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	{{topquote\|'Dear Mr. Potter: We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry'.\|Harry Potter}}		{{topquote\|'Dear Mr. Potter: We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry'.\|Harry Potter}}
	Strixhaven is a school (as in university, not discipline) of magic on the plane of Arcavios. The school has five prominent colleges of magic, each hosting two opposing colors. The five colleges were founded some 700 years ago by five elder dragons. As you might have guessed, this is a setting chiefly for wizards but there is space for shamans, clerics, and druids as well. Also as you might have guessed, this is setting is clearly a High Fantasy version of Harry Potter. As in, even someone who had never read a single book or seen a single movie in that franchise would probably be able to recognize it.		Strixhaven is a school (as in university, not discipline) of magic on the plane of Arcavios. The school has five prominent colleges of magic, each hosting two opposing colors. The five colleges were founded some 700 years ago by five elder dragons. As you might have guessed, this is a setting chiefly for wizards but there is space for shamans, clerics, and druids as well. Also as you might have guessed, this setting is clearly a High Fantasy version of Harry Potter. As in, even someone who had never read a single book or seen a single movie in that franchise would probably be able to recognize it.

	==Lore==		==Lore==

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	{{topquote\|Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.\|Abigail Adams}}		{{topquote\|Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.\|Abigail Adams}}

			{{topquote\|'Dear Mr. Potter: We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry'.\|Harry Potter}}
	Strixhaven is a school (as in university, not discipline) of magic on the plane of Arcavios. The school has five prominent colleges of magic, each hosting two opposing colors. The five colleges were founded some 700 years ago by five elder dragons. As you might have guessed, this is a setting chiefly for wizards but there is space for shamans, clerics, and druids as well. Also as you might have guessed, this is setting is clearly a High Fantasy version of Harry Potter. As in, even someone who had never read a single book or seen a single movie in that franchise would probably be able to recognize it.		Strixhaven is a school (as in university, not discipline) of magic on the plane of Arcavios. The school has five prominent colleges of magic, each hosting two opposing colors. The five colleges were founded some 700 years ago by five elder dragons. As you might have guessed, this is a setting chiefly for wizards but there is space for shamans, clerics, and druids as well. Also as you might have guessed, this is setting is clearly a High Fantasy version of Harry Potter. As in, even someone who had never read a single book or seen a single movie in that franchise would probably be able to recognize it.

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	{{~~stub~~}}		{{topquote\|Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.\|Abigail Adams}}
	Strixhaven is a school (as in university, not discipline) of magic on the plane of Arcavios. The school has five prominent colleges of magic, each hosting two opposing colors. The five colleges were founded some 700 years ago by five elder dragons. As you might have guessed, this is a setting chiefly for wizards but there is space for shamans, clerics, and druids as well.		Strixhaven is a school (as in university, not discipline) of magic on the plane of Arcavios. The school has five prominent colleges of magic, each hosting two opposing colors. The five colleges were founded some 700 years ago by five elder dragons. As you might have guessed, this is a setting chiefly for wizards but there is space for shamans, clerics, and druids as well. Also as you might have guessed, this is setting is clearly a High Fantasy version of Harry Potter. As in, even someone who had never read a single book or seen a single movie in that franchise would probably be able to recognize it.

	==Lore==		==Lore==
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	==Factions==		==Factions==
	Although the main conflict of the plane is centred on not-Voldemort and not-Death Eaters trying to destroy not-Hogwarts for the evulz, the five colleges themselves are based on opposing colors of magic and like Hogwarts they like to encourage rivalries between themselves. They even have their own not-Quidditch sport, Mage Tower, to channel these rivalries, but unlike ~~no-fun-allowed~~ Hogwarts, students from different colleges are encouraged to fight each other in magical duels whenever necessary, the professors themselves encouraging and sometimes getting in on the action as well.		Although the main conflict of the plane is centred on not-Voldemort and not-Death Eaters trying to destroy not-Hogwarts for the evulz, the five colleges themselves are based on opposing colors of magic and like Hogwarts they like to encourage rivalries between themselves. They even have their own not-Quidditch sport, Mage Tower, to channel these rivalries, but ''unlike'' Hogwarts, students from different colleges are encouraged to fight each other in magical duels whenever necessary, the professors themselves encouraging and sometimes getting in on the action as well. This means many more opportunities to give the resident bullies a piece of your mind and act out every fantasy of kicking bullies' asses you've ever had. So there is that.

