Horwath
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it's minor as it does not implement no new mechanics.That is a bold definition of "minor improvements".
It just buffs up monk from incompetent to good.
it's minor as it does not implement no new mechanics.That is a bold definition of "minor improvements".
I am somewhat curious whether or not some subclasses, like the Wild Magic Sorcerer for example, will be replaced in favor of a more popular Sorcerer subclass from the past decade.
I would say they should also take a serious look at the divine and primal lists. Clerics of a deity of water and deception probably shouldn't be making fire fall from the sky or moving the earth around, but certainly need more illusion and 'watery' magic. And it probably wouldn't hurt druids if they had to specialise in one 'Season' or some other term for the limit of the extent of their magic. Something like the Specialty priest from 2e as the default Cleric would go a long way to helping with issues of the excess 'spread' of spellcasters into every niche of other classes.They can do it, they just have to be ballsy enough to narrow down the scope of the arcane spell list to around "2014 sorcerer" levels, and then give the wizard a limited feature (like Bard secrets) to expand beyond it. That mostly preserves backwards compatibility (individual wizard characters might need adjustment, but the subclasses and feats still work) but puts more strict limits on the wizard's main source of power.
I'm hoping that it's something that thieves or assassins get specifically, but other rogue subclasses don't.Oh, here's a prediction: Thieves Cant is now a language choosable as a Background feature. Thst leads me to suspect that Rogue will not give Thieves Cant as a Class Feature. Thst might tell us a lot about what they may be doing with Classes in terms of loosening their themes a little (looking st you again, Monk and Barbarian).
As you pick Class before Origin, then it's possible that Thieves Cant and Druidic may still be granted as part of the class, but that the Origin then offers the language for others.Oh, here's a prediction: Thieves Cant is now a language choosable as a Background feature. Thst leads me to suspect that Rogue will not give Thieves Cant as a Class Feature. Thst might tell us a lot about what they may be doing with Classes in terms of loosening their themes a little (looking st you again, Monk and Barbarian).
Yeah, it could go either way at this point, but thst is my prediction. One if the themes to recent changes seems to be making flavor less dictated by the game itself. I bet thst they will do what they can to make Classes customizableAs you pick Class before Origin, then it's possible that Thieves Cant and Druidic may still be granted as part of the class, but that the Origin then offers the language for others.