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Unearthed Arcana: Giant Soul Sorcerer Breakdown

Brandes Stoddard — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 20:56:54 +0000

For June’s Unearthed Arcana, we have a rework of a concept Mearls drafted in Happy Fun Hour, though the mechanics are entirely changed. On that note, I still love that Mike shows his process, and how radically things change through consideration and playtesting. The Giant Soul sorcerer is near and dear to me as a concept, since it’s touching on many of the same ideas as In the Company of Giants (5e, revised), which I released through Rite Publishing. When […]

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Combatting the Far Realm: The Zodiac and the Celestial Sorcerer

Colin McLaughlin — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:00:20 +0000

The first in an ongoing look at developing story and lore for the Far Realm. The overarching goal is to provide players and DMs with the resources necessary to make combatting the Far Realm and the presence of the Zodiac the central thrust of a campaign.

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Xanathar’s Guide Breakdown, Part Five

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:00:40 +0000

Wow, so we’re coming up on the end of Xanathar’s Guide to Everything and I want to thank the Academy… wait, say again? We’re not even coming up on the end of Chapter One…? Well, uh, all right then. In this article I’m discussing four calling birds, three (sorcerous) origins, two warlock patrons, (a whole bunch of new Eldritch Invocations,) and a War Magic tradition. I am being informed that I must write “Filking Twelve Days of Christmas is completely […]

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Unearthed Arcana: Sorcerer Breakdown

Brandes Stoddard — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 04:31:30 +0000

After a few weeks off, Unearthed Arcana returns with four new sorcerous origins, one of which is a rework of material released in one of the earliest UAs. The sorcerer is a challenging class to create subclasses for, in my view, because the core of what the sorcerer can do is “like a wizard, but narrower.” Thematically and mechanically, it’s probably more about “do one thing and do it well” than any other class. I mean, you can play a sorcerer for utility or buff/debuff spells, but mostly the class wants you to blast things to hell. Let’s see what they do to shake that up.

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Salt in the Blood: Oceanic Bloodline for 5th ed Sorcerers

Rich Howard — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:00:05 +0000

Sorcerous Origins (Oceanic) Sorcerers draw their magical power from a variety of sources. Some are the result of an unusual bloodline (draconic), while others tap into powerful arcane or divine forces (wild magic). Sorcerers who manifest powers from an oceanic origin may have had their bloodline affected by a powerful creature such as an aboleth, bronze dragon, elemental, hag, or kraken, or may have learned to tap into the primal energy inherent to the most fundamental element of life. Special Effects: […]

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