D&D (2024) New One D&D Playtest Includes 5 Classes & New Weapon Mastery System

The latest playtest packet for One D&D has just landed, and features five classes (Barbarian, Fighter, Sorcerer, Warlock, and Wizard) and the new Weapon Mastery system.

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 the rules on the Weapon Mastery property, updates to weapons, new and revised spells, several new feats, and five classes: Barbarian, Fighter, Sorcerer, Warlock, and Wizard. You will also find an updated rules glossary that supercedes the glossary of any previous playtest documents.

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[OldSchoolGamerGirl]

as long as I can get my arcane ward (and my better counterspell rolls) I'm okay with it.

You can do that by using the 2014 subclass with the 2024 Wizard. Easy-peasy.

I wish I had the memory to keep this post somewhere and link it everytime someone called out a powergamer for picking and choosing the best parts of 2014 and 2024 abilities.

I will take the 2024 pact on the 2014 chasie and be a blade pact feylock thank you... oh and I want the best of each version of the spells too

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

If they don't add a default level bump to each major modification, I'd probably make these unsharable, even though that feels terrible in the fiction.

I'd expect that they'll probably add in spell level increases along the lines of Metamagic for everything fancier than simple damage type changes (maybe with an exception for force) once they've got the first round of feedback.

I'd also point out that all customized spells are Wizard exclusive rather than part of the full Arcane list, so they can only be exchanged between fellow wizards, which limits who it can spread to.

 

[OldSchoolGamerGirl]

If they don't add a default level bump to each major modification, I'd probably make these unsharable, even though that feels terrible in the fiction.

come on tabby's forceball is totally balanced, especially when modified again to have no components and have 600 extra feet... but the best part is I can keep going and then modify that new force ball to have another 600ft. range

 

[Weiley31]

I could see war mage killing abjurer and taking their stuff. There's a lot of overlap between the two, thematically.

Hexblade is probably dead too now with the new Pact of the Blade Cantrip.

 

[Weiley31]

Eh, I'm not sure they're complex. I suspect these started off as complicated class features that they made into spells to break them into more easily digestible chunks. (I mean, they're technically spells, but it's a downtime activity.)


If they don't add a default level bump to each major modification, I'd probably make these unsharable, even though that feels terrible in the fiction.

come on tabby's forceball is totally balanced, especially when modified again to have no components and have 600 extra feet... but the best part is I can keep going and then modify that new force ball to have another 600ft. range

Supposedly, the requirement is that the Arcane tag has to be on the spell still. Modifying it or what not removes it, therefore avoiding something like that.

 

[DEFCON 1]

I wish I had the memory to keep this post somewhere and link it everytime someone called out a powergamer for picking and choosing the best parts of 2014 and 2024 abilities.

I will take the 2024 pact on the 2014 chasie and be a blade pact feylock thank you... oh and I want the best of each version of the spells too

What? They've already said you can use 2014 material with the 2024 game and vice versa. Just because your table won't do it doesn't mean no one else can either.

 

[The Shadow]

I could see war mage killing abjurer and taking their stuff. There's a lot of overlap between the two, thematically.

Likewise, I'm hoping for something similar to the Beguiler rather than a straight Illusionist. Not holding my breath, though.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

That would be seven out of the nine invocations you get as a warlock (it used to be eight). And an eighth if you want Agonizing Blast (which admittedly the Book of Shadows doesn't need).

So yay! Two invocations total!

Yeah, I think if they want to combine Arcanium and Invocations together, they need to combine the math too, Oldlock was what 8 Invocations & 4 Arcanuim? So I think you need say 12 or better yet 13 (spooky number) Invocations.

 

[Parmandur]

Tales of the Valiant has a feat that replicates spell schools if you and your DM prefer that.

That said, how many of those specialist subclasses ever got used? Half seems about right.

I don't think we'll see four subschool subclasses in the 2024 PHB. Warmage and bladesinger are tied with evoker for the most popular subclasses and I bet they get called up to the big show. The question is which other subclass makes the cut. (Fingers crossed for illusionist.)

Crawford already namedrkpped the Necromancer in a prior video. My guess is Evoker, Necromancer, Illusionist and Bladesinger. Gets a wide array of playstyles, covers a lot of game history.

 

[Krachek]

Which is important, because I think we're going to see a lot of level 1 warlock dips.

It’s the last one! let a little bone for all optimizer to chew!
They already shut down SS, GWS, sorcadin, sorlock. action surge no more apply to spell.
But I think they will eventually shut down that cheese one too.