D&D (2024) One D&D Cleric & Revised Species Playtest Includes Goliath

"In this new Unearthed Arcana for the One D&D rules system, we explore material designed for the next version of the Player’s Handbook. This playtest document presents the rules on the Cleric class, it's Life Domain subclass, as well as revised Species rules for the Ardling, the Dragonborn, and the Goliath. You will also find a current glossary of new or revised meanings for game terms."

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WotC's Jeremey Crawford discusses the playtest document in the video below.

 

[Marandahir]

Dazed Condition. My wishes are coming true.

We know what Warrior classes will be able to spam.

Also "Succeed: Dazed. Fail: Stunned" incoming.

Starting to remind me of the Break/Topple/Daze, Stagger/Topple, Break/Topple/Launch/Smash, Break/Topple/Daze/Burst combos from Xenoblade. Making warriors have more optional combat systems that mirror the complexity of spells is a good thing, in my honest opinion.

 

[Hurin70]

Long rest restores all Hit Dice. Is that new?

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Prayer of Healing now gives a short rest to the targets, nice.

I really wonder how this will interact with warlocks

 

[Minigiant]

Maybe better to frame it as your choice of deity (or whatever) not having a mechanical impact until 3rd level.

Yeah. It's the "Low level clerics are mostly the same." same how fighters are.

Your connection to your god or source is too weak to express itself until level 3. I like it this way.

 

[Marandahir]

Long rest restores all Hit Dice. Is that new?

That was in the Expert Classes UA too.

 

[mellored]

Resistance is now pretty good.

Also, the 1/day limit on guidance is gone.

 

[Xamnam]

that is interesting. I see a lot of clerics use it so I wonder if that will stop if this gets made official.

I think in the light of "we don't want mandatory feats," a similar philosophy is going to make sure that SW is at least moderately altered to not be such a powerful option.

 

[mellored]

I really wonder how this will interact with warlocks

Combined with catnap, very well.
Combined with crono wizard 10, a little broken.

 

[Minigiant]

I like how the Cleric made it so that Martial vs Caster vs Divine Wizard are early choices, and late in your career you can mix and match (so Gandalf is a Scholar Holy Order Aasimar Cleric from 2nd Level who took the Protector Holy Order at 9th level, and promptly got his hands on Glamdring from the Troll-horde.

This is something I wished for and homebrewed for decades.

The Church of Light doesn't only train Lazer Clerics. It trains Heavy Masher Clerics to tank for them.

Domain shouldn'tbe tied to Cleric Role. The Storm Church has Storms, Zueses. Statics, and Thors.

 

[Bill Zebub]

Well this is the first time I've ever wanted to play a cleric.