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Conjure Animal lets you summon a swarm of beasties just rp'd those beasties as actual dinos instead of a spirit thing and let the Druid use another spellslot to heal the Dino, it balances out since the Druid needs to use their spell slot to get the Dino active

Dwarfs can finally be Giants too

I had thought that was always the case anyway, having a second troll pop-up to join its regenerating sire was always a fun 'gotcha'

thats a whole lot of tusk, but other than improving rock throwing and nice stone giant art theres not much of anything, unless making Hill giants more disgusting is a real feature. I think I'll keep my formorian and ogre mutants mashed into one and did they actually say anything interesting...

which is a pity Drakewarden was a nice subclass, and better than this version. Oh well - backward compatibility, right?

I agree when I saw they were reviving the Banneret I was hoping they'd move it to being an actual Warlord/Marshal class, giving it a pokemon and rally at level 10 doesnt do that

Kahru was not comfortable as the sun rose over the rugged Crytsalmist. But it was not the cold and damp that niggled at the northman, rather the nagging suspicion that things were not right in the Howling Crag. Waythe and the Barbarian were both eager to move now, but he was still uncertain...

Systems that ignore or diminish player agency are weak systems not weak characters Smart planning should be rewarded even if my character has difficulty succeeding at checks - failing forward is always better

The welsh word for Bear is Arth, I'd be interested to know your source for the decomposing bear in Welsh folklore Generally Bugbear is derived from bwgan+bar meaning wrathful ghost/goblin. In Welsh Folk usage Bugbear was applied to Scarecrows (tall, thin figures in the shadows)

really the changes have just made everything including monstrosities less cohesive as a concept, now if they were going back to the archaic meaning of Monstre as "large uncanny beast" I could accept that, but then would need to wonder about Wargs and Yeth Hounds and other uncanny beasts that...

I think if we applied logic to fantasy towns noone would of ever left the cave. Although it does explain the ubiquity of inhabited dungeons, since underground is the best way to survive dragons - provided you dont go too deep! Anyway more living inside walled fortresses with central keeps...

Oh so there are entries for Unique Fey Lords? Is Baba Yaga or similar Arch-Hag featured?

My favourite character is a elderly gnome alchemist specifically because he is physically weak and hides from combat. Nonetheless he is a competent - he gets lots of utility outside combat and can also help with an incendiary grenade or a tanglefoot bag. So yes I want my characters to be...

Then you get weird things like Dullahan (Headless Horsemen) and Sluagh- are they fey or undead? Undead fey?

"a dwarf working with the Ildjotun?" Kahru frowned when Waythe revealed that a dwarf had been seen in the company of Smolderheart at the Steading. It was too early to know just what connection this Lord Ombi might have with the giant's conspiracy, but the forewarning of betrayal had the Northman...

it seems the designers are going that way with goblins and bugbears and wargs, so maybe? Why not Fey Ogres and fey Trolls, fey Dragons, fey Wolves, fey Otyugh though I do wonder with Wargs being fey now, what happens to the Yeth hounds

we are literally playing a game based on fairy tales

Enworld did it (see @Mike Myler ) https://www.enworld.org/threads/epic-monsters-world-turtle.672028/

yes your Plasmoid PC isnt an ooze anymore he's just a little Flaccid :) you know, this is reminding me of the 3.5 Templates game - I want my PC to be a fey-touched axiomatic, crystalheart, chthonic, plasmoid dwarf with medusa heritage

Personally I was more excited about the reference to Baba Yaga, I’d have preferred that they had stats for selected unique Fey Lords - one of who was the Arch-Hag “Baba Yaga” (or even Black Annis). But leaning in to the mythology via giving them anathemas and more curse powers is cool