We now have access to UA content. We've been hankering for this for a while, and I imagine people are tickled to see it! We also now have access to Matt Mercer's Blood Hunter through the character builder. This looks to be only the beginning of things to come. The changelog walks you through how you will see the new information. Plus, BadEye teased us that another big release is coming later in the week and Friday's developer update stream will fill us in how things are going with the character sheet revamp.
How do you plan on using this new UA/CR content? What do you think the next update will bring to us?
At this time I might have one player that is interested in the druid circle of spores subclass instead of Circle of the Moon but I may try some out as NPCs along the way. In particular the Brute because he was the one that looked the most broken so I would like to see how that actually comes out in real gameplay.
As much as I like Critical Role I don't foresee me using the Blood Hunter at this time, just doesn't jive with what I think the feel of my game is. Maybe in the future I may start one that would lend itself well to the inclusion. I do wonder at the choice of the Blood Hunter vs the Gunslinger as the one to include, but I also think the Gunslinger is... odd.
All in all I was not expecting to get the option to playtest UA content on Beyond but I will welcome it if someone wants to utilize it. Even if we only have access to it during the trial period before they have the feedback session for this current batch.
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"Where words fail, swords prevail. Where blood is spilled, my cup is filled" -Cartaphilus
"I have found the answer to the meaning of life. You ask me what the answer is? You already know what the answer to life is. You fear it more than the strike of a viper, the ravages of disease, the ire of a lover. The answer is always death. But death is a gentle mistress with a sweet embrace, and you owe her a debt of restitution. Life is not a gift, it is a loan."
... I do wonder at the choice of the Blood Hunter vs the Gunslinger as the one to include, but I also think the Gunslinger is... odd...
I believe the choice was made due to the fact that Taliesin Jaffe is playing a Blood Hunter in the new campaign. Adam said in another post that they were working with Matthew Mercer on the Critical Role sponsoring by DDB, and then thought "hey, why don't we make the Blood Hunter available to everyone on DDB, and not just Taliesin?".
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Link to the changelog: https://www.dndbeyond.com/changelog/138-new-unearthed-arcana-and-critical-role-content
We now have access to UA content. We've been hankering for this for a while, and I imagine people are tickled to see it! We also now have access to Matt Mercer's Blood Hunter through the character builder. This looks to be only the beginning of things to come. The changelog walks you through how you will see the new information. Plus, BadEye teased us that another big release is coming later in the week and Friday's developer update stream will fill us in how things are going with the character sheet revamp.
How do you plan on using this new UA/CR content? What do you think the next update will bring to us?
At this time I might have one player that is interested in the druid circle of spores subclass instead of Circle of the Moon but I may try some out as NPCs along the way. In particular the Brute because he was the one that looked the most broken so I would like to see how that actually comes out in real gameplay.
As much as I like Critical Role I don't foresee me using the Blood Hunter at this time, just doesn't jive with what I think the feel of my game is. Maybe in the future I may start one that would lend itself well to the inclusion. I do wonder at the choice of the Blood Hunter vs the Gunslinger as the one to include, but I also think the Gunslinger is... odd.
All in all I was not expecting to get the option to playtest UA content on Beyond but I will welcome it if someone wants to utilize it. Even if we only have access to it during the trial period before they have the feedback session for this current batch.
"Where words fail, swords prevail. Where blood is spilled, my cup is filled" -Cartaphilus
"I have found the answer to the meaning of life. You ask me what the answer is? You already know what the answer to life is. You fear it more than the strike of a viper, the ravages of disease, the ire of a lover. The answer is always death. But death is a gentle mistress with a sweet embrace, and you owe her a debt of restitution. Life is not a gift, it is a loan."
Adam said in another post that they were working with Matthew Mercer on the Critical Role sponsoring by DDB, and then thought "hey, why don't we make the Blood Hunter available to everyone on DDB, and not just Taliesin?".
Born in Italy, moved a bunch, living in Spain, my heart always belonged to Roleplaying Games