He can't name a single KISS song.
He didn't have buff spells. Just the 2 inspiration (which he hated). He thought that the changes forced him to play a certain way.
D&D (2024) So, has anyone actually PLAYED the Expert classes?
He didn't have buff spells. Just the 2 inspiration (which he hated). He thought that the changes forced him to play a certain way.
Does this guy understand the point of classes
Ran Grasp of the emerald claw & voyage of the golden dragon with 2 rangers 1 bard 1 rogue levels 6 & 7.
From a GM standpoint the new prep style was a lot of fun & players were more likely to have interesting spells prepped when their niche came up than just relying on brute force & the best spells. The rangers & bard had a lot of fun with dual wielding & mark/hex. The spell lists being more restrictive for hybrid casters (ranger/bard) rather than including any spell that might possibly have some overlap in the venn diagram made choices players made to pickup new options really shine without stomping on the toes of full casters. Practically every skill check seemed like someone had expertise & it was a bit overkill. The new barkskin was a big hit & the casters were all looking forward to the eventual spell revision . Supreme sneak was basically autostealth but the new "ending the condition" stuff in the hidden condition mechanics avoided turning it into either scry & fry or fail by fiat. I particularly liked how racially linked spells made casters feel distinct beyond one extra cast of a spell & could see mage classes doing similar with the ardlings.
One of the rangers was an infernal tiefling that made good use of being able to add the necromancy hellish rebuke along with the new PAM on marked targets whenever the chance came up for him. The other ranger was a more traditional twf build who packed quite the punch thanks to the twf rules & mark changes. Tireless being 1d8 thp/long rest felt pointless, it should probably be a spend 1-10 minutes to just do it after the 1 free use.
The rogue was a dwarf who made good use of stealth+stone cunning, I ultimately decided to let him bypass the 1/long rest with a 10 minute to activate version & it felt less unnatural. Supreme sneak was basically autostealth but the new hidden mechanics headed off trouble that 5e's prior "but I rolled a 37 stealth!" often created & the player said he had a better feel for when he was pushing out on a limb but still didn't worry about pushing his luck thanks to death saves
The bard was a drow elf who made great use of faerie fire. Reaction heals keeping people from suffering a death save from bardic inspiration felt like it trivialized already minimal risk using the old 5e death save & yoyohealing mechanics. Like the rangers with mark he tore it up with hex & twf
From a GM standpoint the new prep style was a lot of fun & players were more likely to have interesting spells prepped when their niche came up than just relying on brute force & the best spells. The rangers & bard had a lot of fun with dual wielding & mark/hex. The spell lists being more restrictive for hybrid casters (ranger/bard) rather than including any spell that might possibly have some overlap in the venn diagram made choices players made to pickup new options really shine without stomping on the toes of full casters. Practically every skill check seemed like someone had expertise & it was a bit overkill. The new barkskin was a big hit & the casters were all looking forward to the eventual spell revision . Supreme sneak was basically autostealth but the new "ending the condition" stuff in the hidden condition mechanics avoided turning it into either scry & fry or fail by fiat. I particularly liked how racially linked spells made casters feel distinct beyond one extra cast of a spell & could see mage classes doing similar with the ardlings.
One of the rangers was an infernal tiefling that made good use of being able to add the necromancy hellish rebuke along with the new PAM on marked targets whenever the chance came up for him. The other ranger was a more traditional twf build who packed quite the punch thanks to the twf rules & mark changes. Tireless being 1d8 thp/long rest felt pointless, it should probably be a spend 1-10 minutes to just do it after the 1 free use.
The rogue was a dwarf who made good use of stealth+stone cunning, I ultimately decided to let him bypass the 1/long rest with a 10 minute to activate version & it felt less unnatural. Supreme sneak was basically autostealth but the new hidden mechanics headed off trouble that 5e's prior "but I rolled a 37 stealth!" often created & the player said he had a better feel for when he was pushing out on a limb but still didn't worry about pushing his luck thanks to death saves
The bard was a drow elf who made great use of faerie fire. Reaction heals keeping people from suffering a death save from bardic inspiration felt like it trivialized already minimal risk using the old 5e death save & yoyohealing mechanics. Like the rangers with mark he tore it up with hex & twf
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Yaarel
He Mage
When updating the Spell Schools to tag spells more thematically, it is easier to distinguish between:
Conjuration: telekinesis, force constructs, magical energy
Divination: scrying, fate, teleportation, planar effects
Evocation: elemental effects, earth, water, air, and fire
Enchantment: mind effects
Illusion: reality alteration
Necromancy: planar darkside, Undead, Fiend, Aberration
Transmutation: life, lifeform, body, shapeshifting, healing, plant and animal
While subclasses might do differently, the base class generally feels like:
Wizard = Conjuration, Evocation, Illusion
Psion = Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Transmutation
Bard = Divination, Enchantment, Illusion, Transmutation
Druid = Divination, Evocation, Transmutation
Cleric = Divination, Necromancy, Transmutation
Warlock = Conjuration, Divination, Illusion, Necromancy
Sorcerer = Evocation, Necromancy, Transmutation
Instead of the amalgamated UA lists of Arcane, Divine, and Primal, the class can refer to the schools. Then designers can modify each school when adding new features that several classes can share.
Ruin Explorer
Legend
To be fair re: KISS until like a year ago neither could I until I found out "I was made for loving you" was by them. That came as a shock.
Agree: re: 2 Inspiration being dumb and will note so in feedback in a couple of days. They need to make so it's always (from L1) per Short Rest if they're going to make the number so low.
That's fine... except WotC isn't going to re-org their spells in the schools you proposed (including the removal of Abjuration). If they were going to... then sure your suggestion would be potentially viable.
My note just pre-supposes they keep their three power sources, and therefore enables a fourth to be added later if they so choose (not that there's any suggestion they actually intend to.)
Yaarel
He Mage
To update the school is just swapping a single word. Simple.
Many spells need far more revision than this!
Yeah, but they aren't going to do it, including the removal of Abjuration. Your post just moved too many spells around. They aren't revamping stuff nearly that much.
Yaarel
He Mage
They can list Abjuration as a tag.
CURE WOUNDS
1st-Slot Transmutation (Healing, Abjuration)
ALARM
1st-Slot Divination (Scry, Abjuration)
ANTIMAGIC FIELD
8th-Slot Conjuration (Dweomer, Abjuration)
And so on.