	===Lorehold===		===Lorehold===
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	===Prismari===		===Prismari===
	The college of arts and performance, named for the elder dragon Galazeth Prismari. They focus on trying to create exquisite masterpieces through magic and paint or breath-taking performances full of fire and color and flaming colors too. They are obsessed with arts and crafts as their way of making bold and/or sophisticated artisitic statements. To give you an idea of how over-the-top they are, their orchestra is so metal their music summons literal thunderstorms and arcane explosions so they always have to practise outside.		The college of arts and performance, named for the elder dragon Galazeth Prismari. They focus on trying to create exquisite masterpieces through magic and paint or breath-taking performances full of fire and color and flaming colors too. Speaking of, their colors are Red and Blue. They are obsessed with arts and crafts as their way of making bold and/or sophisticated artisitic statements. To give you an idea of how over-the-top they are, their orchestra is so metal their music summons literal thunderstorms and arcane explosions so they always have to practise outside.

	Prismari is all about big spells and arguably some of the best ''Magecraft'' abilities in the set. While it is not represented with a keyword, specific Prismari instants and sorceries have an alternate in-box casting option that lets them discard the spell to create a Treasure token. They also often create 4/4 Elemental creature tokens as byproducts of their big spells.		Prismari is all about big spells and arguably some of the best ''Magecraft'' abilities in the set. While it is not represented with a keyword, specific Prismari instants and sorceries have an alternate in-box casting option that lets them discard the spell to create a Treasure token. They also often create 4/4 Elemental creature tokens as byproducts of their big spells.
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	===Quandrix===		===Quandrix===
	Who knew mathematics could be magical? The college of Quandrix was founded by elder dragon Tanazir Quandrix and represents all the math nerds out there. Except instead of throwing away the equations and formulas at the end of the day, Quandrix students channel them into elementals called Fractals which can grow exponentially in size through tinkering with the numbers. They like to view magic as formulas and theories to be solved, and programs to feed into gigantic Fractals to crush any who would stand in their way.		Who knew mathematics could be magical? The college of Quandrix was founded by elder dragon Tanazir Quandrix and represents all the math nerds out there. Their colors are Green and Blue. Except instead of throwing away the equations and formulas at the end of the day, Quandrix students channel them into elementals called Fractals which can grow exponentially in size through tinkering with the numbers. They like to view magic as formulas and theories to be solved, and programs to feed into gigantic Fractals to crush any who would stand in their way.

	Quandrix are all about the big numbers and their spells reflect that with an added twist of duplicating creature tokens and +1/+1 counters. Their spells revolve around modifying and multiplying base power and toughness in various ways and creating 0/0 Fractal creature tokens to build up their numbers.		Quandrix are all about the big numbers and their spells reflect that with an added twist of duplicating creature tokens and +1/+1 counters. Their spells revolve around modifying and multiplying base power and toughness in various ways and creating 0/0 Fractal creature tokens to build up their numbers.
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	===Silverquill===		===Silverquill===
	The college of literature, debate and eloquence, Silverquill is all about language - and being vicious with it. Founded by the elder dragon Shadrix Silverquill, they draw power from words, verse, script and passage to quite literally bring curses and insults into life to attack their opponents. They have a sinister vibe to them but they're just really into perfection and eliteness.		The college of literature, debate and eloquence, Silverquill is all about language - and being vicious with it. Founded by the elder dragon Shadrix Silverquill, they draw power from words, verse, script and passage to quite literally bring curses and insults into life to attack their opponents. They have a sinister vibe to them but they're just really into perfection and eliteness, and are loosely the setting's equivalent to Slytherin. Their colors are black and white.

