D&D 5E New Unearthed Arcana: Heroes of Krynn Revisited

WotC's Jeremy Crawford has announced a new Unearthed Arcana article today with redesigns from the prior Heroes of Krynn UA based on feedback, and in the following video he discusses that feedback and what's in the article:

• New iteration of Kender based on feedback survey, due to mixed response. This time is a back to basics, aiming to capture 1E AD&D fearlessness, curiosity and taunting skills. Delve into their origins from Gnomes in deep history.
• Kender are no longer fey creatures who grab objects from the Feywild
• Tweaked Feats from prior article
• Tweaked Backgrounds from prior article
• Brand new rule giving a list of free Feats for ANY Background
• Free Feat rule for Level 4 for all characters that doesn't take the ASI away, based on a curated list
• Reveals that in the Adventure, healing magic is already back.

Heroes of Krynn Revisited | Unearthed Arcana | Dungeons & Dragons

Explore updated character options from the Dragonlance setting! This playtest document presents revised races, subclasses, backgrounds, and feats.

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[Raunalyn]

Also: Dragonlance Battle Masters can get a total of 10(!) Combat Maneuvers: Battle Master's 6's from subclass progression 2 from taking the Martial Adept feat, 1 from having the Superior Technique Fighting style, and 1 from Knightly Order.

Why would anyone want to play a non-Knight battlemaster? I am not fond of this. As I mentioned earlier, I was actually fine with the using Hit Dice mechanic

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Also: Dragonlance Battle Masters can get a total of 10(!) Combat Maneuvers: Battle Master's 6's from subclass progression 2 from taking the Martial Adept feat, 1 from having the Superior Technique Fighting style, and 1 from Knightly Order.

now if we could just make that the base fighter that adds subclass too

 

[Weiley31]

Also, the highest Combat Superiority Die for non-Battle Masters cap off at D8, which is a heck of a lot better than a whimpy D6. Dragonlance Battle Masters though, with all 16 Superiority Die cap off at D12s!!!

I promise(maybe) to stop gushing over this.

 

[The Glen]

Immunity to Fear and the Taunt ability are potentially huge, especially in a campaign filled with fighting Dragons and large scale combat.

I just figured they'd get a 4th ability like other races even if it's a throwaway ability like dark vision.

 

[Weiley31]

Why would anyone want to play a non-Knight battlemaster? I am not fond of this. As I mentioned earlier, I was actually fine with the using Hit Dice mechanic

It's in the subclass name. You have Gary whose a scout subclass fighter. Started out life as a farmer. Sure he does a decent job slaying a Draconian. Good kid.
But Lance, the guy whose been training in war all his life, trained by Regis the Master Swordsman of the 12 Plains hidden in the Valley of the Sixth Heaven? Ya He's a Battle Master. And there's a reason why he's a master of warfare. And his skills show it.

 

[J-H]

So, at Level 1, if you take a Background other than the Mage and Knight, you can choose a Feat from:

• Divinely Fabored (from this UA)
• Skilled (from the PHB)
• Tough (from the PHB)

At Level 4, everyone gets a free Feat from the list, though they need to meet the prerequisites (so only the Knights can take the Knight Feats, Mage the Mage Feats) the PHB list is as follows:

• Alert
• Mobile
• Sentinel
• War Caster

Every single character class likes that set of choices...something for everyone there. This makes it easier to define a playstyle early on, although frequent Sentinels are going to lock up fights more.

The Solamnia backgrounds hand out a LOT of superiority dice (PB+2).

 

[darjr]

How many UAs have had a revision?

 

[Parmandur]

I just figured they'd get a 4th ability like other races even if it's a throwaway ability like dark vision.

The Proficiency is the Darkvision equivalent. A full immunity to a common Condition and crowd controlling is powerful. It's not the number if abilities, it's their power level.

 

[Scribe]

How many UAs have had a revision?

I feel like this is the first in recent memory? Or perhaps my memory is just poor.

 

[Weiley31]

now if we could just make that the base fighter that adds subclass too

I mean, it would be hella crazy if this ends up being the new Fighter of the 2024 50th Anniversary release of the PHB.