The 6th-level Evocation spell Sunbeam reads as follows: A beam of brilliant light flashes out from your hand in a 5-foot-wide, 60-foot-long line. [...] For the duration, a mote of brilliant radiance shines in your hand. Bearing in mind that you need to have at least one hand busy with t...

So let's say you get hit by charm person. It has the enchantment (charm) and mind effecting subtypes. You are a custom race made with the race builder rules on the srd with 3 different racials, stubborn, resistant and dual minded: Stubborn (2 RP) Prerequisites: None. Benefit: Membe...

S&V p. 35 details using resistance rolls to reduce consequences/harm suffered, and indicates a successful roll reduces the consequence by one level. Similarly, the armour rules on p. 37 also indicate that harm is reduced by one step if armour is used. But on p.36, it states: "As a general note, ...

Me and five friends wanted to try out DnD, none of us have played before but I know the most about DnD (read: I listened to The Adventure Zone and watched some videos on YouTube) so I volunteered as DM. I decided on running Death House because it sounded cool and then seeing how we'll progress fr...

Will Turn Undead work on a corpse possessed by a Dybbuk (a demon listed in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, p. 132)? Background: I thought yes, as the creature is a raised corpse, an undead. However I was just listening to a podcast where the party faced a corpse possessed by a Dybbuk. The DM ruled ...

I am wondering what "magic" means within the context of 5th edition D&D, particularly as it relates to the detect magic spell. I am familiar with the "The Weave of Magic" and spells slots and such. The detect magic spell allows you to sense the presence of "magic" and shows a glow around creatur...