	Silverquill spells emphasise creating cheap and easy +1/+1 counters to put on their 2/1 flying Inkling tokens, and have a heavy emphasis on destruction of all kinds. They do also bring some relevance to +1/+1 counters being on things but otherwise run on a modest but deadly tempo.		Silverquill spells emphasise creating cheap and easy +1/+1 counters to put on their 2/1 flying Inkling tokens, and have a heavy emphasis on destruction of all kinds. They do also bring some relevance to +1/+1 counters being on things but otherwise run on a modest but deadly tempo.
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	===Witherbloom===		===Witherbloom===
	Not just representing the cycle of life and death but also harnessing the power of both into their magic, the college of Witherbloom excels at all forms of life magic derived from sacrifice and ritual. Founded by the elder dragon Beledros Witherbloom, they cultivate Pests and other swamp nasties to use as blood sacrifices for their spells. They are the premier lifegain college with many spells centred around lifepoint manipulation and creature sacrifice.		Not just representing the cycle of life and death but also harnessing the power of both into their magic, the college of Witherbloom excels at all forms of life magic derived from sacrifice and ritual. Founded by the elder dragon Beledros Witherbloom, they cultivate Pests and other swamp nasties to use as blood sacrifices for their spells. They are the premier lifegain college with many spells centred around lifepoint manipulation and creature sacrifice. Their colors are Black and Green.

	Witherbloom like to create Pests, 1/1 creature tokens that net 1 life to the player upon dying. While this may not seem like much they can present a difficult challenge for opponents both on the attack and defense, especially when there are 'gain life' triggers waiting to go off. Their spells revolve around tons of incremental lifegain and graveyard recursion.		Witherbloom like to create Pests, 1/1 creature tokens that net 1 life to the player upon dying. While this may not seem like much they can present a difficult challenge for opponents both on the attack and defense, especially when there are 'gain life' triggers waiting to go off. Their spells revolve around tons of incremental lifegain and graveyard recursion.
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	Also, in general, many of the subclasses have severe balance issues, from the Sage Companion breaking bounded accuracy on Intelligence checks (yes, ''guidance'' did that in more limited fashion from day one, but this one’s for free with no time limit and the two stack), to Witherbloom's brewable poison not only being comically underpowered but potentially only applying to a single piece of ammunition (the other two out of three options are good), to the Silverquill mage getting to not only turn a ''fireball'' (or any other damage spell) into one of two harder-to-resist damage types but plop a powerful secondary effect on it that goes through even if they save, charming or frightening whole rooms (and paradoxically giving elves and elf-derivatives advantage on said save that does nothing to stop said charm, or halflings and halfling-derivatives the same for frighten). And some of the choices for which classes get which subclasses are weird in terms of flavor or mechanics; the most artistically flavored subclass, the Prismari, isn't for bards because it focuses so heavily on elemental damage and bards don't get much, while the Quandrix, which is actually fairly druid-friendly in both the lore and the card game, doesn't let druids in for ''no'' obvious mechanical reason. Also, with Witherbloom having a 5th level spell, Greater Restoration, given to the subclass at 7th level (Where a players best spell slot is a 4th level), it doesn't really help with making one feel that the UA was given that much love and attention.		Also, in general, many of the subclasses have severe balance issues, from the Sage Companion breaking bounded accuracy on Intelligence checks (yes, ''guidance'' did that in more limited fashion from day one, but this one’s for free with no time limit and the two stack), to Witherbloom's brewable poison not only being comically underpowered but potentially only applying to a single piece of ammunition (the other two out of three options are good), to the Silverquill mage getting to not only turn a ''fireball'' (or any other damage spell) into one of two harder-to-resist damage types but plop a powerful secondary effect on it that goes through even if they save, charming or frightening whole rooms (and paradoxically giving elves and elf-derivatives advantage on said save that does nothing to stop said charm, or halflings and halfling-derivatives the same for frighten). And some of the choices for which classes get which subclasses are weird in terms of flavor or mechanics; the most artistically flavored subclass, the Prismari, isn't for bards because it focuses so heavily on elemental damage and bards don't get much, while the Quandrix, which is actually fairly druid-friendly in both the lore and the card game, doesn't let druids in for ''no'' obvious mechanical reason. Also, with Witherbloom having a 5th level spell, Greater Restoration, given to the subclass at 7th level (Where a players best spell slot is a 4th level), it doesn't really help with making one feel that the UA was given that much love and attention.

