#dnd tip: Avoid denial fights. Players want their characters to do stuff. Ok, this brings up an issue I have.
What about subclass features that're difficult to implement?
For example: Spores Druid, from the Ravnica book. Subclass relies on Poison damage.
But soooo many creatures in D&D are outright immune to it.
What do you do in that scenario?
— John Appleton (@jaa0109) January 23, 2020
Symbiotic Entity adds poison damage to melee weapon attacks, but honestly, you're a druid. That's a ribbon. It ALSO doubles Halo of Spores' damage and gives you temp hp. Those are its primary functions.
The Halo of Spores definitely deals necrotic.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 23, 2020
I overlooked Symbiotic Entity because I don’t really consider the melee damage a feature. No player is playing a Spore Druid for the melee buff. They are playing it for Halo of Spores and for Zombie making. Correct.
There's something to be said for being careful not to design features that just fail.
There's also something to be said for remember that even at tier 4 there are plenty of creatures that still take poison damage.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 23, 2020