"This is like their level 20 class feature in a magic item" true, except when it's a magic item and not your capstone, it's nowhere near as disappointing.

Kelly: "Another ki point is that each of these comes with a ki ability..." Spoken like a true fan of the Monk.

"The only other gap in the magic items that we really gotta address is..." Ki stuff for Monks. Maybe a Gi which increases Ki save DC or some kind of ring which allows additional Ki points. Please wotc, just a little bit of love, no, recognition for the monk

You missed the important fact, that Tasha's adds the first Magic Item, that boosts a Bard's Spellsave DC. None has done this so far. That's a huge change for a class relying a lot on Saves to make their spells stick.

I was having Dungeon Dudes withdrawal for a few days....Thank god for this! Love you guys!

I would love the heck out of an arms & equipment guide with exotic weapons, land, air, & sea vehicles, maybe some fortification rules, new miscellaneous gear, & a bunch of new magic weapons & armor, including class specific gear for all the martial classes. Maybe new mounts, expanded/clarified mounted combat rules, and magic saddles, barding, etc for mounts as well.

Imagine if rangers got even half the love they give Spellcasters... That would be cool

When they name the classes for the first magic item. Cries as a Warlock

Take a shot every time Monty says "Smattering."

I like the class items as now you can specifically give it to the player you wanted. No more “item designed for player A but Player B hogs it”

I usually just listen to these videos while doing something else, but only after checking the screen once to see how strong the beard/moustache game is. This week: 9/10

It’s kinda funny that they added so many items for spell casters, but only added like 2 that druids can use and one that’s unique to them

These videos always brighten my Tuesdays and Thursdays

The Arms & Equipment Guide from 2E was a nice supplement. Would not mind that getting a 5E overhaul at all.

Kelly: "The sorcerers always felt like they were in a shadow..." You mean, like Sebastian?

Great recap! I’m going to add a Shadowfell Shard to be worn as an earring by my upcoming Black Shadow Dragon.

"In addition, when you roll any Hit Dice to recover hit points while you are carrying the vial, you can regain 5 sorcery points. This property of the vial can't be used again until the next dawn." Its like consuming 3rd level spell slot to regain it. Better than Pearl of Power but not broken.

Wizards needs to give the martials some love, especially monk.

I like the arcane grimiore for wizards. It just fits the class perfectly and is really useful. An school of scribes wizard needs one of these in my opinion

Monty really be flexin on everyone with that Roots gear.

In terms of quality, these guides are up there, on the very top, and are a worthwhile watch :D Great stuff!

Y’all are awesome. I love all your videos and am now halfway through Drakkenheim! ❤️

Yall's facial hair make me happy

Enjoying the discussion back and forth... I'd love to see you guys do a "live" video and let the camera roll and whatever happens happens. You guys do a fantastic job!

Very appreciative of the love shown to sorcerers in this book. Now all i want is for the oldersubclasses to get specific spell lists like the clockwork soul etc got this time. Just a couple spells to give them more variety and emphasise the flavour of each subclass

It'd be great to have a video focused on the Artifacts. In particular, how to build adventure or campaign concepts around each one

Love the new vid, but even more excited for to Paladin Subclasses part 2!

RIP to Warlocks

The Moon Sickle makes me sad, because sickles aren't finesse and they SHOULD be.

Good info. Thanks!

I'll be honest. I adore the All Purpose Tool. It's probably my favorite magic item to come out as to be honest, the +? isn't what I think is important. I miss from 3.5 where your magic items really could define and be iconic to your character and you could do really unique things with them that really made them feel like not just a boost. The All Purpose Tool turns into any tool you want with proficiency, so it fits and is super flavorful, and getting the cantrip from any class once per day is just a really neat and creative ability that lets for some amazing roleplay and puzzle solving. I think these items are heading in the right direction for how magic items should be. Unique, flavorful and able to become iconic to your character.

3rd... I love the timestamps. Fantastic and ty ty

Most campaigns don’t even get to higher levels of play! I need a plus three to my spell attack rolls and DC’s since my DM keeps throwing all-powerful monsters at my Druid.

This video is super sweet! I’m in the middle of my new daily three mile walk, apologies for the typos and edits.

I agree that you can easily modify the Wizard books for Tome Pact Warlocks. it's cool that we already get a book to inscribe rituals, getting another tome to better your Warlocks particular style or chosen patron is totally fair. Fiend= Evocation, Fey= Illusion, etc.

Tasha's Cauldron of Power Creep? Sounds like you need to be very careful with these spell foci...

Great Video guys. I agree with all your points in this video.

