This week, we’ll round out the Artificer class with the last and latest subclass, the Armorer. As the name implies, this type of Artificer specializes in enchanting armor to enhance their magic and to improve both their defensive and offensive … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: The Convergence Manifesto, Part 9
Today’s topic of discussion is the new Wild Magic Barbarian subclass. These Barbarians are suffused with the magical power from the Feywild, the Upper Planes, or some other realm. When they enter their rage, this magic erupts from them chaotically, … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: The Convergence Manifesto, Part 8
We’re starting off the new year with a look at the College of Lore Bard. This is the classic Bard archetype, the silver-tongued jack-of-all-trades traveling from town to town with a lute on their back, gathering information, singing songs, and … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: The Convergence Manifesto, Part 7
We’re closing out 2020 with a look at the newly published Cleric of the Twilight Domain. These Clerics serve deities that govern the transition from day to night and guard the innocent against the terrors that come with the night. … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: Carnival of Shadows, Episode 18
This week, we’re talking about a new Druid subclass from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, the Circle of Wildfire. These Druids revere and harness the power of fire, both for its destructiveness and for the regrowth and renewal that it allows. … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: The Convergence Manifesto, Part 6
This week, I’m taking a closer look at the Rune Knight Fighter from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. Rune Knights have learned the secret of magical runes passed down from giants and can inscribe them onto their weapons and armor for … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: The Convergence Manifesto, Part 5
This week, I’m talking about another new subclass, the Way of Mercy for the Monk. These Monks generally work as wandering healers, but also don’t hesitate to end the suffering of those they can not cure. Most followers of this … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: The Convergence Manifesto, Part 4
Let’s continue our tour through the subclasses with another new one from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, the Oath of the Watchers Paladin. Taking this oath means that your Paladin has vowed to protect the mortal realms from threats of extraplanar … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: The Convergence Manifesto, Part 3
This week, I’m writing about another of the new subclasses from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, the Swarmkeeper Ranger. These Rangers have formed a bond with a swarm of tiny nature spirits, which take the form of insects, birds, pixies, or … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: The Convergence Manifesto, Part 2
Yesterday marked the release of Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, so that means that today’s Rogue subclass discussion will focus on a brand new one–the Soulknife. These Rogues have discovered and mastered innate psionic abilities, that they use to infiltrate the … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: The Convergence Manifesto
This week’s discussion topic is the Draconic Bloodline for the Sorcerer class. Draconic Sorcerers have the blood of an ancient dragon flowing through their veins, which gives them the innate ability to cast spells and a few other benefits as … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: The Singing Revolution
This week, we’re talking about the Fiend Patron for the Warlock. These patrons are powerful demons or archdevils from the lower planes of existence. The dark powers they grant allow you to burn your enemies with hellfire and siphon their … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread
Today’s discussion topic is the School of Illusion Wizard subclass. Illusionists are masters of trickery and deceit, using magic that dazzle and befuddle their enemies and to make the impossible seem real. Illusion spells are some of the most open … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: Call of Cthulhu: The Signing Revolution
Today, I’m finishing out a third round of subclass discussions with a look at the Alchemist Artificer. Alchemists specialize in the creation of potions and elixirs, combining different arcane reagents to produce magical effects. As such, when you choose this … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread
Today’s discussion topic the Path of the Storm Herald for the Barbarian class. Barbarians who follow this path tap into the primal forces of nature when they rage, allowing them to produce magical effects depending on their chosen environment. Starting … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: Carnival of Shadows, Episode 17
Our discussion topic this week is a class I’m currently playing, the College of Swords Bard. Whereas most Bards are singers or musicians, the Swords Bard instead trains to perform using their blades. They are sword swallowers, knife throwers and … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: Carnival of Shadows, Episode 16
Our subclass of the week this time is Tempest Domain Cleric. Tempest Clerics are followers of deities of the oceans, storms, and the sky itself. Their powers focus on blasting their enemies with lightning and thunder, as well as harnessing … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: Tomb of Horrors, Cont’d
Our discussion topic is the Circle of the Moon Druid. This Circle focuses on improving the Druid’s Wild Shape, allowing the druid to transform into more powerful beasts more often. Starting at 2nd level, the Moon Druid’s Combat Wild Shape … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: Tomb of Horrors
This week, we’re talking about the Eldritch Knight Fighter. EKs are Fighters that dip their toes into the world of spellcasting to both boost their defenses and give them some more options for ranges and area of effect attacks. If … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: Carnival of Shadows, Episode 15
This week we’re taking a look at the Way of the Open Hand for the Monk class. This type of Monk is a master of martial arts, especially unarmed combat. This is the class that takes the base Monk features … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: Carnival of Shadows, Episode 14
This week I’m taking a look at the Oathbreaker Paladin, one of a few subclasses that has only been printed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. It’s also the only class I’m aware of that has an alignment restritction–a paladin must … Continue reading AvocaD&D & Tabletop Gaming Thread: Carnival of Shadows, Episode 13
