I’ve working my way through the new book and I’m really loving it. Feels like a campaign setting where you can fully open up the character creation options and say “**** it - just make something cool” and have a mix of races from Volos or Mordenkains or Eberron or whatever.
I also think it’s much more open to non spell casters than some have made it out to be. Strixhaven is a Magic University, not a University of Magic. IE Magic is the toolbox for study, not the principle focus of study.
So the thought that prompted this post was something that seemed really incongruous in the Lorehold Initiate background. They get to add a whole lot of spells, as do all the other backgrounds, but theirs are focused on divination and discovery... and Flamestrike?
It feels so misplaced that it seems like an error, especially when there are good 5th level spell options like Scrying, Contact other plane, or even Dream (for enhanced historical re-enactments!
I’ll probably sub it out but am interested to know your thoughts too.
In the MtG setting that strixhaven was from, lorehold was the school that clerics went in, so there was alot of holy and righteous themed cards. I presume this is where they got the idea of flamestrike.
In the MtG setting that strixhaven was from, lorehold was the school that clerics went in, so there was alot of holy and righteous themed cards. I presume this is where they got the idea of flamestrike.
I was wondering if it had something to do with MtG as I have zero exposure to that outside of this book.
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I’ve working my way through the new book and I’m really loving it. Feels like a campaign setting where you can fully open up the character creation options and say “**** it - just make something cool” and have a mix of races from Volos or Mordenkains or Eberron or whatever.
I also think it’s much more open to non spell casters than some have made it out to be. Strixhaven is a Magic University, not a University of Magic. IE Magic is the toolbox for study, not the principle focus of study.
So the thought that prompted this post was something that seemed really incongruous in the Lorehold Initiate background. They get to add a whole lot of spells, as do all the other backgrounds, but theirs are focused on divination and discovery... and Flamestrike?
It feels so misplaced that it seems like an error, especially when there are good 5th level spell options like Scrying, Contact other plane, or even Dream (for enhanced historical re-enactments!
I’ll probably sub it out but am interested to know your thoughts too.
In the MtG setting that strixhaven was from, lorehold was the school that clerics went in, so there was alot of holy and righteous themed cards. I presume this is where they got the idea of flamestrike.
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I was wondering if it had something to do with MtG as I have zero exposure to that outside of this book.