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Maybe yeah, just like the twilight cleric. I think it has less to do with theme and more to do with class candy. Aberrant sorcerer does both, I think. Fills a thematic niche and bolsters the weaknesses of the sorcerer with extra spells and abilities.

Not to pile on the poor sorcerer. While I can find a varied thematic “package” for most of the classes (evoker, abjurer, diviner, illusionist is a good example to me), I don’t know how clockwork is iconic or fits any kind of broad trope. Shadow, divine, even mental/psionic I would understand...

I make a point of asking them to change this every play test packet. It’s silly to make all of these classes expend every last bit of a resource before they get a tiny bit back - I simply don’t understand the design logic behind it.

I’ve always wondered if malleable illusion can do something like refresh a mirror image spell to continually restore struck illusory forms of the caster. I’d allow it but I don’t know what’s intended.

I’ll be buying them yes. Whether that’s just in DND Beyond or both physical and digital… 🤷🏻‍♂️ I’ve mostly stopped buying the physical books but might make an exception for these three. I’ll also be taking a harder look at the Monster Manual than the other two books considering there are a...

It was a long time ago but that seems pretty accurate. I had written three of them before the plug was pulled by the estate after his death. Jeff Talanian of Hyperborea fame was another and worked with Gary the closest/most of all the writers of that project and was tapped by Gary to help him...

Moon Druid wildshape in the 2014 version is a mess. They start off overpowered and then fall away disappointingly on top of forcing everyone into the Land of the Lost to have consistently useful forms until higher levels (which is fine for some campaigns but isn't necessarily a universal fit)...

As usual. I like this iteration of the ranger. I would like to see the Hunter have some more interesting abilities, and I would also love it if Hunter's Mark had more free castings (if it's going to be the foundation of a number of Ranger abilities). I don't know how things like Conjure...

Read Henry IV Parts 1 and 2.

As long as I feel like I’m contributing, balance doesn’t really mean all that much to me. I had just as much fun with my 3.5 straight hexblade as I’ve had with any other character I’ve played.

It’s been a while, but I think if you drop in the 1e Druid into 2e with their NWP progression, it’d work just fine. I would make sure to keep the 1e Druid as-is, complete with drawbacks (like the need for combat to progress at higher levels). The fast lower level xp progression of the 1e Druid...

Also, two very different styles of animation.

I’m enjoying it. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Most shows like this front-load the ‘intense’ stuff to show you how ‘intense’ they are. Game of Thrones did it for sure. Deadwood, yes. It’s how they prep you for what the style is going to be and it also typically takes the writers, actors, etc to find their...

I'm in this camp - it requires more give and take from the players and the DM, but I think it not only differentiates character concepts that may have some skill overlap but in my experience it also tends to make for more active engagement with storytelling and skill use, rather than five...

Favorites: B/X - Elf 1e - Illusionist 2e - Fighter/Cleric 3e - Hexblade (not an optimal class but I loved it) or Beguiler 4e - Warlord (tactical) or Mage (Illusionist) 5e - Gloomstalker Ranger or Wild Magic Sorcerer