I kept the general idea of descending into madness in exchange for power, and built on that, mostly dropping the darkness and “void” aspects, and leaving the flavor open to whatever interpretation best suited the setting.I completely replaced the first subclass, this time instead building an “insane juggernaut” subclass, modeled around slasher villains like Jason and Michael Meyers. In taking on this rework, I basically overhauled the class from the start, using everything I have learned since I started homebrewing to clean it up, and make it both more sun, and more simple to play. Finally, the originally class was tied inherently to a setting specific idea of “the void” which heavily limited its inclusion in other settings. What worked in theory made an absurd amount of work for the DM in practice. Thirdly, the Seed of Corruption Subclass was a nightmare to keep track of.
Secondly, The First Subclass, which focussed around a black-whole like passive effect, had a fundamental flaw which made effectively unplayable. There were always a few major issues with the hollower, mostly brought forth out of my own inexperience: Firstly, The split madness table seemed to give a lot of people trouble, and no one seemed to agree how it was meant to be used. But some discussions with players and play testers struck me with a line of thinking that finally brought me back around. I took it as a learning experience, and never planned to revisit the class.
It was my second major homebrew, and while I was very happy with it at the time, even then I recognized that it was an experiment, and definitely had it’s flaws. Both wanted something focussed around the idea of darkness and shadows, and I myself had an interesting idea for a class that used status effects as an ability cost rather than a set number of points or spells lots. When I first created the Hollower Class, it was on commission, and inspired by discussions with two separate clients.
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