Sidekicks in Tasha's Cauldron

In this video we look at how Sidekicks work in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything.

[scottmcdonald]

Thanks for the video. I also like how you stay on point and don't drift.

[correpepor]

Nice series of Tasha's.

Thanks!

[MrZhivagor]

So a lvl 1 sidekick should only have 1d8 hit points and 1 hit die even though it says to "add to the stat block"? I guess it makes more sense that way, but my table was thinking you add 1 hit die to the npc's stat block and roll to add hit points to the npcs hit points instead of removing their stats and giving them 1 hd. This ended with large lvl 1 hit points, but the explanation in Tasha's seemed a bit confusing to us. For example a sidekick scout would take 3 levels to reacquire the hit points it already had before it became a sidekick, and the main plus for taking a thug would have been its large hit point pool. Thanks for your videos!

[mdlifecrisis]

Sort of stuck at Step One - You seemed to just drag and drop to copy the Spellcaster Class. Nothing happened on mine and the original is not editable. Are you in a special mode that allows creation? I was utterly lost until your videos and finally far enough along to enjoy the climb up the learning curve.