D&D (2024) New One D&D Playtest Shows Us The New Druid & Paladin

WotC has released the fourth One D&D playtest document. This 29-page PDF includes the druid and the paladin with Circle of the Moon and Oath of Devotion subclasses.

Druid. The Druid class and Circle of the Moon subclass are ready for playtesting here.

Paladin. The Paladin class and Oath of Devotion subclass are ready for playtesting here.

Feats. Several revised feats appear here for your feedback, with more revised feats coming in future articles.

Spells. More spells are ready for playtesting, with a focus on smite spells, Find Familiar, and Find Steed.

Rules Glossary. The rules glossary has been updated again and supersedes the glossary in previous Unearthed Arcana articles. In this document, any underlined term in the body text appears in that glossary, which defines game terms that have been clarified or redefined for this playtest or that don’t appear in the 2014 Player’s Handbook.

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[OB1]

Trying to think of a non complex way to make Tiny work at lower levels. How about
When you assume a Tiny form, you cannot take the attack action, and taking any damage ends this use of wildshape early.
Then at 11th level you get the improved tiny form as in the playtest.

 

[Loren the GM]

How does all this not constitute a new edition, I ask you?

Because it is revisions. It still is the same engine running underneath, just tweaks to various elements to make it run better. Just like creating a new class like Artificer, or adding new subclasses, or changing how monsters work with magic, don't change the edition - which are all things that happened in the 5e product cycle.

 

[MoonSong]

Not a fan of the new wildshape. Especially combined with the fact that they're doubling down on wildshape being the main core feature of druid. What if I want to play a nature themed caster not based on turning into animals?

Dah, you make a nature cleric, hardly a problem since cleric subclasses are chosen at first level... oh wait...

 

[Hexmage-EN]

My only problems with the new druid are that waiting until 10th to turn Tiny is very weird and that it would be more interesting to be able to customize animal forms with some of the better beast traits.

I was more negative about this at first until I remembered how recently when prepping a high-level druid that mammoth was the only good option.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

1. When the familar gets spell level calculated in their hp. Which level does the druid cast it when channeling nature?

part of me wants to use downtime to cast a 9th level super familair with 20hp and 21 AC

 

[GMforPowergamers]

How does all this not constitute a new edition, I ask you?

it totally is

 

[TwoSix]

[*]Not a fan of the new wildshape. Especially combined with the fact that they're doubling down on wildshape being the main core feature of druid. What if I want to play a nature themed caster not based on turning into animals?

Agreed. I don't object to the change in a vacuum, but I'd rather see them take the opportunity to remove wildshape as a core feature of the class, and move it into specific subclasses. They're already part of the way there by generalizing "wildshape uses" as "Channel Nature", and most of the druid subclasses post-PHB ended up using wildshape to power their subclass defining ability anyway.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Because it is revisions. It still is the same engine running underneath, just tweaks to various elements to make it run better. Just like creating a new class like Artificer, or adding new subclasses, or changing how monsters work with magic, don't change the edition - which are all things that happened in the 5e product cycle.

Adding new content is not the same as rewriting existing core content. And I have and will continue to argue that the monster magic changes are the sort of thing that should be done in a new edition as well.

Anyone else notice the loss of the term, "OneD&D"?

 

[MoonSong]

I'm concerned with them wanting Druids to care about spell schools. Also that making animal companion so homogeneous and reliant on the wizard version isn't very palatable to me.

 

[bedir than]

Adding new content is not the same as rewriting existing core content. And I have and will continue to argue that the monster magic changes are the sort of thing that should be done in a new edition as well.

Anyone else notice the loss of the term, "OneD&D"?

When you click on this button

You go to the page titled One D&D


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To Start Playtesting you go to another One D&D page where you have the various packets. When you click on a packet you go another page title One D&D that talks about how One D&D is the future of D&D