D&D (2024) I just got a 2024 PHB From Gen Con. AMA!

[Not a Decepticon]

In the UA there are two weapon masteries - puncture and flex - that appear not present in finished product? What replaced them on most weapons? I heard quaterstaff now has topple, is that right?

 

[FitzTheRuke]

In the UA there are two weapon masteries - puncture and flex - that appear not present in finished product? What replaced them on most weapons? I heard quaterstaff now has topple, is that right?

Yeah, they just spread the other WMs over the weapons that had those in the playtest.

 

[Kinematics]

In the UA there are two weapon masteries - puncture and flex - that appear not present in finished product? What replaced them on most weapons? I heard quaterstaff now has topple, is that right?

I don't recall a Puncture mastery ever existing.

Flex used to be on Versatile weapons, allowing you to use the higher damage rating even when wielded one-handed. People didn't like it, so it got removed before the end of the UA.

Versatile weapons instead got various other masteries such as Sap (longsword, spear, war pick), Topple (battleaxe, quarterstaff, trident), or Push (warhammer).

Note: These are as of the last UA. I don't have the book, but have been told the weapon stats have not been changed from that last UA.

 

[Not a Decepticon]

Yeah, they just spread the other WMs over the weapons that had those in the playtest.

Thanks, what WMs were given to puncture weapons? It seems most of these were ranged, so I assume slow or sap?

 

[Not a Decepticon]

I don't recall a Puncture mastery ever existing.

It was present here it was given to bunch of ranged weapons and shortswords and spears.

 

[mellored]

Thanks, what WMs were given to puncture weapons? It seems most of these were ranged, so I assume slow or sap?

I don't see puncture anywhere in the playtest.

Ranged weapon have either Vex or Slow. And the heavy crossbow has Push.

 

[mellored]

It was present here it was given to bunch of ranged weapons and shortswords and spears.

Per the article.

"Puncture lets you gain advantage on the next attack against the target."

So that was renamed Vex.

 

[Kinematics]

It was present here it was given to bunch of ranged weapons and shortswords and spears.

OK, that appears to be a pre-release version of the UA (Puncture is not in any of the UAs that I have downloaded), and from looking at the weapons it applies to, Puncture seems to have had its name changed to Vex.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

Vex is Puncture by another name.

Neither of them is a good name for what it does.

 

[Not a Decepticon]

Thanks a lot for clearing the confusion and answering my questions