level) can end 1 …

Jun 24, 2022 · We are playing 5e and 2 players were downed. I have a +5 to my medicine check and was attempting to stabilize at least one of them so we wouldn't have a PC death. I was …

Apr 21, 2020 · I know what an improvised weapon is — a shard of glass or a tree branch used as a weapon — but what damage do they do? Is it up to the DM to decide what dice is thrown to …

Jul 22, 2020 · In a game I DM'd, a PC had cast a spell with a Concentration requirement and was subsequently Paralyzed. I quickly checked the description of the Paralyzed condition, which …

D&D 5e turns are completely different from AD&D turns, and only share the name. The AD&D meaning of “turn” as being ten rounds* in combat time (or ten minutes in exploration time) last …