College of Whispers is the next Xanathar's Guide Preview!

College of Whispers might be the weakest of the colleges, but I love the idea of it. You are basically a magic spy/secret agent. I am really really excited for this

 

[Superchunk77]

Yeah, its got poison use in common with the Dark Sun bard, but that's about it.

I don't like how 5e has so many spellcasting classes and would not use it for Dark Sun period.

 

[Tyranthraxus]

I find it very confusing , all this talk of DS yet the FR is still the default for this edition and its literally named after a Beholder Crime Boss who run Skullport which is also in FR. Id love to see more setting specific Subclasses.

 

[Eltab]

My Dark Sun experience is all 4e, so "a Dark Sun Bard" to me means the 'Unwelcome Guest' theme with all-Poison attack powers but not anything Bard-specific.
Why would not a DS assassin Bard just use extended-radius Defiling on his target's home and be done with it? No need for anything specifically Bard-y.

 

[Azzy]

I find it very confusing , all this talk of DS yet the FR is still the default for this edition and its literally named after a Beholder Crime Boss who run Skullport which is also in FR.

It's like Volo's Guide to Monsters—though it's named after a FR character and (likely) contain quips from said character, it's actually a setting-neutral book in all but name.

Id love to see more setting specific Subclasses.

Indeed. I'd like mechanical support for the other (non-base-FR) settings in the form of classes, subclasses, equipment, spells, monsters, etc.

 

[Parmandur]

I find it very confusing , all this talk of DS yet the FR is still the default for this edition and its literally named after a Beholder Crime Boss who run Skullport which is also in FR. Id love to see more setting specific Subclasses.

Homebrew is the default, not FR: expect little to no FR specific material in the Guide.

 

[gyor]

It's like Volo's Guide to Monsters—though it's named after a FR character and (likely) contain quips from said character, it's actually a setting-neutral book in all but name.



Indeed. I'd like mechanical support for the other (non-base-FR) settings in the form of classes, subclasses, equipment, spells, monsters, etc.

It's a mix of both, which gets confusing.