I want a house rule to make it easier for either side to run away from combat. My main gripe with the standard rule is running away from combat devolving into: A dashes + moves away from B (provokes opportunity attack) B dashes + moves adjacent to A again A dashes + moves away from B (provokes o...

I understand that in D&D 5e, there is a certain age range that characters can be. And we know that old age is probably something that will happen to most characters after an adventure. But occasionally, it may happen during an adventure. How do I determine when a character dies of natural old age?

The duration on Arcane Lock is listed as "until dispelled". If I cast Arcane Lock, then have a long rest and remove Arcane Lock from my list of spells, does it become dispelled?

Polearm Master states: "While you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, or quarterstaff, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter the reach you have with that weapon." So if you are wielding a weapon with 10' reach and an enemy starts their turn 10' away, do they pro...

My players recently fought a phase spider. During combat one of the pcs jumped on the phase spider to grapple it. During the phase spiders subsequent turn they used ethereal jaunt to shift to the ethereal plane. Ethereal Jaunt: As a bonus action, the spider can magically shift from the Material ...