D&D 5E (2024) Next issue of Game Informer will have details on the two upcoming Forgotten Realms books

[Parmandur]

I think PDK is a faction now. Not a background.

Why not both...? My impression from earlier previews is thsg some of the Backgrounds were Faction based.

 

[GarrettKP]

Why not both...? My impression from earlier previews is thsg some of the Backgrounds were Faction based.

Maybe. But I don’t know for sure. Hopefully we find out more today.

 

[GarrettKP]

Why not both...? My impression from earlier previews is thsg some of the Backgrounds were Faction based.

Harper is a background, as is Ice Fisher.

As is Genie Touched and Purple Dragon Squire.

 

[GarrettKP]

The Banneret has lost their dragon pet. Their level 3 is now a feature for languages and social skills and a group mass heal using Second Wind.

 

[Misanthrope Prime]

I think PDK is a faction now. Not a background.

I will never not read that as "Phillip D Kick"

 

[Remathilis]

The Banneret has lost their dragon pet. Their level 3 is now a feature for languages and social skills and a group mass heal using Second Wind.

Looks like the hordes got their wish for a cavalier/warlord...

 

[GarrettKP]

Scion Rogue got a change. Their Blood thirst feature no longer requires an enemy die. Now it triggers if they take damage that makes them bloodied and don’t die outright. They teleport to that same enemy and make an attack on them.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

The Banneret has lost their dragon pet. Their level 3 is now a feature for languages and social skills and a group mass heal using Second Wind.

Hope they take another crack at a "Dragonriding Knight" subclass at some point.

I've never been an FR-lore aficionado, so my biggest complaint about the playtest PDK subclass was that it was too locked into one very specific type of dragon, when I feel it should have been more customizable, a la Drakewarden Ranger.

Maybe a future Dragonlance sourcebook sometime down the road?

 

[GarrettKP]

Genie-Touched background gives Magic Initiate Wizard. Purple Dragon Squire background gives Purple Dragon Rook (new feat).

Purple Dragon Rook gives what seems to be social skill proficiencies and a Rally Cry ability that gives two allies heroic inspiration when you roll initiative once per long rest.

Shadowmasters Exile is a new background that gives Savage Attacker feat. Ice Fisher gives Alert.

 

[Misanthrope Prime]

Genie-Touched background gives Magic Initiate Wizard. Purple Dragon Squire background gives Purple Dragon Rook (new feat).

Purple Dragon Rook gives what seems to be social skill proficiencies and a Rally Cry ability that gives two allies heroic inspiration when you roll initiative once per long rest.

Shadowmasters Exile is a new background that gives Savage Attacker feat. Ice Fisher gives Alert.

Am I a dingus or is there nowhere on the standard 2024 character sheet to indicate more than one heroic inspiration? I can imagine a lot of players forgetting their second reroll.