D&D (2024) New Survey Results | Druid & Paladin | Unearthed Arcana | D&D

WotC has shared a new video going over the survey results following the drud and paladin playtests for One D&D.

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For those who don't have time to watch the video, here are some general notes.

Paladin

• Did extremely well in terms of satisfaction
• All class and subclass features scored 70% or higher - lowest was Divine Smite at 72%
• Got some pushback in written feedback on being able to smite on ranged attacks - class identity concerns, Paladin viewed as melee-centric class, ranged smites might eat into Cleric/Ranger identity too much
• Positive feedback on redesigned smite spells - may become paladin exclusive spells down the road

Druid

• Wild Shape feedback seems to be split - slight majority saying "never want this Wild Shape in print", slight minority saying "this is their favorite version of Wild Shape they've ever seen"
• People love the texture and differences in beast options in '14 Wild Shape, but are open to feature being easier to use (i.e. don't want players to have to weigh the merits of 100+ stat blocks every time they want to use Wild Shape)
• Will have another take on Wild Shape next time Druid appears in Playtest UA
• General concept of Channel Nature seems to have gone over well, but want to see more done with it
• Expected feedback for restoring elemental forms for Moon Druids, but instead found people wanted to lean more into Lunar themes
• Want Moon Druid forms to be more resilient, but still want to reign in power at high levels (frequent/unlimited uses of Wild Shape constantly refreshing HP total)

 

[Minigiant]

I really want pistol-smiting Paladins to remain.

As for what they responded to about Druids, I think they were really binary in there view on what the responses were. I was not the "standard stat-blocks are the best thing ever" camp, and I wasn't in "I don't want to see this in print" camp. I was in the "use standard stat-blocks but they need to make them more flexible" camp.

Ranged Paladins won't be a thing until D&D has a base wilderness mechanical system for all levels for Rangers to interact with.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Ranged Paladins won't be a thing until D&D has a base wilderness mechanical system for all levels for Rangers to interact with.

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[Valetudo]

Man I just got the Everton book today...weird.

 

[Valetudo]

I'm sorry for double posting but I'm fine with ranged smiting in the core class. Pallys are seriously underpowered in the range department. I would rather their class feature get upgraded than their spells. And I know they get cantrips now but sacred flame sucks and needs an update.

 

[Incenjucar]

While I support a ranged paladin subclass or option fork, I feel the core needs to be melee. Might even be good to steal some Avenger powers to make them better at reaching distant targets without having to draw a bow.

 

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There's no rangers in either living Warhammer

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

There's no rangers in either living Warhammer

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[Chaosmancer]

For starters, I would not make these Arcane weapon spells deal anywhere near the extra damage Smite spells are capable of. Because that's the core of the current OneD&D problem with the Cleric out-smiting the Paladin, but spread to Wizards and the like. Instead, I would steer these Arcane weapon spells more toward CC effects, while only dealing one extra die of damage.

So Wrathful smite would be an arcane spell then? +1d6 damage and a fear effect riding on the weapon attack?

 

[mellored]

So Wrathful smite would be an arcane spell then? +1d6 damage and a fear effect riding on the weapon attack?

IMO, fear would fall be more of a divine effect.

Though perhaps wrathful smite just gets the fear effect. And Paladin get an extra d6 on top of that.

And while I like this option a little less, bladesinger and sword bards might just get smites as bonus spells.

 

[James Gasik]

IMO, fear would fall be more of a divine effect.

Though perhaps wrathful smite just gets the fear effect. And Paladin get an extra d6 on top of that.

And while I like this option a little less, bladesinger and sword bards might just get smites as bonus spells.

Just out of curiosity, why is that? Arcane magic can cause people to feel fear just fine.