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Knock Spells for Different Classes in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition

(Yes, some classes have access to more than one of these. Just go with it.) Wizard’s Knock Spell: Knock (Available at Level 3) - Open the door or chest with arcane magic. Rogue’s Knock Spell: Thieves’ Tools (Available at Level 1) - No simple lock will keep you out. Artificer’s Knock Spell: Tinker’s Tools (Available at Level 1) - Take the lock apart and remove the hinges from the door. Cleric’s Knock Spell: Thaumaturgy (Available at Level 1) - You instantly cause an unlocked door or window to open, regardless of whether it’s stuck or there’s something behind it. Druid's Knock Spell: Mold Earth (Available at Level 1) - Dig a tunnel underneath the door. Fighter’s Knock Spell: Fists (Available at Level 1) - Just knock the door down. Barbarian’s Knock Spell: Rage (Available at Level 1) - Shatter the door in its frame. Ranger’s Knock Spell: Conjure Animals (Available at Level 9) - Summon a rhinoceros to smash through the door. Paladin’s Knock Spell: Indomitable Moral Rectitude (Available

Doppelgänger Buildings

Just watched a brief video about fake buildings . Now I’m familiar with the giant ventilation structure for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, which became the outside of the  Men in Black  headquarters in the movies. It put me in mind of an idea presented by Keith Baker in  The Complete Guide to Doppelgängers  that the life cycles of doppelgängers and mimics are connected and the end of development is a “doppelstadt,” an entire building or grove or, eventually, a large partof a city or forest that is telepathically aware and controls a shape-changing hive mind. Kind of an interesting idea; it reminds me of the changeling species in Star Trek: Deep Space 9, only with even more connections between beings. Other interesting ideas about the ecology of doppelgängers are found in  on Reddit  (see also the post on mimics by the same author). There’s also rolling to seduce the monstrosity found at a few  places   on the   web . It’s fun to pretend to be someone else. It’s also fun to pretend to be