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It's still hardback in part because a lot of us (and all the FLGSs etc) had already pre-ordered the hardcover copies when the print run was recalled. They weren't going to recall it and then republish it instead in paperback. It's a much bigger headache to have to refund all the stores and to...

Or they'll do slim paperback books like they used to for that sort of smaller release.

Eh, it's going to happen soon – they just need to get the Psion right and maybe do one more pass on the other subclasses for the setting. Wouldn't be surprised if it's a Q4 2026 release, but I expect something else from FR (like an Adventure Path/Module) before they do DS.

You'd need a major cultural shift toward Chaotic Good Rangers yearning to throw off the yokes of their Evil Kin. Everyone would be obligated to Dual-Wield Scimitars. In all seriousness, they told us this would be the case when they took them out of the Monster Manual. The idea is that Drow in...

They're name-checked//discussed in the sections about Anauroch in the new Forgotten Realms books, and are included in AoF's Bestiary, so it's nice to see them included here too.

Notably, this is the exact same boundaries for Faerûn as depicted on the map included with Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn.

Huh. There's still a copy or two from the first printing at my FLGS, I considered grabbing it (never got it back in 2012) but might wait for the new printing if it means the price will go down.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's 26 Dragonmark Feats (a lesser and a greater Mark respectively), and 2 other feats.

Sure, but Ogrillions are also Half-Ogres in 2014-5E lore. Half-Ogres are also half-[Orc, Human, Hobgoblin, Bugbear] suggesting that Goblinoids and Semi-Giant are not that far apart. And that makes sense, because Orcs come originally from Tolkien, and Tolkien's Orcs and Tolkien's Goblins were...

I think at my game I'd make a similar sort of ruling, but I'm glad that's not in here as a default. This feels like something that should be left up to individual DMs/Tables to agree on how magic power sources work. Some settings and games magic source separation of powers is a key part of...

Oakies, I disagree but this made me chuckle, thank you.

Does this have anything to do with why we can't use the Blood Hunter in the D&D Beyond App? For at least a year now it's been available on D&D Beyond in-browser but not in-app.

This. Both books are fantastic, and actually make me enjoy the 'Realms. Guess they're no longer Forgotten (well, except for the Forgotten Lands, and also everything "Beyond" -- it's D&D!!! D&D BEYOND!!!).

They also have Custom Background in the 2024 DMG.

Different CharOps guides will rate differently. I was using an example, not saying it's what the fandom agrees on. But I'm suspicious of the the idea of these two backgrounds for Monks being colored Red - both increase Wisdom, and that's half of your main class toolset palette. But in either...

Settings either evolve with the player base or die from lack of use. Some evolve very slowly (but surely) due to a more niche audience, others swiftly due to a larger audience that shifts with the new blood coming into the fandom. Forgotten Realms was pushed by TSR as their Mainline, Header...

The difference is actually that it's not a Spell-granting Feat. It could have granted a Fear-based Cantrip or 1st level spell with X-ASM-limited uses per LR with 1 restored after SR, but it went for doing something not emulated exactly by the Wizard or the Bard just with the right spell choice...

Penalized is a strong term here. Both of those two backgrounds boost Wisdom, one of the Monks two most important ability scores. There is not reason the Monk can't take +2 Wis, and +1 to either Int, Con, or Cha (depending on either of these two backgrounds), and still play just as well. You do...

Here's the great thing: Tasha's Cauldron of Everything still exists and this sort of customization is part of the 5e ruleset. Did it make it into the 2024 Revised Core Rules? No. Have they forgotten that the Rules Expansions still exist? No. In fact, these two FR books say in many places "as...

While I agree that they could have provided more synergy in this one Origin Feat with the Background that triggers it, I actually think their 2-Feat Chains in the book go a long way to solving the problems with Subclasses kicking in at 3rd Level for classes where you'd have made your SC decision...