D&D 5E Clickbait we didn't fall for: "Wizards is copying Critical Role"

[DarkCrisis]

This is a variant rule available in 5e. Faith in philosophies or broad causes can be enough.

In Faerun? Nah. Just sounds more of WotC trying to be be as least issue causing as possible IMO.

 

[bedir than]

In Faerun? Nah. Just sounds more of WotC trying to be be as least issue causing as possible IMO.

Oddly enough, they don't include that sidebar on DnD Beyond

 

[bedir than]

Yeah, this was an article from somebody I was surprised to see it from. D&D has had iconic adventuring parties for decades—Drizzt & Co, Dragonlance, etc. There are hundreds of novels, comic books, etc out there. I have many of them!

Yeah, one is from a major website that should know better. There are dozens of videos being fed to me by YouTube though.

 

[Scribe]

Ill still check it out and it may surprise me, but reads more like a book for kids.

I try to not judge too hard based on short descriptions. A quick review of the party I'll have soon maybe wouldn't get a great reception either, but in my head (and my DallE created art) it seems great to me.

 

[jdrakeh]

This is a variant rule available in 5e. Faith in philosophies or broad causes can be enough.

This is how pretty much everybody I know has ever played a cleric, regardless of edition.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Personally, I will not rest until (1) WoTC not only gives Critical Role full credit for inventing roleplaying, and (2) Taylor Swift acknowledges that the Eras tour totally rips off Critical Role.

 

[Tony Vargas]

Y'all have heard the "wow, this Doctor Doom guy is a total Darth Vader rip-off" joke, I assume.

Wow, D&D is just like WoW!

 

[DarkCrisis]

This is how pretty much everybody I know has ever played a cleric, regardless of edition.

Sounds like a lazy player and/or DM. I try to fine tune things that happen to my players Clerics (and Palys etc) based on their chosen religion. Not to mention Warloc patrons.

Being a bland "I get divine magic from my good feelings" sounds bland to me.

To each their own, I guess.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I mean...characters, forming a group, and doing things? How much of Critical Role was even around for this.

Most of them? Maybe all but Marisha? They’re all older millennials if not young Gen X.

A D&D novel from wotc isn’t exactly a new thing, just think it’s funny to make this specific point when most of them were born before 1984. (Double checked and yeah only Marisha and a couple guests are under 40)

In Faerun?

Yes.

Nah. Just sounds more of WotC trying to be be as least issue causing as possible IMO.

Nah. Just sounds like someone hating on anything a company does because they won’t cater specifically to that person anymore.

Oddly enough, they don't include that sidebar on DnD Beyond

For a while now. New printings of SCAG after the decision don’t have it either IIRC.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Wow that description sounds awful. A Cleric who still gets spells despite no specific deity? An Otyug who likes to giving hugs?

Ill still check it out and it may surprise me, but reads more like a book for kids.

He still worships Gods so I'm fine with it and it's not like all Clerics in FR
practice Monolatry.