So hyped to get my hands on this. It's the last piece I need to get my magic school campaign ready. However it is a little disappointing that it sounds like we're only getting 5 New spells for a book about a magic school
The feats and backgrounds sound amazing! With that being said, as a DM, I think I would only allow them to be chosen if we are playing a Strixhaven game. They do not sound like they mesh well with 5E outside of Strixhaven.
I think if you take the lore of strixhaven you could, strixhaven has a library of books from all planes so it could be feasible to say a student could be in another plane.
I feel like there was a missed opportunity, I feel like Strixhaven could have been an awesome magic book 'pun intended' How great would it be of this book had 40+ new spells? Otherwise, seems solid.
This definitely feels like a book that is trying to interest younger generations to play DnD and MtG. Considering the media popularity of magic schools over the last decade (books and television series), this will probably do just that, which is a good thing. I'm not sure that this campaign setting is something that an older player like myself would be interested in, but I think I could pique my kid's interest by running the campaign for them, so I am excited for that.
Yeah they had a lot of problems, but I liked them and especially the idea of mixed subclasses, but aperantly the rest of the community hated it with passion.
@@rahveel I think Lorehold was the animated statue one, which was really cool. Witherbloom was the one I was really excited for. I've been waiting for a subclass that gave off the proper witch vibes like it did for so long
@@CaitSith87 was it the community, or was it a dozen or so extremely vocal people? I have two dnd groups I play with, and several online communities I post in/follow. So.. narrow field of vision, but Ive never heard anything but positive reactions to that UA, so I'm a little dubious that a large part of the community didn't like it.
@@rahveel they make a questionnaire after every UA and even forgot his name the guy from sage advice said something like message understood. We take your feedback seriously and thus completly threw it out. But I agree the nerf that every UA gets I have the feeling a lot of people for whom everything seems problematic seem to be very loud in this community. I mean the backlash for the scribe subclass cause you could theoratatically go 2 level tempest cleric and then max out damage every short rest. I mean so what? If its used cleverly good for the player if it’s annoying and cheesy talk to the player or ban it before the next campaign or limit it somehow.
I love this, but I was wondering, what if I want to run a strixheaven adventure in a group that has already choosen a background? How do I, as a DM, make them feel that they decision of choosing Prismari or Silverquill will make them a different from the others, when they graduate, what they will win, speaking on character sheet options. I have a party of lvl 5-6 that want to go to the univeristy, but they have they backgrounds already, so I don't know how to make them feel that they are in one college or another, I feel that If they DON't choose that background, is pointless to "attend college", I don't have anything more to give to them, just the feats, and I can consider "gifting" a feat when they graduate, but before that? Thanks for the replies!
I am so glad I watched a couple of these before buying this book. 5 spells in magical college book?! Rules on spell research, magical experiments, an actual translation of The MtG 5 color magic system that I've been expecting with every MtG book...all strangely unmentioned. But a bunch of rules on making FRIENDS and EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES?! HOLY $@#& do they have you covered!
wtf........thats it? I get the book and nothing at all about Owlin culture or history? this is barely even a stat block how do you fail at the only new race in the book so hard that even the scant Aaracockra lore provides more roleplaying information?
Good concept but the book is horrendous. 60% barebones adventure 40% actual sourcebook. This is a half-assed adventure book marketed as a sourcebook. Even labelled as a "sourcebook" on their website when it's not even half of what is in the book. Incredibly disappointing book with a solid concept.
As a player only it just sounds like nothing I will need. 5 spells, feats that probably give you 3 predetermined spells probabyl 1-3 level and may expand the spell list. Which all sounds nice but as long as I have to spend most asi of a campaign on the main stat, my first free feat at level 12 will highly likely not be this feat. If you get it free that’s nice but I doubt that will be possible in most non strixhaven campaigns. And a race i will never play. Sad cause as magic is the reason I play this game but what you wanna do. Really confused as probably 60% maybe more are players only that they focus on the other 40% and not that much for the other 60% of their customer aside from one book every 2 years? Find that a weird concept.
@@CaitSith87 mostly because DMs are the ones buying books. Most players out there don't even bother buying copies of the player's handbook, let alone XGTE and Tasha's.
@@liamlyda2116 i would argue its the other way around i rarely buy a book cause usually i am not interested in 99% of it? If they make more books player can use that should increase their sales? Could be wrong though. I imagine they are doing market research on it but feels kinda weird ignoring the bigger market. I mean we get less then one subclass per class a year, no new classes and some races. Not a huge fan of that strategy. Like this its a hard sell especially with all the convienant character builders available that are free or a new race cost like 2 dollars.
@@CaitSith87 I see where you are coming from, but I can tell you from my experience as a DM that players rarely have books because most of the time the DM shares their library with the group. I would however like to see more focused books, such as a book dedicated to spells, another book expanding on non-magical weapons and armor, and such.
@@liamlyda2116 Because many people are kinda done with player who see their pc like a deck of mtg card. Because their mtg book are the worst book. Because they could make a campagne setting on dragonlance, greyhawk, spelljamer, Spelljammer, etc instead. Because, those book are not compatible with forgotten realm. Because, Most dm ban theses book anyway.
@@summermermaidstar756 Yep. Earthsea, Discworld, Valdemar, the Magicians, Name of the Wind, Sabriel, Circle of Magic. I love Harry Potter, but there are LOADS of magic schools in books.
