The rules changed but its such a minute change and requires such little effort to accomplish a custom background that IMO it really isn't worth complaining about. There are more interesting problems 2024 has than this.
I think it is a great book. The lore made me like giants for the first time ever. The bosses are cinematic in idea, not so much in raw design, but the ideas are def there. The magical items, subclass, and what not are all good too. I recc.
So as I'm thinking about the Exorcist, which is the name I'm giving my next arcane half-gish, I'm exploring different mechanics and narrative themes. One thing I keep coming to is how the 2024 Eldritch Knight can replace attacks with spells. I think this is fine for the Fighter, who has multiple...
You can choosecany 2014 background, pick any origin feat, and allocate stat points freely. That is in the new phb. You can even choose "Custom Background."
Now the spell could be a lot better, and actually good, this I agree with.
However, I like it solely for the rizz and aura that comes with casting it. Great NPC spell for flair.
Exorcists in Asiatic fantasy are arcane gishes that protect people from curses, like supernatual bodyguards and investigators, as they often have to solve mysteries to undo hauntings and curses. Thisis the fluff my next text will draw from.
Advantage can be used in creative ways.
Advantage can activate certain rider effects on a d20 test or damage roll
Advantage can be spent to generate special modifiers or effects on a d20 test or damage roll
Advantage can be transferred under certain conditions
Advantage can create certain...
Describing a girl as a full-figured at 13 is weird but so absurd that it veers into hilarious territory. I could never imagine writing something like that myself. People fascinate me.
If we're being honest, anything that WotC makes becomes the norm. It doesn't matter what a bunch of factions online makes; you think everyone agrees with the definiton of Sorcerer and Warlock? I sure don't. But WotC made it so, and thus it was. If they made a Swordmage that was a Pendragon or...
These are only problems for people unwilling to create something outside old tradition. I for one am bored having to play the same classes thatve always existed 20+ years.
Agree to disagree, only because I think it highlights the ability to become a legend, not that you start as a hero of a bloodline. I see the work as a recontextualization of the myth that puts it into everyones hands and moves it away from royalty and into the realm of general fantasy heroism...