D&D 5E NewbieDM Posts Avernus Previews

NewbieDM on Twitter has received an early copy of Descent Into Avernus from WotC, and has been busy posting photos of the book. Lot of images of the interior. I've posted a handful below, but check his Twitter stream at the link for many, many more.

 

[Mercador]

Oh right, this is out in a few days, damn I just purchased Essential Box... Oh well.

Am I the only one that feels that Zariel mosaic is like the difficulty levels of Diablo III?

 

[Xenonnonex]

Oh right, this is out in a few days, damn I just purchased Essential Box... Oh well.

Why not get both?

Am I the only one that feels that Zariel mosaic is like the difficulty levels of Diablo III?

Yes you are the only one. No one has said that ever.

 

[gyor]

Why not get both?


Yes you are the only one. No one has said that ever.

I'm guessing access to limited amount of funds.

 

[Xenonnonex]

I'm guessing access to limited amount of funds.

Fair enough. I have been there.

 

[gyor]

The Infernal War Machines really should have an alternative to soul coins as only evil characters will have access to them.

 

[PsyzhranV2]

The Infernal War Machines really should have an alternative to soul coins as only evil characters will have access to them.

Isn't that part of the setting and the challenge? You aren't going to get very far in literal hell unless you're willing to play dirty.

 

[Parmandur]

The Infernal War Machines really should have an alternative to soul coins as only evil characters will have access to them.

Kind of the point, I suspect.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

The Infernal War Machines really should have an alternative to soul coins as only evil characters will have access to them.

Well it's hell what do you expect?

 

[Lord of Nessus]

I never liked the stat block, she should have more spellcasting and reality altering Godly power. Look at what Tiamat could do in 2e and 3.5e. Gods shouldn't have simply high level monster stats, they should have versitility and reality bending abilities.

Partial fix: In the Monster Manual section of Dragons, page 86 provides a variant with Dragons as innate spellcasters. Applying the rules in the sidebar to Tiamat would give her 9 spells per day of up to 9th level, each usable once per day with no material components, her bonus to hit with those spells would be a +18, and her spell save DC would be 26. (This is in addition to the one spell, Divine Word, that she gets to cast 3/day already per her stat block.) And yes, technically Tiamat is of the Fiend type, not Dragon... but c'mon.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Partial fix: In the Monster Manual section of Dragons, page 86 provides a variant with Dragons as innate spellcasters. Applying the rules in the sidebar to Tiamat would give her 9 spells per day of up to 9th level, each usable once per day with no material components, her bonus to hit with those spells would be a +18, and her spell save DC would be 26. (This is in addition to the one spell, Divine Word, that she gets to cast 3/day already per her stat block.) And yes, technically Tiamat is of the Fiend type, not Dragon... but c'mon.

10 Spells per day. She has Charisma 30. And there would also be nothing stopping her from taking multiple of the same spell, or using upcasted versions of weaker ones.