Unearthed Arcana New UA: 43 D&D Class Feature Variants

doctorbadwolf · Nov 18, 2019

Stalker0 said:
And don't forget cunning action, which is a huge boost to rogue flexibility and mobility.

Absolutely.

Chaosmancer · Nov 18, 2019

I've been going through and compiling my homebrew for the various classes, and I just came across something.

The Blind-Fighting fighting style does the entire first part of the Ranger's 18th level Feral Senses ability. I think that is a sign that 18th level is far too high for that sort of ability.

Salthorae · Nov 18, 2019

Chaosmancer said:
I think that is a sign that 18th level is far too high for that sort of ability.

OR it means that the Blight-Fighting fighting style is too powerful of an ability for a fighting style! There are two ways to view that duality.

I mean, I want to be able to play a blind swordsman concept, but that doesn't mean taht mechanically it's not too good as a fighting style.

doctorbadwolf · Nov 18, 2019

Salthorae said:
OR it means that the Blight-Fighting fighting style is too powerful of an ability for a fighting style! There are two ways to view that duality.

I mean, I want to be able to play a blind swordsman concept, but that doesn't mean taht mechanically it's not too good as a fighting style.

It just isn’t that big of a deal, and the ranger gets several wildly overvalued abilities.

Chaosmancer · Nov 18, 2019

Salthorae said:
OR it means that the Blight-Fighting fighting style is too powerful of an ability for a fighting style! There are two ways to view that duality.

I mean, I want to be able to play a blind swordsman concept, but that doesn't mean taht mechanically it's not too good as a fighting style.

Possible, but I think a good indicator is that no one raised a flag about this being too powerful before right now. In fact, people loved the idea.

I think that shows that this ability was considered just fine, and I never even blinked until I ran into Feral Senses during my edits.

Salthorae · Nov 18, 2019

Chaosmancer said:
a good indicator is that no one raised a flag about this

Hmm, I'm not going back through 45 other pages, but I seem to remember people raising it as an issue.

Treant Monk bombed on it pretty hard in his review of these Class Features. I know he's not an oracle of any sort or official mouthpiece, but he's pretty level headed in his analysis usually. Check out his analysis of Blind Fighting here

So to say that "no one raised a flag" isn't real. Maybe not a huge outcry per se, but yeah. It's a very strong ability for 1st level.

Chaosmancer · Nov 18, 2019

Salthorae said:
Hmm, I'm not going back through 45 other pages, but I seem to remember people raising it as an issue.

Treant Monk bombed on it pretty hard in his review of these Class Features. I know he's not an oracle of any sort or official mouthpiece, but he's pretty level headed in his analysis usually. Check out his analysis of Blind Fighting here

So to say that "no one raised a flag" isn't real. Maybe not a huge outcry per se, but yeah. It's a very strong ability for 1st level.

I haven't watched his stuff in a long time.

Of course, this is probably just memory bias on my part.

Seramus · Nov 18, 2019

Blind Fight let's you use Darkness/Devil Sight tactics with... almost anything that obscures sight. Minus the ability to actually see stuff, that is.

Weiley31 · Nov 19, 2019

So for the Artificer, how would this UA work in regards to their Spellcasting Versatility? Does it apply to their cantrips only or Infusions?

Leatherhead · Nov 19, 2019

Weiley31 said:
So for the Artificer, how would this UA work in regards to their Spellcasting Versatility? Does it apply to their cantrips only or Infusions?

Artificers are prepared casters (like a Cleric) and already have Cantrip Versatility (swapping on level up) built into their spellcasting.