The front-page article listed the YouTube creators who are doing official PHB previews, but not what they would be covering or what has been released. For my own tracking / sanity, and hopefully to the benefit of other folks, I wanted to start a thread listing which of them have come out with videos and what they covered so far. As new ones come out I can try to keep this updated. Let me know if I missed any, and feel free to discuss any content revelations or ask any questions here.
Creators Showcasing Core Rulebook Previews per the front page:
Screen Rant Interview (written): Overview of Class changes, Wildheart Barbarian overview, Rangers and Hunter's Mark issues, Feats, Approach to Psionics
In addition, other creators like Treantmonk and Nerd Immersion haven't been doing specific content previews, but they were also gifted advance copies of the PHB and have been doing various reactions and other NDA-safe stuff.
Updated the OP with Dungeon Dad's entry - thanks for the heads up! Our last remaining creator is Pointy Hat/Antonio Demico - I double-checked and there doesn't seem to be anything new on his channel yet, so now I'm really curious what they gave him to preview. He must be whipping up one doozy of a video for it.
Regarding the Sphinx of Wonder - that thing is bonkers for a familiar. Chainlock now has a miniature Flash of Genius right at level 2, that can also throw hands, and it's sneaky and smart and can talk, and has solid saving throws, and did I mention it flies 40ft?
This video actually reveals a lot - the new statblock format, Warlocks going back to actual creature statblocks for their familiars (chain familiars anyway, we'll have to wait and see on the regular ones), and I'm curious to see whether the Chain Familiar still needs to eat your reaction (or bonus action with Investment) in order to make its own attack.
I don't normally like to play Pact of the Chain, but this cute little guy might just change my mind.
And it actually has solid health 24 health isn't bad at all. The lack of invisibility I think is still fine with the spark of ingenuity feature. I really like this as a new option.
Since they seem to be handing out the new subclasses for creators to preview (Ginny Di got Dance Bard and Dungeon Dudes got World Tree Barb), my prediction is that Pointy Hat got the Sea Druid - but he has to hold off until the next round of previews to talk about it.
(Or maybe he's just taking a long time to edit his masterpiece 😁)
Looks like the best species in the game didn't change much from the UA. I will have a hard time picking which one of the three to play for my next character.
Edit: Does anyone know if there will be other videos like these in the coming weeks?
Looks like the best species in the game didn't change much from the UA. I will have a hard time picking which one of the three to play for my next character.
Edit: Does anyone know if there will be other videos like these in the coming weeks?
All of these creators were given the entire book, so my guess/hope would be that they will be allowed to preview more than one thing 🙂
But I guess we'll have to wait and see for sure. If any of them release additional previews, I'll update the OP accordingly.
Since they seem to be handing out the new subclasses for creators to preview (Ginny Di got Dance Bard and Dungeon Dudes got World Tree Barb), my prediction is that Pointy Hat got the Sea Druid - but he has to hold off until the next round of previews to talk about it.
(Or maybe he's just taking a long time to edit his masterpiece 😁)
I don’t know. D&D Deep Dive already put out the assassin so don’t know if pointy hat would have to wait.
edit: guess I should have looked at the whole thread lol
The front-page article listed the YouTube creators who are doing official PHB previews, but not what they would be covering or what has been released. For my own tracking / sanity, and hopefully to the benefit of other folks, I wanted to start a thread listing which of them have come out with videos and what they covered so far. As new ones come out I can try to keep this updated. Let me know if I missed any, and feel free to discuss any content revelations or ask any questions here.
Creators Showcasing Core Rulebook Previews per the front page:
Updated 7/23: Crawford Micro-Interview Cycle
Updating this thread to add a new cycle of content-creator micro-interviews with Jeremy Crawford that dropped today:
Screen Rant Interview (written): Overview of Class changes, Wildheart Barbarian overview, Rangers and Hunter's Mark issues, Feats, Approach to Psionics
CBR interview (written): Wavetop PHB Design, Counterspell changes & spells improvement
Let me know if I missed any!
In addition, other creators like Treantmonk and Nerd Immersion haven't been doing specific content previews, but they were also gifted advance copies of the PHB and have been doing various reactions and other NDA-safe stuff.
She/Her Player and Dungeon Master
I don't normally like to play Pact of the Chain, but this cute little guy might just change my mind.
She/Her Player and Dungeon Master
Updated the OP with Dungeon Dad's entry - thanks for the heads up! Our last remaining creator is Pointy Hat/Antonio Demico - I double-checked and there doesn't seem to be anything new on his channel yet, so now I'm really curious what they gave him to preview. He must be whipping up one doozy of a video for it.
Regarding the Sphinx of Wonder - that thing is bonkers for a familiar. Chainlock now has a miniature Flash of Genius right at level 2, that can also throw hands, and it's sneaky and smart and can talk, and has solid saving throws, and did I mention it flies 40ft?
This video actually reveals a lot - the new statblock format, Warlocks going back to actual creature statblocks for their familiars (chain familiars anyway, we'll have to wait and see on the regular ones), and I'm curious to see whether the Chain Familiar still needs to eat your reaction (or bonus action with Investment) in order to make its own attack.
And it actually has solid health 24 health isn't bad at all. The lack of invisibility I think is still fine with the spark of ingenuity feature. I really like this as a new option.
Since they seem to be handing out the new subclasses for creators to preview (Ginny Di got Dance Bard and Dungeon Dudes got World Tree Barb), my prediction is that Pointy Hat got the Sea Druid - but he has to hold off until the next round of previews to talk about it.
(Or maybe he's just taking a long time to edit his masterpiece 😁)
If they didn't change from the UA Pact of the Chain is an invocation. You can be Pact of the Blade and put chain on top of it.
She/Her Player and Dungeon Master
Thanks Lia - added! Can I be both happy and sad to be wrong? 😁
Looks like the best species in the game didn't change much from the UA. I will have a hard time picking which one of the three to play for my next character.
Edit: Does anyone know if there will be other videos like these in the coming weeks?
She/Her Player and Dungeon Master
All of these creators were given the entire book, so my guess/hope would be that they will be allowed to preview more than one thing 🙂
But I guess we'll have to wait and see for sure. If any of them release additional previews, I'll update the OP accordingly.
I don’t know. D&D Deep Dive already put out the assassin so don’t know if pointy hat would have to wait.
edit: guess I should have looked at the whole thread lol
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https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/397599/EZD6-Core-Rulebook?
Updating this thread to add a new cycle of content-creator micro-interviews with Jeremy Crawford that dropped today:
Let me know if I missed any!
Well, this thread is amazing. Thank you for putting this together for us.
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Screen Rant Also published written interviews with Jeremy Crawford.
Screen Rant Interview: Overview of Class changes, Wildheart Barbarian overview, Rangers and Hunter's Mark issues, Feats, Approach to Psionics
CBR interview: Wavetop PHB Design, Counterspell changes & spells improvement
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bro this thing has a better AC and HP than my warlock lol