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Changeling Traits (Revised)

As a follow-up to the Changeling article, I've reworked the class into a new version that drives flavor through Divergent Persona and avoids the power creep issues. I also cleaned up the language on Shapechanger, and made it so you can change between forms without going into true form.

Does Changeling's +3 Charisma "Power Creep"?

Oath of Heroism Breakdown (It's Broken)

The Oath of Heroism Paladin subclass is the latest playtest release featured in Wizards of the Coast's September 18, 2019 Unearthed Arcana.

This class calls to mythological figures of the past, such as Hercules, Gilgamesh, or Cú Chulainn. Like these icons, the Oath of Heroism subclass combines amazing athleticism with supernatural might.

While the flavor is incredible, it gets s...

Dragon Breath Weapon Dice Pool

Here's a system for running the Dragon breath weapon as a dice pool, providing more granular control for the Dungeon Master and greater ludonarrative harmony at the table.

I don't know why patreon is picking up an image from a month-old article.

Monster Attribute Randomizer

PAM vs GWM vs ASI Calculator

This chart will let you run the numbers for ASI progressions for Fighters and Barbarians who want to battle with a polearm. You can also run the numbers for Variant Humans. You need to make a copy of the chart to edit it.

How to Run a Sandbox

Artificer Teardown

Expanded Artificer Spell List

This list includes thematically appropriate spells from Xanathar's Guide to Everything. A preview of an upcoming ThinkDM post in a few weeks. 

P.S. I hope this is the right version because I had two on my desktop with different names. :P

Artificer Spell and Infusion List

Condition Table

Made this for my DM screen. I prefer it much to the traditional format, as it provides a quicker lookup by situation and takes up less space (1 page vs 1.5 on the original DM screen). I'll be throwing it up on the DMs Guild soon.

Warlock Eldritch Invocations

Druid Wild Shape Options by CR (Checklist)

Warlock Invocation Table with Lookup

A little lookup table I made which generates a card with the info for each invocation. This is actually a part of a bigger project.

You can find all the data neatly organized on the attached sheet.

Article Preview: Lucky Success Odds

"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well do ya, punk?"

It's no secret that the Lucky feat is one of the most powerful in 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. Along these same lines, The Divination Wizard's Portent dice allow them to use prerolled dice where they otherwise might be a victim of fate.

While the Halfling racial feature Lucky is often ...

Updated Contagion Calculator: Poison Duration

Greatswords vs. Greataxes

Greatsword vs. Greataxe

After some recent Barbarian discussion which ushered numerous half-baked efforts at running the numbers on Greatsword vs. Greataxe, I decided to make some charts so you can actually see which is better. As it turns out, the Greatsword actually outdamages the Greataxe until Level 17, unless there are other factors at play (Half-Orc, Reckless Attack).

Warforged Armor Class Progressions

I built a tool to visualize what armor type you should be using at each level based on your Warforged character progression. This weekend's article will include breakdowns of common progressions and some analysis of the Integrated Protection feat.

Flesh to Stone Spell Odds

Large PCs are the Centaur of Attention

How Likely is Contagion to Work?

I made a calculator which will show how likely the Contagion spell is to work against targets with various constitution saving throws. Just input your Spellcaster level (at least 9 because Contagion is a Level 5 spell) and your relevant ability score modifier (likely +5 at 9th level unless you took a feat).

More Early Article Access

I couldn't help myself but write more on this topic. Especially after Jeremy Crawford's stream. Here you go:

Quality of Life Improvements

We received additional insight on the "shove" design changes in the May 15, 2018 Dragon+ stream. It turns out the language of the "shove" mechanic was rewritten for a few reasons:

Rules Loophole. There's a loophole w...

Sneak Preview: Next week's article on the new Minotaur UA and Shield Master nerf

Dungeons & Dragon's May 2018 Unearthed Arcana updated the Minotaur race. With three years since the original release, the improvements in the race design can tell us a lot about what lessons the Wizards of the Coast D&D team learned in that time.

Here is the new version of the Minotaur's Hammering Horns from the May 2018 Unearthed Arcana: Centaurs and Minotaurs:

Next Article

What should I write about next? Here's some topics I've got rolling around.

Flanking

A full breakdown on the actions, class features, spells, and feats which may be impacted by flanking in your game. Figure out what you're comfortable with running in your games based on party composition, or avoid player pitfalls when you know your DM is running the optional flanking rule.

Sneak Preview: Dual Wielding

Sneak Preview of the Calculator behind this week's ThinkDM post.

Don't Do DC Increases

The Case Against Increasing Difficulty Checks Round-By Round

The "Bag of Rats" Problem

Druid Character Sheet

Making progress on the beast table automation. Here you can see the bottom of the sheet.

Mike Mearls' Happy Fun Hour Subclasses

All of D&D Franchise Creative Director Mike Mearls' subclasses made on stream, with screenshots and transposed rulesets. The related videos are also linked.