At bottom of screen it should have said (Kelly "magnum P.I." McLaughlin) love the shirt and mustache combo. Lol. Thanks for another awesome video guys. Always informative.

The craziest part of those sorcerer shards. I just recently started a campaign about 3 weeks before Tasha's came out, but the characters were rolled up about two months ago while I was putting my last campaign through the final arc. Two characters in this new campaign are sorcerers.... A wild magic sorcerer who's wild magic comes from being trapped in the Feywild; and a Shadow Magic Sorcerer who hails from the Shadowfell itself. Which makes those shards seem not only crazy powerful, but also perfectly built for the characters in my campaign. I cannot WAIT to see the looks on my players faces when they get their hands on these things.

u guys are so professional....u rock

Are we just going to ignore the fact that the all purpose tool gives any artificer above 6th level expertise in all tools as per the 6th level artificer feature: Tool Expertise Starting at 6th level, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses your proficiency with a tool

I wish there had been a couple more for warlocks

Hoooo boy those Sorcerer Shards are hot! Can't wait to make me a Shadow Sorcerer to play with in Drakkenheim once that sourcebook comes out now. Although, if it's going to be in the world of Drakkenheim then I suppose that means the Shard will be in the form of..... *taps chin thoughtfully*

Great video, guys!

The sorcerer love is *chef’s kiss* My new Aberrant Mind Chef will def be pursuing these items. :)

8:39 There is no "Crystalline Tome", but there are indeed two conjuration tomes: Atlas of Endless Horizons for teleportation and Planecaller's Codex for summoning. Crystalline Chronicle is not focused on any one school of magic but can be used for psionic casting of any wizard spell (i.e. improved Subtle Spell without taking the new Metamagic Adept feat).

I love you guys! @Kelly: Treatise is pronounced Treat-is. Great vid.

The armaments of the betrayers from Wildemonte are some love for melee players and I love giving a cleric the amulet of the devout especially a life cleric making them heal so much more then any class ever

Also a blood well vial with a shadow fell shard on warlock/shadow sorceror with eldritch blast/quicken spell sounds nutty!

The bloodwell vial is more like a pearl of power that also gives you a boost to your spellsave DC and spell attack rolls that depends on its rarity. Through Font of Magic you can trade a 3rd level spell with 5 sorcerery points or vice versa. Regaining 5 sorcerery points just sounds better than regaining a 3rd level slot. Edit: I was wrong: You can only convert a 3rd level spell slot into 3 sorcery points. That makes the bloodwell vial far stronger than a pearl of power.

I can definitely see an artillerist artificer wanting to get their hands on the evocation book especially since artificers get extra attunement slots.

Kelly I feel you on the magic bows issue. Made this one myself, thought you might appreciate it. Seeking bow Weapon (longbow), very rare You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. When fired at a enemy in cover this weapon ignores one degree of cover. Total cover becomes three quarters cover, three quarters cover becomes half cover, and half cover grants no benefit. You must still know an enemies location to target him, an arrow shot from the bow will not seek an enemy if you didn't intentionally target them. An arrow shot will seek the target as long as there is a clear flight path to the target. An enemy that is in an enclosed space with no way for an arrow to enter is safe from attack, regardless of whether or not a wielder is attuned and can detect them. To a wielder with the sharpshooter feat, an enemy in total cover still gains a +2 to their AC, all other cover is ignored as normal. A wielder with the sharpshooter feat can attune to the bow and gain additional benefits. For such a wielder the bow acts as a +2 weapon, and gains the following ability. As an action they can activate a 120 ft radius of detect thoughts, locating enemies with their surface thoughts for targeting. This ability has 3 charges, and regains all charges at dawn. Proficiency with a longbow allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. Notes: Bonus: Magic, Damage, Combat, Ammunition, Heavy, Range, Two-Handed I haven't tried it in play yet, none of my games are at the lvl where it would be appropriate

I‘m dming a campaign right now and I‘m about to give my casters the DC boosting items. I just love those. I was also thinking about scaling the items with the players level.

Thanks guys! I was able to convince my DM to hand out the Sorcerer Bloodwell +1. I am most excited about the sorcery point recovery aspect. That is something that belongs as a base class function.

I'm definitely handing out the spell boosting items. Definitely going to throw a few of the +3 items to my players.

very much liked the ideas of all of these new magic items in Tasha's Cauldron, yet the power balance could be problematic. enjoyed following your advice for DMs to manage the access to power levels

I really like the idea of getting items at lower levels and then upgrading them from +1 as well as maybe unlocking abilities.

the Moon sickle is light blade, it affects attacks and damage & spell and DC. It works with healing word (works like +1 slot level), cure wounds(+1/2 level) and works with Healing Spirit, however it is allowed (on our table: one PC/round). Its like 0.75 extra spell slot level of healing on it! :)

So my DM just gave me the +3 bloodwell vial, and im excited to use it in our next session. Worth raiding a dragons lair for.

