Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Today, I’m talking about the Forge Domain Cleric subclass. Deities of this domain are the patrons of all those who work with metal, from the simple village blacksmith making nails and horseshoes to the master craftsmen creating mithral armor. Such Clerics might be called on by their … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Transported, Week 2

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Today I’m detailing the final Wizard subclass, the School of Abjuration. Wizards who focus on abjuration specialize in protective magics. They can shield themselves or others from physical harm, guard a location against magical scrying, or even close a gateway to keep the world safe from extraplanar … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Transported!

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Today I’m taking a close look a the Grave Domain Cleric subclass. Clerics of this Domain serve deities that preside over the transition between life and death. Graveyards and cemeteries are sacred places to these Clerics, where they watch over and protect the peace of the dead. … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 25

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. This week, we’re talking about the Bladesinger Wizard subclass. Originally created by elves, the tradition of Bladesinging combines wizardry, swordplay, and dance, using elegant maneuvers to fend off harm and channel magic into powerful attacks and cunning defenses. Starting at 2nd level, your Training in War and … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 24

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Today’s subclass for discussion is the Knowledge Domain Cleric. These Clerics serve deities that value learning and understanding above all. Some of these gods teach that knowledge should be gathered and share freely in public libraries, while others hoard secrets for themselves. Either way, followers of these … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. This week, I’m looking at the the Chronurgy Wizard subclass from the Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount sourcebook. Wizards who study this branch of dunamancy are primarily concerned with manipulating the flow of time, eventually learning to bend it to their will. Chronurgists can harness the energy of … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 22

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Today I’m taking a look at the last Fighter archetype, the Arcane Archer. As the name implies, this is a Fighter subclass that really focuses on ranged attacks, specifically using a shortbow or longbow, and infuse their arrows with a little bit of magic to produce supernatural … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 21

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. The final Monk subclass we’ll discuss is a new one published in Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, the Way of the Ascendant Dragon. Monks who follow this tradition, believe that by emulating dragons they can connect more fully to the prime elemental magic of the world. In doing … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 20

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Today’s discussion topic is the School of Conjuration Wizard. Wizards who specialize in this school of magic focus on spells that produce creatures and objects from thin air. Conjuration magic also encompasses teleportation effects, both through space and between places of existence. Starting at level 2, as … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Microscope

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. This week, I’m breaking down the ultimate healbot, the Life Domain Cleric. If your goal in playing a Cleric is to keep your friends alive, Life Domain is the way to go. You call on the power of your deity first and foremost to heal the sick … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: The Nevengers vs Professor Ivory

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Up for discussion this week is the Battle Master Fighter archetype. While all Fighters excel in combat, Battle Masters have studied the art of war academically and have trained in a variety of techniques and maneuvers to make themselves even more effective on the battlefield. Starting at … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 19

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Today, we’re talking about the Way of the Astral Self Monk subclass from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. These Monks believe that the physical body is an illusion, or merely a vessel for one’s astral self. They channel their ki in such a way as to manifest portions … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Fluxx

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Today’s discussion topic is the last of the Paladin subclasses, the Oath of the Ancients. Paladins who follow this oath are less concerned with things like justice and honor and more interested in protecting the beautiful and life-giving things of the natural world. The tenets of the … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 18

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. This week we’re looking at the last of the Rogue subclasses, the Arcane Trickster. These Rogues use magic to supplement their roguish ways, usually focusing on enchantment and illusion spells. Arcane Tricksters learn to cast spells in a similar way to wizards, so they use INT as … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Board Game Arena

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. This week, I’m taking a look at the Archfey Warlock patron. Warlocks who choose this subclass have somehow entered into the service of an ancient and powerful fey creature, whose motivations are inscrutable at best and can be at turns enchanting and frightening. The Archfey offers an … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. I’m on vacation this week! No discussion topic, talk amongst yourselves. Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. This week’s discussion topic is the School of Divination Wizard subclass. As the name suggests, Diviners focus their studies on magic that can discern the nature or location of people or objects, peer into someone’s mind, or even catch glimpses of the future, among other things. Starting … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Today we’re looking at the final Barbarian subclass, the Path of the Ancestral Guardian. Barbarians who follow this path tend to come from cultures that revere their ancestors, and can learn to contact the spirit world when they rage, calling on the actual spirits of their ancestors … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 17

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Today we’re finishing off the Bard subclasses by taking a look at the College of Creation. Bards of this college believe that they can tap into the primeval Song of Creation, the music that literally called the sun and the moon into being. By harnessing this power, … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 16

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. This week, we’re talking about the Light Domain Cleric subclass. Light Clerics are those who follow deities of the sun, and can often channel the sun’s radiant and fiery energies. They are less likely to join the front lines in combat than they are to hang back … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Wild Sheep Chase

Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop Gaming thread!  Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop games that you nerds might be into.  Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate about future expansions, recruit your fellow Avocados into new groups, whatever you want. Our discussion topic this week is the Cavalier Fighter subclass from Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. Though it’s meant to focus on mounted combat, many of the combat abilities that this subclass grants are just as good whether you’re fighting on foot or on horseback. When you choose … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 15