A year ago today, Evan Mascaro (MonkeyDM) launched a Kickstarter for Steinhardt’s Guide to the Eldritch Hunt, which sought to bring a Lovecraft and Soulsborne-inspired twist to 5e. After raising a truly stunning $2.6 million, MonkeyDM has been hard at work, and it shows. Alongside the frequently terrifying art, Steinhardt’s has a lot of really fun design ideas. New race options, new subclasses, an entire new class, trick weapons for you Bloodborne fans, and a whole lot of horror elements.
I dug into the Circle of Symbiosis Druid, which is a really fun take on a front-line melee druid build. It fills a similar niche to Circle of Spores, but the action economy is considerably less strained and it manages durability in a way that’s incredibly satisfying.
I’m still digging into Steinhardt’s. If you’d like to see more optimization content, let me know in he comments below or on socials. I had a ton of fun writing this one, and I would love to do more.
I really love what we’ve seen so far of the Steinhardt book, and can’t wait for the physical book to come out! I’d love to see RPGBOT handbooks for the warlock (both the Void and the new pact boon), as well as the Jaeger.
As far as other, similar content goes, I definitely also recommend Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting – that has some of the best 5e content I’ve ever seen.
I’m enjoying reading through the book, and am playing in a campaign with it pretty soon! Would love to see more handbooks— I love your stuff.
Going through the new spells and feats would be great, and any of the subclasses you’re interested in!
Could you do one for the Lightning Vessel Barbarian?