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On the one hand, I can see it as being strictly accurate. If the restriction doesn't mean that, it doesn't mean anything. On the other hand, I agree it's stupid because it means you can't use weapon cantrips with any weapons created by spells or class features, or with natural weapons from...

In the grand sense of things, nothing at all. All rules are social constructs and all precedent is non-binding. Be free and do as you will. In the specific sense of making a new base class for D&D 5e that will be welcomed by the players, rules and precedent have weight. They set expectations so...

Very much this. Can you easily name at least four distinct subclasses that will go with this new base class? If no, then it's something that should itself be a subclass somewhere, not a base class. That's why I voted Other. None of the other options are broad enough to support the number of...

Some parts of it were cool. But... I played the class where you were effectively building a deck of powers and drawing randomly from it, and man was that over complicated and a pain the rear in actual play. So I can see why a lot of it didn't make the cut.

A Metamorph can get a respectably decent AC. Dex 14, Mage Armor, Flesh Weaver, and Bracers of Defense is AC 19. Then at higher level, oh hey that Bone Blade is a Finesse weapon, maybe let's take Defensive Duelist. But more importantly, they can easily get Reach. Reach attacks let you stay safe...

Experimental is risky and low margin. And while a small segment of the player base hunger for the wildly experimental, a larger segment are far more conservative and want the safely familiar. Thus, DM's Guild. Third party publishers get to do the low margin experimental stuff, keeping those...

Now here's another Psion character idea. The Hidden condition isn't broken by casting a spell, it's broken by casting a spell with Verbal components. And look at that, Psions get to omit Verbal components. So what can we do with that? Let's dust off the old lore about Blues and make a Goblin...

That's certainly a character concept I've been playing around with. It's a little less spot-on now that Changelings are Fey instead of Doppelganger derived, but it still fits. And you can pile the social modifiers together to make a pretty strong face character without being Cha primary...

To a degree, that's a limitation of the spells. Wizards get nearly all the general purpose spells, and other classes get exclusive spells for their particular style. So if you're introducing a new Int caster, they kind of have to have a lot of overlap with Wizards. However, there's more Psion...

It's a corner case insurance. If, for whatever reason, you want to have the Organic Weapon out but aren't actually in combat and taking the Attack action, now you can. Intimidation, breaking down a door, opening a can, showing off to impress your date, whatever.

Would that work? Hmmm, yes, it should with the revised wording. Previously the Organic Weapon lasted for the Attack action, but now you can be forming and reverting it constantly. The downside is that you wouldn't have it for off-turn Opportunity Attacks, but you've got a second weapon for that...

Hmm. Yeah, I suppose that works. You don't get the nice extra traits the Organic Weapons come with, and you'd have to take the War Caster feat, but it'd work. Not sure it's worth it, though. Running the numbers you gave above, accounting for Advantage they're about the same in Tier 2. But...

Oh gah, that silly clause. I always forget about it because it makes no sense and serves no purpose. I rather expect that in practice, most DMs will not be strictly enforcing that limitation. But you are technically correct.

I don't see anything preventing you from using True Strike with Organic Weapon? If anything, this version makes that more definitive. The weapon, once activated, stays out until canceled. So you can definitely use it with True Strike and for Opportunity Attacks now. As for the AC buffs, if...

Even if it's not entirely my speed, definitely small improvements. Better baseline telekinesis and telepathy. Metamorph doesn't have the really weird timing issues with the Organic Weapons, and there's a note in the change log that there will be magic items to enhance them. I can only hope those...

Dark Gifts are a step along the road that start with the Divine Gifts in Theros and (currently) culminated in Origin Feats. So I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them revised as more Origin Feat like. Though given the context and tease about them being vampire themed, I'm actually betting...

As things worked out, flavor wise she was 100% an Archfey Warlock, in both Patron and outlook. But mechanically, straight Trickery Cleric. Which just goes to show once again how many people blur those lines.

I stand corrected. Since it's been a good while since I sat as DM, I don't pay attention to the campaign books as closely. Well, then adjust it to "They're trying out multiple modes for the book adjacent digital mini-supplements to see what works best."

On the one hand, there's a lot that's weird with these DLC releases. But on the other hand, they're kind of a first for WotC so it's not like there's a lot of precedent to violate. Paid digital only mini-supplements are a first. Having them nominally attached to the Forgotten Realms books as...

There's a lot of stuff I'd love to see get a second pass. Things that were really cool in concept but a bit weak in mechanics, especially compared to the 5e'24 versions. Like, Beast Barbarian is neat, but the natural weapons don't keep up or mesh well with feats. And Swarmkeeper Ranger has tons...