D&D 5E Xanathar's Guide to Everything gets the Shadow Sorcerer

[JRedmond]

Personally I was thinking more Raistlin than some whiny goth kid.

 

[Oofta]

Personally I was thinking more Raistlin than some whiny goth kid.

The whiny goth kid probably thinks they are playing Raistlin.

Don't get me wrong, in the right hands and the right game it might be fun. The gal who plays Strix on Dice Camera Action plays this kind of character ... but she has a sense of fun about playing it that bleeds through.

Anyway I'm done with my cranky old man bit. Feel free to resume explaining how you're so excited to play a clinically depressed moping flop of misery.

 

[BookBarbarian]

The whiny goth kid probably thinks they are playing Raistlin.

Don't get me wrong, in the right hands and the right game it might be fun. The gal who plays Strix on Dice Camera Action plays this kind of character ... but she has a sense of fun about playing it that bleeds through.

Anyway I'm done with my cranky old man bit. Feel free to resume explaining how you're so excited to play a clinically depressed moping flop of misery.

I think Mearls did a decent job highlighting the Dark Humor potential. This is what I would stress if one of my players wanted to go down this route.

 

[chunkosauruswrex]

I have no idea if stone Sorcerer was popular enough.

I like it... so that means it's probably not popular at all.

Every place I have seen people talk about it was very very positive.

 

[Ristamar]

A whiny, miserable player will continue to be both whiny and miserable regardless of the existence of this class.

 

[BookBarbarian]

Every place I have seen people talk about it was very very positive.

That's good to hear. I tend to like things that are pretty niche, so I'm never confident that things I like will appeal to the masses. But I guess the hobby is pretty niche, so there you go.

 

[chunkosauruswrex]

Yeah it was extremely popular on reddit and having played one for a one shot I am decidedly a fan

 

[Ketser]

Weird thought, but could you mount the Shadow Hound?

Although it has the stats of a dire wolf, its size medium. So you would need to be a halfling, gnome or a member of another small race. Its ability to move through objects and creatures is written a lot like the incorporeal quality on a lot of creatures, so depending the DM, it can become a lot greater complication.

Mmmm... i now want to play an extremely edgelordy halfling sorcerer(shadow)/fighter(cavalier), who rides on his summon or a shadow mastiff...

 

[lowkey13]

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[cbwjm]

I was never so keen on the Hound part of the class, bud it does work for a Malazan Warren of Shadow character.

I'm still hoping we get the Stone Sorcerer.

The stone sorcerer was a cool subclass, although I felt like the name of the subclass needed a change. Doesn't really feel like a sorcerer focused on stone.