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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Weiley31" data-source="post: 8566196" data-attributes="member: 7017196">Well, first thing first: WOW a Dragonlance UA? In the same year that we're getting the new Dragonlance novel series? I mean, I figured we were gonna get a 5E Dragonlance book at some point and getting one this year seems like it would coincide/hype up the new novel series.Anywho: Looks like the Mage of High Sorcery and the Knights of Solamnia are following the same model that the newer Strixhaven backgrounds started in Curriculum of Chaos. Before, everybody seemed to be crying how the Strixhaven backgrounds are the "best/op" background options to take simply for the fact it provides a feat. Depending on how people felt and when the feedback page for this UA comes out, either people denounce it, and they scrap the Strixhaven method, OR this is one way of doing specific Backgrounds from here on out in 5E. Perhaps it could lead to 5E 2024 to doing the same thing with ALL of the backgrounds, putting them more in line with each other with a granting of a feat. And to be quite honest, I really do dig the Strixhaven background concept of a background providing a Feat.In regard to the other feats presented in this: Well, I'm gonna be honest here and say that the feats should more of a, how do you say, not a feat you sacrifice an ability score increase for and instead a new kind of feat system that works in tandem with the notion of Factions: Basically, a Faction provided feat. Mythic Odysseys of Theroes introduced the Piety subsystem of the gods, where earning a certain amount of Piety provided you with a bonus at certain thresholds. So likewise, earning Renown for being a member of the Knights of Solamnia (Faction) would grant you the Knight of the Crown/Rose/Sword after hitting a certain Renown threshold within the Faction itself. That way you avoid possible enforced Feat Chains, which 5E ditched in the 5E NEXT playtest, and you're not giving up another feat/ability score increase just to get something you may not be interested in or whatever. Same would go for taking the Mage of High Sorcery background and its orders.Same thing with both of the Divine related feats: Both Divinely Favored/Divine Communications seem like things that would be added/work alongside the post Theros Piety subsystem mechanic. Overall minor quibble in regard to those two feats. Also, since I like to give out racial feats to characters based on their race choice, Divinely Favored seems like the perfect thing to give to an Assimar as a racial feat choice.Looking at the Kender: The Halfling Brave racial trait got updated ala the Hippo Build(Updated Powerful Build) and the new Fey Ancestry of Post Monsters of the Multiverse. Now Brave allows you to have Advantage on Saving Rolls to avoid or end the Frightened condition. So slowly we are seeing bits and pieces of the eventual changes to races and what not for 2024.I'm really digging the Lunar Magic. And I also dig/like how it changes a bit how a Cantrip works, in this case Sacred Fire. Yeah the Arcane Trickster does something similar with Mage Hand, but still. Also, like the Ascendant Dragon Monk subclass, the Lunar Magic subclass is using some of its base class's resource management, Sorcery Points, to reuse their subclass ability(Level 18 feature) or even changing an aspect of their subclass feature (Level 6 feature.)Also: this subclass has flipping multiple categories of extra spells it can gain. That is super awesome and can't wait to see it somehow gets nerfed by WoTC/it receive negative feedback. (Sarcasm: This is an awesome idea, but I'm already hearing people in my mind say that now this, Clockwork Soul, and Aberrant Mind are gonna be the only worthwhile Sorcerer subclasses to take at this rate still. Although, this could be a great prototype model to base off of with retro-upgrading prior Sorcerer Subclasses to getting extra spells. I mean, Dragon Sorcerer could get categories based on all the Dragon Colors using a similar format. Divine Souls could get categories based on Good/Neutral/Evil deities, etc, etc, etc.)Plus, if you wanted to refluff your Sorcerer as a Witch because you miss the 4E witch that much refluffed name/flavor wise? There ya go.Overall: Also Knight of The Sword seems like it would work really well with Martials that have low mental scores/high Hit Dice. A Barbarian PC could potentially save itself, and the party, from a Charm Person spell or whatever that could screw everything up. Knight of the Crown is basically another Warlord inspired type deal. Wonder how well it would work for the EN-World class Noble, subclassed as a Brave or Tactician.</blockquote>

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