Mike Shea

But the Twilight Cleric with the constant extra temporary hit points that happen on everybody's turn is like everybody gets another turn, another phase in their turn. And that phase is get more hit points all the time. It's crazy overpowered. It means it's like having an eight point damage threshold constantly, right?

But the Twilight Cleric with the constant extra temporary hit points that happen on everybody's turn is like everybody gets another turn, another phase in their turn. And that phase is get more hit points all the time. It's crazy overpowered. It means it's like having an eight point damage threshold constantly, right?

But the Twilight Cleric with the constant extra temporary hit points that happen on everybody's turn is like everybody gets another turn, another phase in their turn. And that phase is get more hit points all the time. It's crazy overpowered. It means it's like having an eight point damage threshold constantly, right?

Imagine if you said, oh, all of my characters get to subtract eight from the damage monsters do. That's what having a Twilight Cleric is like. Peace Cleric does some weirdness where, like, if you do, you know, Peace Cleric plus Bless, you get, like, everybody gets, like, you know, a plus five on everything, right? And so that one, reading it made it look like, I don't want to deal with that.

Imagine if you said, oh, all of my characters get to subtract eight from the damage monsters do. That's what having a Twilight Cleric is like. Peace Cleric does some weirdness where, like, if you do, you know, Peace Cleric plus Bless, you get, like, everybody gets, like, you know, a plus five on everything, right? And so that one, reading it made it look like, I don't want to deal with that.

Imagine if you said, oh, all of my characters get to subtract eight from the damage monsters do. That's what having a Twilight Cleric is like. Peace Cleric does some weirdness where, like, if you do, you know, Peace Cleric plus Bless, you get, like, everybody gets, like, you know, a plus five on everything, right? And so that one, reading it made it look like, I don't want to deal with that.

So I really feel like the balance for Tasha's was not great. So those are two subclasses I don't allow. I'm not gonna ever allow Silvery Barbs. We all know about Silvery Barbs being really bad, but also I always think it's weird that it's even a question because Silvery Barbs is from one source book that's Strixhaven. Why is everybody using this one spell from Strixhaven all the time?

So I really feel like the balance for Tasha's was not great. So those are two subclasses I don't allow. I'm not gonna ever allow Silvery Barbs. We all know about Silvery Barbs being really bad, but also I always think it's weird that it's even a question because Silvery Barbs is from one source book that's Strixhaven. Why is everybody using this one spell from Strixhaven all the time?

So I really feel like the balance for Tasha's was not great. So those are two subclasses I don't allow. I'm not gonna ever allow Silvery Barbs. We all know about Silvery Barbs being really bad, but also I always think it's weird that it's even a question because Silvery Barbs is from one source book that's Strixhaven. Why is everybody using this one spell from Strixhaven all the time?

The reason why is D&D Beyond is broken. So the only reason that Silvery Barbs is a problem is because D&D Beyond is a problem. Right? If they'd had good source filtering, so you could say, oh, no, we're only using this. And we're only using material that are available in these books. And I never want to see the other ones unless they're in this book. You wouldn't have that problem.

The reason why is D&D Beyond is broken. So the only reason that Silvery Barbs is a problem is because D&D Beyond is a problem. Right? If they'd had good source filtering, so you could say, oh, no, we're only using this. And we're only using material that are available in these books. And I never want to see the other ones unless they're in this book. You wouldn't have that problem.

The reason why is D&D Beyond is broken. So the only reason that Silvery Barbs is a problem is because D&D Beyond is a problem. Right? If they'd had good source filtering, so you could say, oh, no, we're only using this. And we're only using material that are available in these books. And I never want to see the other ones unless they're in this book. You wouldn't have that problem.

But if anybody owns it and anybody's part of the campaign, suddenly everybody can see it. And then suddenly you can add it to your spells. So I wouldn't allow that either. There are other spells where I'd want to have an adult conversation with a player and say, hey, perchance, could you not use it this way?

But if anybody owns it and anybody's part of the campaign, suddenly everybody can see it. And then suddenly you can add it to your spells. So I wouldn't allow that either. There are other spells where I'd want to have an adult conversation with a player and say, hey, perchance, could you not use it this way?

But if anybody owns it and anybody's part of the campaign, suddenly everybody can see it. And then suddenly you can add it to your spells. So I wouldn't allow that either. There are other spells where I'd want to have an adult conversation with a player and say, hey, perchance, could you not use it this way?

For example, if we were using the summon spells in Tales of the Valiant, for example, I would say, like, can you always summon the largest, the smallest number of large monsters rather than the largest number of small monsters? Because it's just too much of a, you know, it's just too much of a pain. It's not really a direct nerf. It's just like, could you not do that?

For example, if we were using the summon spells in Tales of the Valiant, for example, I would say, like, can you always summon the largest, the smallest number of large monsters rather than the largest number of small monsters? Because it's just too much of a, you know, it's just too much of a pain. It's not really a direct nerf. It's just like, could you not do that?

For example, if we were using the summon spells in Tales of the Valiant, for example, I would say, like, can you always summon the largest, the smallest number of large monsters rather than the largest number of small monsters? Because it's just too much of a, you know, it's just too much of a pain. It's not really a direct nerf. It's just like, could you not do that?

The other one would be like everybody that dips into classes just to get shield. I would be like, can you just not do that? We already know shield is overpowered. You don't need an AC of 26. Can you just find another build other than I'm going to be the guy that never gets hit by anything.

The other one would be like everybody that dips into classes just to get shield. I would be like, can you just not do that? We already know shield is overpowered. You don't need an AC of 26. Can you just find another build other than I'm going to be the guy that never gets hit by anything.