D&D (2024) New Unearthed Arcana Playtest Includes Barbarian, Druid, and Monk

The latest Unearthed Arcana playtest packet is now live with new barbarian, druid, and monk versions, as well as new spells and weapons, and a revised Ability Score Improvement feat.

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WHATS INSIDE

Here are the new and revised elements in this article:

Classes. Three classes are here: Barbarian, Druid, and Monk. Each one includes one subclass: Path of the World Tree (Barbarian), Circle of the Moon (Druid), and Warrior of the Hand (Monk).

Spells. New and revised spells are included.

The following sections were introduced in a previous article and are provided here for reference:

Weapons. Weapon revisions are included.

Feats. This includes a revised version of Ability Score Improvement.

Rules Glossary. The rules glossary includes the few rules that have revised definitions in the playtest. In this document, any underlined term in the body text appears in the glossary.

 

[DaedalusX51]

Ugh I hate the new conjure spells. I would rather it be limited to summoning a single creature with a template.

 

[Zaukrie]

Has level 6 always given force damage to monks? That's basically magic weapons given resistances.

 

[Neonchameleon]

Has level 6 always given force damage to monks? That's basically magic weapons given resistances.

No. It used to give magical attacks...

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Did cure spells really need a buff?

Yes, there were a waste of action unless character was down as any heal could not match the rounds incoming damage.

 

[mamba]

Hmmm, Druid people with passion about Wildshape, what think ye?

probably the best we can get after they took the wrong turn early on…

 

[Remathilis]

Ugh I hate the new conjure spells. I would rather it be limited to summoning a single creature with a template.

Good news. Those are in there too. They are called Summon X.

 

[Neonchameleon]

Yes, there were a waste of action unless character was down as any heal could not match the rounds incoming damage.

And this is a good thing. If healing actually comes close to matching the round's incoming damage then combat doesn't end until spell slots are exhausted. Also it downgrades martials and tanks even further into being the glove puppets.

 

[Remathilis]

And this is a good thing. If healing actually comes close to matching the round's incoming damage then combat doesn't end until spell slots are exhausted. Also it downgrades martials and tanks even further into being the glove puppets.

Rather that than to be an inflatable punching bop bag spending every round going "I didn't hear no bell".

That said, I don't imagine it will match incoming damage even with the boost.

 

[tetrasodium]

Did cure spells really need a buff?

I haven't had a chance to read the PDF yet but yes 100%. The healing in 2014 5e is so abysmal it almost requires the gm maintain yoyo/wackamole healing and all of the problems caused by rest /recovery rules being designed as they are*in order to avoid crashing into dcc funnel style gameplay.

* No meaningful hurdles to start, Almost guaranteed success if players just keep trying till the gm folds, all of nothing explosive recovery that encourages "let's try again" rest loops if interrupted no matter what, etc

 

[Bolares]

Pretty disappointed on the Moon Druid. No other druid is going to use it much - but what I want from the shapeshifting specialist is to lean in hard to the shapeshifting part and go owlbear, dinosaur, or even at higher level creatures I've literally invented. This is where the templates would be good. A misty stepper that casts in combat is a weird fantasy.

Can't you reskin the beast stat block to be what you invented exactly like you would the template?