D&D (2024) New One D&D Playtest Shows Us The New Druid & Paladin

WotC has released the fourth One D&D playtest document. This 29-page PDF includes the druid and the paladin with Circle of the Moon and Oath of Devotion subclasses.

Druid. The Druid class and Circle of the Moon subclass are ready for playtesting here.

Paladin. The Paladin class and Oath of Devotion subclass are ready for playtesting here.

Feats. Several revised feats appear here for your feedback, with more revised feats coming in future articles.

Spells. More spells are ready for playtesting, with a focus on smite spells, Find Familiar, and Find Steed.

Rules Glossary. The rules glossary has been updated again and supersedes the glossary in previous Unearthed Arcana articles. In this document, any underlined term in the body text appears in that glossary, which defines game terms that have been clarified or redefined for this playtest or that don’t appear in the 2014 Player’s Handbook.

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[GMforPowergamers]

I have actually played 2024 characters with 2014 characters of the same class/race to compare and it wasn't hard. Barely an inconvenience.

what core rules (like spells status effects and feats) were you useing?

 

[Argyle King]

I understand why wildshape needed some changes.

However, I don't like being stuck with the generic stat block.

A lot of cool options for engaging other pillars of play (like changing into an animal to help scout -or backgrounds with narrative features) appear to be cut from the 5.1 vision.

 

[mamba]

You think the 2024 PH isn't explicitly intended to replace the 2014 PH?

of course it is, that does not mean it cannot be backwards compatible though

 

[Vael]

There's a couple of ways to reintroduce more specific wildshape forms. If nothing else, this new wildshape is centralized, making it easier to add new options.
1. Feats. Fairly simple, take a feat, gain new wildshape forms.
2. Spells. For example, Aspect of the Viper is a spell that can be cast as part of the Magic Action to wildshape, grants bonus poison damage to bestial strike and other effects.
3. Magic Items. Similarly, Wildshape items grant bonuses to your wildshape forms.

 

[bedir than]

Except that now you get both, right?

you get +2 to an ability, AND and Epic Boon which includes +2 to an ability.

I suspect this is an editing error.

I think the Boons have a +1 to a limited choice of abilities where the 20th level ASI is +2 to any ability. I suspect this isn't an error, but a way to actually feel epic

 

[mamba]

That philosophy doesn't exactly jive with making things easier on players and DMs, having two versions of everything.

then don’t use them, still does not mean they are not compatible. You seem to be looking for identical, which they obviously are jot

 

[Zaukrie]

Listen Micah, we all know it is a new edition to you. You don't have to tell us that in every post - we know it! That doesn't mean everyone has to share your opinion.

This.

 

[Zaukrie]

It would be awesome if we could go even one thread w/o the same arguments over and over. THIS is about the content of THIS playtest. We get it, some of you don't want it, whatever....you've told us, over and over.

 

[Zaukrie]

Same going to ask for it back

same.

 

[mellored]

what vesion of barkskin do you use?

If your a 2014 character, use the 2014 one. If your new, use the new one.

how do you explain why one can become small animals the other can't, what about just the spell prep system itself?

Magic affects different people differently.

I mean, explain why a druid can shape shift buy a fighter can't.