D&D 5E Tasha: Now on D&D Beyond, Roll20, Fantasy Grounds

Today's the day that Tasha's Guide to Everything is as a hardcover available in North America. For everybody else, it can be found on various digital platforms for $29.99.

• Roll20 (preorder, but unlocking today $49.95)
• Fantasy Grounds ($29.99)
• D&D Beyond ($29.99)

 

[cbwjm]

Reading through the book in my haphazard way, I see that the two sorcerer subclasses have additional spells known. Now that they seem to be fine with granting additional spells known for sorcerers, is this something that should be done to provide additional spells known for the other sorcerer subclasses?

Personally, I don't like set spells for sorcerers since it goes against my own perception of their magic being somewhat haphazard rather than all sorcerers of the same bloodline having a small subset of spells in common. However, the two subclasses in Tasha's get around this by allowing them to be replaced with other spells of certain schools. Would this make a good additional optional feature for previous sorcerer bloodlines?

 

[Nikosandros]

I am truly impressed with the parlay rules: improvise something or use the pre-existing rules for social interactions.

 

[THEMNGMNT]

I'm liking what I see so far. This feels to me less like an "expansion" and more like a "patch". It fixes a lot of pain points and weak spots in 5E. I wish Tasha's had actually come out before Xanathar's, so the character options in latter could have built on the improvements in the former.

 

[Weiley31]

Reading through the book in my haphazard way, I see that the two sorcerer subclasses have additional spells known. Now that they seem to be fine with granting additional spells known for sorcerers, is this something that should be done to provide additional spells known for the other sorcerer subclasses?

Personally, I don't like set spells for sorcerers since it goes against my own perception of their magic being somewhat haphazard rather than all sorcerers of the same bloodline having a small subset of spells in common. However, the two subclasses in Tasha's get around this by allowing them to be replaced with other spells of certain schools. Would this make a good additional optional feature for previous sorcerer bloodlines?

Of course.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Apparently there are hard copies with loose pages. Just got contacted by my FLGS about the issue.

I blame Mordenkainen.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Apparently there are hard copies with loose pages. Just got contacted by my FLGS about the issue.

I blame Mordenkainen.

Sure. But let's remember he's Lawful Neutral, not Evil. #selfish #heisevil

 

[Azzy]

Problem language. From Chapter 4. Your group’s enjoyment is paramount, so make these rules your own, aiming to match your group’s tastes.....So shut up DM. You wants and tastes has no say in this cauldron.
...During session zero, your role is to let the players build the characters they want and to help them come up with explanations for how their characters came together to form an adventuring party......
Sorry DMs Tasha's say the players rule and you drool. Insert DM vs players rant.

Last time I checked, the DM is part of the group.

 

[Azzy]

"man DMpc's suck. How dare the NPC upstage the PCs This DM sucks."

I'm a DM a lot of the time and I definitely believe that DMPCs (if they exist) should never upstage the PCs. The emphasis should be on the players, not NPCs.

 

[Azzy]

I'm playing around with the new content on DnDBeyond, there are a few issues with the content not being added correctly which I will have to also post on the DnDBeyond forums if they haven't already been mentioned. Things I've noticed are the swarmkeeper subclass for ranger not granting the additional spells and the optional ability Primal Awareness feature should replace Primeval Awareness on the character sheet but has been placed in additional features instead of replacement features. It does still grant the spells though.

Edit: Looks like both have been added to the bugs for Tasha's. In some cases multiple times by different users. I feel like I can skip mentioning it.

May the bug reporters be blessed and recieve inspiration! Seriously, though, they help make things better for all of us that use D&D Beyond.

That said, I'm going to hold off on getting Tasha's on Beyond until they get the bugs worked out. I already have the physical book, so I'll be reading that tonight.

 

[dave2008]

Problem language. From Chapter 4. Your group’s enjoyment is paramount, so make these rules your own, aiming to match your group’s tastes.....So shut up DM. You wants and tastes has no say in this cauldron.
...During session zero, your role is to let the players build the characters they want and to help them come up with explanations for how their characters came together to form an adventuring party......
Sorry DMs Tasha's say the players rule and you drool. Insert DM vs players rant.

That seems a bit hyperbolic. Do you have some D&D PTSD or something?