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The Librarian: An Investigative Class for D&D 5e
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Cindy B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/12/2021 13:12:54

As a librarian, I'm always excited to see librarian-themed things, so when I came across Vall Syrene's Librarian Class, I was very excited. The document itself is quite beefy at 13 pages long and contains flavor text, how to create a librarian, the different specialities, how to multi-class into a librarian, and more.

In this document, a librarian is essentially an investigator that might have some extra tech or combat skills. They can choose between three Research Techniques: the Hunter, the Pagemaster, and the Technarian. A hunter has advanced targeting and toxin skills, a pagemaster knows different maneuvers that can help in a diverse range of situations, and a technarian has special armor it can modify for different situations.

Overall, this class is quite interesting and has a wide range of abilities. You can become an expert in different tools and skills, increase your defense, gain knowledge and advantage against different foes, and a lot more. Definitely something that could be fun during a game.

However, as a librarian, I was a little disappointed. I would have expected skills that went more with being a librarian like tracking down errant patrons and gaining mental defense against insults and having advanced Intelligence (Investigation) skills. This librarian class is a bit of a strange creature with bard/ranger/fighter/wizard characteristics and a lot of armor. Like I said, definitely fun but maybe not super accurate.

All that said, I still think it's worth the purchase. It's a well-written document with a lot of customizability, and it's quite well edited and illustrated. You can pay what you want, but even the suggested price of $2.95 is quite reasonable with what you get. If you're looking for a new class, I'd give this one a try.



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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The Librarian: An Investigative Class for D&D 5e
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Sacha H. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 06/07/2018 11:21:49

This review will focus on one of the 3 Archetypes included in this class. (The Pagemaster)

I picked up this class for a party-member who wanted to play a support oriented class. She's a massive Monster Hunter fan and liked the Pagemaster archetype from the class since she could basically roleplay a guildie from said game. She absolutely loved it.

Her character quickly became our party face and brought something amazing to the table when in combat. Quick-thinking on her side and colorful descriptions from the DM gave the battles and skirmishes we found ourselves into much more depth in terms of strategic thinking. She could shout commands and use her Pagemaster Maneuvers to direct the flow of battle and masterfully turned around situations where we would've been at a disavadvantage. Therefore the DM was able to throw harder encounters or strategically placed/intelligent monsters against us without fearing an instant party-wipe.

The class was also a perfect fit for the Witcher-esque type of gameplay the DM was going for. Since we were hunting monsters in a very low-magic world, her Mindful Study ability helped us gather information faster and prepare better against pack monsters, as well as being in line with the ambiance of the game.

It made the her character shine without stealing the spotlight from other party members and was an all-around enjoyable experience. We haven't had the chance to try the other archetypes (Hunter and Technarian) but we are looking forward to trying them out the next chance we get. I don't know how well this would stand to being multiclassed however.

Overall, it is a very fun class/archetype which I definitely recommend trying at least once with a more roleplay-oriented/descriptive DM.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thank you so much for this lovely review! I'm really glad you're enjoying the class. Your review has actually inspired me to go back and have a re-look at some of the class features, so have fun! :)
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