Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: Sorcerer and Warlock

There's a new Unearthed Arcana from WotC today, hot on the heels of the recent one for barbarian and monk. "Two classes, the sorcerer and the warlock, discover new playtest possibilities this week. The sorcerer receives a new Sorcerous Origin feature: the Aberrant Mind. Meanwhile, the warlock gains a new Otherworldly Patron feature: the Lurker in the Deep. We’ve also included a new cantrip: mind sliver."

 

[Parmandur]

Or a new adventure path that features Mind Flayers/Aboleths/The Far Realm?

The Adventure books have never had Class stuff, don't expect that to change. This is for a supplement or setting product.

 

[Raunalyn]

The Adventure books have never had Class stuff, don't expect that to change. This is for a supplement or setting product.

The Elemental Evil supplement was tied to Princes of the Apocalypse

 

[MechaTarrasque]

Finally, the long-awaited psychic sorcerer subclass has arrived. Sadly, I am sure we will be inflicted with "but my psychic sorcerer doesn't have slimy skin" before too long.

Demogorgon wants to remind everyone that he doesn't use a lot of fire spells, but he does do a lot of tentacles, so he offering up to be a Lurker in the Depths patron.

 

[Parmandur]

The Elemental Evil supplement was tied to Princes of the Apocalypse

Yes, but it wasn't in the book, and they abandoned that publishing strategy before even going there fully.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Parmandur]

The Warlock is, incidentally, a refinement of Mike Mearl's Happy Fun Hour "Pact of the Kraken":

Pact of the Kraken (Warlock)

The following material was created by Dungeons & Dragons Franchise Creative Director Mike Mearls for his stream Happy Fun Hour, which you can watch live at Twitch.tv/DnD on Tuesdays at 4:00 EST…

thinkdm.org

 

[Parmandur]

And perhaps related to the flumph-y Barbarians?

I just .... hmmmm. I have to admit, Mind Flayers were definitely something I was thinking of.

Maybe another Stranger Things tie in? Adventuring in the upside down?

Spelljammer Confirmed.

I will say, smart money is on a big Mindflayer-centric storyline in the next few years.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I wonder if this means we're going to start seeing the Psion, and various Psionic-themed subclasses of other classes.

 

[Parmandur]

So, of the four Subclasses presented to us in a few week period, three are pretty explicitly Psionic, while one is amped-up high magic....

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

This, plus the Wilder barbarian and psychic-mental-arms-kung-fu monk kind confirms to me that they are testing the Psionics-as-spell-slot-caster they were talking when they were looking for ways to add psionic flavored archetypes to the other classes before creating a new psion class.