I was running out of time and had no ideas (this would have been about a week ago), so I just decided to make a psion class. It's kinda boring given that there's already the old mystic UA, but I didn't have any good ideas. So far I have about 2 pages written.
Just so you know, I made a couple changes to my Earkano post.
May I ask what the meaning and origin of the name "earkano" is? I always see "ear" and have to think of ears, and "arkano" and have to think of arcane magic... so I do not really associate the name with the sea.
Just so you know, I made a couple changes to my Earkano post.
May I ask what the meaning and origin of the name "earkano" is? I always see "ear" and have to think of ears, and "arkano" and have to think of arcane magic... so I do not really associate the name with the sea.
Oh yeah, I used name parts listed at the end of The Silmarillion to come up with a name. It translates (very roughly) to “commander of the sea.” (“Ëar” = “sea” and “káno” = “commander”)
Just so you know, I made a couple changes to my Earkano post.
Quick comment: when engaging in combat underwater, melee and ranged weapon attacks face major impediments. Consider allowing deepsteel weapons to waive those penalties.
I've updated my entries for The Ancient Archdruid, Everflame, and the College of Wonder. I still feel unhappy with the latter, the 6th-level feature in particular, but I had to come up with something!
Wait, it's two days? Currently it's 10:00 EST July 21 and we go until 24:00 EST July 21. This gives us 14 hours until the deadline which seems like to day to me. Or is there still an extra day?
Wait, it's two days? Currently it's 10:00 EST July 21 and we go until 24:00 EST July 21. This gives us 14 hours until the deadline which seems like to day to me. Or is there still an extra day?
(Also, I didn't expect to get this far but I have the entire base class done! I just need to make the subclasses... I still doubt I'll finish in time but I made a valiant effort.)
Sonofa*****, I really should’ve double checked that. I thought I remembered having submissions open until midnight Friday. 😔 Again, my apologies. I guess I’m a better homebrewer than I am an MC. 🤷♂️ Sorry all.
Just so you know, I made a couple changes to my Earkano post.
Quick comment: when engaging in combat underwater, melee and ranged weapon attacks face major impediments. Consider allowing deepsteel weapons to waive those penalties.
Good call, thanks!
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I didn't expect to get done in time! Some quality was sacrificed to make this possible, and I'd like to have more psychic abilities, but for now this will have to do.
I didn't expect to get done in time! Some quality was sacrificed to make this possible, and I'd like to have more psychic abilities, but for now this will have to do.
You still got 2½ hours to update it. 😉 I’m impressed. Has anyone written an entire class for the competition before?
Yeah, I came up with 3 or 4 ideas that would fit (by cannot submit them), and AWierdPotato came up with an idea that is currently submitted in the contest. But I also came up with an entire subclass that used “magic that isn’t spells” too, so submit whatever you can imagine! (As long as it fits. 😉)
Yeah, this was my problem in the last round. You make the categories because you have ideas that fit in them, but can't submit the ideas. You should post the ideas anyway for inspiration. Nobody can poach your idea because there will be clear ownership AND you're the judge anyway.
That’s why I haven’t posted the ideas, so that if anyone else comes up with the same ones it won’t artificially limit the pool of potential submissions.
Eh. Then post them after the submissions close. I'm curious!
Will do!
Yea please do! I am atrocious at home brew but I love to see the creative ideas everyone here has!
Since people asked, and since submissions are now closed, here were some of the ideas I had for spells that would have fit the “Magic but not Spells” category:
One idea off the top of my head is something like counterspell that works against features & traits instead of spells.
IMO, as long as a submission has something to do with magic that isn’t spells it still fits the bill, even a spell. For example, counterspell, and dispel magic would not fit, but a spell that countered monster Special Traits, or one that temporarily nullified non-spell related magic items would fit thematically. Make sense? Or variations on detect magic, or Nystul’s magic aura that specifically interacted with non-spell effects would also fit within the scope of the theme.
Someone even submitted a variation of one of those ideas.👆
I also had an idea for a fighter subclass that had ⅓ spellcaster slots, but instead of spells they had a suite of special features and they could spend their spell slots to fuel/activate them.
Bummer. That’s a shame. What was your plan?
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I was running out of time and had no ideas (this would have been about a week ago), so I just decided to make a psion class. It's kinda boring given that there's already the old mystic UA, but I didn't have any good ideas. So far I have about 2 pages written.
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Just so you know, I made a couple changes to my Earkano post.
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May I ask what the meaning and origin of the name "earkano" is? I always see "ear" and have to think of ears, and "arkano" and have to think of arcane magic... so I do not really associate the name with the sea.
Oh yeah, I used name parts listed at the end of The Silmarillion to come up with a name. It translates (very roughly) to “commander of the sea.” (“Ëar” = “sea” and “káno” = “commander”)
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Quick comment: when engaging in combat underwater, melee and ranged weapon attacks face major impediments. Consider allowing deepsteel weapons to waive those penalties.
I've updated my entries for The Ancient Archdruid, Everflame, and the College of Wonder. I still feel unhappy with the latter, the 6th-level feature in particular, but I had to come up with something!
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Wait, it's two days? Currently it's 10:00 EST July 21 and we go until 24:00 EST July 21. This gives us 14 hours until the deadline which seems like to day to me. Or is there still an extra day?
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Sonofa*****, I really should’ve double checked that. I thought I remembered having submissions open until midnight Friday. 😔 Again, my apologies. I guess I’m a better homebrewer than I am an MC. 🤷♂️ Sorry all.
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Good call, thanks!
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I present to you, the Psion class!
https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/tYFurQgyMOyf
I didn't expect to get done in time! Some quality was sacrificed to make this possible, and I'd like to have more psychic abilities, but for now this will have to do.
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You still got 2½ hours to update it. 😉 I’m impressed. Has anyone written an entire class for the competition before?
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I hope this works the way it’s sposta, here’s the survey: (https://forms.gle/7LcUrHPxXYurpeAH9). 🤞
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Since people asked, and since submissions are now closed, here were some of the ideas I had for spells that would have fit the “Magic but not Spells” category:
Someone even submitted a variation of one of those ideas.👆
I also had an idea for a fighter subclass that had ⅓ spellcaster slots, but instead of spells they had a suite of special features and they could spend their spell slots to fuel/activate them.
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Is it intended that we cannot see the results so far? It is a simple setting in Google Forms to change that :)
I was able to see the previous responses just fine after I submitted my votes
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You should be able to see the results, I toggled that setting on:
You should see a link once you’ve finished the survey:
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Man, I'm so stupid! I didn't give my earkano the Amphibious trait! Ugh.
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Ha, so far both my entries have gotten the same ratings.
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