Elementalist (Wizard)
As Ascari surveyed the destruction of his village, lightning crackled around his clenched fists, and a dark cloud gathered overhead. He would find the people who had done this, and show them the true power of the storm.
Path of Booming Magnificence
Seeing her allies outnumbered and surrounded, Traya felt her rage growing as she sprinted toward the ravine. She leapt the 15 foot gap, landing amidst her foes and unleashing a mighty roar, as she began cutting them down one by one.
Shade
Anika gripped the token in her hand, drawing strength from its memories, as her corporeal form faded to a translucent gray. She knew the man who had killed her was on the other side of the wall, and she looked forward to returning the favor, as she stepped through the bricks, eyes glowing a vengeful blue…
Soulspy
Leaving a trail of bodies in her wake, Zenya arrived at the vault. She summoned her divine symbol, willing it to take the familiar shape of her thieves’ tools. When the lock clicked a minute later, she smiled, muttering a quick prayer of thanks to her goddess as she drew her dagger, and crept into the darkness beyond.
Art and Tokens
This week’s release includes a variety of new options for adding art to your creations. While the player experience may not be visibly very different, in the coming weeks, players should expect to see differences as creators, including us, adopt these new abilities.
Variant Classes and Spell Points
We have received many requests for instructions on how to modify existing classes to change some aspect of an existing class, especially around published variants of classes like the revised Ranger. While it is possible to change an existing class that can quickly get confusing since you likely don’t want to use just the modified class. Creating a copy of an existing class mostly works, but doesn’t copy the subclasses or support new subclasses without lots of manual copying. To support this scenario, we introduced variant classes in this week’s update.
Oath of Radiance
Marduk held aloft his warhammer, shouting a prayer to his god. The weapon burst alight with the radiance of the rising sun, shining in the darkness like a beacon amidst the undead horde. The paladin roared in defiance at the undead, now recoiling from him, ‘Feel now, the wrath of the LIGHT!”
College of Entropy
Surrounded by enemies on all sides, Meera took out her lucky coin. She flipped it in the air, calling upon the chaotic magic that always seemed to get her out of these situations, and as her enemies became entranced by its glint, she pulled out her rapier and charged into their midst, a smile on her face.
Stacking the Cards
With the increasing number of character options available on Shard, we have found that it has become harder to find and make selections, and as we ready new settings this will only become more challenging. To improve the selection process, today’s release introduces a new card-based selection model for races, classes, backgrounds and feats along with extension enhancements to prioritize options.
Minotaur (Playable Race)
Aimil gritted her teeth as the all-too-common insult rang in her ears. “Let it go,” muttered her companion, Kamdoth. Before he could stop her, she charged at the boisterous drunks with a sudden swiftness, trampling one beneath her powerful hooves, nearly impaling another with her silver-tipped horns, and sending the third flying across the room. As the dust settled, she looked around the bar and asked, “Is there anyone else here who would care to call me a ‘cow-person’?”