Okay, let’s tackle the next part of the recent Unearthed Arcana 2023 Player’s Handbook: Druid & Paladin. We touched on Druids in the last post, so I swear a sacred Oath that I will now cover the Paladin! Let’s smite this thing. Dead Levels and the Commentators Who Reference Them I received a few comments about the terminology of “dead
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Yes, I’m lagging behind with this First Impression of the most recent Unearthed Arcana in the One D&D Playtest. Not only did I get busy breaking down the individual chapters in Keys from the Golden Vault, but it was also a bit of a challenge getting back in the swing of One D&D after the January of Broken Dreams. Plus,
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That last One D&D Playtest took a lot out of me. Three pages, two podcast episodes, and a whole lot of online analysis. This time around, things are going to be easier to digest. The third One D&D Unearthed Arcana is primarily looking at three species, one class, one subclass, and a few changes in the Rules Glossary. What’s Up
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This week I put together my first 100% One D&D playtest. What that means is, I asked all of the players to create their characters using any of the rules in the current two playtest documents that applied to them. I wanted to put together an adventure that was relatively simple, but was going to interact with a number of
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Now, we arrive at the beginning. We’re going to start looking at the classes and subclasses in the Expert Classes Unearthed Arcana. That means, for these purposes, we’re looking at the Bard, the Ranger, and the Rogue. It’s also noted that the Artificer is an Expert, but it wasn’t in the 2014 rulebooks. For reference, here are the links to
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We’re back for part two of this very, very large undertaking. If you didn’t start with Part One, well, I’m not your boss, read these in whatever order you want to read them. I just wanted to lay the groundwork for some of the changes we see in the classes later on, because some of the nuance of why things
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I feel like I’ve been through a twelve-round fight, used up all my resources, and have only had a short rest. Why? Well, this Unearthed Arcana, called “Expert Classes,” is more than just presenting three redesigned classes and one subclass each, it’s delving into some revised rules, feats, spells, and spell lists. While we haven’t seen more than the three
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This week saw some pretty big news out of WotC regarding the future of D&D. While I want to look at the first Unearthed Arcana debuting, it’s going to be hard to discuss this without touching on the context in which the UA exists. And yes, I know, most of you reading my blog have probably heard all this elsewhere,
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