Questions tagged [dungeons-and-dragons]
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Are Rakshasa part of the infernal hierarchy?
In 5th edition, Rakshasa are described as as being lawful evil fiends who reform in the Nine Hells upon death. Even back in 3.5, they're described as being lawful evil outsiders.
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What is a "malicious solar body"?
The 2024 Monster Manual says this of Aberrant Cultists:
Aberrant cultists align with monsters such as aboleths and mind flayers or forces such as Cthulhu, Hadar, Ityak-Ortheel the Elf Eater, ...
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How many creatures can be made from one creature?
How many separate creatures can be made from the single body of one creature? (Not via standard reproduction.)
As I was reading the Crawling Claw's lore, this quote stood out to me:
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Are any estimates provided for the number of Knights in Silver in the Forgotten Realms?
This is more curiosity than anything, but I was looking at having a full war as something of a backdrop for a mission for the players. As part of trying to hew at least somewhat to the canon, I tried ...
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Historical Survey: What elements in D&D can affect a character's level outside of leveling up?
I want to understand if the idea of leveling up or down has been introduced via mechanics in DnD and, if so, how it was managed over the history of the game. The idea of tieing in a character's ...
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Did alignment charts of old use to have Law on the right (and when did that change)?
This might be a stupid question, but:
Why do all the charts put Law on the left? It should go on the right! And I don't mean philosophically, I mean I distinctly remember the original alignment charts ...
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Is trading souls an evil act like consuming it? [closed]
I have a character acquired a corrupted soul that have no idea what to do with it.
By BoVD, using it as a spell component or otherwise consuming (destroying) it by any means is a highly evil act.
I ...
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Seems Impossible to Recruit Fellow Players, or a DM [duplicate]
I'm trying to set up a Dungeons and Dragons campaign at a nearby hobby store so I can play in a game for once instead of running; I've run eight different systems over sixteen years and haven't gotten ...
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Is Common the same language in different settings?
In addition to their clearly endemic languages, it seems like each of the major campaign settings also have a language called Common. I know of at least Greyhawk, the Realms, Krynn, and Mystara - ...
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What is the name of the river that flows into Maer Dualdon from the northeast?
On multiple Icewind Dale maps that I've seen, the river that flows southwest out of Maer Dualdon is the Shaengarne River. But I've never seen a name given to the river that flows from the northeast ...
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Which Darklords have escaped Ravenloft?
I'm doing some research for a Planescape campaign which adapts parts of Die Vecna Die! I see that Vecna escaped Ravenloft, and I am curious about other escapees. All that I have been able to find is ...
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What is the history of opportunity attacks?
The idea of opportunity attacks seems to go back all the way to first edition of D&D where the PHB says on page 105
Fleeing means as rapid a withdrawal from combat as possible; while it exposes ...
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Monsters that grow in strength stat by eating
I want to use a monster that grows its attack stat by eating its allies and other creatures in the area for my D&D campaign. Are there any monsters already that do that, or do I have to make my ...
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How to reconcile old school tropes with modern sensibilities?
Even though I've not quite been playing RPGs long enough to call myself a grognard, we've been playing for over 40 years now, and much of that time, in the same homebrew campaign world. This a world ...
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How can I tell which edition of D&D a Dragon Magazine article is for?
In answering this question, I was referring to a Dragon Magazine article for D&D from a 2003 Dragon magazine. It is not relevant for that question (which was happy with answers from any edition of ...
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