D&D 5E New Unearthed Arcana: Folk of the Feywild!

Wander into the magical realm of the Feywild with our latest Unearthed Arcana: Folk of the Feywild!

Your character can be a member of one of the new D&D races: fairy, hobgoblin of the Feywild, owlfolk, or rabbitfolk. Which will you choose?

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[doctorbadwolf]

We don't know the specifics on weight, but Steller's Sea Eagle (The heaviest eagle) can make off with seal pups that could be roughly its weight.

Yep. Like I said, if we are gonna reduce speed and other stuff by weight, I’m fine with making fliers have somewhat stricter rules for that (though not so strict it becomes boring to play them), but drawing the line at heavy armor is definitely not necessary for the world to make sense.

Well, for a base, look at the Defensive Duellist feat - requires dex 13 and that you are wielding a finesse weapon you are proficient with. It triggers when someone hits you with a melee attack, and allows you to spend a reaction to - yes - add your PB to your AC. That's straight out of the PHB, too. The dagger and short sword are both standard monk weapons and finesse, so as long as you have one wielded, you can use this feat.

And it’s worth noting, that feat isn’t considered a top tier feat or anything.

 

[ccooke]

Yep. Like I said, if we are gonna reduce speed and other stuff by weight, I’m fine with making fliers have somewhat stricter rules for that (though not so strict it becomes boring to play them), but drawing the line at heavy armor is definitely not necessary for the world to make sense.

And it’s worth noting, that feat isn’t considered a top tier feat or anything.

Yeah. Unlike the shield spell, it only applies to one attack, and it starts at +2. It's not bad, but there are better feats.

 

[Chaosmancer]

Well, for a base, look at the Defensive Duellist feat - requires dex 13 and that you are wielding a finesse weapon you are proficient with. It triggers when someone hits you with a melee attack, and allows you to spend a reaction to - yes - add your PB to your AC. That's straight out of the PHB, too. The dagger and short sword are both standard monk weapons and finesse, so as long as you have one wielded, you can use this feat.

Yes, but that requires a reaction and a specific weapon.

I was thinking more "you take the dodge action" which, would potentially stack with defensive duelist. Also, Defensive duelist works on only a single attack, and this is something I'd be picturing working until you stopped dodging.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I think the inspirations for the current new generation of D&D fans are sufficiently different that D&D itself is changing -- as it always does and always should. Most revealing to me are fan art and character art, showing worlds and characters inspired by Harry Potter and Avatar and Stephen Universe and more. I don't personally like that aesthetic or the mechanics is drives, but I'm part of the fading GenX fan base: WotC absolutely shouldn't be catering to me over younger fans.

DMing for my kids, nieces and a family friend has been enlightening. If I were designing a campaign world for them, rather than just slotting them into my ongoing Ptolus campaign, it would look very different than the campaigns I played in as a kid. Much higher magic-tech levels, much more socially enlightened, and it would go light on the LotR pastiches and instead have talking animals and anime-inflected elements. (I'm keeping an eye out for that anime setting that was announced here on ENWorld a million years ago that seems to have gone silent since.)

 

[bedir than]

it would go light on the LotR pastiches and instead have talking animals and anime-inflected elements.

You may enjoy Wardlings, a 5e setting that leans heavily into youth with magical pets

Wardlings Campaign Guide - 5E Compatible RPG Supplement — Renegade Game Studios

www.renegadegamestudios.com

 

[Mind of tempest]

DMing for my kids, nieces and a family friend has been enlightening. If I were designing a campaign world for them, rather than just slotting them into my ongoing Ptolus campaign, it would look very different than the campaigns I played in as a kid. Much higher magic-tech levels, much more socially enlightened, and it would go light on the LotR pastiches and instead have talking animals and anime-inflected elements. (I'm keeping an eye out for that anime setting that was announced here on ENWorld a million years ago that seems to have gone silent since.)

anything else?

 

[Faolyn]

Huh, I don't know if anyone ever made a comment on this, but an ability to add a bonus to AC when dodging is kind of a neat one.

I wouldn't let it be Prof bonus, because that is way too good for Monks to get a +6 bonus action AC bump, but Maybe a +2? How would people balance this?

I based that on the Defensive Duelist feat, which works that way. The Battlemaster Parry lets you reduce damage by a die amount. So maybe not go full-feat like I had originally wrote, but a slight damage reduction to represent dodging--maybe just 1d4 damage off, or have the damage reduced by their Dex modifier, min 1. That way it could stack with monks and anyone with the Parry maneuver and not be too strong.

 

[Faolyn]

You may enjoy Wardlings, a 5e setting that leans heavily into youth with magical pets

Wardlings Campaign Guide - 5E Compatible RPG Supplement — Renegade Game Studios

www.renegadegamestudios.com

That looks cute! Have you played it, or seen any really in-depth reviews (preferably written reviews rather than videos).

 

[bedir than]

That looks cute! Have you played it, or seen any really in-depth reviews (preferably written reviews rather than videos).

I own it, but haven't played it. It's been about 9 months since I last cracked it open. I'll dive back into it and give you some thoughts.

 

[Weiley31]

Adventures in Middle-Earth has a two Virtues(Feats) that allow you to add your PB to your Damage Rolls and AC.