D&D 5E Unearthed Arcana: Travelers of the Multiverse

New free content from WotC - the latest 4-page Unearthed Arcana introduces six new races: astral elf, autognome, giff, hadozee, plasmoid, and thri-kreen.

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Looks like Spelljammer and/or Planescape is back on the menu!

 

[overgeeked]

I'm actually surprised the Playable Ooze happened so soon. It's a pleasant surprise mind you.

Seven years into the edition they release a UA article. That's "soon" for you?

 

[Charlaquin]

A Plasmoid caster should be able to "store" said Arcane Focus in its body.

Sure, but at that point just remove the restriction about wearing or carrying anything from amorphous. Maybe add a line like “your equipment is suspended inside your body when you squeeze this way”.

 

[Weiley31]

So plasmoids...

"Amorphous. You can squeeze through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide, provided you are wearing and carrying nothing. You also have advantage on ability checks you make to initiate or escape a grapple."

Natural shapeshifting grapplers...I foresee a lot of DMs having to look up the suffocation rules as players decide to grapple a target's face and forming around their heads.

It's Attack of the Fairy UA's Fey Passage back with Avengance!

 

[Charlaquin]

sure, but a wand will be pretty easy to carry around, even by pseudopod if needed.

Not while using amorphous, which specifically says “provided you are wearing and carrying nothing.”

 

[Bolares]

Not while using amorphous, which specifically says “provided you are wearing and carrying nothing.”

But your pseudopod can carry it for you...

 

[overgeeked]

Sure, but at that point just remove the restriction about wearing or carrying anything from amorphous. Maybe add a line like “your equipment is suspended inside your body when you squeeze this way”.

Only if the equipment could also squeeze through the space. Otherwise the plasmoid's body becomes a bag of holding.

 

[ersatzphil]

I'm actually surprised the Playable Ooze happened so soon. It's a pleasant surprise mind you.

Judging by the number of people on Reddit yelling things like "Playable Ooze!!! This is a dream!", I can only conclude: ...I am really, really out of touch with what people want from a D&D game.

 

[Weiley31]

Seven years into the edition they release a UA article. That's "soon" for you?

I meant in regards with actually taking a risk by allowing more Creature types for PC options instead of Humanoid, Fey, or a Humanoid dual type thing. The Ooze take didn't seem like it was possible to be part of first UA dealing with that new approach. second third or fourth maybe.

 

[overgeeked]

The plasmoid really should have a natural spider climb speed.

 

[Bolares]

Judging by the number of people on Reddit yelling things like "Playable Ooze!!! This is a dream!", I can only conclude: ...I am really, really out of touch with what people want from a D&D game.

Do I really have to repost the flubber gif?