D&D (2024) First playtest thread! One D&D Character Origins.

[Ruin Explorer]

Monsters don't crit? As if D&D needed to be EVEN EASIER.

You can auto succeed an ability check with a nat 20? So 1/20 times my Born on the Street uneducated Rogue can perform a successful brain surgery? Sure. Why not.

They may also be changing it so DMs can not let you roll at all if you're not Proficient, though. In which case that would solve that problem.

 

[Shardstone]

Monsters don't crit? As if D&D needed to be EVEN EASIER.

You can auto succeed an ability check with a nat 20? So 1/20 times my Born on the Street uneducated Rogue can perform a successful brain surgery? Sure. Why not.

They are focusing on monster recharge mechanics as their big thing.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Monsters don't crit? As if D&D needed to be EVEN EASIER.

You can auto succeed an ability check with a nat 20? So 1/20 times my Born on the Street uneducated Rogue can perform a successful brain surgery? Sure. Why not.

You don't roll if you can't succeed.

 

[Morrus]

Backgrounds are now "Custom default" with your choice of stat boosts

What a good idea!

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Adding Tiefling Fiendish Origin options makes me happy.

Cthonic Tiefling means I can finally roll up my family of Arcanaloth-spawn (blame Shemeska's Planescape Story Hour) without having to resort to homebrew.

 

[Parmandur]

Presumably they'll have to write that stuff down in the playtest though, because not everyone is going to watch 40+ minutes into a 1hr video lol.

Sounds like there is a rules Glossary than explains the relevant changes.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

They're going to major class revision UAs through this process.

Thank god.

 

[Maxperson]

They may also be changing it so DMs can not let you roll at all if you're not Proficient, though. In which case that would solve that problem.

I already do that for some rolls.

 

[Havrik Stoneskimmer]

I'm sure like any other UA they are starting off a little too extreme and the final version will be backed off into the realm of reasonableness.

 

[Parmandur]

Future UAs will be highly targeted on specific element, since the rules framework is not changing.