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

[GMforPowergamers]

Probably you just use the 2014 races. I think, with the new rules, we will see backgrounds for dragonmaks instead of subraces which were a neat idea, but rather a fix for the limited design space.

yeah more and more I am qustioning if this really is just updates

 

[TwoSix]

correct me if I am wrong (I am not near books and that one is put away not being used right now anyway) were those not subraces? if they do away with subraces how will that work? (I may be 100% off on this one)

Some of them were subraces, some of them were standalone races (like all the human ones).

 

[Thunder Brother]

Crafter:
Discount. Whenever you buy a nonmagical item, you receive a 20 percent discount on it.
Faster Crafting. When you craft an item using a tool with which you have Tool Proficiency, the required crafting time is reduced by 20 percent.

I sleep.

 

[Kurotowa]

Races

I love the new rule for half-races. Pick one race for stats, but describe the character with two races in mind. Use a background to round out any mechanical needs.

The anthropomorphic human-animals, the humanimals, are less my thing. The ardling is less for me. At the same time, an easy way to accommodate the many different kinds of humanimal via a single race is a good idea for players who enjoy this archetype.

And really, those two elements kind of fix each other. Do you want your more anime style "animal ears and maybe a tail" instead of a full anthro animal head? Create a half-ardling with a curated selection of animal traits and ditch the rest. They don't even have to use ardling stats!

Moving on to the feats, I do appreciate a lot of the changes to old feats. Lucky got nerfed, Savage Attacker got buffed, and Magic Initiate is a lot easier to use for kitbashing gish builds around Booming Blade, Green-Flame Blade, and Shillelagh.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Crafter:
Discount. Whenever you buy a nonmagical item, you receive a 20 percent discount on it.
Faster Crafting. When you craft an item using a tool with which you have Tool Proficiency, the required crafting time is reduced by 20 percent.

I sleep.

wow a feat that makes you do math... this long sword cost 15gp what is 20% of 15?

 

[This Effin’ GM]

wow a feat that makes you do math... this long sword cost 15gp what is 20% of 15?

12!

 

[Vaalingrade]

(Unless you were the player at Origins that year) you are the 2nd person I have heard say this or something akin to that... so I didn't say NO TABLES....

There's a non-zero chance I was the player. I've been at Origins all in-person years since 2017

 

[Thunder Brother]

wow a feat that makes you do math... this long sword cost 15gp what is 20% of 15?

WotC wants to remind you that silver and copper coins do in fact exist.

 

[Weiley31]

Also, if I'm reading right, it would seem like Variant Human has been folded into the Playtest Human. (that's a weird statement to say.)

 

[Vaalingrade]

wow a feat that makes you do math.

Playtesters are going to ANNIHILATE that.