D&D 5E New Unearthed Arcana: Wonders of the Multiverse

WotC has posted a new Unearthed Arcana featuring the Glitchling race, the Fate domain, and a handful of backgrounds, feats and spells.

In today’s Unearthed Arcana, we explore D&D character options from across the multiverse. This playtest document presents the glitchling race; the Fate Domain cleric subclass; and the gate warden, giant foundling, planar philosopher, and rune carver backgrounds. Additionally, a collection of new feats provide links to giants and other primordial forces of the planes, while a selection of new spells highlight the power of fate and chance.

Wonders of the Multiverse | Unearthed Arcana | Dungeons & Dragons

Explore character options related to the Wonders of the Multiverse! This playtest document presents a new race and subclass and a collection of new backgrounds, feats and spells, all for use in Dungeons & Dragons.

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[Shardstone]

I am beginning to really FREAKING hate the plethora of little PROF times per day features. They all need to be tracked separately instead of a common currency like Superiority Dice, and so many little bonuses that "use now or not" bogs things down and leads to choice paralysis.

This is a bad design direction in my opinion. Having, reasonably powerful feature PROF times per day works well. Having half a dozen minor ones is clutter.

Only works with DnD Beyond.

WotC needs to create a power source that can be used for non-spell things that everyone has. Even something like PF2E focus points, etc, would work well.

 

[Faolyn]

Glitchlings = Modrons, right? Like we can all agree on that?

It seems they're a bit more humanoid than the way modrons are normally pictured, but yeah. Close enough.

 

[Parmandur]

Hopefully Glitchlings don't need to look JUST like Modrons. I'd like to do a clockwork person that looks more human but is clearly not, would be fun with that trait table imo.

The trend with 5E Races now is to make aesthetics customizable, as with Fairies or the anthropomorphic animal optionsin MotM.

 

[Lojaan]

Huh. Now you can make a rune knight without being a rune knight.

 

[Faolyn]

But the Deck of Many Things stuff suggests something very different, perhaps a splat book? Outside chance of it relating to a setting, but what setting would focus on the Deck of Many Things so much?

Maybe they're saying that the Deck has an outerplanar origin. Which makes as much sense as anything else, honestly.

 

[Parmandur]

Huh. Now you can make a rune knight without being a rune knight.

Or make a extra Runic one.

 

[Parmandur]

Maybe they're saying that the Deck has an outerplanar origin. Which makes as much sense as anything else, honestly.

That could be. Feels like it may be a seperate thing.

 

[darjr]

Speculation thread for this, just to keep this one about the UA itself.

D&D 5E - Speculation thread: Wonders of the Multiverse

From this thread. https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-unearthed-arcana-wonders-of-the-multiverse.689980/ So Planescape then? OK. But what about the Giants stuff? And the Deck of Many Things? Anything else in there? Could the Deck be a Gardmore Alley thing? I’ve heard it did well for 4e and I...

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[LuisCarlos17f]

PLANESCAPE CONF.... oh, wait, let's say something more original to cause surprise.

Crossover D&-Transformers confirmed! and Ravager, the panther decepticons, as a displacer beast!

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I congratulate the designers because glitchlings and autognome as living construct PC races are't only clones of warforged but they enjoy their own style. Glitchlings aren't modrons. They have humanoid shape and this means they can wear armor and clothing. Do you imagine them as Cogman, the transformers manservant? Or as B.O.B, Ashe's bodyguard (Overwatch)

I miss the mechanatrixes, the planetoucheds from Mechanus. (Fiend Folio 3rd Ed).

Bariaurs are an iconic PC race from Planescape. With a right redesign of the faces they could be sold as toys or some merchandicing product.

Don't you miss the elemental plane of the wood?

The vivacious creatures from 3.5 Planar Handbook could be summoned by arcane spellcasters for their healer effects.

The mephlings deserver a new oportunity in 5e as PC race. The spikers as PC race could need a redesign, because it is not only about wearing heavy armour, but also they can't touch other people in the same way the horny bards like to do. What if their spikes were reversible as cats' claws? Wildrens as PC race was one of the least favorite ones, but with a right redesign they could be right for players who wanted to play with a "kemonomimi"/furry. I would remove the burrow speed, or alter it because if they can create tunnels then they can also destroy stone walls and doors. At least it should be an exhausting physical effort.

 

[WarDriveWorley]

Kinda surprised the Cartomancer feat isn't open to Bards.

Also I would totally open it to Arcane Tricksters for flavor reasons.