D&D 5E (2014) Companion thread to 5E Survivor - Sourcebooks & Campaign Settings

[Maxperson]

You misspelled "versatile."

Gimme options, not restrictions.

Neither alignment nor ASIs for the races would be restrictions.

 

[Divine2021]

I read campaign settings for fun, settings I will most likely never play, so I get it. I just don’t want to waste my time on something that’s a bit too much on the nose, which my experience with Critical Roll has been. But you do make Wildemount sound interesting, at least.

Once I finish reading up this 2nd Edition Forgotten Realms Demihuman Deities book I picked up for fun maybe I’ll check it out.

 

[Maxperson]

When this contest started, there were 14 items on the list: 6 of them were 'splatbooks' like Volo's and Xanathar's, and the rest--almost two-thirds!--were campaign settings/sourcebooks. Now after just ten days, every single campaign setting has been eliminated compared to only one splatbook (Fizban's).

I've been saying for years that mechanical splatbooks are what WotC should be releasing. People here just sort of shout me down and bless the holy altar of slow releases with lots of adventures and settings instead. It's pretty telling that it's the few drops of splatbook water that the parched voters are calling the best.

 

[Maxperson]

I'm honestly surprised to see Tasha's make it this far--I figured it would be eliminated right after Eberron, since downvotes are worth twice as much as upvotes. I guess there's not as much Tasha-hate as I had been led to believe.

I like Tasha's outside of the PC options at the beginning which I ignore.

 

[Maxperson]

 

[Scribe]

I've been saying for years that mechanical splatbooks are what WotC should be releasing. People here just sort of shout me down and bless the holy altar of slow releases with lots of adventures and settings instead. It's pretty telling that it's the few drops of splatbook water that the parched voters are calling the best.

My vote process was simple.

Oath of Conquest = Winner.
Tashas introduced the Floating ASI, and so had to go.

I deviated once to make getting rid of SCAG harder, because it fixed Tieflings first in 5e from the UTTERLY WRONG 4e approach, and to remove Ravenloft, which was the first release without fixed ASI on the new origin/species/whatever AND it was missing Alignment on Monsters.

I've been nothing but consistent.

 

[Maxperson]

My vote process was simple.

Oath of Conquest = Winner.
Tashas introduced the Floating ASI, and so had to go.

Tasha's introduced it as an optional rule, which is perfectly fine. I have no issues with people getting optional rules. Even ones that I would never use.

 

[CleverNickName]

Tasha's introduced it as an optional rule, which is perfectly fine. I have no issues with people getting optional rules. Even ones that I would never use.

The concept of floating ASIs has always been in the Player's Handbook for humans and half-elves. TCoE just made it optional for all races.

 

[Maxperson]

The concept of floating ASIs has always been in the Player's Handbook for humans and half-elves. TCoE just made it optional for all races.

Technically it was optional for humans as well. V. Human is an optional rule. Half-elves you got me on, though.

 

[CleverNickName]

Technically it was optional for humans as well. V. Human is an optional rule. Half-elves you got me on, though.

Even as an option, the V.Human is still in the PHB. ;-)