First off, the artwork is AMAZING.

I've always wanted to build a shaman, but every time I try, I feel like I'm just building a druid clone. Dragonix expertly draws the line between the two classes and bring something that makes that shaman look more challenging, but enjoyable. I'm curious to see how it scales with other character classes though. I'm honestly excited to see how the shaman fits in our upcoming sessions.

What I noticed was that Dragonix really tried to make sure the class fit the theme of historical shamans and not just fantasy, which dealt with spirits and rituals. And there are loads here about spirits and rituals.

The 4 things that I liked the most: 1) totemic spirit, which reminds me of the World of Warcraft Shaman ability. It's similar to the Artillerist's cannon, but more versatile and varies in flavor depending on your subclass. 2) ancestral guidance - similar to flash of genius, but requires guidance cantrip, 3) spirit journey (again with the real-life shaman theme), which grants you an ability to reroll a d20 roll instead of gaining hit points (how many times have we gone doing a long rest without ever using our hit dice to regain hit points), and 4) ancestral awakening, which sounds almost game-breakingly powerful. It's edgy, but I don't think it's powerful than, say, Action Surge. You need to be in combat to do it (so you can't do double buffs) and you can only use it with shaman spells, which really depends on your subclass.

We'll see how it goes once we've played it in several sessions.

I don't really use Unearthed Arcana content, but I did recently purchase Xanathar's so I finally decided to pick this one up. As a homebrew DM, I'm a fan of the first book so no surprise here, it's as good as the first one! And much much bigger! Can't believe the amount of detail and content in this one, covering so many things from classes, feats, races, etc. One thing I still like about the talents books, I might not be able to use all of them, but they help give me ideas in making homebrew magic items! Already picked up Monster Talents too, another great book, so I'm looking forward to the next one!

Amazing work! Well written and very detailed! Saves me a lot of work for prepping merchants! Thank you!

So glad i picked this up! Tomb of annihilation was a huge adventure but felt like it was missing a lot of transition details, it was hard for me to begin to run. This guide made it a lot easier for me to digest the book again and I might finally run it soon with my players.

Probably the best set of character sheets you can find anywhere on the net! Great work!

Absoultely awesome resource for lazy DMs like me! 'nuff said!

When I make my adventures, I always create special or unique boss-type monsters to throw at my players. It can be tedious doing this every time though and sometimes I get lazy and just give it extra hit points or damage bonuses. So I was pleasantly surprised when I first saw the preview of this book and the other reviews! But after purchasing it and poring through its contents, I can’t help but feel excited and amazed. The sheer number of customizations you can do with almost all the creatures in the first monster manual can overwhelm you – but in a good way! I’ve always thought some of the monsters, like the balor and the tarrasque, seemed lacking in power, given their history. So when I saw the various custom abilities you can give them, such as legendary actions, I couldn’t wait to use them in my high level campaign! This book singlehandedly opened a lot of encounter possibilities. Finally, this book just makes it a hell lot easier to build my boss monsters! Definitely worth the price tag! Looking forward to the next books (I hope the author will make) that cover Volo’s and Mordenkainen’s monsters!

I'd say it's pretty balanced. improves game play without overpowering characters.

However, I wish it had an interactive table of contents. It's too tedious to flip through the pages just to get to where you want.

Slick idea for a side adventure. Will run this with my group next time. The twist at the end is exciting and unexpected, and should keep my players on their toes. Probably won't trust me too after this.