Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: Spirits Bard and Undeath Warlock

We have a new UA release with two subclasses. The College of Spirits Bard is a fortune teller or spirit medium type character with a big random effect table. Meanwhile the Undeath Pact Warlock is a a do-over of the Undying Pact Warlock.

 

[jmartkdr2]

No no no. Explain what you meant and don't go "I was just joking so I don't have to defend myself."

Have you ever heard of the rapper Eminem? I was referencing a song he performed. If you've never heard the song, the joke won't be funny. And there'[s no amount of explanation that will make it funny.

I really don't feel the need to defend the idea that I failed to make a funny joke, unless someone is going to argue the point (the joke was, in fact, funny), but they would have just clicked the laugh emoji.

 

[jmartkdr2]

It would be cool if this warlock could be a melee brute that compares to the hexblade but with different flavor but it looks like you need a DEEP multiclass to pull this off. 1 level of warlock is a great dip here, but to get the big damage, you need whopping 6 levels of warlock on top of class that grants martial weapons and good armor. The combo sounds super fun, but i'd only play it in a game where we were jumping in at like level 10+.

1-3 levels level of barbarian doesn't feel like a deep dip to me. It doesn't come online until level 2 (since thp would benefit form resistance), but IME most games get that far. The really fun stuff happens at 7 under this build instead of 6 as a single class, but that's also not a long wait.

 

[CleverNickName]

Eh, this one didn't wow me.

 

[Haldrik]

Level 20! Nobody cares if you're broken at that level.

Too be fair, I want epic too, so I need D&D 5e to still work well at level 25, or 50!

 

[Undrave]

So, you reject that the subclass is OP due to the fact that I did a level 20 build, which is standard when talking about OP combinations in D&D, right?

I'm not redoing it, if you want to see those combos at lower levels, you can do them. If I can't prove something is OP by showing how powerful it is at the most powerful it can possibly be, and you can't assume that it also is broken at lower levels, that's not my problem.

Also, assuming magic items at level 20 is fair. Also, it doesn't need Magic Items, it is just easier to do it that way. Like I said, you can multiclass into Sorcerer to do the same thing.

I just don't find level 20 builds particularly useful. honestly, everything should feel broken at level 20 and rip the game apart, it's the capstone level, it should feel crazy.

 

[Marandahir]

wait what.

The new Exploring Eberron book on DMguilds and released by Keith Baker has a Warforged Druid subclass that lets you Wildshape into mecha animals.

It's called Circle of the Forged, fyi, and you don't need to be Warforged to do it.

So you could also be say, a Tabaxi and transform into a robot tiger. Now call yourself Cheetor and you're good.


BEAST WARS / BEAST MACHINES HELL YEAH

 

[Minigiant]

I wish the College of Spirits bard was more like a griot or jeli.

That way they could tell tales of Mansa Musa and cast greater destabilize economy

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I just don't find level 20 builds particularly useful. honestly, everything should feel broken at level 20 and rip the game apart, it's the capstone level, it should feel crazy.

That's fine. I think most people agree the ability is broken without me having to do the math for everything, right? An extra damage dice on every necrotic attack you do. That's an extra dice for each blast from Eldritch Blast, and extra one for Hex, and if you have anything else that adds damage dice to a hit, it's getting doubled or quadrupled on a Critical Hit.

 

[FlyingChihuahua]

It's called Circle of the Forged, fyi, and you don't need to be Warforged to do it.

So you could also be say, a Tabaxi and transform into a robot tiger. Now call yourself Cheetor and you're good.


BEAST WARS / BEAST MACHINES HELL YEAH

Where were you when Eberron was confirmed best setting.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Have you ever heard of the rapper Eminem? I was referencing a song he performed. If you've never heard the song, the joke won't be funny. And there'[s no amount of explanation that will make it funny.

I really don't feel the need to defend the idea that I failed to make a funny joke, unless someone is going to argue the point (the joke was, in fact, funny), but they would have just clicked the laugh emoji.

Ah, that explains it. Thanks for clarifying. It seemed like a quote from something.