D&D (2024) Aasimar, Crafting Rules, and more in Gameinformer Magazine feature

[Hexmage-EN]

I'm curious if the crafting rules are just going to be the ones from Xanathar's or something more elaborate.

 

[Vaalingrade]

The head's still too big. It's the proportions of a child, not an adult.

I'll take those over the proportions of a homunculus made of human misery.

Also, she looks fun.

Also, also, rules in 5e? crafting rules in 5e? You have my attention.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I'll take those over the proportions of a homunculus made of human misery.

Also, she looks fun.

Also, also, rules in 5e? crafting rules in 5e? You have my attention.

Yeah, I HATED the Bobble Headed Halfling art from the OG 5e PHB.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

The issue wasn't with their heads. It was that their feet were too small. But yes, in this case, the wild magic sorceress halfling appears to have proportionately appropriate-sized feet.

The first instinct is Wild Magic Sorcerer, but look at her mechanical hand, screams Clockwork Sorcerer, could this just be thr straight up Sorcerer class art?

 

[The Myopic Sniper]

The first instinct is Wild Magic Sorcerer, but look at her mechanical hand, screams Clockwork Sorcerer, could this just be thr straight up Sorcerer class art?

I think the presence of the prosthetic hand is more of a representation issue and is more likely to end up on a character class/subclass where its presence isn't directly related to the theme of the class/subclass.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

So far what appears to be in the new PHB for characters.

Aasimar ? (Celestial Planetouched)
Dragonborn *Gold, Silver, Bronze, Brass, Copper, Red, Blue, Green, Black, White *(Dragon Touched)
Dwarf (Tolkien Touched)
Elf High, Wild, Drow (Tolkien Touched)
Goliath *Hill, Stone, Frost, Fire, Cloud, Storm) (Giant Touched)
Halfling (Tolkien Touched)
Human (Prometheus Touched)
Gnome Rock, Forest (Garden Touched)
Orc (Untouched)
Tieflings Infernal, Chthonic, Abyssal (Fiendish Planetouched)
Hybrids? (Everyone Touched, Half Aasimar/Half Tiefling or Half Goliath/Half Gnome could be funny)

Barbarian: Berzeker, World Tree, Wild Heart, Zealot
Bard: Dance, Glamour, Valor, Lore
Cleric: Life, Light, War, Trickery
Druid: Land, Sea, Stars, Moon
Fighter: Psy Warrior, Eldritch Knight, Battlemaster, Champion (would love it if they dumped Champion for say Arcane Archer or Rune Knight)
Monk: Shadows, Elements, Open Fist, Mercy
Paladin: Devotion, Ancients, Vengence, Glory
Ranger: Beast, Hunter, Gloomstalker, Feytouched
Rogue: Soulblade, Arcane Trickster, Thief, Assassin or Swashbuckler
Sorcerer: Dragon, Aberrant Mind, Wild, Clockwork
Warlock

 

[Parmandur]

The first instinct is Wild Magic Sorcerer, but look at her mechanical hand, screams Clockwork Sorcerer, could this just be thr straight up Sorcerer class art?

The full article captions it as a Wild Mage.

 

[Frozen_Heart]

Wonder if they'll give the PHB Aasimar a new set of celestial lineages to choose from that represent a LG/NG/CG planar connection to parallel the '24 Tiefling's Infernal(LE)/Chthonic(NE)/Abyssal(CE) choice, or just stick with the established Protector/Scourge/Fallen "angelic" options from Volo/MotM...

I hope fallen aasimar stays available. It's the edgy players favorite!

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I think presence of the prosthetic hand is more of a representation issue and is more likely to end up a character class/subclass where its presence isn't directly related to the theme of the class/subclass.

Somewhere they said that common magic items from Tasha's Cauldron and Xanathar's Guide were going to end up in the core books. Prosthetic Limbs are a common magic item in Tasha's.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

I hope fallen aasimar stays available. It's the edgy players favorite!

To be sure, not saying the existing options should be deprecated or removed - they'll still be in Monsters of the Multiverse (which is supposed to be compatible with the '24 revision), regardless.

Just saying that I'd like some options less blatantly tied to "angelic" heritage and more to other celestial lineages (archons, guardinals, Arborean eladrin, etc.) in the way that tieflings are getting with their Infernal/Chthonic/Abyssal choice, so I wouldn't be against them repurposing the Heavenly/Idyllic/Exalted celestial lineage options from the first draft of the ardling into new, additional options for the PHB aasimar.