	Overall, somehow, both an overambitious failure ''and'' undercooked and underbaked. How?! That's like being on fire ''underwater''! There is ''some'' good news, though, which is that for once in 5e's ~~miserable~~ life, WotC actually ''listened'' to fans when they warned them that their mechanics were garbage—in the official release of the Strixhaven splatbook, these unbelievably horrible subclasses have been scrapped entirely! Instead they're replaced them with a (confusing and cumbersome but overall way less broken) series of interlocking backgrounds and feats, similar to the guilds of [[Ravnica]] [[splatbook]], which recreate the ''idea'' of subclasses that can be taken by multiple classes without forcing the square peg of that mechanic into the round hole of 5e's greater functioning. But for posterity's sake, here's the UA mess.		Overall, somehow, both an overambitious failure ''and'' undercooked and underbaked. How?! That's like being on fire ''underwater''! There is ''some'' good news, though, which is that for once in 5e's life, WotC actually ''listened'' to fans when they warned them that their mechanics were garbage—in the official release of the Strixhaven splatbook, these unbelievably horrible subclasses have been scrapped entirely! Instead they're replaced them with a (confusing and cumbersome but overall way less broken) series of interlocking backgrounds and feats, similar to the guilds of [[Ravnica]] [[splatbook]], which recreate the ''idea'' of subclasses that can be taken by multiple classes without forcing the square peg of that mechanic into the round hole of 5e's greater functioning. But for posterity's sake, here's the UA mess.

	The '''Mage of Lorehold''' can be taken by a [[Bard]], [[Warlock]] or [[Wizard]]. Its available subclass features are:		The '''Mage of Lorehold''' can be taken by a [[Bard]], [[Warlock]] or [[Wizard]]. Its available subclass features are:

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	Any subclass feature that grants bonus spells has the clause that each such spell counts as a class spell, but doesn't count against the character's number of spells known. This means Warlocks can '''finally''' get in on that Bonus Spell bandwagon (which Sorcerers already boarded in Tasha's Cauldron) and gain some much-needed versatility! On the other hand, it represents a massive power boost for many of the other classes who aren't wizards (who have tremendous spell versatility already), druids (who could've got domain spells from many of their other subclass options anyway), or sorcerers (who had severe spell-availability options and desperately needed the new onrush of domain spell-equivalents most of their modern incarnations had). Warlocks and bards both get a bit more out of it. However, warlocks have it really ''weird'', since one of their subclasses has a feature that can be recharged by spending spell slots: good for ''literally every other caster in the game'' but not them!		Any subclass feature that grants bonus spells has the clause that each such spell counts as a class spell, but doesn't count against the character's number of spells known. This means Warlocks can '''finally''' get in on that Bonus Spell bandwagon (which Sorcerers already boarded in Tasha's Cauldron) and gain some much-needed versatility! On the other hand, it represents a massive power boost for many of the other classes who aren't wizards (who have tremendous spell versatility already), druids (who could've got domain spells from many of their other subclass options anyway), or sorcerers (who had severe spell-availability options and desperately needed the new onrush of domain spell-equivalents most of their modern incarnations had). Warlocks and bards both get a bit more out of it. However, warlocks have it really ''weird'', since one of their subclasses has a feature that can be recharged by spending spell slots: good for ''literally every other caster in the game'' but not them!

