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No, they were terrible. That's why they all work like Divine Smite now and are used in response to landing a hit. It means the Paladin has a real tactical choice between the pure damage of Divine Smite or a bit less damage and a special effect from all the rest. And Paladins get most (not all)...

Most Smites have no duration because the order of operation has changed. Instead of being applied ahead of the attack and triggering on the next hit, they get a special timing where they're cast in response to landing a hit (but still costing a Bonus Action). So now most of the Smite spells work...

Indeed. Divine Smite already cost a spell slot. There were already other Smite spells in the Paladin's arsenal. Rectifying things by making Divine Smite a proper spell is just bringing it into line with how the class already worked. It's not like the other cases where shoving a class feature...

Not specifically. He did talk about a general wave of changing "power-up state" abilities from Actions to Bonus Actions or entirely free activations as part of another action. But the Lay On Hands change was not specifically mentioned. Keep in mind though, this is a preview video. Not an...

Keep in mind, at least in the last UA pass Counterspell was changed so that the countered spell didn't cost a spell slot. So all the Counterspell is doing is delaying the Smite a round. Which you know what? I'm okay with that. A Wizard desperately spending their magic to temporarily hold back a...

Paladins get access to the full Fighting Style list. The Tasha's Cauldron styles are in, including Unarmed Fighting. All the Smite spells work with Unarmed Strike. Well, there's a small but enthusiastic number of people who are going to be super happy with this.

Paladins are empowered by the strength of their Oath, no celestial intervention involved. Clerics align themselves with a deity that embodies some aspects of the cosmos, and some of those are definitely not celestial in nature. Celestial Warlock Patrons are, like all Patrons, powerful magical...

If you weren't there, you don't know. The forums were flooded with Paladin players complaining about being forced into artificial no-win situations that would strip them of all their class abilities. There were DMs who from all reports made it a personal goal to force every Paladin PC into...

It feels like there's DMs out there who are hungry to run a "PC gets stripped of their powers" story, and will find an excuse even if that's not the intention of the rules. Remember in the 3e days when it was Paladins being forced into no-win situations and stripped of their powers? Now it's...

Not currently at home, what was it again? Extra charges? I can see them leaving that out so they’re not recapping everything. It’s not a huge change.

No reason to talk about what isn’t changed.

A few points worth considering. The Push, Sap, and Slow traits are mostly in the 1H weapon and ranged weapon types. A 2H weapon Fighter or a DW finesse Fighter will never encounter an overlap. So the scope of characters who will encounter this is limited. Three is not massively smaller than...

It's "Potentially stronger but somewhat random and with very limited uses" versus "Reliable strength and free so you can use it on every roll". I'd say that "better" is half a matter of what the player values, and half how the DM runs their game.

You pick one, from the sound of it. A Fighter of 9th level or higher can choose with every hit to either apply the weapon's own Mastery trait, or one of those three. So if you've got a "once per turn" trait and used it on your first attack, you can switch to something else. If you really need to...

As someone who gave low marks to the UA version of the feature, I agree. Having sideboard Mastery Traits you can hot swap in as desired sounds way better than just tinkering with your weapon after a Long Rest to use a different one. Less boring, less abusable, and gives the Fighter some real...

What timestamp is that at? When they're talking about the Psi Warrior at 32:32 there's a very normal looking freckled red-headed human, just with a little bit of psionic energy flare.

Except not, because Sneak Attack requires you either have Advantage or have an adjacent ally and not have Disadvantage. Both of which using a non-proficient weapon would eliminate. Also you can only Sneak Attack with a finesse or ranged weapon, and Rogues already get proficiency with most of...

Better that then starting the video a few minutes early, like yesterday.

My perspective is that if I want a swashbuckler character, all I have to do is make a melee Rogue or finesse Fighter. If I want to color outside the lines a little, maybe a weapon focused Bard or Archfey Bladelock. The rest is attitude and build choices. Nothing about the Swashbuckler subclass...

There's a list on reddit, and it's pretty much what everyone expected. Everything listed in the UA 6&7 releases, except Psi Warrior replaced Brawler for the Fighter and Soulknife replaced Swashbuckler for the Rogue.