Second Wind is a Standard Action that allow you to use a healing surge and get a defensive bonus for one turn. What are the options the system gives to reduce this action from Standard to anything else?

I was verifying whether my fighter's Sun Blade would in fact be a useless hilt in an antimagic field (AMF) and came across this question on a few other sites, and it piqued my interest. My first instinct is that "no, monks can still use ki effects in an AMF because they're just awesomely in cont...

I have been brewing up a character build that uses Toppling Spell to knock creatures prone with Magic Missile. I stumbled across Kobold Style, specifically Kobold Groundling, and realized that if I could reliably trip with Magic Missile, I could apply Sneak Attack damage to prone enemies. However...

Is there a definitive list for race, class, and level limitations in regards to PCs and NPCs. I'm aware of the table (Character Race Table II.: Class Level Limitations) in the PHB. However, is it possible for an NPC Dwarf Cleric to multi-class? I am only concerned with RAW (rules-as-written). ...

Cancer Mages (from The Book of Vile Darkness) gain these two abilities: Contagion: ... The touch of a cancer mage carries a contagion spell ... Poison: ... the touch of a cancer mage carries a poison spell ... (Source: Book of Vile Darkness, pgs. 52 - 53). Both seem to be effects ...

I (the DM) had this thought that the familiar who belongs to an evil wizard far away from the players was delivering a message to the Bugbear leader of a band of goblins who was under the command of said wizard to search an ancient crypt. Can a familiar be given a command to travel that distance ...

Is there anything in RAW that supports spell level as a character concept or alternatively as a player concept? On the one hand, I see nothing that explicitly states that a character knows that there are spell levels, on the other hand, I don't see how a spellcaster could manage spell slots with...

Cat Paws Daily (Free Action) Climb at normal speed and double any climbing movement granted to you by powers until the end of the encounter. So Cat Paws are an item that helps you climb better, but while making a character who wants to utilize these items for various stunts and attacks I notice...

I'm still a relative noob to DnD and am playing 5e. We will be starting the Curse of Strahd on March 16 and I would like to be planning out my character. I'm having some trouble figuring out where to get information on races/classes outside of the player's handbook. Where else should I look to fi...