Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Hello,
I am thinking of getting tasha and xanathar on dnd beyond, but I was wondering how good the subclasses and character options blend with the 2024 rules. Any input is welcome. Thank you! :-)
They work fine. Obviously they don't interact with the new rules, but I'm not aware of any that depend on 2014-only stuff. They use the 2014 progression, but DDB handles that for you.
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90% perfectly fine. Some of the options are superseded by 2024, picking Subclass at level 3 works just fine for all the subclasses in those books. Even Hexblade isn't Borked by that change.
I think only one Subclass doesn't play well in 2024, and its in the 2014 PHB.
None of my players across three groups I’ve switched to 2024 have had any trouble using backwards compatible subclasses. I’ve heard the Shepard Druid is a problem because of how summon spells have changed but not seen it in action to judge
Thank you all for your answers :-)
While you can use the subclasses from those books with 2024 base classes as written, consider that 2024 subclasses tend to be more powerful overall (especially compared to Xanathar's) so you may want to make some adjustments/buffs.
By the way, both Tasha's Cauldron and Xanathar's Guide are also available on Amazon, along with various options for dice, dice bags and other things. I use a Targus laptop bag to carry everything (also available at Amazon or at any reasonably well equipped office supply store).