D&D (2024) First playtest thread! One D&D Character Origins.

[Paul Farquhar]

In the video Crawford explains it is neutral evil fiendish origins. I didn't make it up.

Boring. Lawful evil, chaotic evil, and boring evil.

 

[grimslade]

Anyone else amused that the most obvious abbreviation for this would be OD&D?

I already thought of it as 1D&De

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Or Far Realms origin?

Although technically, Cthonic means "underground".

Cthonic as a descriptor also refers to deities with connections to the Underworld, such as Hades.

Cthonic => Hades => The Gray Wastes of Hades (i.e. the pure NE plane of the Great Wheel) => Yugoloths

 

[dave2008]

Feats will all have levels in the UA playtest.

PS It sure seems feats are optional anymore

 

[TwoSix]

Seems like a mixed bag of ideas. Am I hearing that right in that ability scores are no longer a function of race but rather your background? The video seems to plant that flag solidly. They never say race doesn't give you ability scores bonuses, but they repeatedly say that background does now. Unless you're getting two sets of +2/+1...which would make sense with the auto success on a 20 and no more monster crits.

Around 19:40 he says pretty explicitly that the bonuses will instead be in the background section.

 

[Scribe]

Infernal = Lawful evil fiendish origin
Abyssal = Chaotic evil fiendish origin
Cthonic = Neutral evil fiendish origin

Love it.

 

[overgeeked]

Well it is a playtest with a survey on 9/1

Yeah. They can't honestly think two weeks is sufficient time to actually playtest these things. Either that or they've already decided and the "survey" is just PR smoke and mirrors.

 

[Vaalingrade]

They're talking about Teamwork and being a good team member.

My god, what is happening?

 

[dave2008]

Unearthed Arcana: Character Origins | One D&D​

1st level feats will not have a +1 to an ability score, that is reserved for higher level feats

 

[Demetrios1453]

Or Far Realms origin?

Although technically, Cthonic means "underground".

Chthonic in this case probably refers to the traditional NE death deities like Hades and Hel, and their undergeound nature, and just extrapolating that to NE as a whole, as there isn't another good adjective.