Ring Side Report-Keeping It Classy: The Cleric

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Product- Keeping it Classy: The Cleric

System-Dungeons and Dragons 5e

Producer- DMs Guild

Price- $ 5.95 https://www.dmsguild.com/product/290873/Keeping-It-Classy-The-Cleric?affiliate_id=658618

TL; DR- Routinely amazing 93%

Basics-Time for class options for my favorite class-the cleric! How does this one stack up compared to the others?

Mechanics or Crunch- This is a well done book with a few things that I would not have done myself. The book has new cleric domains. That was a given, and these are well done mechanics. Perhaps a few too many rely on playing with the channel ability, but I like them all. The book has new items. Again, solid things I expected. The book also has a new race. This I am less a fan of. It's well done, but I want all the races set out before I start a game. That's just preference. What I would like instead is more spells and feats. But, that's again a personal preference. What is here is solid, but I would just like more. 4/5

Theme or Fluff- The Keeping It Classy series keeps it classy here. The race is well done. The domains feel right. The items have good fluff to make you feel them in the world. I love what is in this book! 5/5

Execution- PDF? Yep! Hyperlinked? Yep! Ok, all the things I want standard in a book written in 2019! It uses public domain art well to break up the flow and makes the book easier to read, so this honestly is how I want books written out. New art is nice, but for the price you can't beat what is here! Text is well laid out. If you want solid design of a book, this is a good example to use. 5/5

Summary-The Keeping It Classy series is a precision machine that keeps spitting out precision product. Think less McDonald's machine and more Fine Dining expectations-the routine should be phenomenal. And this is true. The book has good races, items, and class parts that if you want new options for your cleric, then this is worth your time. I'm not as much a fan of new races as other DMs, but the race is well done. I'd just like more other "things" like feats and spells, especially for this spell casting class. However, that boils down to the problem of me wanting more from this book, which means I like what's here. This is as always a routinely amazing book from a routinely amazing team. 93%