doctorhook
Legend
I've heard rumours that blackguard subclass for paladins and the death domain for clerics will both be stashed in the DMG. (Source?) I had assumed the idea was that evil-themed character options would be best if printed away from the main options Player's Handbook, to emphasize their optional nature.
Upon reflection, I'm thinking that assumption might be totally wrong. The rumours I've heard say that the assassin subclass for rogues and the necromancer subclass for wizards will be in the Player's Handbook, and both of those certainly lean towards evil (especially if the rumoured flavour of 5E necromancy turns out to be true). The warlock class is strongly flavoured towards the character have a personal relationship with evil (or at least certainly non-good) entities. I've also heard we should expect to see drow as a player race in the PH, and based on a similar note beside dwarves in 5Basic, I kind of expect to see duergar too.
Given that this is mostly speculation based on rumours and obsolete documents, I don't know what to believe. If the above rumours are all true though, then my assumption for why blackguards and death clerics ended up in the DMG is totally wrong.
If death clerics and blackguards are only the DMG, why? I want to hear what other people are thinking.
Upon reflection, I'm thinking that assumption might be totally wrong. The rumours I've heard say that the assassin subclass for rogues and the necromancer subclass for wizards will be in the Player's Handbook, and both of those certainly lean towards evil (especially if the rumoured flavour of 5E necromancy turns out to be true). The warlock class is strongly flavoured towards the character have a personal relationship with evil (or at least certainly non-good) entities. I've also heard we should expect to see drow as a player race in the PH, and based on a similar note beside dwarves in 5Basic, I kind of expect to see duergar too.
Given that this is mostly speculation based on rumours and obsolete documents, I don't know what to believe. If the above rumours are all true though, then my assumption for why blackguards and death clerics ended up in the DMG is totally wrong.
If death clerics and blackguards are only the DMG, why? I want to hear what other people are thinking.