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Mostly just the Wild Surge info. That's the part that wasn't in the UA release at all. And really, that's the part that's make or break for the subclass. I'm mildly curious about it now, but it really does come down to that table. How silly is it? How likely is it to cause accidental friendly...

An optimization I'm not convinced is optimal. To do it you need to be holding two Light weapons. Can you still make Unarmed Strikes if both your hands are occupied? I double checked, the old clause about making them with any body part isn't there in either the Monk or Unarmed Strike entry of the...

It's not a bad use of a Sorcery Point, to effectively upcast a spell for a cheap rate. It's a very bad pick for a Metamagic, when you only get a few known and there are others that are far more transformative.

I was thinking the same thing. And if we're trying to defend our Concentration from being disrupted, a little extra AC is probably good. Maybe a reason to go Draconic Sorcerer, maybe an actual use case for the much talked about "Full caster taking the Lightly Armored origin feat for medium armor...

So, how are we feeling about a control oriented Sorcerer? Stack +1 Save DC from Innate Sorcery with Disadvantage from Heightened Spell, grab those real debilitating picks like Hold Person and Phantasmal Force and Slow, maybe go Wild Magic and use Bend Luck as insurance. I mean sure, you still...

Prayer of Healing has been changed to give the benefits of a Short Rest, but with a 10 minute casting time. Can you Divine Intervention an instant Prayer of Healing in the middle of combat, immediately recharging half the party's class features? Can party members spend HD for healing too, making...

Unlike a lot of these preview videos, there's actual substantial changes from the Cleric's last appearance in UA6. Mostly in the subclasses, not the base class, but I think every one of them got tweaked a bit. And that's not even counting the still unknown spell changes. Makes the class a...

My take on this issue is that works of fiction operate according to the biases and assumptions of the author. If an author believes that all lawyers are lying weaselly ambulance chasers, then that's how every lawyer who appears in their novels will act. Or to use an all too common example, if an...

They certainly talked up the new and improved Wild Surge table. I don't know if they've entirely sold me on wanting to play a Wild Sorcerer, but it's enough that I'll give it a serious look over when I get the book.

It's definitely a strong class feature. Is it too strong? That depends on context. Specifically, how it operates with the Monk's other defensive traits and overall strength. Monks previously got cast as Rogue-like skirmishers, because they simply didn't have the durability to survive on the...

Yeah, the only two clear changes from UA I noticed were the Stunning Strike save change and the rename to Focus Points. There's also a mention in the blog post about Mercy's 11th level feature being limited to Proficiency Bonus times per day, but Mercy wasn't reprinted in UA. Otherwise, yeah...

Oh nice, instead of Ki Point being renamed Discipline Points they're going to be Focus Points. Much better name.

Yep. He got splatted by a giant, and Mordenkainen insists that all he could find on short notice was a Druid with Reincarnate, but Bigby suspects it was Mordenkainen deliberately trolling him.

No mention of Green-Flame Blade and Booming Blade, despite bringing up that spells aimed at specific subclasses made it in. That has implications for subclasses like Eldritch Knight and Arcane Trickster, and some niche Bladelock builds. Sure, you can use the pre-Revised versions. But I fully...

I am a little discouraged that Beast Master still has the problem where your pet can trigger Hunter's Mark, but from the sound of it both applying Hunter's Mark and having your pet attack are still Bonus Actions. Now maybe that's an intentional balance consideration, but it's still annoying.

So what's hidden in the fine print here? As I suspected, Agonizing Blast requires 2nd level. The better to encourage taking a Pact at 1st, and smooth out the damage progression. The ability to exchange an invocation when you level up returns, after being missing in the UA releases. You can take...

There's nothing in the kit that makes me go "OMG that's amazing", but there's also nothing that makes me say "Wow that's worthless." It's a collection of solid and useful features. The base class gives mobility, Expertise, temp HP, bonus action Invisibility, and more. The subclasses have the...

One speculative build I saw on reddit was the Porcupine Abjurer. The gimmick is to use Magic Initiate to get Armor of Agathys, because AoA triggers when you get hit not when you take damage. So the Abjurer upcasts AoA and gets into melee where they basically dare the enemy to hit them, because...

What's the point of being an Abjurer and having Arcane Ward if you're not putting yourself in a position to get hit in the face? The unscarred Wizard is the one who never leaves their tower, or spends the whole fight cowering behind the Fighters. Abjurers study defense because they get into the...

Interesting to see the split between GOO Warlock and Illusionist Wizard. GOO Warlock gets to omit V and S components, Illusionist only V components and needs to work around disguising the S gesture. Illusionist gets access to all the powerful high level illusion spells, GOO can take invocations...