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With Warcraft book I was hoping for shaman class to be added to dnd even if stayed in own bubble of Warcraft game.

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With Warcraft book I was hoping for shaman class to be added to dnd even if stayed in own bubble of Warcraft game.

 An official shaman class would have been great but I'm not surprised we aren't getting one. If you're looking for an alternative I've always liked class creator laserllama's take on shaman: https://www.patreon.com/laserllama/posts/shaman-class-v6-119353838

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Very emotional, but Joe is completely right, these guys should be on Mt. Rushmore of TTRPG. 

I am really looking forward to all the Icons topics, sounds very interesting. And it's a great move to create a Player Handbook version with a more mature fantasy artwork. I will buy this instantly! 

Now waiting for tomorrow, when Realmsbound and Ed Greenwood will talk about Guide to the Dalelands and on which Region they will start to work next. So many Forgotten Realms content we can expect in the upcoming years. I am so happy!

 I hope Margaret is okay. They announced both their names but only Hickman was on stage with no explanation given that I heard, and she's getting up there.

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With Warcraft book I was hoping for shaman class to be added to dnd even if stayed in own bubble of Warcraft game.

 I'm guessing the Elements Barb will be their take on Enhancement Shaman.

Yea, I'm surprised there isn't more talk about Death Saves: The Blood War. It's sounding pretty unique and interesting. I watched the live one shot game and it does seem like an attempt to do an official DnD setting that caters more to an OSR style, even if not entirely. Plus the "last world" setting where demons win the Blood War and overrun the Multiverse is just really bold for an official product.

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Yea, I'm surprised there isn't more talk about Death Saves: The Blood War. It's sounding pretty unique and interesting. I watched the live one shot game and it does seem like an attempt to do an official DnD setting that caters more to an OSR style, even if not entirely. Plus the "last world" setting where demons win the Blood War and overrun the Multiverse is just really bold for an official product.

 
Probably because we only has a synopsis and a live play and practically nothing else: format, dates, artwork, etc. 

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Yea, I'm surprised there isn't more talk about Death Saves: The Blood War. It's sounding pretty unique and interesting. I watched the live one shot game and it does seem like an attempt to do an official DnD setting that caters more to an OSR style, even if not entirely. Plus the "last world" setting where demons win the Blood War and overrun the Multiverse is just really bold for an official product.

 As I understand it, the demons are mostly gone. The Lady of Pain sacrificed herself and basically blew up the multiverse, except for this one remaining world.
Any gods of other NPCs may or may not be around and may or may not be radically changed depending on how the DM wants to do it. It’s kind of like a remix of the current status quo, giving the DM license to re-imagine everything.

And I didn’t watch the live play, but in reading about it, it seems like Mike Mearls was incorporating some of the ideas he’s been writing about as he develops his own version of 5e. (Which, btw, has been really interesting even for folks like me on the free teir of his patreon.) 

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Quote from Rikutatis >>

Yea, I'm surprised there isn't more talk about Death Saves: The Blood War. It's sounding pretty unique and interesting. I watched the live one shot game and it does seem like an attempt to do an official DnD setting that caters more to an OSR style, even if not entirely. Plus the "last world" setting where demons win the Blood War and overrun the Multiverse is just really bold for an official product.

 As I understand it, the demons are mostly gone. The Lady of Pain sacrificed herself and basically blew up the multiverse, except for this one remaining world.
Any gods of other NPCs may or may not be around and may or may not be radically changed depending on how the DM wants to do it. It’s kind of like a remix of the current status quo, giving the DM license to re-imagine everything.

And I didn’t watch the live play, but in reading about it, it seems like Mike Mearls was incorporating some of the ideas he’s been writing about as he develops his own version of 5e. (Which, btw, has been really interesting even for folks like me on the free teir of his patreon.) 

 The demons are greatly diminished by the Lady of Pain's sacrifice yes, but seemed to still be around and significant enough to be a threat to the Last World. The one shot for example had Yeenoghu's follower/avatar as the main antagonist. And it was mentioned that the Abyss is still around in some form and encroaching on the world or something. 

And while I'm not familiar with the system Mike Mearls is developing and I haven't been following it, his involvement in Death Saves makes me more confident and hyped for it. The  new mechanics they showed in the live game all seemed fun and interesting. Making it more grimdark (for example, every 10 min inside a dangerous zone, the threat level rises and bad stuff becomes increasingly likely to happen).