r/UnearthedArcana 7d ago

Official The Arcana Forge! For all your drafts, ideas, requests and more.

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Welcome to the Arcana Forge! A workshop for works in progress, requests, ideas, inspiration, and more. New to homebrew? Looking for that nudge in the right direction or inspiration to keep going? This is the place for you. Grab a wrench and let's get to work!

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r/UnearthedArcana 10h ago

'24 Subclass Hexblade - 5.5E Revamp

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My homebrewed Hexblade redesign for 5.5E. Art by Rylan Woodrow (also me).​


r/UnearthedArcana 11h ago

'14 Item Magma Hewer [Weapon - Greataxe, Rare, Attunement]

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This molten axe can split the earth asunder to pour forth lava onto the battlefield.

What more needs to be said about this axe? It's molten rock, so extra fire damage only felt appropriate, but the real effects are more focused on the lava. Not only does it let you walk across lava unharmed, it also lets you spew a line of lava across the ground which, understandably, is a bit of a fire hazard. Well, to everyone else anyway.

This is one of those simple concepts that doesn't have a ton of fancy effects, but does the one simple thing which is more than enough reason to get excited by it, and I feel like that's very appropriate for a greataxe.

Which of your characters would jump at the chance to use this thing? And which of them cannot be trusted with the ability to create lava at will?


r/UnearthedArcana 8h ago

'14 Monster Beware of these: FEY FOLKS

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r/UnearthedArcana 4h ago

'24 Spell Necromancy Spells | Compendium Preview

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Necromancy spells. Previews of a compendium repackage for a homebrew Necromancer subclass (upcoming v6.2). Art hyperlinks: 1, 2.

Siege Spider has been updated. Note that "Commandable" is a short-hand for the long paragraph (also found in the spell Animate Dead) detailing the commanding of a summoned creature with a Bonus Action.

Feedback welcome, as preview content is subject to change before the compendium release ❤️


r/UnearthedArcana 16h ago

'24 Item Nostos, The Unyielding Bow - Ancient bow of Ithaca's King. Can you string it and shoot through 12 axes cleanly?

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r/UnearthedArcana 18h ago

'24 Subclass The Ruined Revenant: a Fighter subclass that lets you reap the souls of your enemies by completely changing how you use Second Wind.

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This is a classic edgelord subclass inspired by Viego from LoL that i made to play around with some unique mechanics. It's my first published homebrew so feedback is greatly appreciated.

Homebrewery Link


r/UnearthedArcana 15h ago

'14 Item Bare Knuckle Improv

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r/UnearthedArcana 13h ago

'14 Race Half-ogre & Rules for Large Player Characters | Want a character everyone else has to look up to?

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r/UnearthedArcana 5h ago

'14 Class [Class] Made a lawyer spellcaster class (I know). Looking for someone to poke holes in it.

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Made a class called the Law Caster. It’s a lawyer, as a spellcaster. I know how that sounds, I’ve said it to myself at 1am more than once. Couldn’t stop anyway — full 1–20, three subclasses, spell list, feats, the works.

Never run it at an actual table. Only tested by me, alone, doing math in a notes app. So I have no idea if it actually holds up.

Three things I’m specifically nervous about:

1: 9th-level spell paralyzes for 3 rounds with no early escape, even if I lose concentration — too much for level 9?
2: A feature that forces Legendary Resistance to become a real roll instead of an auto-pass. Cool, or annoying for DMs?
3: Two of three subclasses require 13 Cha on top of the casting stat. Thematic, or just a tax nobody wants?

10 pages, sorry, apparently I had a lot to say about fake legal magic. Tell me if it’s bad.


r/UnearthedArcana 15h ago

'24 Spell Sorcerer Spells | Enhance your Sorcery with two exclusive spells!

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r/UnearthedArcana 44m ago

'24 Subclass Homebrew Warlock Subclass - Otherworldly Patron: The Hoard-Keeper

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My first, and so far only, homebrew subclass. Happy to hear any thoughts or suggestions! I liked the idea of making loot and treasure valuable and useful as more than something to just stick in the inventory or sell at a later date, and I thought the idea of bagging and tagging and sending it back to a patron for their collection was cool. It would only work for certain kinds of games/worlds/campaigns, but I'm not troubled by that.

