We have a new UA release with two subclasses. The College of Spirits Bard is a fortune teller or spirit medium type character with a big random effect table. Meanwhile the Undeath Pact Warlock is a a do-over of the Undying Pact Warlock.
To bring up an issue I saw on another thread, and get some thoughts turned towards it, it has been pointed out that the Spirit Bard's level 6 Focus ability is highly limited.
The ability only adds a 1d6 to a spell cast with the focus, but as was pointed out (I think by Nerd Immersion) technically you can only use a focus to cast a spell that requires a material component. No component, no focus. The claim is now going around that this limits the use on healing to only the Regenerate Spell, as Healing word, Cure wounds, ect all lack material components.
I think this is clearly an oversight, but what think you?
Yeah, I feel the same way. Amazing start, and then stagnation.Bingo.
Also, I dig your style, dude.
My thing with 5th Ed is, after my personal what-have-you with decades of all previous, is they hit it out of the ballpark (2012-2014), and since, have petered...
I understand why they're doing that, I just don't think it's the best way to handle this. Class variants are probably going to be a thing sooner or later, aye? Why not include subclass variants?I'm suspecting for the same reason they abandoned the revised rangers; fear of two very different versions of the same material sowing confusion. Anyone who bought and uses the Scag undying pact was not invalidated by some web document they may not know about or a reprint in a new book. The new version, while thematically overlapping, doesn't invalidate the old one.
There is only one undying warlock. There is only one undead warlock. You can choose which one is better, but nobody's choice is changed retro-active to the new version being printed.
I mean, WotC changed healing spirit a few months ago and fans wanted to go to war about how their Xanathar's books are invalidated. WotC is not going to use errata to re-write classes or subs.
I keep tinkering with a Star Pact. It’s a lot of fun.This one is still in play test, they usually skew more powerful in the first round. I bet we'll see these two at least one more time in a UA article before publication, and 'the Undead' might even be renamed so it's not as similar to Undying.
And yeah there's TONS of room left unexplored, but that's true of every class out there (except maybe Wizard) because they've barely published anything for players.
What he said! Heck, I wouldn't mind a different type of Feywild inspired pact... it's not like all patrons give out the exact same gift even if they have thematic overlap. I still want my undersea abyss themed Warlock patron and a Star Warlock (the Star Pact flavour in 4e was WILD!), despite the overlap with the GOO Warlock.
It isn’t up to anyone, it’s just a statement of fact that there is a difference between the colloquial meaning of the term and a particular academic use of it.Please stop, right there; I do not think that it is up to you.
Well, and the academic term has become a colloquial usage, as well. It can be frustrating that there are multiple colloquial usages of a term, but that’s life.It isn’t up to anyone, it’s just a statement of fact that there is a difference between the colloquial meaning of the term and a particular academic use of it.
It isn’t up to anyone, it’s just a statement of fact that there is a difference between the colloquial meaning of the term and a particular academic use of it.
Well, and the academic term has become a colloquial usage, as well. It can be frustrating that there are multiple colloquial usages of a term, but that’s life.
Heck, the dictionary defines racism in the supposed academic sense above the older sense of direct personal discrimination for a reason. It’s become the normal usage amongst most activists and a huge portion of the population.
The United Kingdom in modern times was THE FIRST NATION EVER in the history of the human species TO OUTLAW SLAVERY!
Bingo.
Also, I dig your style, dude.
My thing with 5th Ed is, after my personal what-have-you with decades of all previous, is they hit it out of the ballpark (2012-2014), and since, have petered...