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Bards of the College of Dance have Unarmored Defense (10 + Dexterity + Charisma). Warlocks of the Celestial have Cleric spells and Lay-On-Hands in-all-but-name.

Oh, this one is pulling dirctly from the manga? Nice! Most adaptations tend to follow up the way-more-serious film from 1995. The manga was much more of a comedy. The upcoming anime from Science Saru is also directly adapting the manga. Hmm, I can see why this game is coming out THIS year...

Oh, I got another one. Going into Out of the Abyss with a Monk, a Sorcerer, a Druid of the Moon, a Bard of Dance, and a Barbarian with Unarmed Fighting Style. All casters happen to only know spells that avoid material components. "Oh, no! Those Drow slavers stripped us naked before chucking us...

All Bard or Warlock parties are also very strong. Both can cover all possible roles, from blaster, to healer, to tank, to face.

Rocking up to a Rime of the Frostmaiden game with a Silver Dragonborn, a White Dragonborn, a Goliath, and a Tiefling with the Infernal Constitution feat. One of them is a Druid, another is a Scout Rogue, a third is a Ranger with everything set to Arctic, and the Goliath is a Barbarian because...

Yeah, "digital-first, one-to-three-shots, that get curated into print anthologies later" feels like the most likely set-up for this. Maybe trying to take over Paizo's now-vacant "serialized campaigns" niche? Split the old-style books up for digital then recombind them again for print?

See also: Britbox, Acorn, Shudder, Crunchyroll, etc.

Yeah, that's how I compiled mine. https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells?filter-class=8&filter-search=&filter-verbal=&filter-somatic=&filter-material=t&filter-concentration=&filter-ritual=&filter-partnered-content=f&sort=level

Offensively? Specc into psychic damage. Many spells that deal psy are also non-material (Mind Sliver, Viscous Mockery, Dissonant Whispers, Mind Spike, Shadow Blade, Mind Whip, Psychic Lance, Synaptic Static, Psychic Scream). Defensively? Gust, Shield, Misty Step.

Going to necro this to mention that 2024 actually added a dancing caster. The catch: It's a Bard subclass. The College of Dance, to be specific. The concept: a Monk-ish Bard, with Unarmored Defense scaling on Cha, Unarmed Attack scaling off of Dex and your Inspiration die, a boost to Dex saves...

I know the first instinct for indie filmmakers is going to be sticking her in a horror scenario (Nancy Drew hunting a slasher killer, for example). But now I kind of want someone to turn her into a stereotypical hard-boiled dick in the Tracer Bullet mold. Also, the creators of the RPG seem to...

Yeah, Nancy, Blondie/Dagwood, Betty Boop, Ms. Marple. A nice slate, this year.

Another one currently running: The Nancy Drew RPG. A solo TTRPG based on the perennial teen gumshoe (whose very early titles just lapsed out of copyright). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sixpencegames/the-nancy-drew-rpg

There are also supplements like The Sisters of Rapture from Fantastic Gallery or Miss Mycelia's Lewd Handbook, if you want something outright pornographic.

Bringing the Vow of Chastity back, I see, This reminds me of an old homebrew subclass I found I still want to play. Literally "Wedding Vows as Warlock Pact". Wanted to pair it with another one that was very on-theme, to the point that I was surprised they were from different authors. Literally...