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.

 

[Minigiant]

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a5e.tools

Make the call if you want.l It's EZ $$.

 

[Morrus]

Make the call if you want.l It's EZ $$.

What call? What is?

 

[Zaukrie]

What call? What is?

I think they are saying get it on dndbeyond....

 

[Morrus]

I think they are saying get it on dndbeyond....

Oh right, I’ll just do that then!

 

[John Lloyd1]

I wonder if this means they have got rid of some of their tech debt and made progress on their 'general feature system'.

 

[Minigiant]

What call? What is?

It's mostly a jest.

What I am saying is whichever 3PP can get a mental score based nonspellasting complex martial class onto DNDB character builder could likely rake in a lot of dough by filling a highly sought-after niche that WOTC refuses to support.

 

[SkidAce]

Apparantly new classes aren't "impossible" under their framework anymore.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Apparantly new classes aren't "impossible" under their framework anymore.

They've never said they were AFAIK, just that they were hard to do and that proles like the subscribers would never be allowed near them.

"Impossible" is reserved for stuff like adding Gifts from Theros/Ravenloft. Seems like that'd be a lot easier than a class but I guess not, and they already got our money, whilst promising they were "just a month or two away from adding them", several years ago, so that doesn't make them $$$ like adding Illrigger probably will.

 

[Frozen_Heart]

Really hope that this is a sign that WotC might be a bit more willing to add new classes this 'edition'.

(And hopefully get the Blood Hunter updated. The thing felt underpowered by Tasha's. Now in 5.5e it barely feels compatible at all).

 

[bedir than]

incoherent screaming about the Essentials Kit/Tasha's sidekick classes, which have been waiting since 2019 to be implemented

This is the thing I want the most on Beyond right now. Even if it would be gated behind a very low CR (likely 1/2 and below)

"Impossible" is reserved for stuff like adding Gifts from Theros/Ravenloft.

This feels like it should be as simple as a type of Feat.


Still, getting the illrigger is a big move for the not-quite-walled garden