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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[Micah Sweet]

1) Probably the newer one, because I kinda hate the old one. For most spells, I'll probably just let them pick.

2) Why would any 2 people have exactly the same abilities? The nature spirits/deities/whatever their source of power gave them different blessings, that's all. The idea that 2 characters, in the fiction, would expect to gain the exact same supernatural blessings over time just wildly strains credulity.

That philosophy doesn't exactly jive with making things easier on players and DMs, having two versions of everything.

 

[Frozen_Heart]

I see so many cool options for ranged paladins now. Edgy ranger-like character, using holy arrows to smite vampires. Or a heavily armoured paladin with a gun, yelling "for the emperor" as he smites using his bolter.

Or if you're a powergamer, pick a flying race and play as an orbital strike paladin.

 

[Mephista]

Wow. I think the Warlock is a lot more complicated.

I feel like a better term for old druid shapeshifting was "annoying" - had more steps, in that you had to search databases and read through stat blocks and the like. It was close to homework.

 

[dave2008]

sorry but no. You can't really play 2024 characters with the same class/race as the 2014 characters (atleast no more or less then you could run a 2nd 3rd or 4th edition character next to one)
the change to base rules (status, and spells) the change to where you get what... you have to update a character from 1 book to the other to play at most tables

We have done it with the playtest classes so far. Haven't tried these yet. So if 2024 PHB is like the playtest classes, then yes, you can play them at the same table.

 

[TwoSix]

sorry but no. You can't really play 2024 characters with the same class/race as the 2014 characters (atleast no more or less then you could run a 2nd 3rd or 4th edition character next to one)
the change to base rules (status, and spells) the change to where you get what... you have to update a character from 1 book to the other to play at most tables

You really, really don't. If I have a 2014 druid, a LU druid, and a 2024 druid at my table simultaneously, why would that bother me as the DM?

 

[Micah Sweet]

I feel like a better term for old druid shapeshifting was "annoying" - had more steps, in that you had to search databases and read through stat blocks and the like. It was close to homework.

At least you could change into animals that had meaningful differences from each other.

 

[TwoSix]

That philosophy doesn't exactly jive with making things easier on players and DMs, having two versions of everything.

1) It's my choice as a DM. If I didn't think I could handle it, I wouldn't do it.

2) As a player, it just means more options exist. If you're happy with a druid from whatever book you have, play that. The fact that someone else might play a druid from a different book is irrelevant to you.

 

[dave2008]

That philosophy doesn't exactly jive with making things easier on players and DMs, having two versions of everything

Listen Micah, we all know it is a new edition to you. You don't have to tell us that in every post - we know it! That doesn't mean everyone has to share your opinion.

 

[Mephista]

At least you could change into animals that had meaningful differences from each other.

As long as it was a select group of animals, that is, that matched your CR access, and was relatively workable in play. Required system mastery sucks.

I mean, I'd love for you to have a build-an-animal option too. But there's very good reasons why the old druid was the least played class in the game.

 

[Minigiant]

Just call it Action Points or Hero Points , man!