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The proposed changes to Goliath and Dragonborn aren't. Changing the breath weapon mechanic doesn't hurt, but making them suddenly be able to fly does. On the Goliath, Stone's Endurance is already there, so is powerful build, but not the other options, and making Goliath's that suddenly change...

The statement on D&D Beyond promises backward compatibility to adventures and to Suplements, but it's the PHB that is being playtested for changes. Specifically, changes to characters. (race, class, subclass, and to play rules for PCs.). It has been rightly pointed out here that the promise of...

Mine either. I've had a winged tiefling and an Aarakocra fighter at my table and they were both strong but not game breaking. Giving a dragonborn wings though is a change that isn't really backward compatible. I would say though either give them flight meaning a flight speed or make winged...

The solution of temporary flight doesn't solve the obstacle negation issue. You don't see many hazards that a character can't fly over in 10 minutes. Either allow flight or don't In my game we had a winged tiefling and it was strong in play to be able to fly but it didn't break anything. He...

Agree. In terms of both backward compatibility and who they are Goliath's are not shape changers and don't change sizes. If permanent size large is a problem, make it an option with the lineage medium or large or just make racial feats to gain the reach, the weapon size etc. You could also just...

My initial impression of the new playtest. I like the cleric. The change in levels of abilities was inevitable given that the 20th to 18th level change seems to be popular and the designers are invested in it. In 5E turn undead rarely works effectively and doesn't get used as a result because...

Easily resolved with a fighting style at 1st. A monk starting with the Unarmed style would use d6 or d8 on unarmed strikes and be able to do a d4 grappling.

Interesting idea, but how then to do the sub-classes? If you only want one kind of monk, but then 3rd, 9th, 13th and 17th are not a lot of chances to give him everything you want a monk to have.

Personally, I don't think an HD change is needed. The monk is mobile because he's a skirmisher. Give the Monk a fighting style at 1st. The Unarmed style increases the unarmed strike damage die. Unarmored Defense. I don't think that the Monk needs armor and thematically it doesn't 'feel' right...

Makes sense. Personally, I focused on Con and Strength & didn't wear armor.

The Flurry may need to change with new rules on dual wielding. The Barbarian is MAD as well, but Constitution adds both HP and AC. I played a 5e barbarian to 20th level and AC was never an issue. HP was so high and resisting many attacks helped so much it worked even at the lower levels.

My thoughts on the sub-classes, limiting myself to the Players Handbook as these are likely to be considered for play test in One D&D. The Way of the Open Hand. Probably the strongest combat monk subclass in the PHB (IMHO) Open Hand Technique. These are decent effects, but with changes to how...

Patient Defense and Step of the Wind combined are not as good as the Rogue's Cunning Action. I realized after the fact that I said nothing about Unarmored Defense. There is a strong MAD in the monk, much more than the Barbarian having Unarmored Defense on Constitution. The monk's AC is mediocre...

I agree on the flurry and the number of attacks. Just throwing thoughts out there. Perhaps if the ki point allowed the monk to add a proficiency bonus number of attacks. Don't want to over complicate too much. I don't think the number of ki points is out of line it goes up comparably to the...

With the play tests ongoing and Warriors likely to come soon, I've been thinking about the Monk, and what I might recommend based on what we've seen of One D&D so far. My thoughts: Martial Arts. Generally a good ability. Give the Monk a fighting style at 1st. The Unarmed style shores up the 1d4...

My thoughts on the Playtest Ranger: Expertise. I think this is fine both thematically and in power level. And it does not hurt backward compatibility. Favored Enemy. Give the Ranger his choice of actual Favored Enemy. Instead of altering a spell, (Hunter's Mark) make this a non-magical ability...

I'm still feeling like every background doesn't need a feat and I don't mind level prerequisites for them but in some cases, it will hurt backward compatibility of characters. If the point is to revise the PHB and have that compatibility then perhaps taking a feat as part of your background...

I completed the survey after listening to some feedback from my table. What I found: Class Spell lists are still needed. Arcane, Primal and Divine are good but having them be the only lists makes character creation overly tedious and prone to errors. The Bard suffers from missing spells he...

Personally, I think three is fine. That said, IMHO we also need class spell lists. No one wants to sort through in character creation going by the individual school. Especially players using the physical books. Books that WotC is still going to want to sell. Make Arcane, Divine and Primal a Tag...

I think the three are likely fine for the official classes that exist now. I do think though that we still need class lists. Saying that the Bard and Ranger gets everything from their groups but only from certain schools will make looking them up in character creation tedious and prone to rules...