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I'd say that something being overpowered heavily depends on the campaign setting and even more on the players playstyle. You can give the most damage dealing paladin ever a +3 mace that also grants 2 more damage dice when smite is used, but if the player tends to only use violence as a last resort, that item won't change the game by much. Also, it may look like giving the op damage weapon to the pacifist is counterintuitive, but if the player has the motto "I use the mace not to start fights but to end them" it makes a lot of sense to give that player the one-shoting weapon. I once had a newby player who rolled extremely well and bad for stats and ended with 18 dex and 7 con. By level five she dealt double the average damage than the rest of the party, but also had less than half their max hp. The definition of a glass cannon. So I gave her a +1 dagger that increased the damage die to d6 (for simplicity) and also gave one extra sneak attack die, which turned to three dice when crit instead of two. She became almost guaranteed to oneshot an enemy if she hit, but kept being extremely likely to get oneshotted herself. That meant she never run straight into combat, still relying on her friends to tank for her.

Hat of Sunglasses. Homebrew Items should fulfil the RP thematic that it's focusing on while also being embedded into the DnD origins of a roleplaying GAME. Example; 'When wearing this hat, you also equip a pair of sunglasses. If hat is unequipped, the glasses disappear.' Talk with your players, and figure out if they like a +1 to Deception, Stealth or other abilities. An homebrewed item that isn't tailored to a specific character is a waste of effort as balancing is different for different tables.

I raise you 4d6+2 hammer that blinds 1/turn vs con save Magic sword that can nullify high level magic essentially at will Custom familiar that is around 3 times as powerful as an imp for our chain warlock and also grows with lvl. And fucking uhhhh Additional bonus action for the arti rogue, always. Anyways, yes we are power scaling up in this b-

I think my favorite items are mundane-ish things that doesn't focus on number advantages, like a diving helmet sized sphere that always has breathable atmosphere in it or something like that. It could probably be used for something extreme and ridiculous, but only if players get creative, and you still control the numbers

I make op weapons to kill op enemies, I love making and tuning systems to balance them, just finished my test run campaign and everything is ready for my mecha dnd game.

I homebrew a lot, frankly too much, and because of that id like to think I've gotten decent at creating homebrew that only breaks the game if I am not prepared. There are some things I just don't touch. I don't like bonuses to things like initiative or base stats or DC's. I like to give strong abilities with interesting effects; I like my players to feel like the peak of humanoid ability. Any time I make my players stronger I have to take into account how I need to adjust my villains and my world; let them feel powerful but also make it so now more powerful things are going after them. The bones of DND 5e are very versatile and easy to modify, and unfortunately that means you can quickly make something very broken. Don't make something because it sounds cool; make something that can work and is also cool

This sounds like you are trying to give the advice that you need to balance the game based on the manuals, rather than watching closely what you do- It doesn't matter how strong the characters are, you have practically unlimited control over what is allowed, and what the enemies will end up being. What matters is being a good DM and actually paying attention, like you said, to what characters have, their stats, etc. Homebrew can be perfectly balanced even with really strong characters, you just have to be pretty creative. If a DM is complaining about not being able to balance the game, it usually is either they can't control their party at ALL, or want WAYYY too much control over exactly how the story goes, because they pre-wrote it, but didn't leave room for the choices their players end up deciding on. It requires some foresight, and a fine balance of laying the law VS allowing a bit of fun

Once my DM let me play an Undying Warlock patron in the Curse of Strahd.

well the solution for me is easy get even more insane with terrain and monsters i made a monster that deals dexterity damage every hit it becomes easier to get hit being in it’s radius lowers the dexterity you can also use the same things against it i gave one of them a stand and one of them a devil fruit they will now face opponents with stands and devil fruits the only way to balance insanity is with insanity

i gotta completely disagree with the thesis statement of the video. Give the players broken items. Let them be badass. You have infinite power to challange them.

I gave my players the "bags of hand holding" a pair of bags of holding that open to the same space (just large enough to fit a pair of hands). Even if my players find a way to break the game with them the solution will be creative and fun which is the whole point

Give player broken item: derails campaign, destroys immersion, has to start a new one. Give player balanced cool item with fun features that reward creativity: "This sucks"

Not gonna lie, I start with making my villains broken. My favorite go to is a dragon that has access to a 9th level spell as a breath weapon as a BBEG. Feels fun to spam a spell like time stop and watch my players have to think outside the box and 5 steps ahead was fun for the campaign

Really good video with nice advice for DMs. I'm definitely saving it to rewatch while planning my campaign.

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I think everyone should have at least read and understood the basic rules of the game, usually learning through playing. Because I and my group/s have been extremely poor as a whole, we pirate copies of most things and use free resources as much as possible. . Then we make stuff

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Very cool, smart idea with the toothpick handles on the pieces for painting

I love how it looks

This looks amazing! You should definitely invest in high quality materials.

Hey! These all look very nice, and I want you to stop doubting yourself. The cardboard looks very cool!

This is actually quite cute The cardboard look is a nice aesthetic

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That was a great one lol.

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This is really good! Reminds me of some liminal space lofi

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i still suck at making friends

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Listening to too much s4it moozik.

Beautiful,Could be amazing soundtrack to 80' vampire horror movie

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It's pretty nice at the start like this one more then the one you just put out