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.

dnd.wizards.com

 

[Weiley31]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm O_O

 

[Weiley31]

Well, they mentioned Draconians for PCs will be in Dragonlance 5E. This UA would be the perfect time to have something for that in there.

 

[Parmandur]

Well, they mentioned Draconians for PCs will be in Dragonlance 5E. This UA would be the perfect time to have something for that in there.

Updated the OP based on the video, if you hadnseen it.

 

[Weiley31]

Yo, the Free Feat thing sounds fun!!!

 

[Scribe]

FEATS FEATS FEATS.

 

[Weiley31]

The Free Feat at Level 4/Background Feat with a curated list could also be applied to Dark Sun. The 5E Dark Sun backgrounds could offer the UA Wild Talent feat as part of said curated list to represent one aspect of how Psionics play in the life of Athas.

 

[Parmandur]

The Free Feat at Level 4/Background Feat with a curated list could also be applied to Dark Sun. The 5E Dark Sun backgrounds could offer the UA Wild Talent feat as part of said curated list to represent one aspect of how Psionics play in the life of Athas.

Yup, and I suspect that this is a test for how the core game may work from 2024 on. If they tie it heavily to Background, I may actually not mind it.

 

[Weiley31]

The question is, how far does the free feat thing go up to? Is this the return of having ASI/Feats separate ala older editions? Can players, like me, have their cake and eat it too by being able to gain feats/alongside ASI? Will this be the death of Half-Feats(goodness I hope not).

 

[Morrus]

Jeremy Crawford has announced a new Unearthed Arcana article later today with redesigns from the prior UA based on feedback, and in the following video discusses that feedback and what we will see:

• 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.
• 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.

Tag me when it lands and I’ll promote this to an article.