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.

 

[Distracted DM]

Good for them! I haven't seen the revised Illrigger but the old one had a lot of flavor... It'd be cool to see the Talent on there. Can't say I'd buy it myself though, I got away from DDB, but some of my players still buy there.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

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)

While it'd be great to be able to have wolf sidekicks, etc., I would even accept it only working for PC races, just to get it started.

 

[Dire Bare]

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).

Has Matt Mercer, the designer of the Blood Hunter class, put out a revised version?

 

[Frozen_Heart]

Has Matt Mercer, the designer of the Blood Hunter class, put out a revised version?

It got a minor errata and update early 2022, but nothing beyond that. We've not heard anything at all about the class in relation to 2024 5e.

I've got no idea if Mercer has any plan to go back over it again.

 

[TravDoc42]

Giving this class a cursory glance, it looks really neat!! I'm loving the diabolical flavour, and the abilities seem a lil complex, but fun!

 

[Belen]

USD $15 for a single class. That seems steep.

 

[Dragonhelm]

Give me the psion (whatever they call it).....

The Talent

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

USD $15 for a single class. That seems steep.

It does seem so.

However MCDM pays artists and writers among the highest in the industry. I’m told noticeably higher than the Seattle company. Plus they have a team of paid playtesters. Which goes into that stick price.

 

[Parmandur]

It does seem so.

However MCDM pays artists and writers among the highest in the industry. I’m told noticeably higher than the Seattle company. Plus they have a team of paid playtesters. Which goes into that stick price.

Not sure about thst: as I understand it, WotC is the highest pay in tabletop, particularly for artists.

 

[mamba]

Which goes into that stick price.

what also goes into it is economics of scale. If I have a fixed price creating some digital product and then expect to sell 1000 copies, I need to charge considerably more than if I expected to sell 10,000