D&D (2024) One D&D Expert Classes Playtest Document Is Live

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[Weiley31]

A finesse weapon which does 1d6 damage for everyone.

Yeah this too for sure. This way they can give people Simple Weapons and still have them have a sword. It's not totally unreasonable, either, especially if we regard a short sword as a primarily stabbing weapon. I bet it's easier to teach a gladius than it is half the other Simple weapons. It definitely is easier to teach a gladius than, say, a quarterstaff.

Plus, now you can go "full Gandalf" two weapon fighting style with the Staff/Sword now.

 

[WarDriveWorley]

Better than what it was originally.

oh I agree. I'm already going to update it for my regular game. just curious on how it'll ripple out

 

[Ruin Explorer]

(The classic archetypical ranger is not Drizzt. It's Aragorn.)

At this point in history, and considering the average D&D player is in their mid-late 20s, the actual "archetypical ranger" to most D&D players is probably Katniss Everdeen (please feel old with me and remember The Hunger Games movie came out in 2012!). To be fair Katniss and Aragorn share an awful lot of parallels.

But D&D's own one is Drizzt.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Plus, now you can go "full Gandalf" two weapon fighting style with the Staff/Sword now.

Crossing the streams here but: "A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one".

 

[Sir Brennen]

[…] so in my opinion savored Enemy till needs a bit of work.

Mmm. Tasty enemies.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I agree. No one enforces that restriction (in addition to donning the shield). And it's a waste of a bullet to include into the feat

Haven't read the whole thead yet, but has anyone mentioned that it's dealt with under the Attack Action?

ATTACK [ACTION] When you take the Attack Action, you can make one attack with a Weapon or an Unarmed Strike.
EQUIPPING WEAPONS You can equip or unequip one Weapon before or after any attack you make as part of this Action.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Haven't read the whole thead yet, but has anyone mentioned that it's dealt with under the Attack Action?

ATTACK [ACTION] When you take the Attack Action, you can make one attack with a Weapon or an Unarmed Strike.
EQUIPPING WEAPONS You can equip or unequip one Weapon before or after any attack you make as part of this Action.

Interesting, I'd missed that but that's even more reason not to keep track of this stuff.

 

[darjr]

Haven't read the whole thead yet, but has anyone mentioned that it's dealt with under the Attack Action?

ATTACK [ACTION] When you take the Attack Action, you can make one attack with a Weapon or an Unarmed Strike.
EQUIPPING WEAPONS You can equip or unequip one Weapon before or after any attack you make as part of this Action.

So you can't ignore it, while ignoring it?

 

[TrainedMunkee]

Mmm. Tasty enemies.

My savored enemy is a large meat lovers pizza, much better than play test version of Favored Enemy.

 

[Haplo781]

1DD: renames armor proficiency to armor training so people don't get confused over the lack of proficiency bonus doing anything with it

Also 1DD: Bardic Inspiration and Heroic Inspiration are completely different mechanics