Arcana Uncorked

Today's episode is features our first guest on the program. Logan is a good friend and longtime member of our campaign here to talk about her character Portia, a Tidecaller wizard and member of the Chromatic Beasts. It's still a homebrew review, but with some added game stories and personal thoughts on how the subclass plays long term.  

The Tidecaller and the rest of Yorviing's Arcane Grimoire by u/Yorviing can be found here: 

https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-Lx2r95-_Z8zlgFJHp4Z#p34 

And here is the image of our party that pat mentioned: 

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/n54w2p/art_after_over_35_years_playing_together_my_dnd/ 

Intro and outro music is Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech. 

The image in the title card is by Designdrunkard on Pexels. 

Want to contact us, maybe with a comment or suggestion for a homebrew to look at? We can be found in the following places! 

Email: [email protected] 

Pat on reddit: u/ravenmaw 

Andrew on reddit: u/aabrock

Spirit magic, curses, the occult arts, there are many ways to define a Witch. But which ideas and mechanics make for the best D&D witch? Today we discuss the themes that a Witch needs to differentiate itself from other spellcasting classes. Then we take a look at 3 different witchy homebrew classes, each with a unique take on the concept. Which witch is the best witch? Tune in to find out.

We had a bit of audio trouble on this one, Pat's mic died midway through recording and we had to use a backup. The last 40 minutes isn't to the standard I would like. Expect a shiny new mic with quality to match coming by episode 8. 

The Witch by Zarieth (version 3.0) can be found here:

https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-L7gG0ZSzBHgbWv7t_wf

The Witch (free version) by the Middle Finger of Vecna (Mage Hand Press) can be found here:

https://mfov.magehandpress.com/2016/09/witch.html

The Occultist (version 1.1) by KibblesTasty can be found here:

https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-M-WtrKeZNFdEXq0MKXw

Intro and outro music is Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech.

Want to contact us, maybe with a comment or suggestion for a homebrew to look at? We can be found in the following places!

Utility cantrips that scale like damage cantrips? It's more likely than you think! Andrew and Pat take a look at how PCs use cantrips, from the Archmage to the Eldritch Knight and how improving cantrips can improve gameplay. The good cantrips get better, but can this system even save True Strike?

Evolving Cantrips (Version 2.5) by u/Carios125 (Yoonki) can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PHpOenx-jkwEuHLblDCB7WdSnF1C89xS/view

Intro and outro music is Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech.

Want to contact us, maybe with a comment or suggestion for a homebrew to look at? We can be found in the following places!

Today Pat and Andrew review their first new homebrew class, the Witcher. They discuss the design philosophy of classes in 5th edition and ask how specific a class can be before it needs to be a subclass? After that they talk about the archetypal features of the Witcher class, including the Focus mechanic, a unique way to increase the Witcher's combat versatility. 

The Witcher version 2.0 by johnofbohemia can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V68y2ZDX_Xo7lga-zo7ftSNfWgnXiDxB/view

and on their reddit at u/johnofbohemia

Intro and outro music is Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech.

Want to contact us, maybe with a comment or suggestion for a homebrew to look at? We can be found in the following places!

In this episode Pat and Andrew discuss the problems inherent in the Sorcerer class in the players handbook. Afterwards, they take a look at a long trusted homebrew of the sorcerer that purports to tackle those issues. Finally, we take a look at two subclasses in this tweaked sorcerer, one that alters the way wild magic works and another that is brand new.

The Tweaked Sorcerer by Sword Meow et al can be found here:

https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-LScPfDMNJC1r34ymHuX

and on their reddit at u/swordmeow

Intro and outro music is Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech.

Want to contact us, maybe with a comment or suggestion for a homebrew to look at? We can be found in the following places!

In this episode Pat and Andrew look at the recent UA published by Wizards of the Coast "Folk of the Feywild" and discuss the hard choices that the designers made when creating these non-standard options. Then we look at the Pixie race from Old Gus' Errata to see how a homebrew creator took on the same challenges. 

A couple notes about this episode. First, it was recorded before the most recent UA about Dragons, so we refer to the discussed article as the most recent UA, despite that no longer being the case. Second, Pat's dog Basil can be heard in a few spots in the episode, we hope you don't mind.

The Folk of the Feywild publication by Wizards of the Coast can be found here:

https://media.wizards.com/2021/dnd/downloads/UA2021_FeyFolk.pdf

The Pixie race is found in Old Gus' Errata: Fey Folk, found here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1088_Wf6HG3KMjtWCxqhbFsNI7uMgoU-i/view

The entirety of Old Gus' Errata can be found here, be sure to take a look at the read me:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qv-U43kH066mbaeu9dLNeqmDpsdQW6CW

and on his reddit at u/callmepartario

Intro and outro music is Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech.

 Want to contact us? We can be found in the following places!

In this first episode of Arcana Uncorked, Pat and Andrew discuss what makes good homebrew and where to find it. After that they look at two Subclasses for the Rogue, The Divine Agent (version 1.0) and the Surgeon (version 1.1), both written by KibblesTasty.

As discussed in the episode, we find a lot of great homebrew on r/UneathedArcana, which can be found here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/

In particular taking a look at their curated list in the sidebar is a great start to find some nice documents very quickly.

The subclasses discussed today, along with many other awesome homebrew by KibblesTasty can be found on his website:

https://www.kthomebrew.com/

And on his reddit, u/kibblestasty

Direct link to the Divine Agent: https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-LW4nZ5ZiGLUPConaV6e

Direct link to the Surgeon: https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-LW4m980nnn1--TdBQiX

Intro and outro music is Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech.

The image in the title card is by Designdrunkard on Pexels.

Want to contact us? We can be found in the following places!

Email: [email protected]

Pat on reddit: u/ravenmaw

Andrew on reddit: u/aabrock