You're not allowed to elaborate except in replies. What is the absolute worst trait, in one word, to see in a DM, either one you've had to reflect on yourself, or one that you've experienced as a player? To kick us off:

Schadenfreude

I'm a 17th level Arcane Trickster with 2 Wizard levels and 1 Cleric level. I have 4th-level spell slots, but none of my classes let me prepare 4th-level spells, as per multiclass spellcasting rules.

Here's Spell Thief, the 17th-level Arcane Trickster feature:

Immediately after a creature casts a spell that targets you or includes you in its area of effect, you can use your reaction to force the creature to make a saving throw with its spellcasting ability modifier. The DC equals your spell save DC. On a failed save, you negate the spell's effect against you, and you steal the knowledge of the spell if it is at least 1st level and of a level you can cast (it doesn't need to be a wizard spell). For the next 8 hours, you know the spell and can cast it using your spell slots. The creature can't cast that spell until the 8 hours have passed.

The phrase "and of a level you can cast" seems to imply I'd need to be able to prepare those spells naturally before stealing them from another. However, "it doesn't need to be a wizard spell" seems to imply otherwise. Are there any official rulings on this?

My pc is a ranger that has acquired a construct weasel made of brass. Help me pick a name. (Was found in a dungeon discarded as a semi failed attempt) playing moot(construct of purpharos. God of forge fire and creation)

Since Hexblade doesnt exist in 2024...yet...Would Undead be the next best option for a Raven Queen based warlock especially flavor wise. I do know you can still use 2014 classes in 5.5 but I kinda wanna just stick with the updated classes.

I have seen this said over and over again: You can use the darkness + devil's sight combo but it will hinder the rest of your party.

Is that really true?

When you cast darkness, you get to choose where to place it. In many cases, that by itself will have utility. You might be able to cast it over ranged or spell-casting enemies forcing them to leave their position. You might be able to place it so that one of your party members gets a "free" disengage. You might be able to place it so that a rogue can bonus action sneak in the open and then move for a backstab.

In the worst case, the enemy has some non-visual or devil's sight sense ability, but I think that is pretty rare and obvious (devils, dragons, elementals, creatures of pure darkness).

But in the average case, the advantage and disadvantage cancel out. Even that can be an advantage, if the enemy was getting advantage from some other game mechanic.

So yes, darkness is pretty situational if you literally have no way to take advantage of it, but even one character that has devil's sight might be enough to tip the balance. This is particularly true if one of the characters without devil's sight casts darkness (which is better action economy).

I'm playing in my first ever campaign and I close a Hexblade Warlock. I like the abilities granted by that patron, but none of the spells from that additional spell list are speaking to me. I'm not saying they're not powerful or useful, just not especially so.

Are there any of them that you think I might be under-evaluating?

The homebrew setting I'm running and developing in my Dungeons & Dragons 5e campaign consists of an endless universe filled with infinite worlds. Since I can't create infinite worlds on demand, I've divided the universe into star sectors, each containing a number of worlds. These worlds, not planets, are any celestial bodies inhabited by humanoids, acting as different planes accessible through chappa'ais (magical portals from an ancient civilization), magic, or spelljammers. Currently, the PCs are in their home sector and can travel between about 10 different worlds (so far, at level 12, they've visited a total of 5).

Separate from these worlds but withing the same sector, is Astra Taldea, a group of asteroids bound and connected to each other by ancient and gargantuan magical chains, forming a kind of archipelago. This group of asteroids travels through space along this star sector, pulled by a herd of colossal and ancient kindoris.

Astra Taldea is formed by asteroids similar to Rock of Bral and is inhabited by five humanoid races: the Astral Elves, the Githyanki, the Tenno humans, the Skittermanders, and the Plasmoids. These humanoids possess technology similar to Treasure Planet and Spelljammer. The Astra Taldeans rarely travel to the other worlds in the sector, and some are unaware of their existence.

No one truly knows who formed Astra Taldea, but it wasn't any of the races that inhabit it today, despite each race's legends claiming it was them.

Astra Taldea won't be accessible during this first campaign, but it will be during the next one. I would like some ideas to elaborate futher more Astra Taldea for this second campaign.

EDIT: I'm looking for location, point of interest or hook ideas.

I want to use it to create/generate combat environments for designing adventures and solo play, but I cant't find it! If there's no way to get it now, or if it doesn't even exist (I learned about its existence via Google AI Mode), what are some great PDF resources similar to it (besides Jose Manuel Navarro's Terrain Randomizer?

Os explico no he jugado a D&D en mi vida, y mis amigos (que tampoco lo han jugado nunca) quieren probar. Quieren que sea el DM voy a imprimirme resúmenes de cada raza y clase para que elijan. Estoy buscando una campaña que hacer, a poder ser que sea de una sesión, porque si sale bien vamos a pillarnos el kit de inicio (primero quieren ver si les gusta para meter pasta). ¿Me pasáis alguna campaña medio sencillita, por favor? Y si me dan algún tip y cosas que debería llevar, se lo agradecería mucho

I’d love to hear about it. I’m using a fighter/barbarian Zoro from One Piece this weekend and I have a monk Kusuriuri from Mononoke. An interesting element to me to bring in outside characters into this fantasy world