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 taking a look at the Way of the Drunken Master Monk, a highly mobile subclass found in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. Monks of this path emulate the unpredictable sway of a drunkard to make their opponents believe they are incompetent, when in reality their … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 14

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 subclass discussion is on the Oath of Conquest Paladin, found in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. Paladins who take this oath are driven not only to defeat their enemies, but to completely subjugate them. To impose order where there is chaos, and dominate the will of … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Part 13

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. Wizards of the Coast released the new Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons book last week, which includes new subclasses for the Ranger and Monk. Today, we’ll just take a look at the new Drakewarden Ranger. These Rangers form a bond with dragons, whether it’s through draconic magic, the … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: An Invitation to Karnov Mansion, Cont’d

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 Assassin Rogue, one of the three Roguish Archetypes listed in the Player’s Handbook. Assassins focus on stealth and disguise in order to engineer the perfect opportunity for a quick and deadly strike, ideally before the target even knows the Assassin … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: An Invitation to Karnov Mansion

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 the Celestial Warlock Patron. These Warlocks are bound to powerful beings of the Upper Planes, such as archangels, unicorns, or some other semi-divine entity. Your pact suffuses you with holy light, and may drive you to seek out and destroy undead or … 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. We’re back to the Wizard this week, talking about the School of Enchantment. Wizards who specialize in Enchantment use their magical ability to entrance and beguile other people and monsters, influencing their minds and bending their will to their own. Starting at 2nd level, you’ll be an … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 12

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 Path of the Battlerager Barbarian, a subclass found in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. Barbarians who follow this path wear special spiked armor and fight by literally throwing themselves bodily at their enemies. In the Forgotten Realms, Battleragers have a particular … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 11

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 Bard College of Eloquence, a subclass that first appeared in the Mythic Odysseys of Theros book and can now also be found in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. Bards who follow this path are orators more than musicians. They use a mixture … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 10

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 for this week is the Cleric’s Nature Domain. These Clerics worship deities of Nature, from guardians of sacred groves or deep forests to those presiding over farmlands and pastures. Whereas Druids revere Nature as a whole, Nature Clerics serve a particular deity, taking a … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 9

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 Circle of Dreams Druid subclass, published in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. Druids of this circle are closely tied to the Feywild, and use their magic to heal and protect their allies and the natural world around them. I have some first-hand … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 8

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 subclass discussion is on the Champion Fighter. The Champion is the most vanilla subclass there is. Fighters in general are good at one thing, and the Champion takes that one thing and doubles down on it. There’s nothing flashy here–no magic spells, no fancy maneuvers, … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 7

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 subclass of the week this time is the Way of the Four Elements Monk. Monks of this tradition learn to focus their ki in order to harness the power of the elements, fire, water, earth and air. This allows you to cast spells or empower your … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 6

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 is week’s subclass for discussion is the Oath of the Crown Paladin, which originally appeared in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. Paladins who take this oath stand for order above all else, and often work to uphold the laws of their sovereign ruler or deity. They … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 5

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 is the Beast Master Ranger. Generally considered one of the weakest subclasses in the Player’s Handbook, this one did receive some significant changes in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. I’ll highlight the differences as I go through. But first, a Beast Master is a Ranger who … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Fiasco

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 weeks’ discussion topic is the Inquisitive Rogue subclass. Rogues of this archetype are master investigators and detectives, with their expert ability to read people’s motive and intent, pick up on minute details, and make brilliant deductive leaps. Starting at 3rd level, you have an Ear for … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 4

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 last official published Sorcerer subclass (at last as of the time of this post), the Aberrant Mind, found in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. These Sorcerers have been influenced by a creature from the Far Realm or some other alien influence that has … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 3

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 going to take a look another new subclass, the Warlock’s Undead Patron from Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. Not to be confused with the Undying Patron,[footnote]Originally published in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide.[/footnote] these Warlocks get their powers from powerful liches, vampire or mummy … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 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. We’re coming back around to the Wizard this week and talking about the School of Evocation. Wizards of this school focus on calling forth the elements to attack their enemies and sometimes protect their allies. Of all the Wizard subclasses, this is the one to pick if … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Grandaddy, Part 1

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 Path of the Beast Barbarian, which can be found in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. These Barbarians physically transform their bodies when they rage, taking on certain aspects of ferocious beasts. A Beast Barbarian could be afflicted with a mild case of lycanthropy, … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: Yig Snake Granddaddy, Intro

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 looking at one of the newest subclasses, the College of Spirits Bard, which was printed in the horror-themed sourcebook Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. Bards of this College are less musicians and more occult storytellers and mediums. They can reach out to spirits of the … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: The Convergence Manifesto, Finale

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 at the Cleric of the Order Domain, a subclass that was originally published in the Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica and is now also available in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. These clerics serve deities that are concerned with discipline and the rule … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming: The Convergence Manifesto, Part 27