As someone who is just about to start playing an artificer, I might have to talk to my dm about maybe getting a +1 of that all purpose tool. Just getting access to an extra cantrip, from ANY class list, is crazy. Especially with how limited artificer is on cantrips. That plus being a fire genasi would give me 4 cantrips.

With their current theming of books, it could be a dwarf smith's arms and armor book, really easily.

I love that Shadowfell Shard.

If you take request, would you be willing to do a segment on the race Aasimar? From what book they are first found in, to what y'all think about the race. Thank you for your time and consideration.

If you have a disappointed Warlock at your table you could always provide an item with an effect like: when attuned by a Warlock this item grants an additional spell slot and an additional Invocation. Tasha's does provide several new Invocations that players might experiment with.

the focuses sound like *perfect* items to have evolve and upgrade over time. instead of 5 Sorc points, have it give 1. then a few levels later, allow for a ritual or something to upgrade it to give more! (more powerful blood, or even better have the party go searching for a more unique/powerful creature to harvest some blood to add to the vial to power it up)

I want Monty & Kelly hired by wizards as advisors for their next books ;-)

I gave the aatlas of endless horizons to a bladesinger in my group and it has saved him multiple times from serious damage in just a couple sessions its extremely useful for a squishy frontliner. The ability to negate damage without throwing up shield and hoping for the best is stupid good.

misty step using quickened spell, with astral shard, teleport 60 feet and still have an action. (With the added benefit of being able to teleport around corners, because of the two segments of teleport.)

I got to buy the rhutm maker's drum from my DM when i was level 4. i am very grateful

Damn, awesome shirt Kelly

I agree with the lifting some restrictions and allowing a warlock access to some of the tomes with the provision they're a Pact of the Tome Lock. My DM allowed my Celestial Warlock access to the 'Staff of healing' which (Requires atunement to a Bard, Cleric, or Druid) because my Warlock has an innate healing class ability and we house ruled their patron gifted them this specific "Healing Staff of the Moon."

A magical Hand Crossbow of Grappling-Hooks could be fun; using an attack, the wielder gains a Climb Speed until the start of their next turn.

"Beyond a shadow of a doubt"... was that a Shadows reference, or a Shadow Sorcerer Reference?

Hello beautiful humans, great video as always!

I've heard Kelly say a class is one of his favourites enough times, I am now going to keep an ear out for when he doesn't say it. Also, as martial weapons go, the lack of a huge variety of magic spears in D&D is telling. Especially since in medieval times they were more common than swords, and there are many of them in myths and legends.

Weird note about the Bloodwell Vial: Whether intentional or not, it says "You can use the vial as a spellcasting focus for your spells while wearing or holding it" and does not specify Sorcerer spells. RAW this would allow a multiclassed Sorcerer to use the vial as a focus for all spells they cast.

These would be great for my group are DM has us doing homebrew that has all of the most powerful cannon monsters that has a stat block for from all of editions the strongest with a challenge rating of 57 which canonicaly can kill every god.we bumped the level cap to 75 these will go great with the necroficer subclass homebrew i got online.

Magic Crossbow/Bow: Instead of the weapon being magic only, the ARROWS AND BOLTS can be magical too. ;-) I recently found a list online someone had made with 100 magical arrows! :-)

No mention of the lyre of building. What are your thoughts on that bardic instrument?

Could you guys do a video on the Minotaur race?

Those first items seem like the perfect item for a bbeg to have. Especially at high levels.

Weapon type magic items are so easy to homebrew and the DMs guide provides a framework for it, that it was probably the intent that those kind of magic items be homebrewed and flavored for the individual campaign. Like in their published adventures.

If the tempest cleric in my group gets ahold of that Amulet of the Devout a lot of creatures are going to die in quick fashion. My goodness.

Can you use the Bloodwell vial as a spellcasting focus to get the bonus to the spell attack and spell save DC whilst also still getting the effects of the new sorcerer shards? I know both are attunement and can be used as a spellcasting focus if you hold or wear them. Do you get these benefits even if you don't use them as your spellcasting focus? Also just by having it on your person you can use them as a focus, so could you just say keep it in your pocket and do subtle spell and the enemy would be none the wiser?

