Dungeons & Dragons Announces Arcana Unleashed, New Magic-Themed Sourcebook at $49.99 Price Point

[Tigris]

The 7 best new spells in D&D's Arcana Unleashed

Hench familiars, disruptive divination, and damage, damage, damage - Dungeons and Dragons' next book has plenty of interesting options.

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Yeah, Battle Familiar is gonna be a banger, but I gotta think through how it interacts with the Chain Pact familiars. Surely my sphinx of wonder doesn't get dumber when I cast this spell, right?

Why not? Like the Hulk, bigger, stronger, dumber.

 

[JPL]

Why not? Like the Hulk, bigger, stronger, dumber.

Yeah, I did just notice that the size increases from Tiny or Small (in most cases) to Medium. 6 foot tall attack owl sounds like a good friend.

 

[Gorck]

Yeah, I did just notice that the size increases from Tiny or Small (in most cases) to Medium. 6 foot tall attack owl sounds like a good friend.

Like some sort of bear-sized owl

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Seriously, there should be a School of Familiarmancy kinda subclass, where it's all about buffing the familiar.

Pointy Hat has a Wizard subclass like tat, as well as a species for playing a former familiar who has become independent.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I’m glad absorb elements isn’t back yet. It was too good at the higher levels, easily blocking half a dragon’s breath at next-to no cost

What do you mean "back"? It is still a legal spell in the current rules.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I wouldn’t consider Absorb Elements a particularly powerful spell. In my experience it’s quite common for one or more party members to be resistant to Breath Weapons-, and design encounters accordingly.

Shield is way better.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

No, it makes a safe space where creatures can try to kill each other, but once reduced to 0 hp they get teleported out and become stable. Upcast for additional creatures

Oh that is exceptionally cool and will immediately see use in at least two campaigns i am in.

 

[Bramhall]

I didn't realize Necromancer was in here. Now I am really looking forward to it.

 

[JPL]

D&D's 8 best new feats in Arcana Unleashed, explained

Spoiler alert: a LOT of these new Dungeons and Dragons feats involve sneaky, strategic, or simply cheap spellcasting.

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Lotta great stuff, including a nice stack of familiar-buffing feats. Again, I'm thinking celestial pact warlock, Pact of the Chain, Wee Baby Sphinx.

 

[bedir than]

D&D's 8 best new feats in Arcana Unleashed, explained

Spoiler alert: a LOT of these new Dungeons and Dragons feats involve sneaky, strategic, or simply cheap spellcasting.

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Lotta great stuff, including a nice stack of familiar-buffing feats. Again, I'm thinking celestial pact warlock, Pact of the Chain, Wee Baby Sphinx.

I'm going to take Arcane Eloquence on so many players