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3.5e Elder Evils, combined with more general knowledge of what ancient baatorians are/were from 2e Planescape-era stuff. Don't have Infinite Staircase yet, so can't personally attest to what's in it, but I think I've heard that Zargon's status as an ancient baatorian was retained.

Zargon is an ancient baatorian, and implied to have been their greatest leader. His "people" may have been (seemingly) driven to extinction eons ago, but he's effectively the "rightful" ruler of Baator that the baatezu overthrew back in planar pre-history. So even if the threat of him making a...

Video Breakdown Base Bard Class Notes Still exists (Sorry @Snarf Zagyg) Return to dedicated class spell list - expanded with new and old spells Can change cantrip upon level up Bardic Inspiration lasts up to an hour, rather than 10 minutes Expertise feature at 2nd level Font of Inspiration...

And one of the things I've suggested is to no longer give deities alignment in the vast majority of cases, which would solve that issue handily and create room for more nuanced divine characterizations beyond "Well, it says they're LG, so I guess they'd do X." But again, I've got zero pull over...

Unless they're being positioned as the big bad for an adventure module, no god has been given stats in 5e, and even then they're always deliberately weakened from their full power and "killing" them only delays their eventual return. There's no reason Osiris, Zeus, Thor, etc. need stats any...

I mean, going down that road is opening a pretty monumental can of worms (Gestures vaguely at most of the archdevils, more than a few demon lords, and large swathes of the Great Wheel cosmology, to say nothing of the Monster Manual), but hey, it's not like I can convince them to do otherwise...

Bard video link for tomorrow:

I feel there's a distinction between drawing upon divine power through faith and specifically worshiping a deity. They can be one and the same, but I don't feel they have to be.

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I don't think WotC can use it quite as readily as they can their first-party settings. They may have published Wildemount and Netherdeep, but as an IP, Exandria ultimately belongs to Critical Role.

Video Breakdown Base Cleric Class Notes Divine Order at 1st level Choose between Protector (martial weapon and heavy armor proficiency) and Thaumaturge (extra cantrip and adds WIS mod to INT [Arcana/Religion] ability checks) Can swap out one cantrip at level up Channel Divinity at 2nd level...

Quests from the Infinite Staircase ToC Disclaimer: :p

Looks like they put up an article on Beyond specifically about the Warrior of the Elements: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1763-warrior-of-the-elements-monk-bend-the-elements-to Not sure if there's anything new in there, per se, but gives a bit more detail on the subclass.

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My understanding is no, it only applies to their Sorcerer spells.

Don't think it was mentioned specifically, but as I understand it, these previews are focusing primarily on things that are new or changed from the 2014 version. Can't make any promises, but the chat mods on the Youtube videos suggested that if they don't bring a feature up specifically...

She's doing well. Nothing serious, just a scheduled procedure and an overnight stay for observation.

Will try to do a video breakdown, but it may take a while. I tend to be rather...meticulous (read: "slow") at the best of times, and I have a family member coming home from a brief hospital stay sometime this morning, so don't be surprised if it ends up on the backburner for a little bit...

Video Breakdown Base Sorcerer Class Notes Innate Sorcery at 1st level ("Sorcerer's Rage") Activate as a bonus action Increase Sorcerer spell save DC by 1 and gain advantage on Sorcerer spell attack rolls while active Can change one cantrip on level up Font of Magic and Metamagic both at 2nd...

That has been my impression, and I believe the live chat mods over on YouTube have said as much as well. They've mainly been focusing on things that are changing from the 2014 version - things that are staying the same have generally been glossed over, if they're mentioned at all.