	Also, in general, many of the subclasses have severe balance issues, from the Sage Companion breaking bounded accuracy on Intelligence checks (yes, ''guidance'' did that in more limited fashion from day one, but this one’s for free with no time limit and the two stack), to Witherbloom's brewable poison not only being comically underpowered but potentially only applying to a single piece of ammunition (the other two out of three options are good), to the Silverquill mage getting to not only turn a ''fireball'' (or any other damage spell) into one of two harder-to-resist damage types but plop a powerful secondary effect on it that goes through even if they save, charming or frightening whole rooms (and paradoxically giving elves and elf-derivatives advantage on said save that does nothing to stop said charm, or halflings and halfling-derivatives the same for frighten). And some of the choices for which classes get which subclasses are weird in terms of flavor or mechanics; the most artistically flavored subclass, the Prismari, isn't for bards because it focuses so heavily on elemental damage and bards don't get much, while the Quandrix, which is actually fairly druid-friendly in both the lore and the card game, doesn't let druids in for ''no'' obvious mechanical reason. Also, with Witherbloom having a 5th level spell, Greater Restoration, given to the subclass at 7th level (Where a players best spell slot is a 4th level), it ~~doesnt~~ really help with making one feel that the UA was given that much love and attention.		Also, in general, many of the subclasses have severe balance issues, from the Sage Companion breaking bounded accuracy on Intelligence checks (yes, ''guidance'' did that in more limited fashion from day one, but this one’s for free with no time limit and the two stack), to Witherbloom's brewable poison not only being comically underpowered but potentially only applying to a single piece of ammunition (the other two out of three options are good), to the Silverquill mage getting to not only turn a ''fireball'' (or any other damage spell) into one of two harder-to-resist damage types but plop a powerful secondary effect on it that goes through even if they save, charming or frightening whole rooms (and paradoxically giving elves and elf-derivatives advantage on said save that does nothing to stop said charm, or halflings and halfling-derivatives the same for frighten). And some of the choices for which classes get which subclasses are weird in terms of flavor or mechanics; the most artistically flavored subclass, the Prismari, isn't for bards because it focuses so heavily on elemental damage and bards don't get much, while the Quandrix, which is actually fairly druid-friendly in both the lore and the card game, doesn't let druids in for ''no'' obvious mechanical reason. Also, with Witherbloom having a 5th level spell, Greater Restoration, given to the subclass at 7th level (Where a players best spell slot is a 4th level), it doesn't really help with making one feel that the UA was given that much love and attention.

	Overall, somehow, both an overambitious failure ''and'' undercooked and underbaked. How?! That's like being on fire ''underwater''! There is ''some'' good news, though, which is that for once in 5e's miserable life, WotC actually ''listened'' to fans when they warned them that their mechanics were garbage—in the official release of the Strixhaven splatbook, these unbelievably horrible subclasses have been scrapped entirely! Instead they're replaced them with a (confusing and cumbersome but overall way less broken) series of interlocking backgrounds and feats, similar to the guilds of [[Ravnica]] [[splatbook]], which recreate the ''idea'' of subclasses that can be taken by multiple classes without forcing the square peg of that mechanic into the round hole of 5e's greater functioning. But for posterity's sake, here's the UA mess.		Overall, somehow, both an overambitious failure ''and'' undercooked and underbaked. How?! That's like being on fire ''underwater''! There is ''some'' good news, though, which is that for once in 5e's miserable life, WotC actually ''listened'' to fans when they warned them that their mechanics were garbage—in the official release of the Strixhaven splatbook, these unbelievably horrible subclasses have been scrapped entirely! Instead they're replaced them with a (confusing and cumbersome but overall way less broken) series of interlocking backgrounds and feats, similar to the guilds of [[Ravnica]] [[splatbook]], which recreate the ''idea'' of subclasses that can be taken by multiple classes without forcing the square peg of that mechanic into the round hole of 5e's greater functioning. But for posterity's sake, here's the UA mess.

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	Naturally, Strixhaven was chosen to go the same route as [[Ravnica]] and [[Theros]] by becoming a setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]], with ''Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos''' hitting shelves on November 19 2021.		Naturally, Strixhaven was chosen to go the same route as [[Ravnica]] and [[Theros]] by becoming a setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]], with ''Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos''' hitting shelves on November 19 2021.

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			===Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos===

	===Unearthed Arcana===		===Unearthed Arcana===

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	In June 2021, a preview of the book was launched with the [[Unearthed Arcana]] "Mages of Strixhaven", which introduced five new subclasses representing the five magical colleges. These introduced an entirely new mechanic to 5e; a subclass that can be taken by ''several'' core classes, and where rather than having a level-based fixed gain of subclass features, outside of the two 1st level features associated with each subclass, the player gets to choose one subclass feature when they hit a "gain a subclass feature" level in the appropriate core class, so long as that subclass feature is gated behind an equal or lower level.		In June 2021, a preview of the book was launched with the [[Unearthed Arcana]] "Mages of Strixhaven", which introduced five new subclasses representing the five magical colleges. These introduced an entirely new mechanic to 5e; a subclass that can be taken by ''several'' core classes, and where rather than having a level-based fixed gain of subclass features, outside of the two 1st level features associated with each subclass, the player gets to choose one subclass feature when they hit a "gain a subclass feature" level in the appropriate core class, so long as that subclass feature is gated behind an equal or lower level.

