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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 6976049" data-attributes="member: 6799660">After the holidays, my group is going to be playing Out of the Abyss, and I am looking for suggestions. We are currently running straight from PHB. No UA. Quite possibly Volo since people have it and are somewhat excited about some of the ideas (my understanding is that you start out as prisoners of the drow, and then spend a lot of time in the underdark, so unusual races would be just fine). No one has yet picked up SCAG, so probably not that (unless someone gets it in the meantime and the DM okays it). We're all on our second 5e campaign (currently SKT).  I've thought about half-elven lore bard, valor bard, or cleric (either life, or Arcana if we pick up SCAG). Those seem like really good support characters. However, those are very obvious, tried and true choices. If I want to experiment, I was thinking either cleric/warlock for those short-rest heals, or rogue/warlock for the darkness/sneak attack ambushes. However, I worry that those are builds based around gimmicks, and those usually either get boring or end up being all you are good at. What are other suggestions? What would be fun to try in this adventure? Volo races ideas encouraged. No, anything interesting encouraged.</blockquote>