Create-A-Domain: A Cleric Domain Creation Guide by Matthew Gravelyn
Format : PDF
Acquired 26 June 2020 ; paid $2 [full price]
Product released/last updated 09 August 2019
Read 26 June 2020 ; re-read 06 July 2020
Number of stars : 5
This is a Pay What You Want resource with a suggested price of $2. There are currently twelve more Create-A-X: A XX Creation Guides in the series. They are all PWYW with the $2 suggested price.
Do you need a guide like this? Perhaps not. But unless you are an expert on class/sublcass structure due to years of varied play, or you are up for and capable of the research into how classes/subclasses are structured, this series (assuming the others are as good as this one) will save you a lot of reading, thinking, and notetaking. Having already done that work myself as I probe for desired variations in the Moon Domain for the Cleric class, I wanted to see how this might be presented as a product for others.
I think the author has done a very good job at this. It discusses the cleric's primary abilities and talks about choosing a deity respectfully. From there we get a page each on all the aspects of a cleric domain (subclass). Along the way, we see two domains built per that page's discussion and then they are brought together and re-presented as two separate domains. It finishes up with an attributions, usage allowances and contact for comments page.
This is an excellent resource!
Preview : Full-size preview provides all front matter and the general overview of a cleric Domain, along with two pages of the create-a-domain section. This should be enough to decide whether you want it.
Attribution : Fully attributed on last page.
TOC : Not present. Short enough not to be necessary, although could be useful.
Formatting : Small font as in most DMsG resources. Otherwise has nice, simple formatting.
Art : Small amount that is both applicable and well used.
Style : Mostly and consistently follows D&D house style guide. Only exception I noticed was "wisdom" as an ability (whether as an ability or as a saving throw) is not capitalized.
Editing : Quite good. Better than most, for sure. The few minor issues I found have been sent to the author.
Number and type of files included : One PDF.
Value : I consider this a good value at $2.00. Since it is PWYW you could get it for free and then, for you, it would be a great value. There are currently twelve more Create-A-X: A XX Creation Guide in the series. They are all PWYW with the $2 suggested price. If you are unsure then perhaps get the one you are most interested in for "free" and then pay for any others you end up choosing.
I have used the PWYW at $0.00 in the past and I do try to keep that in mind if I want something else by the creator. You can also go back and "re-buy" something if you truly wind up liking and using the resource. I also saw somewhere that creators get nothing under PWYW unless you pay at minimum $0.50. With that in mind I went ahead and paid the recommended price for this, my first Create-A-X: A XX Creation Guide, as I have been poking at the many variants of the Moon Domain for a while now.
Highly recommended. I will also turn to any of his other guides when I need to design any of subclasses. Assuming they are each as good as the Domain one then they would be a good bargain at $2.
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