Mage Hand Press has built a devoted following over the years, and Valda’s Spire of Secrets is arguably their best known work. Now, the second Player Pack has arrived on D&D Beyond, adding some new character building options.
Priced at $14.99 and available now in digital format for 5.5e, Valda’s Spire of Secrets Player Pack 2 packs in plenty of new character options. Seven subclasses, seven familiars, seven feats, seven magic items, and 21 new spells.
Seven new subclasses
The subclass roster is where this pack earns its price of admission. The Magic Missile Mage (a Wizard subclass built entirely around casting Magic Missile) is the kind of intersting, niche subclass we dont often see outside of third party supplements. The Urban Druid is equally compelling, bringing the Druid’s connection to the natural world into city environments in a way the core rules have never quite managed.
Rounding things out are the College of Masks Bard, the Dragon Cleric, the Beastborne Ranger, the Hero Sorcerer, and the Pistolero – a new subclass for the Gunslinger class built around quick-draw ranged combat that should appeal to anyone who has ever wanted their D&D session to feel slightly more like a Western. Notably, the Gunslinger class itself is included in the pack.
Seven new familiars
Familiars have always been a character option that rewards creative thinking, and this pack adds seven new options that range from useful to absurd. The Flying Book and Winter Wolf Pup sit alongside the Pet Rock. As a DM, I appreciate any mechanic that makes players attached to something unexpected.
Spells, feats, and magic items
The 21 new spells cover a solid range of styles. Blade cantrips add new melee options for spellcasters and chronomantic tricks like Flashback open up time-manipulation roleplay.
The seven feats are creative too. Pyromaniac delivers explosive damage for anyone with a fire fixation, while Metabolistic Magic lets you convert Hit Point Dice into spell slots – an unusual and potentially powerful option for the right build.
Buying Player Pack 2
Valda’s Spire of Secrets has always done something that the best third-party content does well – it commits to a tone. Player Pack 2 continues that tradition.
At $14.99 for digital access, it may be a good choice if you have players who are starting to feel like they have seen everything the core books have to offer. The Pistolero alone might be worth the price of entry for the right table. You can also grab the full book in PDF or hardcover form from Mage Hand Press.
You can pick it up now at the D&D Beyond marketplace: