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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[LuisCarlos17f]

a) what does the top image come from?
b) I believe they are flat out not doing psionics this edition as the designers do not want to do it for some reason.
c) I would love more elemental spells as I love me some elemental blasting.

It is Cogman, from Transfomers: Last Knight.

Cogman - Transformers Wiki

tfwiki.net

* If psionic classes aren't published by WotC then they will be by a 3PP. Some superheroes franchises would be easier to be adapted to d20 system using psionic powers instead magic spells.

Maybe the characters of Stranger Things play with psionic powers and then everybody wants psionic powers in 5ed.

* There is space for an elementalist. My suggestion is something close to the mysteries by shadowcasters (3.5 Tome of Magic) but these working as primal martial maneuvers, spell-life effects in the middle between at-will and once-encounter, for example a concentration check to reload.

* The faction from Black Spiral module could be the origin of a Dark Sun spin-off with a potential link with the rest of the D&D multiverse. This should can allow to add the PC psionic races, even shardminds and fraals in Dark Sun, or in a new-brand setting with a tribal-punk look.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

My biggest problem is that they're not an interesting support class. You dump Bless or something of the party and they don't need you to do anything else. You just hang back and plink with your little Cantrip that doesn't do anything interesting. and you always have to hold back a spell slot or two because 'what if I need to heal someone?" so all your cool spells are not getting used. Not that there is that many cool ones.

I LIKE to play support characters, but the Cleric is the most BORING version of that. It doesn't even get a cantrip that lets them do support thing.

Aside from Guidance, which you should always have because it's the best thing ever... And in the PHB you only have Sacred Flame as an Attack Cantrip so if you want one you gotta take that one. So, out of the PHB, you basically have 1 Cantrip choice to flex your character if you don't want to end up without a ranged offensive action.

And when picking your spells you really want that Emergency Healing Word, and Bless is just generally good, right? Oops, that's half your level 1 load out, and you only have 2 spell slots so be careful.

I made an NPC/Monster healer/buffer by giving them 5th level cleric spell slots... prepping bless, cure wounds, healing word, mass healing word, revivify, and the cantrips of guidance and thaumaturgy... but then from the warlock list I gave intellect fortress, mysty step, and eldritch blast, and good berry from druid I then gave it (not a he or a she) mage armor, detect magic, and speak with animals at will... and made it all an Int casters a few D6 for HD and a lame knife fighting skill BUT 1d6 sneak attack and trained in medicine and healer kit and herbalist kit... it was an add on character when we dropped too 2 players for a bit I considered giving it the bard inspiration but decided not to... it helped carry the 2 players for the few months before we got back up to 3 then 4.

mostly used for healing but had eldritch blast to be in the back with and could throw a bless or two around

 

[Mind of tempest]

It doesn't matter, because there are so many competing desires. Every edition had a different take on psionics, so satisfying a vast majority via older systems will be impossible.

They got positive feedback from a vast majority using a system you don't like. That doesn't mean there's no system.

I do not hate the dabbler subclasses for fighter and rogue I agree those are good but what I hate is the sorcerer as that might as well be a big fat sigh saying the only class I ever truly loved thematically(I will agree the mechanics need one or two redos) is dead that what other people want is so weak and barely flavoured that most filter water has more taste.
every edition has different takes on mechanics which I am fine with what I do not like is someone making something simply to make others many who may simply hate having the idea of psionic touching their precious Tolkien orc murder simulator and make it so I can never have a caster I can truly ever love.

They have provided close to what I desire for psionics. But I have no idea what others want from it.

That is how you feel, but there is no indication, IMO, that is how WotC feel. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean the intent is simply to shut people up. I am pretty sure the intent of every product is to make money. Shutting people up probably is something that is never considered.

what I and I suspect others want is a full caster with a variety of subclasses for the broad list of areas of psionic ability, Have you ever heard about psionic being popular with the designers? it comes towards the end of the life span for a reason.
money is the goal but that does not stop people from mixing other motivations in.

WotC spent years testing different approaches to Psionics. What finally passed muster with the public was what is in Tasha's. That's the reason there isnmore: because it wasn't "what is desired."

what they made was fine for sub-classes but does not gain what could be.

Pretty much psionics is what we got in Tasha's. I doubt they will even create more subclasses. I think Mearls was the only champion for psionics, the rest of the design crew is not interested (not haters just not enthused by it). They did several iterations of psionics in UA and consistently got negative feedback no matter how they approached it. There is not a common idea of what psionics entails in the player base, so we have our sub-classes and the GOO warlock. I imagine if they do wild powers in a Dark Sun reboot, they will be like the background feats we see here.

it is just depressing as I doubt anyone will ever make what I want as I see no third party stepping in to get what I want.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I do not hate the dabbler subclasses for fighter and rogue I agree those are good but what I hate is the sorcerer as that might as well be a big fat sigh saying the only class I ever truly loved thematically(I will agree the mechanics need one or two redos) is dead that what other people want is so weak and barely flavoured that most filter water has more taste.
every edition has different takes on mechanics which I am fine with what I do not like is someone making something simply to make others many who may simply hate having the idea of psionic touching their precious Tolkien orc murder simulator and make it so I can never have a caster I can truly ever love.


what I and I suspect others want is a full caster with a variety of subclasses for the broad list of areas of psionic ability, Have you ever heard about psionic being popular with the designers? it comes towards the end of the life span for a reason.
money is the goal but that does not stop people from mixing other motivations in.

what they made was fine for sub-classes but does not gain what could be.

it is just depressing as I doubt anyone will ever make what I want as I see no third party stepping in to get what I want.

Did you try that 3rd party Eberron psionics book? Can't remember what its called, but its on DMsguild. I'm using it as a placeholder for psionics until Level Up's Voidrunner Codex is released.

 

[Mind of tempest]

It is Cogman, from Transfomers: Last Knight.

Cogman - Transformers Wiki

tfwiki.net

* If psionic classes aren't published by WotC then they will be by a 3PP. Some superheroes franchises would be easier to be adapted to d20 system using psionic powers instead magic spells.

Maybe the characters of Stranger Things play with psionic powers and then everybody wants psionic powers in 5ed.

* There is space for an elementalist. My suggestion is something close to the mysteries by shadowcasters (3.5 Tome of Magic) but these working as primal martial maneuvers, spell-life effects in the middle between at-will and once-encounter, for example a concentration check to reload.

* The faction from Black Spiral module could be the origin of a Dark Sun spin-off with a potential link with the rest of the D&D multiverse. This should can allow to add the PC psionic races, even shardminds and fraals in Dark Sun, or in a new-brand setting with a tribal-punk look.

1) thank you for explaining who it is.

2) doubt that as the only people who might ever make it are more interested in making pathfinder content than for 5e despite the bigger market and pather is too much math for me.

3) they will make the aberrant mind sorcerer and call it a day.

4) elementalist is more likely to be a bunch of subclasses or just a wizard thing.

Did you try that 3rd party Eberron psionics book? Can't remember what its called, but its on DMsguild. I'm using it as a placeholder for psionics until Level Up's Voidrunner Codex is released.

never heard of it can you please link it?

 

[Micah Sweet]

1) thank you for explaining who it is.

2) doubt that as the only people who might ever make it are more interested in making pathfinder content than for 5e despite the bigger market and pather is too much math for me.

3) they will make the aberrant mind sorcerer and call it a day.

4) elementalist is more likely to be a bunch of subclasses or just a wizard thing.

never heard of it can you please link it?

The Korranberg Chronicle

The Korranberg Chronicle: Psion's Primer - A Complete Psionics System - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

The Korranberg Chronicle: Psion's Primer - A Complete Psionics System - Open your Mind's Eye with The Korranberg Chronicle - Psion's Primer A Complete Psionics System Within this book's pag

www.dmsguild.com

 

[grimslade]

1) thank you for explaining who it is.

2) doubt that as the only people who might ever make it are more interested in making pathfinder content than for 5e despite the bigger market and pather is too much math for me.

3) they will make the aberrant mind sorcerer and call it a day.

4) elementalist is more likely to be a bunch of subclasses or just a wizard thing.

never heard of it can you please link it?

I believe he is referring to the Korranberg Chronicle: Psionics Primer
Here
I am cautiously optimistic about what Arcanis comes up with. Codex of the Mind isn't set to come out for a bit, but they clearly love psionics.
Preview Here

 

[Mind of tempest]

The Korranberg Chronicle

The Korranberg Chronicle: Psion's Primer - A Complete Psionics System - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

The Korranberg Chronicle: Psion's Primer - A Complete Psionics System - Open your Mind's Eye with The Korranberg Chronicle - Psion's Primer A Complete Psionics System Within this book's pag

www.dmsguild.com

remind me towards the end of August I will have gotten paid by then.

I believe he is referring to the Korranberg Chronicle: Psionics Primer
Here
I am cautiously optimistic about what Arcanis comes up with. Codex of the Mind isn't set to come out for a bit, but they clearly love psionics.

I lost the ability to be optimistic by age 11, this is not an edge thing just the long-term problems of depression over my formative years.

 

[Scribe]

Well, I finally read it, and its a 5e UA.

 

[Mind of tempest]

Well, I finally read it, and its a 5e UA.

so in deep need for testing either way too good or really lacking?