Anything BUT whatever dumb ass 💩 WotC has recently done or is currently doing, literally ANYTHING

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QotD: What class or subclass could 5e use?

 

 
I would like to see a sub-class to, perhaps the cleric, known as the Shaman (or in case that's too insensitive) - we can call it Spirit Walkers.

Essentially the class would have a mixture of both cleric and druid (so things that do with healing, as well as nature) - but some of their class features would be at (and just off the cuff thinking this as I type this) - Summon Spirit Animal. They could choose between several animals (that would have to be native to their current land area - so for example, the likelihood of summoning a Spirit Wolf in the middle of a desert or the ocean is not going to work). This Spirit animal could provide them with some guidance (if they're lost, help them find their way, and could communicate very primitively like Speak with Animals to give general information about the land). At later levels, the Summon Spirit Animal - their bond between life and death the spirit world becomes stronger - so these Summon Spirit Animals would then also have stats as a pet and can attack (dealing either necrotic or radiant damage, the Spirit Walker's choice). And maybe, they can cast it equal to their Proficiency - and requires a long rest to recharge. Even later levels, the Spirit Animals are called and have a tighter grip to the side of life and can be used as mounts (so summon up Spirit Horses or Spirit Giant Eagles at a later level).

Along with the Summon Spirit Animal, their ability to commune with just nature itself could provide things. Maybe between some of the Spirit Animal stuff, they can commune with nature - so they can appear to "talk to trees" - and while the tree doesn't talk back - the way the wind moves the branches is the tree communicating - and similar to the spirit animals initially - it's pretty primitive info. Later levels, they can "awaken" some of nature (and eventually even awaken a tree to become a treant under the Spirit Walker's command).

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Oh, and I guess the obligatory "tactician/warlord" and "warmage/arcane paladin".

 After tons of digging, I found this old thread, which talks about a magus class that I think is pretty cool:

https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/homebrew-house-rules/81077-arcknight-class-feedback-would-be-nice?comment=1

Hey, that’s my class! Neat that people are still stumbling across it after so long. I never exactly finished it (only play tested it for a few low level sessions, and I never found a satisfying name), but I still like that homebrew class of mine. I originally called it the Magus because of Pathfinder. I’m not sure why Pathfinder did that. As far as I know, Zoroastrian Priests weren’t spell-slinging knights. 

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Oh, and I guess the obligatory "tactician/warlord" and "warmage/arcane paladin".

 After tons of digging, I found this old thread, which talks about a magus class that I think is pretty cool:

https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/homebrew-house-rules/81077-arcknight-class-feedback-would-be-nice?comment=1

Hey, that’s my class! Neat that people are still stumbling across it after so long. I never exactly finished it (only play tested it for a few low level sessions, and I never found a satisfying name), but I still like that homebrew class of mine. I originally called it the Magus because of Pathfinder. I’m not sure why Pathfinder did that. As far as I know, Zoroastrian Priests weren’t spell-slinging knights. 

 Yup, I was searching through general a year or so ago (this was back on my first account: AllMightyLordOfDND). I know realize the link is in your signature and if I had just remembered that you were the one who made it I could've saved myself a whole bunch of trouble. I do not know either why they called it the Magus *shrug*

But, I want to take a minute to talk about a few things relating to my visitation of a game store a few hours ago. The game store was called Arrow Wood Games, in Squamish, BC Canada (I'm on a trip. Currently in a very nice hotel in Whistler), so stop by if you can. it was a really cool experience, and the staff were super friendly. I highly recommend the shop if you're ever in the area. As for what I actually bought: I got a book called The Dragon Prince: Tales of Zadia. So, you know that one awesome animated show the Dragon Prince? It has it's own RPG! I love this show, and was astounded to see it (I also was tempted to buy an alternate cover version of Eve of Ruin, but since I already pre-ordered it here on DBB, and I'm not the type if person to drop 50 bucks just for an alternate cover, though it was very cool). Looking inside, it has a lot of really cool mechanics. One thing in particular stands out to me: The idea of Values. So, when you roll a check (this is a dice pool system), you add dice for a relevant ability, a die for a distinction (Kindred, which is about where you are from; Vocation, which is basically your occupation or calling; or Quirk, the thing that makes you different from other characters), and finally, a die for values. The idea of a die for values is that whatever one of the six values (Devotion, Liberty, Justice, Truth, Glory, or Mastery) is your motivation for the thing, the reason that fuels you for the action. If you seek to pick the lock to your manacles, or to escape the chase of armed guards, you might use liberty. Conversely, if you are a guard chasing an escaped criminal, you may use your Justice statistic. This seems like a really cool concept, and a way to have your role-play have a greater effect on your game in mechanical terms. I could keep going on and on about this supplement. Check it out if you can! That also leads me to a question of the day:

Question of the Day: What are some new third party materials you are think are awesome?

I know this question's already been done, but since new 3pp stuff comes out all the time, I figure we can get some new answers.

The Humblewood campaign setting. It’s amazing.

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The Humblewood campaign setting. It’s amazing.

 Agreed.

Also enjoy the Dungeons of Drakkenheim by the Dungeon Dudes.

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Question of the Day: What are some new third party materials you are think are awesome?

Tales from the Old Margreve (Kobold Press)
Odyssey of the Dragonlords (Arcanum Worlds)
The Tome of Beasts series as well as Creature Codex (Kobold Press)
The Tome of Adventure Design (Matt Finch)
Fables and Dungeons of Drakkenheim (Ghostfire Gaming)

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Question of the Day: What are some new third party materials you are think are awesome?

