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Out of curiosity and for fun. Rank your classes from more favorite at the top to less favorite at the bottom. Decide the merits of the class in the context of playing it in a 5e game, but use any criterion that matters to you, whether solid mechanics or awesome flavor. The sixteen classes to...

Various 5e rules establish a relationship between Size and Carrying Capacity. Example, the Powerful Build feature of certain species that are typically near the threshold between Medium and Large. This thread looks to find these references, as well as clarify how Size, Carrying Capacity...

Re 2014 "race" ability score increases. In 2024, the ability scores improvement derives from the "background". This implies the character grew up learning to improve certain ability scores − in the same way that advancing thru levels can also improve certain ability scores. The abilities are...

The playtest is evolving a nice "Level Zero". Level Zero means, everything a character gains BEFORE gaining levels in a class. In light of the playtest: Level Zero Features • Species • Abilities • Background The Background includes both Ability Score Improvements and Background Feat. If...

The original Playtest, UA2022-CharacterOrigins, introduces several concepts relating to the Advantage mechanic. The Human Resourceful trait that grants Advantage needs a boost in mechanical power. The Inspiration mechanic allows a player to apply Advantage for an important d20 Test. Success...

How do you feel about Size having nothing to do with species, and depending entirely on Strength and Constitution? MINIMUM SCORE FOR BOTH STR AND CON: SIZE − TYPICAL HEIGHT 29 27 25: Gargantuan – about 32 feet tall 23 21: Huge – about 16 feet tall 19 17: Large – about 8 feet tall 15 13...

The description for the Elf species in this thread seeks to avoid the racism that occasionally appears in the Elf traditions since the earliest editions of D&D. The species design navigates concerns about narratives that echo reallife racist tropes (such as "brown" Wild Elves that are "savage"...

If there is a level-4 feat that grants Fly 15 (Hover), in terms of optimization, would you take it?

Is there a way to find out what the questions are for a playtest survey, before taking the survey? I want to prepare the answers ahead of time − at my own pace and to add things that occur to me later. Then when I take the survey, I can just copy paste my answers in.

This thread is for any discussions about the Wizard class, as of playtest 7. One thought is, I am surprised at the four choices for the Wizard subclasses: • Evoker • Illusionist • Diviner • Abjurer According to current statistics, the most popular Wizard subclasses are: Evoker, Bladesinger...

The "mythic warrior" is the larger than life Fighter at high tiers. It includes the superhuman exploits of divine warriors like Hercules and of mystic warriors like Norse Berserkar and Valkyrjar and East Asian wuxia warrior, along with superheroes from novels, comics, tv series, and films. At...

This is a thread to discuss subclasses. According to the Playtest 6 and recent comments in playtest videos with Crawford, the subclass schedule currently looks like the following table. Four classes use the standard subclass levels 3, 6, 10, and 14: Barbarian, Druid, Warlock, and Wizard. The...

This thread is to discuss various aspects of the UA Bard.

Marvel Super Heroes is a historic game from the 1980s. It is of interest here because it officially ranks the Marvel superheroes across a curve of increasing magnitudes of power. In D&D 5e, Fighters compete with spellcasters. Most players play spellcasters. At the highest tiers, the Fighter...

Since some forumers mention that they generally dont see Fighter players at their own tables, I am curious. Do you see Fighters at your table? The players need to be experienced players, rather than newbies using an "easy class" to learn how to play. The Fighter character needs to be a...

In D&D 5e, the Astral Plane of 2024 remains unclear because so far 2014 is often silent. The recent 5e Spelljammer setting elaborates the Astral Sea and even mentions the dominions appear as if "floating islands" within it, but details none of them. 5e tends especially silent about the Good...

This is me trying to keep track of the 5e format updates that appear in recent UA playtests. Such as which technical terms get capitalized, and which dont. Maybe it will be useful for some others. I generally approve of the format updates but some I find tricky to remember. The Original Post...

When you create a character, choose three species feats to determine the traits of your character. Likewise, when you create a character who descends from two species, you can choose your three species feats from either or both species to determine the traits of your multispecies character...

Regarding firearms, I welcome them to be normal in core D&D. At the same time, items such as firearms drastically define the tone and tropes of a setting. For this reason, I prefer firearms remain in the Dungeon Masters Guide. But more prominantly. It is the job of the DM to build and "play"...

Druid Love I am happy with the direction the playtest Druid is moving. My main experience with the Druid class is an old school Druid (playing one for my friends homebrew blend of 1e and 2e) and a 5e Druid. Druid is my favorite old school class, probably the best example of a "gish", a...