	Any subclass feature that grants bonus spells has the clause that each such spell counts as a class spell, but doesn't count against the character's number of spells known. This means Warlocks ~~and <s> sorcerers</s>(sorcerers got on during Tasha's Cauldron)~~ '''finally''' ~~can~~ get in on that Bonus Spell bandwagon and gain some much-needed versatility! On the other hand, it represents a massive power boost for many of the other classes who aren't wizards (~~and therefore~~ have tremendous spell versatility already), druids (who could've got domain spells from many of their other subclass options anyway), or sorcerers (who had severe spell-availability options and desperately needed the new onrush of domain spell-equivalents most of their modern incarnations had). Warlocks and bards both get a bit ~~much~~ out of it. ~~And~~ warlocks have it really weird ~~too~~, since one of their subclasses has a feature that can be recharged by spending spell slots: good for ''literally every other caster in the game'' but not them!		Any subclass feature that grants bonus spells has the clause that each such spell counts as a class spell, but doesn't count against the character's number of spells known. This means Warlocks can '''finally''' get in on that Bonus Spell bandwagon (which Sorcerers already boarded in Tasha's Cauldron) and gain some much-needed versatility! On the other hand, it represents a massive power boost for many of the other classes who aren't wizards (who have tremendous spell versatility already), druids (who could've got domain spells from many of their other subclass options anyway), or sorcerers (who had severe spell-availability options and desperately needed the new onrush of domain spell-equivalents most of their modern incarnations had). Warlocks and bards both get a bit more out of it. However, warlocks have it really ''weird'', since one of their subclasses has a feature that can be recharged by spending spell slots: good for ''literally every other caster in the game'' but not them!

	Also, in general, many of the subclasses have severe balance issues, from the Sage Companion breaking bounded accuracy on Intelligence checks (''guidance'' did that in more limited fashion from day one, but this one’s for free with no time limit and the two stack), to Witherbloom's brewable poison not only being comically underpowered but potentially only applying to a single piece of ammunition (the other two out of three options are good), to the Silverquill mage getting to not only turn a ''fireball'' (or any other damage spell) into one of two harder-to-resist damage types but plop a powerful secondary effect on it that goes through even if they save, charming or frightening whole rooms (and paradoxically giving elves and elf-derivatives advantage on said save that does nothing to stop said charm, or halflings and halfling-derivatives the same for frighten). And some of the choices for which classes get which subclasses are weird in terms of flavor or mechanics; the most artistically flavored subclass, the Prismari, isn't for bards because it focuses so heavily on elemental damage and bards don't get much, while the Quandrix, which is actually fairly druid-friendly in both the lore and the card game, doesn't let druids in for ''no'' obvious mechanical reason. Also, with Witherbloom having a 5th level spell, Greater Restoration, given to the subclass at 7th level (Where a players best spell slot is a 4th level), it doesnt really help with making one feel that the UA was given that much love and attention.		Also, in general, many of the subclasses have severe balance issues, from the Sage Companion breaking bounded accuracy on Intelligence checks (yes, ''guidance'' did that in more limited fashion from day one, but this one’s for free with no time limit and the two stack), to Witherbloom's brewable poison not only being comically underpowered but potentially only applying to a single piece of ammunition (the other two out of three options are good), to the Silverquill mage getting to not only turn a ''fireball'' (or any other damage spell) into one of two harder-to-resist damage types but plop a powerful secondary effect on it that goes through even if they save, charming or frightening whole rooms (and paradoxically giving elves and elf-derivatives advantage on said save that does nothing to stop said charm, or halflings and halfling-derivatives the same for frighten). And some of the choices for which classes get which subclasses are weird in terms of flavor or mechanics; the most artistically flavored subclass, the Prismari, isn't for bards because it focuses so heavily on elemental damage and bards don't get much, while the Quandrix, which is actually fairly druid-friendly in both the lore and the card game, doesn't let druids in for ''no'' obvious mechanical reason. Also, with Witherbloom having a 5th level spell, Greater Restoration, given to the subclass at 7th level (Where a players best spell slot is a 4th level), it doesnt really help with making one feel that the UA was given that much love and attention.

