Questions tagged [player-characters]
For questions relating to characters controlled by players rather than by a game master.
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In Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine, can a Mortal Character turn into a Miraculous Character without HG fiat?
Recently I've been digging into Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine. It has some neat rule interactions in it that let the players affect the game in ways that's not common in most RPGs. One that ...
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As a DM, how can I add a character from my collection to a campaign in D&D Beyond?
As the DM, I've created a GMPC character on D&D Beyond. How can I add this character to the campaign I DM? I see no button for adding a character besides the two "create" character ...
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How is nonlethal damage different when applied to player characters?
I'm new to P2E and running a game soon, and in this adventure (without spoiling any of the context) there's a group of monsters that attack the party with nonlethal attacks-- the adventure even goes ...
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Who does "you" refer to in the PHB?
In a recent discussion, my counterpart was of the opinion that "you" in the PHB applies only to player characters. The argument was that since it is the "Player's Handbook", the ...
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Will 2024 characters be incompatible with a 5e campaign? [duplicate]
I did see this question but it's slightly different from mine. The question being answered there is whether you can have 2014 characters in a 2024 campaign. My question is the reverse. Can you have ...
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Can my players use both 5e-2014 and 5e-2024 characters in the same adventure?
In a newspost about the new 2024 core rules it is mentioned that the new rules are compatible with our collection of D&D adventures and supplements. But, as far as I can find, it does not say ...
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What would the CR of a player character be?
I wanted to play as a fairy, and thought that a good way to introduce my character to the party would be with a scroll that casts conjure fey without the cast time or duration, but the spell brings CR ...
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One of PCs backstabbed a powerful ally. How do I punish them without seeming like singling them out?
Followup to this question. So, I'm running a Starfinder game, and we are 50 sessions into this campaign. The campaign involves the fate of a small but strategically important settlement, which several ...
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Can a creature with reach flank without being directly next to the enemy? [duplicate]
This is something one of my players asked me recently and I'm not 100% sure how to handle it. I'm leaning towards "no, this does not work" but I am not certain and don't want to be unfair to ...
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Can I have a Lawful Evil Paladin with his justification being its the word of his god? [closed]
I'm thinking of having a lawful evil Paladin whose reason for being evil is it is the word of his god. Would this work? Is this a good idea?
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How do I keep a party together when they have conflicting goals?
I'm running a Starfinder game, and we are 40 sessions into this campaign. The campaign involves the fate of a small but strategically important settlement, which several factions are vying for control ...
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Can you play a vampire in the 5th Edition?
So I got this sudden thing to want to play a vampire. I tried to do some research on vampires in the 5th edition of D&D, but I couldn't find anything. Am I able to play a vampire in the 5th ...
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Can a Doppelganger buy Changeling racial feats?
The Changeling race in D&D 3.5 has a history defined as They evolved through the union of doppelgangers and humans, eventually becoming a separate race distinct from either ancestral tree. In D&...
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Can the term "item" also apply to creatures?
The rules sometimes refer to items, for example bag of holding says: "Retrieving an item from the bag requires an action." The term item is not formally defined in the rules, so normally we ...
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Game was fun for a year but suddenly is not? [closed]
So this may be a long story but my group and I have been playing “The Curse of Strahd” for a little over a year. It has been a really amazing and wonderful time. Everyone got a long so well and the ...
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