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Building out from my previous post. Class makes you generally good in a lot of things, background makes you better in specific things. Class - Provides blanket Prof bonus to all checks with one ability Score Background - Choose 2. Provides Prof bonus to specific checks (add bonus to Class...

For that matter, combine perception and insight into 'awareness', and deception and persuasion into 'communication', drop acrobatics and merge it into athletics (apply to str and dex checks) and slight of hand and stealth into 'sneak'. Finally I'd make class choice give you your prof bonus to...

Specific beat's general. In this case, the specifics of Wish Beats the general rule for Summoning in Planescape.

Yeah, I think ultimately it let's them compete with Amazon on the final price. If Amazon discounts the book to $40, and you buy the digital on DDB for $30, it's the same total price. If Amazon only discounts the book to $45 or $50, you win by buying both from DDB.

$70 for the bundle $90 separately ($60 book, $30 digital).

For the Vecna adventure, pricing is $20 less than if you buy separately. As of now, Vecna is still listed at full price on Amazon (which is odd, all through 5e Amazon offered a 20-30% discount on list price for pre-orders) so it's a deal. Wonder if WotC put something in place that Amazon can't...

Bummer about the ala carte purchases being gone, and potentially awesome that you can get digital/physical bundles (will need to check the prices for buying separately on DDB and Amazon vs the bundle). My initial guess on al a carte going away would be to support a new subscription package that...

Yes and I would say that it's likely that at the least, they're looking to give a slight bump to the current core book rate of new players over the next 10 years. It's the old 'new and improved' strategy of product marketing. Meanwhile, they also get an immediate ROI from existing players...

I'm also thinking the Assassain is likely out in the PHB. Would be cool if they added the one feature of that subclass that was actually solid to either the Soul Knife or to the rogue in general. Advantage against enemies that haven't taken a turn in combat would be a great QOL improvement for...

I let individual players choose, and they must stick with the choice through the campaign. Those who role get to count 1s as 2s.

Absolutely worth watching for the way the mood shifts at the table. Wonderful moment. Don't have a timestamp, but it's in the last 30-40 minutes of the episode. Go a little before, when the meta talk about a TPK begins.

Complete explanation (contains spoilers for all of CR C3 up to episode 91)

From the PHB How to Play The play of the Dungeons & Dragons game unfolds according to this basic pattern. The DM describes the environment. The DM tells the players where their adventurers are and what’s around them, presenting the basic scope of options that present themselves (how many doors...

Okay, now I really want a BG3 follow-up where your party get's pulled into the Eve of Ruin adventure. Edit: Since that is very unlikely, the next best thing would be for WotC to get the BG3 voice actors together for a liveplay stream of EoR playing their characters.

Had a near wipe on Honor Mode last night in the Creche. In the office with the two wolves, accidentally triggered combat and got wrecked round 1. Escaped with my OH Monk Tav with 1 HP after taking an invisibility potion and fleeing. Had to have Withers rez Astarian and Shadowheart, but...