So my favorite weapon from 4e was the githyanki silver sword for its sweet banishment which is great to just take a turn away from a creature and recover

To paraphrase Matthew Mercer: "Dungeon Masters beware, think twice about giving your players items that boost their spell DC."

You guys didn't talk about the magic tattoos at all. I was really hoping to get a dive into them. I really think they are some truly game changing things in there. Giving the Ghost Tattoo out essentially gives anyone temporary rage benefits, for example. There's another that basically gives anyone uncanny dodge or wizards the option of tattoo themselves up a set of heavy armor. They're so powerful and I hope y'all feature them in another video and talk about strategies and uses!

I feel like the All Purpose one was half made to help fix the Alchemist in a sideways method. Giving the cantrip helps with the fact the cantrips ar bworked --in that they really only have 2 valid choices one save based (acid splash) the other firebolt. while the rest of the subclasses get all the debuff or other element cantrip choices. The alchemist with that allpurpose tool can now have Chill Touch, or Primal Savegry. Which saves them on feats for the first one--artificer iniate (BEFORE LV 3 has to be)+ magic initiate or multiclass to wizard. Though honestly I wuld 've preferred if they would've added Chiltouch, primal savegry, produce flame to the spell list.

Flavorful Cauldron ... salted corpse. LOL I see what you did ther. Now we just need some Ranger Love...

I do plan to give my sorceror a bloodwell vial. I'm running a massively high powered game though. My players are basically Planeswalkers. They have Hero Points right out of Pathfinder. I just gave them what is effectively a Spelljammer ship. (Look up 5e MTG Weatherlight in an image search and you'll probably find the one I used. There's two images for the stat block.) And in their current location, they have the capability of gaining a Final Fantasy style Eidolon. summonable with three Hero Points(basically 1-2 times per character level.)

Don't know if I would agree with the ruling on the Shadowfell Shard. It seems that whenever the rulebooks use the term "when" describing a condition, it means that the triggering condition has been completed. So I would rule that the curse takes effect after the casting of the metamagic-ed spell, and thus its saving throw can not be affected.

Not answer your question at the end: "HELLLLLLLL NO" I've pretty much told my party that Taha's off the table, apart from flexible character creation since I already was using a variation of that. I've already had to over tune some monster encounters just to give them a modest challenge in my game because of how over string they are with mostly mundane/low rarity items. I'll have to get a better understanding balance-wise before I start letting these items into my game.

I would make the Arcane Grimoire's Arcane Recovery feature scale like the object's rarity (+1 for uncommon to +3 for very rare spell slots), While not a huge change or benefit, every little bit helps.

I have a custom home brew dwarves magic crossbow I called the Storm bolter. Fires three bolts as an action

Can Kelly or anyone please tell me where he got his shirt , i just love it . Great vid 😊

That amulet of the devout is more powerful than it seems. The effect applies to all your spells, not just your class specific ones so if you multiclass then it stacks with your other +3 DC item. Hope they errata that soon.

Sliding shield originally just enchanted for superior deflection. As a perk if you fall prone upon it you gain 15 feet of movement and must move your whole movement (awake or not). Finesse reasoned Armor Class +2 +1 otherwize. Sliding as though downhill by reason of the top of the shield. You can make trip attacks while sliding costing 10 feet of movement per trip. Missed opportunity attacks will aim shield and rider at the attacker.

I've given out the bonuses to spell save DC to a 7-person group of level 13 characters and a party of 5 level 7 characters. I've gotta say it's not as game breaking as some people imply. Very few people are going to have the chance to gain multiple bonuses to their spell save and the times in which the +1 - +2 bonuses or the extra abilities have been the deciding factor in a battle has felt appropriate for a magic item. Also a bit of a nitpick here but the Bloodwell Vial's ability can only be used once a dawn when you expend hit dice while the Sorcerous Restoration capstone is whenever you take a short rest.

Simultaneous effects occur in the order of the person whose turn it is. So when casting with the shadowfell shard, the disadvantage is in the order that you want, so clearly you can have it applioed to the spell you are casting if you want. The better question is if you can choose the target and stat after you have already cast the spell and saving throws have been made. For example, you are about to cast hypnotic pattern and you have a monk in your party ready to do some stunning strikes on anyone that is not affected. Can you wait until after saving throws are made to determine who you give disadvantage to on the constitution saves for stunning strike or do you have to choose before the saving throws are made?

I gave out a +2 rhythm maker's drum to my bard player in my longest ongoing campaign, and the +1 arcane grimoire to my wizard player in my Waterdeep Dragon Heist campaign. I don't feel like they're too game breaking, but I'm one to make deadly encounters the norm anyway