D&D 5E Fantasy Grounds Previews of Tasha's Cauldron

Ahead of the November 17th release date, the product page for Tasha's Cauldron of Everything has several previews on the Fantasy Grounds website. The previews include the origins customization section, group patrons, sidekicks, and a look at the alternate class features for the ranger Beast Master.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

If nothing else, they did what I expected and revamped the SCAG attack cantrips to be less cheese prone. Eagle eyed folks have pointed out that the bit of Booming Blade we can see now has a range of Self. That kills using it with Warcaster or Spell Sniper.

But enables 10 ft. range with reach weapons. Or 15' ft with a bugbear with a reach weapon (muahahaha).

 

[HawaiiSteveO]

Artwork - different but I like it!! Who's the goofy looking dude with the Xanathar hat? Awesome!

 

[UngeheuerLich]

But enables 10 ft. range with reach weapons. Or 15' ft with a bugbear with a reach weapon (muahahaha).

Nope. It specifies 5ft radius.

 

[Dausuul]

Man, I can't wait for this thing.

It feels like they're assembling 5.5E in plain sight. I see a lot of "alternative options" that just so happen to fix things that were underpowered or poorly designed in the original PHB. I hope there will eventually be a "Compendium of Everything" that pulls together the most popular options and alternatives from the Everything books and inserts them into the core classes; effectively a backwards-compatible 5.5 PHB.

 

[Weiley31]

Very cool. Beastmaster s will be very happy. Should be easy enough to make more primal companions, in order to fill out more roles, without overpowering the subclass.

No sign yet of what they changed about Bladesinger?

So apparently, for Bladesinger, no Elven racial restriction and Bladesong feature can now be used a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus and refreshes on a long rest. Extra attack now includes the ability to cast a cantrip as one of your attacks.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

So apparently, for Bladesinger, no Elven racial restriction and Bladesong feature can now be used a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus and refreshes on a long rest. Extra attack now includes the ability to cast a cantrip as one of your attacks.

That seems like quite a substantial buff. Bladesinger can actually use booming blade.

 

[ph0rk]

That seems like quite a substantial buff. Bladesinger can actually use booming blade.

It does; but it makes a sticky warcaster Eldritch Knight a thing of the past and makes their War Magic feature look even more clunky and awkward.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

A Goblin is a pink dress...

 

[Weiley31]

It does; but it makes a sticky warcaster Eldritch Knight a thing of the past and makes their War Magic feature look even more clunky and awkward.

I mean, one can always still jack the Bladesinger's extra attack variant for Eldritch Knight. Or if you want to keep that a Bladesinger exclusive for Bladesinger fighting style reasons, you can homebrew Arcane Warrior fighting style as that or just keep the pre altered SCAG cantrips the same and use em that way.

 

[Weiley31]

Any change to Green Flame Blade?

It also has been changed to (Self) in regards to range.