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Magical pools

 Magical pools of water have been a part of D&D since at least B1: In Search of the Unknown and its infamous room of pools, and of myth, legend, and fantasy for far longer. A "pool" can be found in a dungeon, a deep forest, a mountaintop, a ruined castle, or even in a town. It can be a standard pool, or a font, a fountain, a basin, a pond, a spring, a cistern, or any other smallish body of water. Typically, the powers of a magical pool are invoked by drinking its water, bathing or sprinkling oneself or another object, immersing something in it, or gazing at its surface, though other methods are possible. Its waters are usually only potent in the immediate vicinity of the pool, and lose their powers if bottled and carried away. Pool of Vanity : The surface of the water reflects the images of those gazing on it in an exaggeratedly grand fashion, making them more attractive and more extravagantly attired. Pool of Clarity : This pool reflects only the truth, revealing the tru...

Wait, what?

 Apparently there's some sort of kerfuffle going on involving 5E and ... baristas? I'm so confused. Does 5E have a barista class now? With a Create Espresso spell to double movement and attack rates? Does the class feature a Caffeination ability that makes them immune to sleep spells? Can they mire their opponents in a froth of latte foam? Do they have to write their target's name on a paper cup?  I've paid little to no attention to 5E since its release, but now ... I have questions. So many questions.

Magical trees

Every fantasy world needs more than just monsters and dungeons populating its wilderness areas. Magical trees are a great way to add a little color and mystique to a campaign setting, and something for adventuring PCs to interact with and possible use. If you've got a dark and gloomy forest, a haunted graveyard, a mystical mountaintop, or a desert oasis, what better way to give them some extra zing? Magical trees may look like some type of ordinary tree, or may be of unusual color, shape, size, or otherwise distinctive features. Trees have all manner of possible uses, from shelter to materials for constructing things mundane or magical to food and medicine. When some magical effect is mentioned below, and no means of invoking them is mentioned, consider whether fruit or nuts, sap, leaves, blossoms, bark, or wood lends itself best to a particular use, and by what means. Tree of Life : A leaf from the very top of this tree has the power to restore life to a recently deceased creature...