The fact that she comes from a clan - specifically a warlike clan that's apparently been wiped out - leads me to believe she's probably either a half-orc or a goliath, and I'm leaning more toward half-orc because it's a classic D&D race. In fact, her class isn't specified at all, nor is her race. Holga's stats make sense to me - she has great Strength and Constitution, she has reckless attack and an awesome great axe, and she's great at grappling - but there are a few points that stand out as strange.įirstly, Wizards hasn't specifically said that Holga is a barbarian. The Barbarian Isn't Called a BarbarianĪ few blocks down from Doric is our barbarian, Holga Kilgore. The second strange thing about her stat block is her listed reaction: "Fiery Rebuke." This is based on a spell that tieflings get as part of their racial features called "Hellish Rebuke." I'm again unsure why the name was changed - are they afraid of saying the word "hell" in this game filled with literal devils? It just seems a bit silly. And come on, turning into an owlbear would be cool! Apparently, Wizards agrees with this argument - here's hoping they stick to it in the upcoming rules revisions. But many argue that, because they're considered indigenous to many settings now - with the experiments that created them having been centuries back in the lore - they should be reclassified as beasts. Now, technically, this is because owlbears are artificially created crosses between owls and bears. This is a longstanding argument in the D&D community Wildshape as an ability lets a druid transform into any creature that's classified as a beast according to the game, and Owlbears are classified as monstrosities. No, I'm more interested in the fact that it's specifically called out that she is capable of turning into an owlbear. First of all, it's not called "Wildshape " it's listed as "Change Shape." I'm not sure why this was a necessary change but whatever, it's the least interesting thing they changed. The first weird thing about her stats is her Wildshape. She's a Circle of the Moon druid, which is an interesting choice with lots of fun abilities that might tie into her classically dark backstory. The Druid Has Weird Wildshapeĭoric our tiefling druid - who is in fact book-accurate having normal-toned skin but c'mon, everyone loves a red or green or blue tiefling! - is the first available stat block. There were a few things, though, that stood out to me as being strange. Still, I'm happy to have been given anything at all. I understand why this was done - it's a promotional tool that lets DMs incorporate these characters into their games with ease and prevents many major spoilers - but I would have preferred to see full-blown character sheets to compare with my own ideas of how the characters might be built. To begin with, all of the blocks are NPC stat blocks rather than character sheets. I opened them up immediately and.well, surprised and confused are good descriptions. So when Wizards of the Coast dropped the stat blocks for the movie's main cast, I was intrigued. Of course, the thing that most people are curious about is the party composition. Seeing that we're getting several familiar monsters, settings, and characters that are apparently playing by the book rules has been reassuring to our hopes that this movie will actually be quite fun. Like many other nerds in the space, I've been cautiously optimistic in watching the promotional materials for the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
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