Recent content by Marandahir

I mean it's amazing that we get the Basic Rules for free, perpetually, via the Creative Commons license. But yeah, Psions won't be free either. But I'm sorry that you're caught in this situtation, I wouldn't want to pay $20 for something I already have (if I'm not otherwise using the different...

Yes, but more like Eberron where the Gods may or may not exist, and I don't use the Alignment system for them. My setting has its own religions, and its deities have their own Domain portfolios, but unlike real world religions and mythologies, there's almost universe syncretisms across the...

Making a character with D&D Beyond is using the platform. There's no requirement that you buy an ongoing subscription. But if you want a digital book, you may need to buy a digital book. There's no necessity that you buy the physical book too (and they have bundled discounts to buy the physical...

I appreciated the article and it's orders of magnitude comparisons of the Genre. But yeah, the conclusion about what we SHOULD or SHOULD NOT do and what WILL happen with D&D in the future… I didn't love. If and when Hasbro forces GenAI into Official D&D products, then we can talk about a...

Agreed, tho I'd note that 4E was very successful. It just didn't meet the threshhold of success that Hasbro had laid out, and a series of unfortunate events* led to a very troubled roll out of the digital tools (and as we've seen with Sigil, even the CRAZILY more successful 5E wasn't able to...

This. it's more about pleasing the shareholders than actually integrating into the workflow. When we've seen it integrated in or even trying to replace staff, companies end up regretting it because they find out really quickly that AI, in fact, was not a substitute for the jobs they thought that...

Goodberries to me always felt a bit like lembas bread or Senzu Beans. I don't get why they'd only work for Rangers, and I'd want the Ranger to be able to distribute such powers. Maybe make it a Ranger-only Spell? I don't want to nerf the Ranger so that it's only good in its favored terrains or...

Fair -- though I would note taht the "additional products" are not products but free web enhancements for the setting. I agree that the mechanical identity of Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos was a bit of a last minute bait and switch because the "cross-class subclasses" did NOT go over well. I...

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Sounds like the Scout Rogue to me. ;) I honestly think 2024 Ranger is 90% of the way there. I'd like to see more flexibility in the Breath of the Wild esque Stamina features and a reworked Hunter's Mark. I do like the idea of a variant Sorcery Points / Martial Superiority / Psi Energy / Monk's...

Agreed. I'd note that The Wild Beyond the Witchlight had an Extra LIfe-funding supplement that's available on both DM's Guild and D&D Beyond, Domains of Delight, which essentially is the remaining setting material that didn't make it into the book. While I'd still have loved to see a more...

Pugilist is pretty awesome. There are a few grammatical errors again and it's odd to me that it introduces new weapons tailor made for the Pugilist with Weapon Mastery properties and yet the class itself only gives the Pugilist access to activating Sap on Improvised Weapons. I'd have suggested...

What's the reason it struggles with it? I'm still amazed at the things the Big N have done to make games that struggle on more powerful hardware run with more stability on their weaker stuff. But again, I'm not saying that I think it'll come out on NS2 necessarily, just that if this show is a...

I've heard the new show is pretty good (and it's based on arguably the best ASOIAF spinoff novel), but agreed that the cruelty and gratuitous gore turned me off GoT as a franchise. I respect it for trying to rebuttle and examine Tolkien's biases and shortcomings, but ultimately this just sends...

It's essentially a twist on the class to make it an Arcane Gish akin to Hexblade, Bladesinger, Eldritch Knight, Valor Bard, etc. Which is good to have, because Bladesinger is ultimately a bit too squishy of a gish, and there's viable space here given that Artificer is the arcane halfcaster. I...