D&D 5E Monster Slayers from Xanathar's Guide

[gyor]

Maybe because clerics are still better against undead.

 

[MonkeyWrench]

I'm playing a Monster Slayer ranger currently. Very fun and pairs perfectly with the Revised Ranger. I wanted a character that evoked Geralt of Rivia from the Witcher books/games and this subclass delivers.

 

[phantomK9]

..... I wanted a character that evoked Geralt of Rivia from the Witcher books/games and this subclass delivers.

That is exactly what I was thinking when he was describing it.

Yeah, yeah, sure sure, Van Helsing, blah, blah.....Give me a WITCHER!

 

[Chaosmancer]

The advantages against enemy spellcasters is a new tidbit, went back to the old UA to confirm, and they didn't have a counterspell-like ability back then.

Still, looking back over that reminded me that this was a very interesting ranger type with some really cool powers, can't wait to see the new version

 

[gyor]

The advantages against enemy spellcasters is a new tidbit, went back to the old UA to confirm, and they didn't have a counterspell-like ability back then.

Still, looking back over that reminded me that this was a very interesting ranger type with some really cool powers, can't wait to see the new version

I beat it replaces their previous level 7 ability.

 

[gyor]

That is exactly what I was thinking when he was describing it.

Yeah, yeah, sure sure, Van Helsing, blah, blah.....Give me a WITCHER!

Damn whippersnappers, in my day we had Van Healing and we liked it!

Besides from what I hear about the witcher, to accurately protray it would require far more nudity then the average D&D game has ;p

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I'm playing a Monster Slayer ranger currently. Very fun and pairs perfectly with the Revised Ranger. I wanted a character that evoked Geralt of Rivia from the Witcher books/games and this subclass delivers.

The Geralt in the video games (I've never read the original Polish novels or their translations) has access to Burning Hands, Thunderwave, Shield, Charm Person and whatever spell Yrrden might be equivalent to. Though houserule wise you'd just swap some spells from the Ranger list out for those ones.

 

[Leatherhead]

And yet Rudolph van Richten is still presented as a cleric...

When Clerics were first created, they had two things going for them:

One, they healed people, which patched up the downtime problems that the game had. Something that also makes them the defacto "Doctors" of the D&D world.
And Two, they were the anti-vampire character. Which also granted them abilities that were useful against other monsters and spellcasters.

So naturally, the good doctor was presented as a Cleric, because that was as cool as a Cleric was ever going to be.

But fear not! It seems that XGtE is doing it's damnedest to outmode the Cleric. Between the existing alternatives, this subclass, and all the other divine flavored subclasses that are looming, there will be nary a reason to ever roll up a Cleric again. Which is fair, considering that Clerics are just a hodgepodge of tentatively related ideas that somehow jelled despite of the mess.

Besides from what I hear about the witcher, to accurately protray it would require far more nudity then the average D&D game has ;p

The Witcher would get along swimmingly with Elminster.

 

[Jester David]

When Clerics were first created, they had two things going for them:

One, they healed people, which patched up the downtime problems that the game had. Something that also makes them the defacto "Doctors" of the D&D world.
And Two, they were the anti-vampire character. Which also granted them abilities that were useful against other monsters and spellcasters.

So naturally, the good doctor was presented as a Cleric, because that was as cool as a Cleric was ever going to be.

But fear not! It seems that XGtE is doing it's damnedest to outmode the Cleric. Between the existing alternatives, this subclass, and all the other divine flavored subclasses that are looming, there will be nary a reason to ever roll up a Cleric again. Which is fair, considering that Clerics are just a hodgepodge of tentatively related ideas that somehow jelled despite of the mess.

VanRichten was a rogue in 2e. (And the Sword & Sorcerery licensed 3e books.)
They made him a warhammer wielding battle cleric in D&D minis. And a clerical spellcaster in 5e...

 

[Chaosmancer]

But fear not! It seems that XGtE is doing it's damnedest to outmode the Cleric. Between the existing alternatives, this subclass, and all the other divine flavored subclasses that are looming, there will be nary a reason to ever roll up a Cleric again. Which is fair, considering that Clerics are just a hodgepodge of tentatively related ideas that somehow jelled despite of the mess.

With how effective I've seen clerics be in the last few games I've played, they aren't trying hard enough if they want people to never play a cleric again. They are a very powerful options at just about every level.