tl;dr: How do you handle a fallen paladin? I have a level 6 player who wanted to play a lawful good aasimar paladin (oath of devotion). There have been several events which I believe have led to their fallen state. The player agreed that they're ok not being a paladin anymore. So I think that m...

The Ritual Caster feat provides for a character to learn and use a limited number of specifically marked spells from the spell list of another class -- for instance, a Sorcerer might take Ritual Caster and choose find familiar as one of the first level spells initially in the book when acquired. ...

Distant Strike is a Horizon Walker Ranger Feature which states: At 11th level, you gain the ability to pass between the planes in a blink of an eye. When you use the Attack action, you can teleport up to 10 feet before each attack to an unoccupied space you can see. Forcecag...

A player the other night wanted to run, jump off a wall, flip over the other characters in front of him, land in front of the monster, and attack it — all in one turn. Is that actually doable?

Suppose a creature gets some benefits when they take the Attack action. For example, the Horizon Walker ranger's Distant Strike lets them teleport at will, but only when they take the Attack action. Could a creature take the Attack action and gain those benefits, without making attack rolls or o...

I am building a level 2 character for D&D 5e. For story reasons (I just had to break ties with my patron, in a very fun way), I can no longer be a warlock. Is there a class (Unearthed Arcana is allowed) that will allow me to basically use the Hexblade warlock's Hex Warrior feature with a weapon...

In Lost Mine of Phandelver, the party comes across (and presumably defeats) multiple mages. These are not specifically described as Wizards, but their spellcasting is Intelligence-based, and they know spells from the Wizard spell list, so it sounds to me like they are Wizards. (If it quacks like ...

There is "a spellcaster level" mentioned in the MM: A monster with the Spellcasting class feature has a spellcaster level and spell slots Does "a spellcaster level" means basically "a sorcerer level" or "a wizard level" or any particular class level from the PHB, with all its features and r...

For clarity, I mean cheap in the sense of the action economy. The ideal scenario would be to damage myself with a free object interaction or a small amount of movement. Here is the relevant text of the Feat: Immediately after you take damage, you can use a reaction to magically become invisi...