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Still hoping that this month's Unearthed Arcana will have some new player character options. If not, someone really needs to knock out an appropriate supplement for the Dungeon Master's Guild.

Maybe a "witch pact"? And maybe hagspawn? All the kids love hagspawn!

Do you reckon there will be an Unearthed Arcana with some new character options to tie into Curse of Strahd? Off the top of my head . . . - A Van Helsing - type undead hunter build for rangers. - Maybe one for paladins? - A new warlock pact --- Dark Pact? Ambiguously Spooky Forces Pact? -...

Very nice . . . Deflect Spell. Catch a lightning bolt and THROW IT BACK. Might need to think about a mechanic to use Deflect Missile / Deflect Spell to protect another character within 5 feet . . .

I'm thinking about an order of monks devoted to Azuth --- bodyguards/servants to wizards. Mechanically, I'm pondering just slotting in a sorcerer's metamagic abilities, except (1) fueled by ki points instead of sorcery and (2) they can manipulate other people's spells instead of their own...

Not bad at all. Needs some ability tying in to a high Intelligence or Wisdom score, since that's the core concept. Let's call it "Riddle of Steel" . . . boost to AC = Int or Wis modifier, and maybe limit it to when he's taking the Full Defense option and/or when he's facing only a single...

Riddlemaster, though I don't know how you'd do it. Just being the Guy Who Figures Stuff Out is a cool schtick.

Infinite! Glad to see that again.

I'm blanking on the name of the series . . . there was a fantasy series 20-25 years back in a world where everyone had magic, and the "catalysts" were a monastic order of walking batteries. That's kinda what I'm thinking, mixed with Blue Lanterns and maybe a shot of spellfire. When I get the...

Here's my notion: an Arcane Leader that channels pure arcane energy into others, both for healing and bolstering the attacks of others. Almost a "lazy warlord" kind of build ---- very few attacks of his own. This might work as an artificer build --- instead of enchanting objects, he can...

It came to me in a dream. Just reskin a pixie, and you've got a wee tiny PC dragon. Maybe drop the "pixie dust" and give them some natural claw/bite weapons. You could swap in the dragonborn breath weapon, or just assume that some never manifest a breath weapon, and the rest have crazy...

As long as it's supported online with some nice 4.0 crunch, I'm all for it.

Sounds good. Flavor-wise, the crossbow hunter seems better suited for the dungeon. I think I tried a William Tell-inspired ranger in 2nd Edition . . . what a terribly crippled character.

No wizards. The melee guys would drop their weapon. Not my favorite house rule, but I must admit the kids got a kick out of it. Seems like the build I did could be optimized more for either the pure sniper role or the closer range hit-and-run . . . the former was more effective, but the...

Riddle me this --- is there any real advantage to the crossbow build? Stalker's Mist is great, maybe too great. I like Ranger's Agility for the hit-and-run tactics --- +2 power bonus to speed, and whenever you shift, the distance you can shift increases by 1 square. The Rapid Shot feature...

Just had my first game in over a year, with my young nephews, DMd by by brother-in-law. "Keep on the Shadowfell", 2nd level characters. I played a hengeyokai hunter. Inspired by Hawkeye from the Avengers movie, I sought out high ground (with help from my sparrow form) and ran interference for...

It will be interesting to see just how drow-o-centric this setting is. With the time skip and the massive upheavals in the cosmic order, Menzoberranzan may be very different from earlier editions. You know, I never really liked drow as Chaotic Evil. I see much more potential in playing them...

I'm liking the skald. Always wanted a low-magic sage or storyteller type character, and I'm a big fan of the lazy warlord build . . . so are we calling this "lazybard" now? Is that a thing?

Glad to see the monk unarmed strike become available to other classes. Goes nice with brawler fighters, as already noted. You can do a real nice arena fighter build with this, too --- a Jackie Chan type who fight unarmed, or with improvised weapons, or with whatever exotic wu shu hoo-hah he...

Thanks for all the good suggestions. I'm liking the monk/warden combo from a thematic standpoint --- the "Form of . . ." daily powers all read like nature-based martial arts techniques. For the controller, monk/invoker might hit that holy warrior sweet spot. It's a tougher build to make work...