I'm still new to DnD 5e and have a ton of questions but one that keeps coming up in my head is how to view "Kasha's Cauldron of Everything".
I know it's still fairly new but is it meant to be an actual rework and expansion to the game rules? Like are the features labeled "optional" actual parts of the game you can seriously build a character around? Would the new Subclasses be acceptable at most campaigns now?
Some of the stuff I've read about from Kasha's is so cool i want to use it, but I'm not sure how characters made using that stuff would be viewed.
Yes, Tasha's is official content, the optional rules are valid, and the subclasses are likewise, official game content just like Xanathar's Guide to Everything before it. Wizards regularly releases expansion content with new races, feats, spells, subclasses, etc.
Though if course still ask your DM if their table has any restrictions, as every DM is different.
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything is an optional expansion, like every other book in the product line. What a given D&D game chooses to incorporate into their table's play is up to them. There are no D&D Police or D&D Ratings Agency walking around enforcing or accrediting anyone's play of D&D. Some tables welcome all books. Others limit what character options are allowed at the table to a selection of books. And we haven't even touched on popular third party press material written for 5e.
If you're joining a new table or game, you just have to ask the table or the DM what books they allow at the table, and then just respect that table's rules. If there's material you really want to bring to that table after playing with them for a bit that's currently not allowed, you can broach the conversation then.
I could see how some reading press on the game may see Tasha's as some sort of lightning rod, but that was press and folks trying to game their social media metrics. Three years on, it's just not a controversy, it's an option like every other book of options (Xantathar's, Fizban's Bigby's, Van Richten's etc).
It's also possible to use parts of books without incorporating all the content into a given game.
I mean, I can see someone coming from like MtG where there are varying rules that include/exclude content. D&D doesn't really do that.
The only thing I’d add to the above is the optional content is not an all or nothing deal. Some tables will allow some content from Tasha, and other sources, while restricting other parts.
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I'm still new to DnD 5e and have a ton of questions but one that keeps coming up in my head is how to view "Kasha's Cauldron of Everything".
I know it's still fairly new but is it meant to be an actual rework and expansion to the game rules? Like are the features labeled "optional" actual parts of the game you can seriously build a character around? Would the new Subclasses be acceptable at most campaigns now?
Some of the stuff I've read about from Kasha's is so cool i want to use it, but I'm not sure how characters made using that stuff would be viewed.
Yes, Tasha's is official content, the optional rules are valid, and the subclasses are likewise, official game content just like Xanathar's Guide to Everything before it. Wizards regularly releases expansion content with new races, feats, spells, subclasses, etc.
Though if course still ask your DM if their table has any restrictions, as every DM is different.
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything is an optional expansion, like every other book in the product line. What a given D&D game chooses to incorporate into their table's play is up to them. There are no D&D Police or D&D Ratings Agency walking around enforcing or accrediting anyone's play of D&D. Some tables welcome all books. Others limit what character options are allowed at the table to a selection of books. And we haven't even touched on popular third party press material written for 5e.
If you're joining a new table or game, you just have to ask the table or the DM what books they allow at the table, and then just respect that table's rules. If there's material you really want to bring to that table after playing with them for a bit that's currently not allowed, you can broach the conversation then.
I could see how some reading press on the game may see Tasha's as some sort of lightning rod, but that was press and folks trying to game their social media metrics. Three years on, it's just not a controversy, it's an option like every other book of options (Xantathar's, Fizban's Bigby's, Van Richten's etc).
It's also possible to use parts of books without incorporating all the content into a given game.
I mean, I can see someone coming from like MtG where there are varying rules that include/exclude content. D&D doesn't really do that.
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The only thing I’d add to the above is the optional content is not an all or nothing deal. Some tables will allow some content from Tasha, and other sources, while restricting other parts.