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Spirits Bard updated for 2024 #dnd in the new #UnearthedArcana!
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May 14, 2025
College of Spirits Bard updated for 2024 #dnd in the new #UnearthedArcana! #dnd5e #2024dnd #ttrpg #characteroptimization #dungeonsanddragons
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the new Unear Darkana includes an
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updated version of the College of
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Spirits Bard u this is one of my
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favorite concepts for the bard because
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it's it's just so novel like
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communicating with the spirits of the
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dead to get temporary buffs access to
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temporary spells like it's a great
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storytelling option and a lot of fun to
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play with but it had some issues with
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action economy the abilities were kind
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of unpredictable and it was kind of
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complicated to play because it was
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unpredictable and complex so the new
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version seems to be trying to improve
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both the action economy and the
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accessibility of the subclass by
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removing some of those more complicated
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decision points so the spirits of the
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dead table thing um it's been replaced
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and reworked so it's now just used and
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applied as a bonus action the effects
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all take place within the span of one
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round so there's no more like some of
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these are 10-minute buffs and some of
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these take an action to apply like none
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of that it's much simpler but we did
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also lose the spirit session feature
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which let you temporarily get a
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low-level spell on your spell list um so
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you could access temporary spells which
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was very useful for a spellcaster that
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knows their spells permanently instead
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of that we now have the ability to cast
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spirit guardians and like spirit
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guardians is already a pretty crazy
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spell but it's an upgraded version all
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allies within the eination also gain
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lesser cover so in addition to the usual
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spirit guardian shenanigans where you
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turn yourself into a blunder you now
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give your allies bonuses to AC and
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reflex saves that are going to be really
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really effective so I'm not sure if I
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love the new version of the class i do
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think the uh the Tales from Beyond I
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keep forgetting the name um the the
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updated version of that feature I do
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think that's better than what we had but
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I'm gonna miss Spirit Session that was
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one of my favorite things about the
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subclass what do you think
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