D&D (2024) Playtest 6 Survey is Open

[Ashrym]

I know heroic inspiration is still a thing per the rules glossary but does anyone really use it? I playtested the inspiration on a 1 rule in my family game. I could care less about it all together, the kids remembered this particular rule. I forget about it until they let me know they have it when they roll a one so I just let it float.

Yes, because the musician feat fills a trope for inspirational characters outside of the bard class. If I want a lower magic bard I can use the arcane trickster or eldritch knight and pick that feat up at 1st level. If I want a non-magical bard I can use that feat at 1st level on a barbarian, fighter, or rogue that doesn't use spells and have that similar bard character.

A feat that grants inspiration like that is something I really liked from the origins UA to open up those tropes without needing to mess with the bard class.

EDIT: I should clarify that I didn't care for how the feat compared when the bard had the inspiration use trimmed back so much, but I liked the availability to other classes and the latest bard has more inspiration again.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Alright. Done.

Now when's the next playtest packet?

Smart money would be on August 24.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Smart money would be on August 24.

That's my prediction.

August 24.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

We've not seen a revision of the human since last August, but then, every human got inspiration after every long rest. If they keep that, they are saying they want it to be a bigger part of play, in spite of what my play experience (and yours, evidently) suggests.

That's fine -- I'll still be playing humans. But it did feel a bit of a crowbar when it was introduced.

I think it fits humans remarkably well.

I’d like humans to also have some endurance or “ignore and recover from injury” benefits, as well, but every time it’s brought up 6 people show up to be big mad at the idea of humans not being the baseline in all things.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

So, the stuff they haven’t touched again, like species and most feats, are still in the playtest, right? It’s just stuff like “we put a new rules glossary, so if soemthing is left out from a previous one, it’s not going forward”.

If so, I wish they’d compile a doc with everything up to date now that everything has had at least one test run.

 

[Kobold Stew]

For the most part, I think we assume that the last version you've seen is still current. The only thing I can think of that they tried and aren't going forward with at all is Ardling.


EDIT: Historically, my belief is that the 5e team is less interested in character species options than other aspects of character builds. They consistently feel under-tested to me, and I don't see any different this time around. (Though I love the changes they made to Goliath; when they tweak, they can improve!).

 

[MockingBird]

So, the stuff they haven’t touched again, like species and most feats, are still in the playtest, right? It’s just stuff like “we put a new rules glossary, so if soemthing is left out from a previous one, it’s not going forward”.

If so, I wish they’d compile a doc with everything up to date now that everything has had at least one test run.

I think the rule of the thumb is: use the most current rules glossary, if something isn't present in that document then revert back to 2014 PHB. If I'm wrong someone please correct me.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I think the rule of the thumb is: use the most current rules glossary, if something isn't present in that document then revert back to 2014 PHB. If I'm wrong someone please correct me.

For the rules glossary, 100%. I’m just not sure about species and feats, since they haven’t even spoken on them much since testing them.

 

[Parmandur]

For the rules glossary, 100%. I’m just not sure about species and feats, since they haven’t even spoken on them much since testing them.

Other than confirming the Ardling didn't make the cut, and what 9 Species did (Elf Dwarf, Human, Halfling, Orc, Goliath, Gnome, Tiefling & Dragonborn) we have not received any specific updates. That suggests that they got the dat that they wanted, and sent the designs to their private playtesters for mathematical stree testing. Historically, that can mean either published exactly as seen in UA, or tweaked somewhat considerably, depending. Other than pishback on the Ardling and Dragonborn, seems everything else was well received. Crawford implied in the big Creator meetup a couple.months ago that "Specues" was still up in the air as terminology being finalized, though Rave was for sure out to pasture.

 

[MockingBird]

Other than confirming the Ardling didn't make the cut, and what 9 Species did (Elf Dwarf, Human, Halfling, Orc, Goliath, Gnome, Tiefling & Dragonborn) we have not received any specific updates. That suggests that they got the dat that they wanted, and sent the designs to their private playtesters for mathematical stree testing. Historically, that can mean either published exactly as seen in UA, or tweaked somewhat considerably, depending. Other than pishback on the Ardling and Dragonborn, seems everything else was well received. Crawford implied in the big Creator meetup a couple.months ago that "Specues" was still up in the air as terminology being finalized, though Rave was for sure out to pasture.

Kinda hoping Aasimar becomes a core race in the revised PHB24.