D&D (2024) New One D&D Playtest Document: 77 Pages, 7 Classes, & More!

There's a brand new playtest document for the new (version/edition/update) of Dungeons of Dragons available for download! This one is an enormous 77 pages and includes classes, spells, feats, and weapons.

Unearthed Arcana Playtest

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In this new Unearthed Arcana document for the 2024 Core Rulebooks, we explore material designed for the next version of the Player’s Handbook. This playtest document presents updated rules on seven classes: Bard, Cleric, Druid, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, and Rogue. This document also presents multiple subclasses for each of those classes, new Spells, revisions to existing Spells and Spell Lists, and several revised Feats. You will also find an updated rules glossary that supercedes the glossary of any previous playtest document.

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[Parmandur]

There’s dozens of us!

Hey, not to put down the Abjurer, my favorite Wizard Subclasses are Diviner and Transmuter and I am already prepared for them to be also-rans for the PHB (my guess on the 3rd and 4th would be Illusionist and Bladesinger, but we'll see). I do think we will see a future booster book, and revisiting those .

 

[MonsterEnvy]

The mechanics can however be structured in a way that makes it needlessly difficult for the GM to limit something & do so in ways that create entirely predictable results as they do in both 2014 & 2024 rulesets.

Why do you want to limit them?

 

[Greg K]

My impressions:
pls, return Mearls and hire again Monte Cook.

I don't think Mearls can do worse than this design team. Don't know if he could do better, but I don't think he could do any worse.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Hey, not to put down the Abjurer, my favorite Wizard Subclasses are Diviner and Transmuter and I am already prepared for them to be also-rans for the PHB (my guess on the 3rd and 4th would be Illusionist and Bladesinger, but we'll see). I do think we will see a future booster book, and revisiting those .

Yeah it just is a bummer because IMO Abjuration spells are so much more interesting than Evocation, and I’d rather not see Bladesinger in the PHB.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I don't think Mearls can do worse than this design team. Don't know if he could do better, but I don't think he could do any worse.

He could definitely do worse.

He probably would, and we’d see more savage orcs and legacy features no one was crying over the lack of anyway, etc.

 

[Greg K]

He could definitely do worse.

As bad as I have, personally, found Tasha's, the playtest classes, and several other design decisions in the playtest ( there are admittedly, a couple of things worth stealing in the glossary). I don't think he could. OMMV

 

[mamba]

I hold everything that has a basis in reality to the same standards of simulationism, no matter what class it comes from.

I take it you have no casters in your games then, as otherwise, you do not… or that ‘that has a basis in reality’ is doing a lot of work for those casters

 

[Micah Sweet]

Seems like a lot of unnecessary jumping through hoops to meet an arbitrary standard that you created for yourself. But you do you.

Arbitrary is in the eye of the beholder. But you do you.

 

[mamba]

Which is why if you want martials that aren't held to those limits, provide a narrative explanation in the class description that allows for that and go to town.

oh, so I can handwave all of that away, if I can come up with ‘reasons’. Then why even bother holding martials to realism when casters are exempt by default

 

[Micah Sweet]

I take it you have no casters in your games then, as otherwise, you do not… or that ‘that has a basis in reality’ is doing a lot of work for those casters

Magic has no basis in reality, and thus just has to be consistent, as opposed to realistic.