D&D Beyond Adds Illrigger Class from MCDM

D&D Beyond has added the Illrigger class from MCDM, marking only the second time that the service has added a third party class made for D&D 5th edition. This week, D&D Beyond launched support for the Illrigger, an elite servant of hell with a versatile number of combat options. MCDM originally released the Illrigger class back in 2021 and revised the class in 2023. Both were made for 5th Edition rules and do not incorporate rules from the 2024 Core Rulebook updates.

The illrigger is a primarily martial class that can place seals on their enemy and burn them to deal additional damage. As agents of hell, illriggers are generally evil-aligned characters, but players aren't limited to a specific alignment. The illrigger ruleset on D&D Beyond comes with 5 different subclasses, as well as 8 new spells, and 2 new magic items.

Other than the illrigger, D&D Beyond also supports the Blood Hunter, a 5E class originally designed by Matt Mercer and used in Critical Role. While the Blood Hunter was released for free, the illrigger costs $14.99 on D&D Beyond.

 

[doctorhook]

Same thing as everything in UA that doesn't score over 75% popularity. It goes in the bin.

Ah design-by-popularity, an exercise in “regression toward mediocrity”.

 

[kenmarable]

I am hoping that we might see Dungeon Dude's Apothecary class, I would also love to see Striling Vermin's Pugilist class but I don't remember his name being one of the creators who they were working with at least to start off with.

Yes, pugilist would be awesome! I love that class! But we'll have to see.

 

[mamba]

Ah design-by-popularity, an exercise in “regression toward mediocrity”.

you should avoid 5e altogether then, and particularly the 2024 incarnation

 

[R_Chance]

Ah design-by-popularity, an exercise in “regression toward mediocrity”.

The UAs are aimed at book material. And what happens if you put in unpopular material? If it's books fewer sales as people weigh the cost versus what they are getting. Now, for something like D&D Beyond it might work better, WotC might (at some point) consider the cost / benefit ratio of strictly on-line material. Which might also draw more customers to D&D Beyond, so who knows...

 

[Senior_WotC_Janitor]

you should avoid 5e altogether then, and particularly the 2024 incarnation

He should probably avoid industrialized civilization just to be on the safe side.

 

[Sulicius]

Is there anyone here who has experience playing the class or having them at their table?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Actual reviews of the product would be nice...

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

What does "illrigger" even mean?

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

What does "illrigger" even mean?

I like the word... evocative, but yeah what does it mean? There's a post from 2002 here on ENWorld referencing the term referring back to a 1E/2E game!

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

What does "illrigger" even mean?

In the other thread on the Illrigger being added to DnD Beyond, it was mentioned that the name comes from the Dragon Magazine article from the AD&D-era about Paladins for Every Level, back when the paladin class was locked to LG alignment. Illrigger was the LE proposal, very knight of Hell themed.

So nostalgia is the biggest reason the name was reused.