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The 2014 half elf was a dearth of interesting mechanics. Almost anything would be an improvement.

I'm genuinely curious what they are going to give Khorvar that isn't just generic half-elf. They have a lot of room to explore beyond part elf features and part human features. I hope they do something interesting.

Like I said, numbers are fungible. More HP would certainly be needed, especially if it automatically is hit/fails saves. 20 damage is trivial at 5th level. But the concern is what else can you do with a horde of zombies. Can they lift and carry objects or work together to carry one big object...

Conspicuously not featuring it in this write up: the URL states it's looking at the four returning species from 2014. I think Khorvar will get its own feature.

I get your not trying to balance this, just spitball it. But sweet Vecna is this bad. It's a cloud of daggers and entangle lovechild that gets dispelled the first time it or you (concentration) get hit with a strong blow. It embodies the worst of both conjure types: the limited use cases of 2024...

Don't take my comment as a slam on 4e. But ADEU were designed to be used in combat. Some Utility powers were useful outside of combat, but the goal was that every round of combat was a chance to use your abilities. That was something 5e initially moved away from, and is now embracing again...

It's a pendulum swing. People compare the flavorful but more niche abilities for transmuter or conjurer against the equally flavorful but more potent abilities of the abjurer or diviner and it's hard to justify. 4e made everything in a class about combat and it felt overbalanced. 2014 tried to...

To a degree, this is the core of the difference between Conjure animals (2014), conjure animals (2024) and summon animals. 2014 created a pool of Monster Manual accurate creatures to use, each with their own HP and actions. The 2024 version created a collection of spirits that were...

We know. You play exclusively bards.

Honestly, I'd probably mix these rules with Tasha sidekicks to give the PC a buddy.

I have always felt kinship to the society of Sensation, but these days I'm more Bleak Cabal

I don't know if they are going to be so clean as this, but I wouldn't be surprised if we do get more themed bundle UAs. Then again, the Forgotten Realms book only had three reprints (knowledge, bladesong, and PDK) and a swath of new subs. We could very well end up with a UA around some theme...

Maybe Jeremy and Chris can give them the 2024 treatment when Darrington releases a new 3pp CR book.

Potential future UAs Primal: Storm Hearld, Shepherd, Scout, Stormy Sorcery + new ones Martial: Swords, Cavalier and/or samurai, kensei, conquest, swashbuckler, war magic.

I wouldn't mind a 2e style Tome of Magic, a collection of new spells and a few new PC options (the original wild magic). Make a book with a bunch of new spells, magical subclasses and feats, magic items, and a few magical monsters. Toss in some bastion stuff and you got a good $30.00 supplement.

We've already had the FR subclass UA, before the horror ones. This is probably for a 2026 project.(The psion and horror are too, most likely).

I'd give it a 50/50 shot it ends up in a Dark Sun book, but I wager it also gets reprinted generic book as well.

The problem is that the wizard can't be both a generic "master of all Arcane magic" AND a super-flavorful specialist without going OP. The fact they can pick all the best arcane spells and then be a great necromancer or summoner doesn't work. This is a good example. A generic wizard doesn't...

... I don't think we have. Artificer: 6 Barbarian: 0 Bard: 2 Cleric: 3 Druid: 0 Fighter: 2 Monk: 1 Paladin: 1 Psion: 4 Ranger: 2 Rogue: 2 Sorcerer: 3 Warlock: 2 Wizard: 5 There is a decently exploitable gap in martial based and primal based subs waiting to be explored.

Knowledge domain - PHB Arcana domain - SCAG Grave domain - XGE Transmuter, Conjurer, Necromancer, Enchanter - PHB Bladesinger - SCAG/TCE Purple Dragon Knight - SCAG Arcane Archer - XGE Shadow Sorcery - XGE Spirit bard - VRGR Undeath patron - VRGR Hexblade - XGE Phantom - TCE Everything else...