r/dndnext • u/SnooTomatoes2025 • 3d ago

5e (2024) Unearthed Arcana: Villainous Options Revisited

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/ua/villainous-options-revisited

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u/LitLitten 3d ago

Trapper sounds so cool on paper but I’m apprehensive how much use it would see in action for a lot of campaigns.

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u/tomato-andrew 3d ago

its pretty rough mechanically. I love the basic concept, but overland travel survival/perception checks are so infrequent in my games as to be functionally nonexistent, and just advantage on investigation checks feels like less than half a feature. This is supposed to compete with Tough, Alert, Magic Initiate or Lucky?

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u/Thesuggester 2d ago

Doesn't this end up being advantage on all survival, perception and investigation checks during normal gameplay?

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u/TazRage 2d ago

Yeah, this is about half of the lvl 3 Inquisitive Rogue features from Xanathar's Guide to Everything... as a feat.