D&D (2024) First playtest thread! One D&D Character Origins.

[plisnithus8]

Good thing we all have miniature computers in our pockets...

Seems like advantage.bonus to persuasion to negotiate rather than flat 20% off would help fit lore better.

 

[Havrik Stoneskimmer]

Ardlings seem very weird for a PHB race. In a Planescape or otherwise planar campaign sure, but as a standard race in the Forgotten Realms or Dragonlance, etc., alongside humans, dwarves, and elves?

My preference is to tell my players that any PHB race is fine for any of my campaigns, but this I think is one that I would reserve for more unusual campaigns.

 

[Thunder Brother]

Someone could do the math on this because I'm too tired, but I think the Arcane list is a bit big and could probably be split into a fourth spell list, similar to P2E's Occult.

 

[Nikosandros]

Right. The only difference is having to declare before you roll or after. I think we've always used it after, so as a re-roll, rather than a possibly wasted resource.

Especially considering that the playtest Lucky feat allows the choice after the roll.

 

[Ancalagon]

I really, really don't like the stat bonuses being tied to backgrounds. This is, in my opinion, a serious mistake.

There was this ... discomfort, this tension, with stat bonuses and class. If you played a "dex class" but your race was dwarf, you were at a bit of a disadvantage for example, because you didn't get to boost your main stat.

Shifting the stat bonuses to the background just re-creates the same problem in another place. I want to play a cleric, but I didn't grow in a temple, I was a criminal before my PC "found god"? well, that's a wisdom bonus I'm not getting.

so instead of race choice being somewhat constrained, now backgrounds are. There was an opportunity to fix this problem, and instead WotC just moved it around.

edit: also why are specific languages tied to specific background? If you were a guard you knew dwarf? Why?

 

[Weiley31]

t's pronounced closer to Awesomer, and not Ass-i-mar.

I've totally missed that memo since the day they came to be.

 

[Justice and Rule]

Nothing worthwhile I expect. It still feels like they are just gonna have the "DMs" do those details. I guess we'll see.

This recently came up in the Eberron game I'm in. There's an artificer in the group and there is just no guidance on it. I really, really hope they surprise me here.

 

[Weiley31]

I really, really don't like the stat bonuses being tied to backgrounds. This is, in my opinion, a serious mistake.

There was this ... discomfort, this tension, with stat bonuses and class. If you played a "dex class" but your race was dwarf, you were at a bit of a disadvantage for example, because you didn't get to boost your main stat.

Shifting the stat bonuses to the background just re-creates the same problem in another place. I want to play a cleric, but I didn't grow in a temple, I was a criminal before my PC "found god"? well, that's a wisdom bonus I'm not getting.

so instead of race choice being somewhat constrained, now backgrounds are. There was an opportunity to fix this problem, and instead WotC just moved it around.

edit: also why are specific languages tied to specific background? If you were a guard you knew dwarf? Why?

Thank goodness Tasha's has your back on that.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

My suggestion is to add the option to can create "machinimas", at least for streamers in their actual-play shows. And later the "virtual miniatures" to can become virtual avatars.

 

[Cadence]

I really, really don't like the stat bonuses being tied to backgrounds. This is, in my opinion, a serious mistake.

There was this ... discomfort, this tension, with stat bonuses and class. If you played a "dex class" but your race was dwarf, you were at a bit of a disadvantage for example, because you didn't get to boost your main stat.

Shifting the stat bonuses to the background just re-creates the same problem in another place. I want to play a cleric, but I didn't grow in a temple, I was a criminal before my PC "found god"? well, that's a wisdom bonus I'm not getting.

so instead of race choice being somewhat constrained, now backgrounds are. There was an opportunity to fix this problem, and instead WotC just moved it around.

Custom backgrounds* are a default option though, right?

* Including modifying a given background.