	Overall, somehow, both an overambitious failure ''and'' undercooked and underbaked. How?! That's like being on fire ''underwater''! There is ''some'' good news, though, which is that for once in 5e's miserable life, WotC actually ''listened'' to fans when they warned them that their mechanics were garbage—in the official release of the Strixhaven splatbook, these unbelievably horrible subclasses have been scrapped entirely! Instead they're replaced them with a (confusing and cumbersome but overall way less broken) series of interlocking backgrounds and feats, similar to the guilds of [[Ravnica]] [[splatbook]], which recreate the ''idea'' of subclasses that can be taken by multiple classes without forcing the square peg of that mechanic into the round hole of 5e's greater functioning. But for posterity's sake, here's the UA mess.		Overall, somehow, both an overambitious failure ''and'' undercooked and underbaked. How?! That's like being on fire ''underwater''! There is ''some'' good news, though, which is that for once in 5e's miserable life, WotC actually ''listened'' to fans when they warned them that their mechanics were garbage—in the official release of the Strixhaven splatbook, these unbelievably horrible subclasses have been scrapped entirely! Instead they're replaced them with a (confusing and cumbersome but overall way less broken) series of interlocking backgrounds and feats, similar to the guilds of [[Ravnica]] [[splatbook]], which recreate the ''idea'' of subclasses that can be taken by multiple classes without forcing the square peg of that mechanic into the round hole of 5e's greater functioning. But for posterity's sake, here's the UA mess.

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	Also, in general, many of the subclasses have severe balance issues, from the Sage Companion breaking bounded accuracy on Intelligence checks (''guidance'' did that in more limited fashion from day one, but this one’s for free with no time limit and the two stack), to Witherbloom's brewable poison not only being comically underpowered but potentially only applying to a single piece of ammunition (the other two out of three options are good), to the Silverquill mage getting to not only turn a ''fireball'' (or any other damage spell) into one of two harder-to-resist damage types but plop a powerful secondary effect on it that goes through even if they save, charming or frightening whole rooms (and paradoxically giving elves and elf-derivatives advantage on said save that does nothing to stop said charm, or halflings and halfling-derivatives the same for frighten). And some of the choices for which classes get which subclasses are weird in terms of flavor or mechanics; the most artistically flavored subclass, the Prismari, isn't for bards because it focuses so heavily on elemental damage and bards don't get much, while the Quandrix, which is actually fairly druid-friendly in both the lore and the card game, doesn't let druids in for ''no'' obvious mechanical reason. Also, with Witherbloom having a 5th level spell, Greater Restoration, given to the subclass at 7th level (Where a players best spell slot is a 4th level), it doesnt really help with making one feel that the UA was given that much love and attention.		Also, in general, many of the subclasses have severe balance issues, from the Sage Companion breaking bounded accuracy on Intelligence checks (''guidance'' did that in more limited fashion from day one, but this one’s for free with no time limit and the two stack), to Witherbloom's brewable poison not only being comically underpowered but potentially only applying to a single piece of ammunition (the other two out of three options are good), to the Silverquill mage getting to not only turn a ''fireball'' (or any other damage spell) into one of two harder-to-resist damage types but plop a powerful secondary effect on it that goes through even if they save, charming or frightening whole rooms (and paradoxically giving elves and elf-derivatives advantage on said save that does nothing to stop said charm, or halflings and halfling-derivatives the same for frighten). And some of the choices for which classes get which subclasses are weird in terms of flavor or mechanics; the most artistically flavored subclass, the Prismari, isn't for bards because it focuses so heavily on elemental damage and bards don't get much, while the Quandrix, which is actually fairly druid-friendly in both the lore and the card game, doesn't let druids in for ''no'' obvious mechanical reason. Also, with Witherbloom having a 5th level spell, Greater Restoration, given to the subclass at 7th level (Where a players best spell slot is a 4th level), it doesnt really help with making one feel that the UA was given that much love and attention.

