D&D 5E Companion thread to 5E Survivor - Sourcebooks & Campaign Settings

[RealAlHazred]

I did not see an option for none of the above. I only own a couple of them but have not been interested over the last few years with what has been coming out. I guess Tasha's and Xanathar's are more PC options and not world books so I see some value in them.

We don't really have a "None of the above" option in these things because we need people to vote things out -- otherwise the thread would never end! Ain't nobody got time for that!

 

[cwallach]

Downvotes Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, with a comment "say no to overpowered subclasses."
Then upvotes Xanathar's Guide to Everything, the book that gave us the Hexblade, the Swashbuckler, and War Magic.

That's certainly...a point of view, I guess.

Xanathar's has a lot of good subclasses and material that outweighs the questionable. Wildemount is lacking in good subclasses.

 

[JoeyD473]

Xanathar's has a lot of good subclasses and material that outweighs the questionable. Wildemount is lacking in good subclasses.

Lets face it. If you're talking about overpowered subclasses that is Tasha's

 

[Scribe]

Lets face it. If you're talking about overpowered subclasses that is Tasha's

Indeed, Tashas is the root of a lot of 5e issues.

I recommend we all down vote it.

 

[Scribe]

I know you like Custom Race @CleverNickName but it just needs to be done.

 

[CleverNickName]

Tasha's Cauldron of Everything fixes far more problems than it causes, IMO.

There are far worse books on this list than ol' "Tee-Coe." (TCoE)

 

[humble minion]

There’s only really two serious problem subclasses in Tasha’s - the Twilight and Peace clerics. Most others are perfectly solid and useable. Oh, and the entire ‘puzzle’ section sucks.

Xanathar’s unfortunately being the first big player-facing supplement tried to cover a lot of the big gaps from the PHB, but did it with mixed success. The problems that it had were underpowered option, not overpowering ones. The arcane archer, mastermind, inquisitive, banneret, whispers bard were all cool ideas but were just incredibly weak. Nothing that broke the game, but a load of missed opportunities. Oh, and the hexblade was a conceptual mistake. If they wanted to make melee warlocks viable, they should have just fixed the damn blade pact in generic rules or via new incantations rather than shoving all the fixes into one subclass.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Source book and setting books are separate categories that should be kept separate lists.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Source book and setting books are separate categories that should be kept separate lists.

Tell that to WotC.

 

[humble minion]

Tell that to WotC.

I've been telling them for years that setting books and adventures are separate things, and they ain't listening to me...