Reminder on AL rule regarding reprints

[Pauper]

Now that we have the table of contents from XGtE, we can confirm that there are subclasses in XGtE that are reprinted from earlier books. A reminder from p.5 of the current FAQ:

The most current version of any rule is used -- even if it's reprinted in another book. This does not, however, affect your choice of +1.

So if you have a swashbuckler character, and thus have SCAG as your +1, you will need to follow the rules for swashbuckler in XGtE, even if you don't own the book. This does not change your +1 from SCAG to XGtE.

(Note: as per Jeremy Crawford, there is at least one change to the Swashbuckler in XGtE -- the Rakish Audacity ability is updated to reflect that a Swashbuckler cannot use its Sneak Attack condition when he has Disadvantage.)

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Pauper

 

[CapnZapp]

Now that we have the table of contents from XGtE, we can confirm that there are subclasses in XGtE that are reprinted from earlier books. A reminder from p.5 of the current FAQ:



So if you have a swashbuckler character, and thus have SCAG as your +1, you will need to follow the rules for swashbuckler in XGtE, even if you don't own the book. This does not change your +1 from SCAG to XGtE.

(Note: as per Jeremy Crawford, there is at least one change to the Swashbuckler in XGtE -- the Rakish Audacity ability is updated to reflect that a Swashbuckler cannot use its Sneak Attack condition when he has Disadvantage.)

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Pauper

The relevant question I believe you have the answer for, Pauper, is:

If the only feature I've taken from book X is reprinted in book Y, can I say my character is now PHB+Y instead of PHB+X?

In your example, if I don't have anything else from SCAG than my subclass Swashbuckler, can I switch my PHB+1 from SCAG to XGE?

(Don't get me wrong - I belive you will say "no". It's just that I think having it out in the open would be useful. Thanks.)

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[rczarnec]

The relevant question I believe you have the answer for, Pauper, is:

If the only feature I've taken from book X is reprinted in book Y, can I say my character is now PHB+Y instead of PHB+X?

In your example, if I don't have anything else from SCAG than my subclass Swashbuckler, can I switch my PHB+1 from SCAG to XGE?

(Don't get me wrong - I belive you will say "no". It's just that I think having it out in the open would be useful. Thanks.)

The admins have already said no to that, though the example was a character with EEPC as the +1 for spells which are reprinted in XGE.

 

[CapnZapp]

The admins have already said no to that, though the example was a character with EEPC as the +1 for spells which are reprinted in XGE.

Thank you.

(I didn't ask so much for personal use - instead I felt it was an obvious follow-up question whose answer would make for an valuable addition to the thread)

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[Warmaster Horus]

Here's one to consider. I have a few characters that don't have a PH+1 statement. Instead they were defined by their Season (Tyranny of Dragons, Elemental Evil, Rage of Demons). I assume they remain that way even today, even if they use nothing but PH material in their makeup?

 

[skerritthegreen]

Here's one to consider. I have a few characters that don't have a PH+1 statement. Instead they were defined by their Season (Tyranny of Dragons, Elemental Evil, Rage of Demons). I assume they remain that way even today, even if they use nothing but PH material in their makeup?

Story Origins are defunct. You may still choose a +1 as normal. Of course if your story origin was PotA and you were using stuff from the EEPG that would be your +1.

 

[Pauper]

More importantly, if you have an early-season character that, to this point, hasn't taken anything outside of the PH, then you effectively haven't chosen a +1 and can select XGtE as the +1 if you choose.

(And because it came up at our table last night -- if you've received a spell scroll or other item from an adventure or from Fai Chen's that falls outside of the PH, that by itself doesn't count as your choice of +1. Your +1 is defined by the choices you make during character advancement/development.)

I'll be doing this for my very first character, my LE Paladin of Helm, solely to get access to the 'greater find steed' spell.

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Pauper