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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9058791" data-attributes="member: 18">Gotta say, WotC are mostly doing a good job of renewing my faith in One D&D with this playtest packet. I'd sort of given up after the last two, with a "Not for me" assumption re: One D&D, but this is much better.The Bard is just like, a long string of correct decisions which will make the class, and the game, easier and more interesting to play. They also show a much deeper understanding of real balance than earlier designs. As such of course I expect the audience to hate it and WotC to have to take it all back, but if that doesn't happen... (Magical Secrets, Dancer subclass, where were these designers earlier?!).The Druid shows a similarly excellent eye, just really good stuff here. Just good design and Circle of the Sea kicks unexpected ass.Monks is okay, but needs work. Still balanced around stunning strike. Short swords MIA for some reason.Paladin generally seems solid, though boo to nerfing the Ancients aura! Divine Smite costing a Bonus Action is going to have to go, though, as it makes a weird mess of the action economy.Ranger is Ranger, and as ever, fans who I am fairly convinced have never played a Ranger have convinced WotC to include an awful feature, but whaddya gonna do, eh? It's Ranger. It's going to be an overcomplicated, weirdly bland mess.Rogue seems mostly okay though some of the new ways to use SA are a bit odd.They've got a lot more stuff refreshing or partially-refreshing on a Short Rest, I see, which I guess is their somewhat questionable attempt to balance Long Rest and Short Rest characters by further encouraging Short Rests. It will fail miserably as long as Short Rests remain 1 hour. This is just bad silly design, and I hope they get over it. If they don't, I suspect whichever company does are more likely to get the groups I play in's business, because every DM I know dislikes this (and most players).</blockquote>

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