D&D (2024) Jeremy Crawford Gives an Overview of the New Unearthed Arcana

The upcoming Unearthed Arcana playtest packet for One D&D gets a preview from WotC's Jeremy Crawford. This is apparently the largest of these playtest packets so far, and the biggest Unearthed Arcana they have ever done, at 50 pages long.

It contains 5 classes, new spells, new feats, a revised rules glossary, and the new weapon mastery system.

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[GMforPowergamers]

@GMforPowergamers did they just admit it’s not back compatible without adjustments?

I don't know if they admitted it for the first time or if this is just the first time you heard it, but yeah back compatible for adventures not players... just look at what they did to warlock

 

[Mirrorrorrim]

I don't know if they admitted it for the first time or if this is just the first time you heard it, but yeah back compatible for adventures not players... just look at what they did to warlock

I really wish people stopped assuming that they had to change their existing characters against their will. Unless their DM is resistant to it, they don't have to change anything. It all works at the table. Going forward they can use a 2024 class or a 2014 class.

 

[Vaalingrade]

I really wish people stopped assuming that they had to change their existing characters against their will. Unless their DM is resistant to it, they don't have to change anything. It all works at the table. Going forward they can use a 2024 class or a 2014 class.

They're not going to need to change existing characters, but let's not pretend the VAST majority of tables won't be 2024-only within 6-9 months. That's how it went with 4Essentials and 3.5.

We just say it won't happen to keep people calm.

 

[Saracenus]

On the Paladin pronunciation tip... LINK: Let Me Google That For You...

 

[HammerMan]

I really wish people stopped assuming that they had to change their existing characters against their will. Unless their DM is resistant to it, they don't have to change anything. It all works at the table. Going forward they can use a 2024 class or a 2014 class.

I mean the same is true of ANY edition change. If your group and DM is cool with staying with 4e you just don’t have to update to 5e

 

[Azzy]

Similar to Aladdin.

puh-LAD-in

Not according to Merriam-Webster.

 

[Bacon Bits]

Not according to Merriam-Webster.

You need to re-read the thread. I was giving the incorrect pronunciation. People around where I live often pronounce it like this word.

 

[Bacon Bits]

Huh. Never heard it pronounced that way in my life.

It's widespread around where I live, especially in the late 80s and early 90s.

I'm not mad at the people who say it that way. Mispronouncing a word invariably means they learned a word by reading it (or the person they learned it from did). But it is a pronunciation that I find grating, so it really sticks out.

 

[mellored]

Color me skeptical. Unless they’re getting much bigger changes than have been teased so far.

"The most fun I had as a fighter" is not necessarily a huge bar to pass.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Similar to Aladdin.

puh-LAD-in

What's particularly funny about that is "ah-LAD-inn" is not really how that name should be pronounced. It's closer to Allah-DEEN.

Meanwhile, the class is PAL-ah-din.

...But now you have me wanting to pronounce it "Pallah-DEEN" just to be difficult!