D&D 5E And just like that, no one cares about Frostmaiden any longer

[Marandahir]

Based on what they've laid down so far, Tasha's should have folks covered through the Lineage system.

Did they confirm that they have lineages for every ancestry from non-PHB books? Because without that, you need to look to the PHB/MM expansions for some things and PHB/DMG expansions for others…

 

[Undrave]

I wonder if the reprinted bladesinger will drop the "elf-only" requirement? That was always presented as a Forgotten Realms thing, but its the official rule since SCAG is a Forgotten Realms book.

Probably, that restriction feels more like fluff than anything else. Like, the Elves from wherever keep their secrets, but it wouldn't be impossible for a human raised by them to learn it, for exemple.

I'm wondering if the "one supplement" rule will remain popular, I know the setting classes & subclasses have pushed the groups I know, not to mention my group's increased interest in 3P supplements through the OGL or dmsguild. I have a feeling Tasha's will push a lot of groups to expand that to two. Also, probably worth questioning if it is actually popular in the D&D-playing-public as opposed to the online boards - people who don't know about AL may have never even considered it.

I think it's generally good practice not to overextend your character, it makes it easier to reference things at the table. It's not a formal rule in my group but we still go with PHB+1 most of the time. The only thing we don't count for that is races, since you rarely need to reference them once you chose them.

I think it just shows that this forum is more mechanically-minded than adventure-minded. When we're in between books, what are most of the threads about? How to revamp the mechanics, which mechanics we hate, how to balance our homebrew mechanics. Not how to construct an adventure or discussing past adventures. (Not to say adventures get no discussion; they're just not the most frequent or most discussed threads.) A different forum, with a different focus, would almost certainly reverse those numbers.

I think we're just more players than DM here, so we don't want to spoil ourselves by participating in discussion about adventures we might play in later, and why we talk more about character builds.

 

[Parmandur]

Did they confirm that they have lineages for every ancestry from non-PHB books? Because without that, you need to look to the PHB/MM expansions for some things and PHB/DMG expansions for others…

They have photos in the book of Kenku and Tortle PCs, at least, and Kobolds and Orcs are confirmed, as well as fully DIY options.

 

[Undrave]

I get it. Selective based on economy is something I think we all understand. And not using the world, I get that too. I thought you might buy a book and then only read one tiny section because that is all you needed. My bad. Thanks for clarifying.

I do play with a guy who buys all the books, but I went and bought the spell cards for Xanathar's so I wouldn't have to reference the book all the time at the table.

They have photos in the book of Kenku and Tortle PCs, at least, and Kobolds and Orcs are confirmed, as well as fully DIY options.

Weren't those sidekicks?

 

[Parmandur]

Weren't those sidekicks?

Unconfirmed, but the Races are present in the book. They made a big deal of changing how Orcs, Kobolds and Drow PCs are described, and rolling your own Rave was also emphasized.

 

[Marandahir]

They have photos in the book of Kenku and Tortle PCs, at least, and Kobolds and Orcs are confirmed, as well as fully DIY options.

I thought the Tortle and Kenku and Kobold were sidekick images (representing warriors, experts, and spellcasters), but we know that these are getting a treatment to be available as PC classes, too, so that's nice at least. Still hoping they do the same for everything that's shown up thus far (including Locathah and Grung, who didn't get the Tortle treatment in EGW…).

 

[Micah Sweet]

I am curious, who even buys a D&D book that doesn't want to read it? I mean, I get that someone wants a subclass or background in the book they buy... but that negates all the other material in it as if it is of no interest. That seems like a preposterous notion.

Most books have a small amount of player content, and player focused books are few. I can see someone buying a setting book they don't care about because it's the only way to get new player content.

 

[Parmandur]

I thought the Tortle and Kenku and Kobold were sidekick images (representing warriors, experts, and spellcasters), but we know that these are getting a treatment to be available as PC classes, too, so that's nice at least. Still hoping they do the same for everything that's shown up thus far (including Locathah and Grung, who didn't get the Tortle treatment in EGW…).

If they are Sidekicks, and Crawford has said the Sidekicks are playable...

It strikes me, that something Crawford said on Dragon+ about the feedback for the Sidekick UA back when...that he was surprised to realize that they may have found a way with those rules to make any creature playable. I wonder if the Lineage system actually is an outgrowth of the Sidekick tests?

 

[cbwjm]

Haha! People really don't care about frostmaiden any more. All the recent replies seem to be about Tasha's book.

 

[Weiley31]

Yeah, but then there's a 50-50 chance that the thread will devolve into one man's quixotic campaign to convince the world that Kaius I and Kaius III are not the same person.

That's impossible: clearly they are the same Snow Leopard.