Tales from the Old Margreve (Kobold Press)
Odyssey of the Dragonlords (Arcanum Worlds)
The Tome of Beasts series as well as Creature Codex (Kobold Press)
The Tome of Adventure Design (Matt Finch)
Fables and Dungeons of Drakkenheim (Ghostfire Gaming)

 Odyssey of the Dragonlords is fantastic! So is Dungeons of Drakkenheim.

Been a few days and nothing in this thread? Unheard of, I dare say!

So, I, myself, have not yet purchased any of the third party stuff.

So, for my own interest, and just to get this thread some life again -

What is it about each of those third party things you've purchased, that you enjoy about it? What does it add? What aspects do you enjoy (the adventure, monsters, etc.)? Would love to hear what makes these so good.

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Been a few days and nothing in this thread? Unheard of, I dare say!

So, I, myself, have not yet purchased any of the third party stuff.

So, for my own interest, and just to get this thread some life again -

What is it about each of those third party things you've purchased, that you enjoy about it? What does it add? What aspects do you enjoy (the adventure, monsters, etc.)? Would love to hear what makes these so good.

 

 I don’t buy a lot of third party stuff, but when I do, it’s mostly for the monsters cause they’re one of my favorite things about DnD and third party monsters always have some kind of interesting gimmick to them.

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Been a few days and nothing in this thread? Unheard of, I dare say!

So, I, myself, have not yet purchased any of the third party stuff.

So, for my own interest, and just to get this thread some life again -

What is it about each of those third party things you've purchased, that you enjoy about it? What does it add? What aspects do you enjoy (the adventure, monsters, etc.)? Would love to hear what makes these so good.

 

 I like Odyssey of the Dragonlords because of the mythological stuff and because it’s a really epic adventure and I like Dungeons of Drakkenheim because it’s like a sandbox dungeon that your players can explore for months until they get to the center (Castle Drakken).

I geNerally avoid 3rd Party stuff, because, well, I sorta am my own third party, lol.

But I do love cool ideas, and I am known to take an idea of something I hear about and create a new thing based on it -- that said...

I haven't bought anything 3rd party here, but I loved, loved, loved Judges Guild and was involved with the old, old Flying Buffalo -- so I also love grimtooth's and the Citybooks.

A lot of stuff I have comes from other games -- that is, it was never created for D&D, and I just adapted the hell out of it.

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Did anyone watch X-MEN '97 on Disney+? What did you think? Had you seen the original X-MEN: The Animated Series before (or did you watch it after watching X-Men '97)? What are your thoughts on the show(s)?

I have yet to watch it. I did watch the original when I was a kid. 

I hear good things about '97

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Did anyone watch X-MEN '97 on Disney+? What did you think? Had you seen the original X-MEN: The Animated Series before (or did you watch it after watching X-Men '97)? What are your thoughts on the show(s)?

 I watched the first few episodes, but then I was signed out of my account, don’t know why, and I can’t remember the password.

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I have yet to watch it. I did watch the original when I was a kid. 

I hear good things about '97

 
X-Men 97 is good... but they do a lot of things that... I think, are unnecessary. Some of the things they did took away from the moment. Some things they did were way too obvious (and you could see it a mile away, whether or not you're familiar with the comics). And some of it, with comic knowledge, was cool to see.

I am purposely being vague to avoid spoilers.

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Did anyone watch X-MEN '97 on Disney+? What did you think? Had you seen the original X-MEN: The Animated Series before (or did you watch it after watching X-Men '97)? What are your thoughts on the show(s)?

 I watched the first few episodes, but then I was signed out of my account, don’t know why, and I can’t remember the password.

I am pretty sure Disney + has a "Reset Password"... as a matter of fact, it's painfully obvious and easy.

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I have yet to watch it. I did watch the original when I was a kid. 

I hear good things about '97

 
X-Men 97 is good... but they do a lot of things that... I think, are unnecessary. Some of the things they did took away from the moment. Some things they did were way too obvious (and you could see it a mile away, whether or not you're familiar with the comics). And some of it, with comic knowledge, was cool to see.

I am purposely being vague to avoid spoilers.

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Did anyone watch X-MEN '97 on Disney+? What did you think? Had you seen the original X-MEN: The Animated Series before (or did you watch it after watching X-Men '97)? What are your thoughts on the show(s)?

 I watched the first few episodes, but then I was signed out of my account, don’t know why, and I can’t remember the password.

 

I am pretty sure Disney + has a "Reset Password"... as a matter of fact, it's painfully obvious and easy.

 

 The account is technically not mine

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Ah. Well, I'd love to hear thoughts (use spoilers) for anyone who has seen it.

Watched the first couple episodes and was quite pleased. It's a good show.

I watched the show when it was brand new in syndication, so it was hard core nostalgia for me -- and they did a great job picking up the story -- but then they definitely got all up intot he late 90's era storylines (onslaught) and well, it is definitely its own thing.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I am back to the notion of publishing Wyrlde as a stand alone book. So lots of little tweaks and odd efforts to make that possible (technically, several books, but you know what I mean). Which not too coincidentally meant re-doing the world map.

And this is happening *in game*, as well -- turns out, there is a whole deal about the Powers that be having a desire to reshape the world and then, well, doing it. Literally.

Is it bad, when you look at an artist's art - and think how it also looks like AI art (but isn't, because at least they got the fingers right) - but the style of art, looks "AI'ish" to me...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOsG9pLWwAAq7Lk?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

The new DMG cover for D&D.