D&D (2024) WotC Fireside Chat: Revised 2024 Player’s Handbook

In this video about the upcoming revised Player’s Handnook, WotC’s Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins reveal a few new tidbits.

• The books are near final and almost ready to go to print
• Psionic subclasses such as the Soulknife and Psi Warrior will appear in the core books
• Named spells have art depicting their creators.
• There are new species in the PHB.

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[TrippyHippy]

Could somebody tally a list of which Classes/Sub-Classes will be included in this book? I mean, it is pretty much central to the sales-pitch I’d have thought.

 

[Zaukrie]

Could somebody tally a list of which Classes/Sub-Classes will be included in this book? I mean, it is pretty much central to the sales-pitch I’d have thought.

Pretty sure we'll get that about a month or so before release......I'm not sure we know at this point. Did we know about the Psi Warrior before today?

 

[Cadence]

Could somebody tally a list of which Classes/Sub-Classes will be included in this book? I mean, it is pretty much central to the sales-pitch I’d have thought.

They haven't given the whole list (revealed the few psi-archtypes mentioned above) and said a lot more will be revealed coming up (maybe in the next fireside?).

Edit: Ninja'd by Zukrie

 

[Cadence]

My big question is if I should be happy for those on here who love psi-types because the archetypes using it are getting more focus, or feel bad for them because they aren't getting standalone psi-classes. I guess we can count on that being an ongoing argument for a while to keep the boards hopping as 24 rolls out.

 

[Stalker0]

My big question is if I should be happy for those on here who love psi-types because the archetypes using it are getting more focus, or feel bad for them because they aren't getting standalone psi-classes. I guess we can count on that being an ongoing argument for a while to keep the boards hopping as 24 rolls out.

Well the need 5.5 is going to provide CORE classes, so I wouldn't expect any new ones there. Subclasses are likely the best you can hope for initially, and then maybe in the next splat you might get a psionic caster.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

Although some of these are welcome changes, they are still not enough to make me go forward with D&D 5.5 when I already have D&D 5e.

I agree but…a better organized dmg could be wonderful to incorporate…

 

[sevenbastard]

I've always felt that the swashbuckler should be a fighter subclass, rather than a rogue

Why not both? Heck make one that can apply to bard, paladin, fighter, rogue. It would be fun to see subclasses that apply across multiple classes. But probably not a very realistic wish.

 

[Cadence]

Well the need 5.5 is going to provide CORE classes, so I wouldn't expect any new ones there. Subclasses are likely the best you can hope for initially, and then maybe in the next splat you might get a psionic caster.

It feels like we could get a bunch of threads going just on whether that term is horribly inappropriate for psi or ok.

 

[Kurotowa]

Why not both? Heck make one that can apply to bard, paladin, fighter, rogue. It would be fun to see subclasses that apply across multiple classes. But probably not a very realistic wish.

They tried that with a Strixhaven UA. It... didn't work too well. Different numbers of subclass feature at wildly different level points made it hard. Not being able to reference or tie into any base class features was also a problem. In the end, the idea was scrapped.

Really, it sounds like a cool idea, but it just doesn't work. How do you do a Paladin subclass without a list of Oath Spells and Channel Divinity options? Who's going to want a Rogue subclass without new Cunning Strike or Cunning Action upgrades?

 

[TwoSix]

[*]The S Warrior has been added to the players handbook, giving the psionic sorcerer and the great old one warlock some more psiionic friends.

The inclusion of two psionic subclasses I already own being mentioned as a selling point perfectly encapsulates why I'm so disillusioned with this project.