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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[Minigiant]

Spellcasting is a core feature even though lots of feats grant spells.

My point is maneuvers seems to be both popular and a thing that many fans like in their weapon user characters.

Having maneuvers being a core feature in many classes was tried in the 5e playtest. It was shot down. However based on its later and latest popularity, it seems that if these feats stand that maneuvers should have been either a core feature or base variant when 5th edition started.

If these gets through, then maybe it proves that perhaps maneuvers should have been treated like either spellcasting or like feats.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Sure, but we have that already, its the X-Men but...I seem to think there was some deconstruction on the X-Men recently and is that really going to pass a deep review? Maybe, maybe not.

So just keep it Saturday Morning in my opinion. I think more people would be happy that way.

I was useing them as an example...

jjust "join or die" isn't very easy to get the common term 'good'

 

[Scribe]

I was useing them as an example...

jjust "join or die" isn't very easy to get the common term 'good'

Well again, I'd have to go back and look its been an extremely long time, but I dont think its 'join or die' I think its 'join or you may not continue to practice'.

The whole monopoly of violence thing.

Again though before anyone jumps down my throat (not you GM) I could very well be wrong, its been years...

 

[MonsterEnvy]

So once the King Prost made a big show and made his big demand of “Let me run things I can do it better” was the last straw. There was no god enslavement magic.

One of the alt timelines given in the books is one where he successfully enslaved the gods.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Sure, but we have that already, its the X-Men but...I seem to think there was some deconstruction on the X-Men recently and is that really going to pass a deep review? Maybe, maybe not.

So just keep it Saturday Morning in my opinion. I think more people would be happy that way.

I'm not sure anything passes deep review these days. We live in an age of continuous deep reviews.

 

[Scribe]

I'm not sure anything passes deep review these days. We live in an age of continuous deep reviews.

That's the irony of it.

'Alignment doesnt work if you think too deeply on it!'
'OK, just dont and roll with it...'
'No, I hate it!'

'Man these settings seem too whimsical, not serious enough for me.'
'Why think about it so much, just enjoy it and relax, D&D isnt meant to be serious!'

Interesting that...

 

[UngainlyTitan]

As I've said before, everything that originated out of folklore (which is a ton of stuff) would qualify as fey by those standards. D&D has a lot more places for things to come from.

And changing a creature's origin in no way imaginable makes things simpler. They're doing it because the designers like the Feywild, and many players seem to as well. Branding might also be in there.

My point is that I think that as fey creatures goblinoids are improved as previous lore make them occupy a similar niche to orcs. As bandit like raiders at or beyond the edge of civilization.
Branding is definitely a part of it and I do think that the designers like the Feywild. The thing I like about the fey goblin background is that they can be largely left as is in the lore but there is a hint of a very distinct journey as to how they got there.

Fair point, but so were dwarves and many other creatures, yet I don't see many people wanting to make them Fey. One could make most of the monsters in MM Fey if one really wanted too... but I don't understand why one would.

Most of the other formerly fey creatures have been given some distinct background than just another goblin.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I'm not sure anything passes deep review these days. We live in an age of continuous deep reviews.

if 10 years from now we have not progressed some I would be appalled. things we are okay with today SHOULD be changed tomorrow

 

[Scribe]

if 10 years from now we have not progressed some I would be appalled. things we are okay with today SHOULD be changed tomorrow

I'm all for taking threads off the rails, but I doubt we like the destination.

 

[pauldanieljohnson]

so a draconian, a dragonborn, and a half-dragon walk into a bar... stop me if you've heard this one.