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The Book of Bad Magic

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THE BOOK OF BAD MAGIC

21 regrettable subclasses for D&D 5th edition

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Vivas K June 28, 2022 9:58 pm UTC
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Hey Oliver, had a question on the use of a term within the book. You use the term 'light cover'. However, 5e has no such phrase. Are you referring to 'lightly obscured' or 'half cover'? One such example of this is in the Circle of the Sepulchre:
Cloak of dusk
At 2nd level, you can draw the shadow of the grave
over your location like a pall, concealing yourself and
allies from prying eyes. As an action, a 20 foot radius
around you becomes blanketed in dim light, which
cannot be lifted by nonmagical means, nor pierced
by darkvision. Whilst in this area, creatures are
always considered to have something to hide behind
for the purposes of making Dexterity (Stealth) ability
checks, and have light cover from attacks originating
outside the area.

You also use the phrases within the Dread Star ability of the Evil Star Sorcerous Origin:
Dread star
Starting at first level, you can use an action to con-
jure an orb of sinister...See more
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Vivas K June 28, 2022 9:59 pm UTC
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Hey Oliver, had a question on the use of a term within the book. You use the term 'light cover'. However, 5e has no such phrase. Are you referring to 'lightly obscured' or 'half cover'? One such example of this is in the Circle of the Sepulchre:
Cloak of dusk
At 2nd level, you can draw the shadow of the grave
over your location like a pall, concealing yourself and
allies from prying eyes. As an action, a 20 foot radius
around you becomes blanketed in dim light, which
cannot be lifted by nonmagical means, nor pierced
by darkvision. Whilst in this area, creatures are
always considered to have something to hide behind
for the purposes of making Dexterity (Stealth) ability
checks, and have light cover from attacks originating
outside the area.

You also use the phrases within the Dread Star ability of the Evil Star Sorcerous Origin:
Dread star
Starting at first level, you can use an action to con-
jure an orb of sinister...See more
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Javier V February 22, 2021 11:42 pm UTC
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I'm good on my word, I swear, all these new character options are so fun, I'm already making a ton of evil babies to play with
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JR B October 07, 2020 4:42 am UTC
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Chaotic Chroma has a typo for the eye beam chart. There are six options though the column says 1d4, and there is a 7 where the six should be. When will there be an updated version?
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Laika D September 30, 2020 2:07 pm UTC
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I’m definitely gonna but this as part of the bundle one day, but for now I’m using a free copy, and it’s great :D
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TrueRuler O September 17, 2020 8:40 am UTC
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Level 18 feature for etched soul still missing
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Alatar T September 03, 2020 4:35 am UTC
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My word the artwork in this is fantastic. The subclasses are all super flavourful, too. As with any set of homebrew character classes, every GM will want to consider each class individually before approving it for her players, but with most of these, I doubt there'll be that much to worry about.
I'm blown away that Oliver Clegg is offering this for free; it was already more than worth it at $7. I'll have to be sure to purchase something else from him.
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Diana N July 26, 2020 11:18 pm UTC
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The URL for the discount has a typo, to use it had to copy the link URL and delete the first https:// (it was written twice).
Great stuff
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Alberto N July 03, 2020 3:28 pm UTC
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I've got a few question on a couple of abilities i find a bit vague: where should i ask them?
Can i write them here?
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Jerry T June 30, 2020 10:21 pm UTC
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Community copy link doesn't seem to work. It says that it's been expended the max number of times.
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Callum S June 14, 2020 1:22 pm UTC
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Are there any community copies left? It says it's invalid now :(
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Oliver D June 14, 2020 8:42 pm UTC
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I've reset the link with some more copies, it should be working now.
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Rotrude R July 20, 2020 8:22 pm UTC
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It appears to be down again, or maybe it's just on my end.
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Dorji S June 08, 2020 6:26 pm UTC
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How long does Arcane Anomaly's Devastation Corona last?
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Franz J June 07, 2020 11:00 am UTC
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Hi! This is a fantastic product.
I have a few questions about two of the subclasses presented inside.

Pg.4 Path of the dead

the boundary
- “starting at third level.....you can see or interact with spirits as if they were in the material plane.”
Does the barbarians attacks count as magical when raging & using the boundary, specifically when interacting with spirits in the ethereal & border ethereal?

Army of the fallen
- “When you slay a medium or smaller sized creature living creature whilst raging, that creature rises as a zombie or a skeleton under your control.....on your next round.”
Is there a limit to how many undead may be created using army of the fallen?


Pg.26 chaotic chroma
Prismatic stain
- “When you cast a damaging spell, you may alter the colour(s) of the spell to suit your taste.”
Do cantrips count as spells for the purposes of this ability?

Rainbow connection...See more
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TrueRuler O June 05, 2020 10:16 pm UTC
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What is the etched soul level 18 feature?
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Oliver D June 05, 2020 10:25 pm UTC
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OMG DID I LEAVE IT OUT. WHY AM I LIKE THIS. It's past my bedtime here, but I'll check on it first thing in the morning.
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Busty D June 02, 2020 3:57 pm UTC
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I love this book! Will you also add more stuff because it reached Platinum?
Also congratulations!
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Oliver D June 04, 2020 12:26 pm UTC
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Thank you so much! I'm working on a few new books at the moment, but if I have time I will certainly come back and add more.
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bailey K June 02, 2020 10:25 am UTC
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Is there anyway that you could make this free?
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Oliver D June 02, 2020 10:43 am UTC
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Bailey,

I try and make sure I'm charging fairly for my work. I have to pay for art, my time, layout, the programs I use to make this and all the rest. HOWEVER, this particular book has done really well, and I'm no scrooge. If you check the product page again, you'll see there's a new image you can press to get a free community copy - call it my good deed for the day.

Pay it forward.

O
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Tom G June 06, 2020 12:29 pm UTC
Is there an email address (or other manner) where you can be contacted? I have a lot of questions about how you create your content (where you get your art, costs of producing, etc.).
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Tom G June 06, 2020 12:30 pm UTC
Never mind, spotted it down below.
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Aaron C May 31, 2020 3:01 am UTC
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So, for Stillmind's final feature (Limited Spell Immunity), does that mean I'm immune to fireballs and hold person spells unless they upcast it to a 7th-level spell?
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Busty D June 15, 2020 11:20 am UTC
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Cool Heat man avatar! :]
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