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Additionally, the Order Domain for clerics and the Circle of Spores for Druids, which both previously introduced in Unearthed Arcana, are making their formal debut in GGtR. Players can use any class from the Player's Handbook and their various subclasses from all of the official books in Ravnica, though some classes work better with certain guilds than others. They're not connected at all, but races like humans, elves, goblins, minotaurs and centaurs are the familiar part with Ravnica races Vedalken and Simic Hybrid being the new. Whereas D&D has factions, Ravnica has guilds, which Mearls has described as “civic building blocks.” Yes, that same term could be applied to factions, but guilds seem to be far more important in Ravnica than factions are.Īs I explained in my First Impressions article, Ravnica is both familiar and different to anyone who has played Forgotten Realms. It's also the name of a city that is actually a worldwide cityscape, so the naming convention is easy but confusing. As someone who has always combined setting material to create new combinations, I approve.įor those of you who haven't played MtG, Ravnica is one of the planes.

Some will – and do – grumble over this approach but empowering home games has also been hallmark of 5 th Edition. That's because in 5 th Edition, instead of making explicit, heavily detailed settings they've focused on what Mike Mearls has called “genre toolboxes” to unleash a GM's imagination. It doesn't even thoroughly cover the entire city of Ravnica, just mostly the Tenth District. There is a lot to like in Ravnica, but a thorough exploration of the world (well, plane, actually) it is not. And since I've talked to or read comments by members of all four groups since Ravnica was announced, the reaction will probably be split, though not necessarily into even quarters. Really, the biggest complaint I have about Ravnica is that Wizards of the Coast might not have managed expectations for it well, as explained in the examples above.

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