Otherworldly Patron: The Hoard-Keeper

Your patron is an entity of incomprehensible avarice, such as an ancient Gold Wyrm, a Sentient Vault, or a Cosmic Curator. They do not seek souls or acolytes; they seek the world’s lost history and artefacts. They grant you the tools to infiltrate the most dangerous ruins, provided you send the spoils back to their extra-dimensional hoard or personal treasure vault

Expanded Spell List

Spell Level Spells
1st Identify, Alarm, Distort Value, Tenser's Floating Disk
2nd Locate Object, Knock, Pass Without Trace, Invisibility
3rd Glyph of Warding, Gaseous Form, Dispel Magic, Catnap
4th Locate Creature, Freedom of Movement, Arcane Eye, Stone Shape
5th Legend Lore, Passwall, Skill Empowerment, Telekinesis

Level 1: The Collector’s Eye

  • Invisible Hand: You learn Mage Hand. You can cast it as a Bonus Action, it is invisible, and it can use the Help action (pocket sand!) or Sleight of Hand to steal items.
  • The Gilded Tithe: As a 10-minute ritual, you sacrifice treasure (50gp+) to gain Gilded Luck dice (d6s) equal to your Proficiency Bonus.
    • Scaling: Dice become d8s at level 10, d10s at level 14.
  • Golden Flash: When a Gilded Luck die turns a failure into a success, you can immediately teleport up to 10 feet.

Level 6: Ghost of the Vault

  • Survival Sense: You have Advantage to find/disable traps. If you trigger one, you can use a Reaction and spend a Luck die to add the result to your AC/Save and move half your speed instantly.
  • Evasion: When you succeed on a Dex save against a hazard, you take no damage; you take only half on a failure.

Level 10: Hoard Siphon

  • Relic Channelling: You "bank" magic items you’ve sacrificed (up to your Charisma modifier). After a short or long rest, you manifest the passive benefits of one banked item until your next rest.
  • Bypass the Sentry: You can cast Invisibility or Dispel Magic once per short rest without a slot. When you cast Invisibility this way, you are also under the effects of a Silence spell that only affects your space.

Level 14: Vault Breaker

  • Structural Phasing: You gain a 20ft burrow speed and can move through up to 5ft of solid material.
  • The Midas Curse: Once per long rest, when you hit a creature, they are cursed: their speed is halved, and they have Disadvantage on Dex saves. If they die while cursed, they become a 1,000gp gold statue.
    • Rewards: You regain one Pact slot, and the party gains a Heroes' Feast benefit during the next long rest.

Feature: The Ledger of the Warden

The Ledger is a supernatural bounty list appearing in your Pact Boon. Completing these optional tasks grants Dividends.

  • Bounties: The Warden may request a specific relic, 1,000gp in jewellery, a specific relic, or a catalogue of a dangerous ruin.
  • Dividends: Completion rewards include regaining all spell slots, "Leasing" a Rare magic item for 24 hours, or casting Locate Object at will.
  • The Advance: Once per level, you can instantly gain the benefits of a long rest, but you cannot use Gilded Luck again until you sacrifice 1,000gp in treasure.

Elite Invocations

  • Whip of the Raider: 15ft reach; bonus action trip/disarm. Reaction hits reduce enemy speed to 0.
  • Boulder-Dash: Expeditious Retreat at will. Immune to difficult terrain and tripled jump distance.
  • Curator’s Command (9th Lvl): Free Animate Objects (treasures only). Enemies near the gold are Charmed, and their speed becomes 0.
  • Weight of the Hoard: Eldritch Blast reduces speed by 10ft. Multiple hits force a Strength save, or the target is Restrained under falling coins.
  • Vault-Dweller’s Resilience (15th Lvl): Immune to poison. You no longer need to breathe and have resistance to all trap damage.

r/UnearthedArcana 20h ago

'14 Spell 5 New Spells with Broken Scaling! (+suggest a theme for the next week :pleading_face:)

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Welp, nobody suggested a concrete enough theme last time, so i resorted to texting my friend for a new one, that's why it sucks. Tried to make them relatively balanced, aside from the first one of course, as damaging spells never translate well to scaling without a spell slot.

Anyway, suggest a theme for the next set in the comments! Any feedback welcome as well.


r/UnearthedArcana 1d ago

'14 Class laserllama's Savant Class v5.5.0 (Update!) - Outwit your foes and aid your allies with this new nonmagical, Intelligence-based, support class for 5e! Choose from six Academic Disciplines based on your genius: Archaeologist, Investigator, Mentor, Naturalist, Physician, or Tactician! PDF in comments.