	Overall, somehow, both an overambitious failure ''and'' undercooked and underbaked. How?! That's like being on fire ''underwater''! ~~And between suddenly being dropped right as the book's been announced as part of a social media scheme, the general mediocre quality control of the~~ ''~~Magic: The Gathering~~'' ~~supplements~~, and the sympathetic-but-not-really-excusable fact that sunk-cost fallacy will have the devs reluctant to dump or radically change really ambitious ideas they probably worked really hard on just because of overwhelming negative response on the surveys, ~~expect few if any changes to the final product.~~		Overall, somehow, both an overambitious failure ''and'' undercooked and underbaked. How?! That's like being on fire ''underwater''! There is ''some'' good news, though, which is that for once in 5e's miserable life, WotC actually ''listened'' to fans when they warned them that their mechanics were garbage—in the official release of the Strixhaven splatbook, these unbelievably horrible subclasses have been scrapped entirely! Instead they're replaced them with a (confusing and cumbersome but overall way less broken) series of interlocking backgrounds and feats, similar to the guilds of [[Ravnica]] [[splatbook]], which recreate the ''idea'' of subclasses that can be taken by multiple classes without forcing the square peg of that mechanic into the round hole of 5e's greater functioning. But for posterity's sake, here's the UA mess.

	~~...Except maybe not. Early teasers/leaks of the actual Strixhaven [[splatbook]] have suggested that it ''won't'' include any subclasses, and instead will focus on feats. Meaning~~ that, for once, WotC actually ''listened'' to fans when they warned them that their mechanics were ~~garbage.~~

	'''~~Confirmed. The~~ subclasses ~~have been scrapped~~.'''

	The '''Mage of Lorehold''' can be taken by a [[Bard]], [[Warlock]] or [[Wizard]]. Its available subclass features are:		The '''Mage of Lorehold''' can be taken by a [[Bard]], [[Warlock]] or [[Wizard]]. Its available subclass features are:

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	Naturally, Strixhaven was chosen to go the same route as [[Ravnica]] and [[Theros]] by becoming a setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]], with ''Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos''' hitting shelves on November 19 2021.		Naturally, Strixhaven was chosen to go the same route as [[Ravnica]] and [[Theros]] by becoming a setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]], with ''Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos''' hitting shelves on November 19 2021.

			===Unearthed Arcana===

	In June 2021, a preview of the book was launched with the [[Unearthed Arcana]] "Mages of Strixhaven", which introduced five new subclasses representing the five magical colleges. These introduced an entirely new mechanic to 5e; a subclass that can be taken by ''several'' core classes, and where rather than having a level-based fixed gain of subclass features, outside of the two 1st level features associated with each subclass, the player gets to choose one subclass feature when they hit a "gain a subclass feature" level in the appropriate core class, so long as that subclass feature is gated behind an equal or lower level.		In June 2021, a preview of the book was launched with the [[Unearthed Arcana]] "Mages of Strixhaven", which introduced five new subclasses representing the five magical colleges. These introduced an entirely new mechanic to 5e; a subclass that can be taken by ''several'' core classes, and where rather than having a level-based fixed gain of subclass features, outside of the two 1st level features associated with each subclass, the player gets to choose one subclass feature when they hit a "gain a subclass feature" level in the appropriate core class, so long as that subclass feature is gated behind an equal or lower level.
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	...Except maybe not. Early teasers/leaks of the actual Strixhaven [[splatbook]] have suggested that it ''won't'' include any subclasses, and instead will focus on feats. Meaning that, for once, WotC actually ''listened'' to fans when they warned them that their mechanics were garbage.		...Except maybe not. Early teasers/leaks of the actual Strixhaven [[splatbook]] have suggested that it ''won't'' include any subclasses, and instead will focus on feats. Meaning that, for once, WotC actually ''listened'' to fans when they warned them that their mechanics were garbage.

			'''Confirmed. The subclasses have been scrapped.'''

	The '''Mage of Lorehold''' can be taken by a [[Bard]], [[Warlock]] or [[Wizard]]. Its available subclass features are:		The '''Mage of Lorehold''' can be taken by a [[Bard]], [[Warlock]] or [[Wizard]]. Its available subclass features are: