That is most likely due to the wording of the Increased Potency instead of 1d6, which signals that while NOT attuned - you still deal bonus 1d6 necrotic damage. I think they just misspelled the phrase in the first paragraph, although to be 100% sure an official erratum is in...
These are generally very attentive races but still haunted by the ancient crimes made by them without their wings. These creatures are bound with sins and curses, and that is the only reason still have bird-like features, they can’t fly....
While the material components require gold, they are used to summon the familiar, and the pseudodragon is already there, however even if they are required to bind the dragon to the wizard (let's say DM ruling), the material components aren't terribly hard to come by. You cannot store it...
Obviously, you might have to keep some secrets about your campaign plans. And this second fact is where you hide those secrets. Like “the heirs of the ancient Zethinian Empire discovered the weather-controlling relic that protects an island nation of elemental sorcerers is actually the dismember...
Of course, the unwashed masses that call themselves my players are always clamoring for good old D&D. *Sigh* So that's what I play. I don't worry about rationalizing HP - whenever there's a credibility gap, I just point out that D&D is an abstract, heroic-type system. When people wa...
There is an old adventure I once ran that has a great maze in it, but playing it out as a mapping exercise made it rather un-fun. I've been wanting to run that adventure again, and I've been thinking of ways to make the maze part as much fun as it deserves. The solution I ...
Red dragons somewhat less so than others, but an ancient red dragon is smarter than any real-life human being has ever been, is centuries old, and has been a force of greed and malice, death and destruction, for ages; one does not get that old by charging in blindly to face unknown ...
When and how can I change the mask that is 'active'? Does the 'active' mask give immunity to its element since the Mask of the Dragon Queen has all the properties of each mask and the properties of the 'active' mask? My best guess for #1 is I choose when I attune to it...
The process is actually pretty straight forward and follows the official rules for CR calculation First of all, sorry for posting an answer to such an old question, but after trying to puzzle out the Young Red Shadow Dragon's CR myself just now and seeing that none ...
Paladin. The main boost to the Paladins DPR comes from the good old Divine Smite. As well, they will take Dueling Fighting Style. Without Smiting, they can deal 10 damage per round on average. With Smite, that number jumps to 20 damage on average. Ranger. The Ranger will take...