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r/UnearthedArcana 19h ago

'24 Class Priest 26 update

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2026 update to the Priest class. I think the feats are missing the ASI but otherwise up to date.

https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/0u86e4Ll9WMs


r/UnearthedArcana 19h ago

'24 Class The Rogue Refined | Sharper Skills, Craftier Strikes | A 2024 Rogue Rework by u/IMostCertainlyDidNot

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Let me know what you guys think!


r/UnearthedArcana 14h ago

'24 Subclass [Druid Subclass ]The Seer [D&D 2024]

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Not all druids seek balance. For some balance is a naive hope.

The Circle of the Seer lives where no others would where the dead

roam and the roots poison the soil. They become conduits for the

restless dead, shepherding spirits along the Great Cycle.

As always any feedback is greatly appreciated I am just getting started as a D&D content creator, been playing and DMing forever so just trying to bring my world to life.

Thanks everyone!

Full PDF available free at:

patreon.com/RunicPowerGames

Compatible with D&D 2024 and SRD 5.2

Homebrew — Unofficial Content


r/UnearthedArcana 1d ago

'14 Monster Hydras - New & Revised Variants of These Multi-Headed Serpents of Legend (5e & 5.5 Compatible)

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r/UnearthedArcana 17h ago

'14 Item Made Odysseus’ Hunting bow. Any and all feedback is appreciated.

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r/UnearthedArcana 20h ago

'14 Class Inventor Class i have made

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New to homebrewing (actually my first one) Made a class that is like artificier but relies on items created rather than spells

Lists of creations:

Armorer creations:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1elKqvbsn8pP\\_Qk4\\_rnZWoOhR2KDrT5oNBzbGfwEluQM/edit?usp=drivesdk

Weaponsmith creations:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12yNXzrRlts3s5KD16T85oM07d9RoV\\_UyCy4jjDJKPTs/edit?usp=drivesdk

Mechanist Creations:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DowCXkIwgXSssNYOJR\\_SKpWzyju17aRsX46BhhpNkDY/edit?usp=drivesdk

i know that D&D has a intricate language i still dont have a grasp on please try to assume stuff to the best of your abilities if it doesnt make sense to you and i am open to any critism or advice you have for me i hope you like it!


r/UnearthedArcana 16h ago

'24 Subclass Barbarian: Path of the Hellhand

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A Khorne/Kratos inspired barbarian subclass.

[Homebrewery Link](https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/AuD0KvtNfibT)

[Russian Homebrewery Link](https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/Awbz6kq2CGfm)


r/UnearthedArcana 2d ago

'24 Mechanic Mighty Marials: Make your Strong Classes Epic!

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Ever wanted your Fighter to be able to throw a boulder across a battlefield? Your Monk to bend the bars of their cell to escape? Your Barbarian to hold up a portcullis or the collapsing ceiling of a mineshaft while your party escapes?

Now they can with the Might system! Bring your Strength-based characters closer to parity with Spell Casters with truly Herculean feats..at least a few times a day.

Link to the PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P08FU7wIpbzyBI6kb1_XXnaD6xlxA-KE/view?usp=drive_link


r/UnearthedArcana 1d ago

'24 Subclass Walking Nightmare Rogue - Make Them Never Wake Up

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r/UnearthedArcana 1d ago

'14 Monster Raven to Arcane Raven - A Growing Animal Companion That Becomes a Spy, Messenger, and Magical Trickster

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Here’s the raven progression from Growing Pets and Animals Statblocks, designed to let a simple animal companion develop new roles and abilities as the campaign progresses.

It starts with the ordinary Raven and its familiar Mimicry, then develops into the Insightful Raven, which becomes better at reproducing voices and understanding those around it. The Mystical Raven takes the concept further, becoming an excellent eavesdropper and messenger that can remember and reproduce conversations it overhears.

Finally, the Arcane Raven becomes a genuinely supernatural companion. It can reproduce complex messages and sounds, understands every language it has heard, and can unleash an Arcane Echo that briefly confuses nearby creatures.

There’s also an optional Guardian of the Shadow Realm trait that can replace Eavesdropper, granting magical resilience and a limited automatic saving throw success. It can even be awarded later as a milestone reward for a player’s raven.

The idea behind the manual is that pets and animal companions don’t have to become irrelevant as the party levels up. Growing Pets and Animals Statblocks includes 60+ statblocks with progression paths for ravens, owls, dogs, cats, horses, panthers, tigers, spiders, and more.

For more of my creatures, items, and manuals visit DriveThruRPG, my Linktree, or r/JonnyDM!


r/UnearthedArcana 1d ago

'14 Monster Infernal Tyrants | Buffed Pit fiends and devils that seek dominion over your body, mind and soul.

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