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    • Fall damage in 5e: Rules and calculations
    • Hit Dice in 5e explained – A full guide with examples
    • How do you determine spellcasting ability?
    • Saving throws and multiclassing
    • Simple weapons in DnD 5e explained
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    • Healer classes in DnD 5e
    • Multiclass in Baldur’s Gate 3
    • What are the odds of rolling the ‘perfect’ DnD character?
    • What can you do with Prestidigitation in 5e?
  • DM Guides
    • Attacking unconscious players
    • Best campaigns for new DMs
    • 7 DnD 5e house rules to avoid at all costs
    • 10 DnD 5e house rules for DMs to try
    • How to put Dungeon Master on your resume or CV
  • Spells
    • Counterspell in 5e: A complete guide with rule clarifications
    • Feather Fall spell in 5e explained
    • Mirror Image Spell in 5e explained
    • Shadow Blade spell in 5e explained
    • Speak With Dead spell in 5e explained
  • Feats
    • Actor feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Alert feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Sentinel feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Polearm Master feat guide for DnD 5e
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    • The history of the Gelatinous Cube
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  • How To Play
    • Ability Score Improvement (ASI) in DnD 5e explained
    • Dash action in DnD 5e explained
    • Drowning & suffocating in DnD 5e explained
    • DnD 5e guide to grappling
    • Fall damage in 5e: Rules and calculations
    • Hit Dice in 5e explained – A full guide with examples
    • How do you determine spellcasting ability?
    • Saving throws and multiclassing
    • Simple weapons in DnD 5e explained
  • Player Guides
    • A guide to two-weapon fighting in DnD 5e
    • Bag of Holding in DnD 5e: An adventurer’s guide
    • Can a druid shapeshift into an owlbear?
    • DnD 5e Healer’s Kit explained
    • Healer classes in DnD 5e
    • Multiclass in Baldur’s Gate 3
    • What are the odds of rolling the ‘perfect’ DnD character?
    • What can you do with Prestidigitation in 5e?
  • DM Guides
    • Attacking unconscious players
    • Best campaigns for new DMs
    • 7 DnD 5e house rules to avoid at all costs
    • 10 DnD 5e house rules for DMs to try
    • How to put Dungeon Master on your resume or CV
  • Spells
    • Counterspell in 5e: A complete guide with rule clarifications
    • Feather Fall spell in 5e explained
    • Mirror Image Spell in 5e explained
    • Shadow Blade spell in 5e explained
    • Speak With Dead spell in 5e explained
  • Feats
    • Actor feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Alert feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Sentinel feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Polearm Master feat guide for DnD 5e
  • Resources
    • Best DnD familiars ranked
    • The history of the Gelatinous Cube
    • Top 5 least popular DnD 5e classes
    • 147 world building questions

DnD 5e Spells

A wizard learning to cast counterspell

DnD 5e Spells

Counterspell in 5e: A complete guide with rule clarifications

Your trapped party looks on in abject terror as the wizard laughs manically and begins casting a fireball targeting- “I cast Counterspell”.

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Written by: Mark Williams-Cook

Published on: 12 May 2023

Mirror Image Spell in 5e

DnD 5e Spells, Player Guides

Mirror Image Spell in 5e explained

Taking a bit of a beating and can’t find a volunteer to dive in harm’s way? The Mirror Image spell might just be what you’re looking for.

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Written by: Mark Williams-Cook

Published on: 15 April 2023

A corpse having a chat with Speak With Dead spell

DM Guides, DnD 5e Spells, Player Guides

Speak With Dead spell in 5e explained

Not getting the answers you want? Learn to shake down those corpses with this Speak With Dead spell guide for both players and DMs.

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Written by: Mark Williams-Cook

Published on: 10 April 2023

A Shadow Blade

DnD 5e Spells, Player Guides

Shadow Blade spell in 5e explained

Love a bit of an ambush from the dark? Having trouble with non-magical weapon resistance? Just need a bit more zap in your stab? Shadow Blade, my friend.

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Written by: Mark Williams-Cook

Published on: 7 April 2023

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  • How To Play
    • Ability Score Improvement (ASI) in DnD 5e explained
    • Dash action in DnD 5e explained
    • Drowning & suffocating in DnD 5e explained
    • DnD 5e guide to grappling
    • Fall damage in 5e: Rules and calculations
    • Hit Dice in 5e explained – A full guide with examples
    • How do you determine spellcasting ability?
    • Saving throws and multiclassing
    • Simple weapons in DnD 5e explained
  • Player Guides
    • A guide to two-weapon fighting in DnD 5e
    • Bag of Holding in DnD 5e: An adventurer’s guide
    • Can a druid shapeshift into an owlbear?
    • DnD 5e Healer’s Kit explained
    • Healer classes in DnD 5e
    • Multiclass in Baldur’s Gate 3
    • What are the odds of rolling the ‘perfect’ DnD character?
    • What can you do with Prestidigitation in 5e?
  • DM Guides
    • Attacking unconscious players
    • Best campaigns for new DMs
    • 7 DnD 5e house rules to avoid at all costs
    • 10 DnD 5e house rules for DMs to try
    • How to put Dungeon Master on your resume or CV
  • Spells
    • Counterspell in 5e: A complete guide with rule clarifications
    • Feather Fall spell in 5e explained
    • Mirror Image Spell in 5e explained
    • Shadow Blade spell in 5e explained
    • Speak With Dead spell in 5e explained
  • Feats
    • Actor feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Alert feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Sentinel feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Polearm Master feat guide for DnD 5e
  • Resources
    • Best DnD familiars ranked
    • The history of the Gelatinous Cube
    • Top 5 least popular DnD 5e classes
    • 147 world building questions