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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[bedir than]

Both are likely too "mature" for the grey mass that 5e has become.

Dragonlance is being marketed as a war so heavy the characters are only still fighting because of love for each other after they've become disillusioned with everything else.

It's hefty

 

[Micah Sweet]

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

Because they don't want to belong to the Knights of Solamnia? Or they're playing in a different setting?

 

[Weiley31]

Because they don't want to belong to the Knights of Solamnia? Or they're playing in a different setting?

Plus, as I mentioned before, the DM can always refluff it to another group or what not. The Knights of Tahksis can be an evil refluffed version of the Knights of Solamnia background that offers the same Squire Feats/Superiority Die prof score aspect just as well. The only change is in the name of the background.

 

[Raunalyn]

Because they don't want to belong to the Knights of Solamnia? Or they're playing in a different setting?

My point was that I take pause when there are feats that seem too good. These feats make it almost imperative to play a KoS if you're a Battlemaster.

 

[Parmandur]

My point was that I take pause when there are feats that seem too good. These feats make it almost imperative to play a KoS if you're a Battlemaster.

Not really: only if maxing is the goal.

 

[Weiley31]

My point was that I take pause when there are feats that seem too good. These feats make it almost imperative to play a KoS if you're a Battlemaster.

After all the posts I've read on this website about Wizards being too good, the Martials need it. Let them have their win. If not for martials, then for Minsc and Boo!

 

[UngainlyTitan]

No, they are just more subtle about it, Kinder origin and according to the PHB Gnomes have a Fey origin, so now the Fey origin is one step removed.

Nope reread the PHB no fey in the Gnome entry

 

[Raunalyn]

After all the posts I've read on this website about Wizards being too good, the Martials need it. Let them have their win. If not for martials, then for Minsc and Boo!

If it's for Boo, then I must consider it.

 

[Micah Sweet]

No, they are just more subtle about it, Kinder origin and according to the PHB Gnomes have a Fey origin, so now the Fey origin is one step removed.

Non-Dragonlance gnomes have a fey origin. Tinker Gnomes are divinely transformed humans.

 

[Weiley31]

I will admit though: WoTC was feeling hella generous with Squire of Solamnia's Superiority Die granting When I was thinking about homebrewing that all Martials can gain the use of Superiority Die, I was trying to figure out whether to base the number they had on half of their total Prof Score, or just let them have one or two and that's it. and they were stuck at using a D6 for it.
I can only assume that the one reason why they didn't do the usual "divide the amount of a resource you have by half your total Prof Score" was because, like I said, they are trying to hammer the fact in that it's a war everybody is fighting in. You can't bring your A-game for survival on one Superiority Die that is stuck at a D6. You need to hit hard and fight hard to live...................to die another day if your "lucky."