My bet for the next UA is drow stuff too. I still can't get over the silly names: One sounds like Lowenbrau beer and the other like "You da drow now, dog". Oh well.
Personally, I'd love to see a UA focused primarily on the Half-Casters (Artificer, Paladin, Ranger.)
Whether that's new subclasses, new feats, new spells, or more Optional Class Features. Artificer in particular needs a few more subclasses and at least one set of OCF's.
Am I expecting to see this? No. But it's what I want.
Personally, I'd love to see a UA focused primarily on the Half-Casters (Artificer, Paladin, Ranger.)
Whether that's new subclasses, new feats, new spells, or more Optional Class Features. Artificer in particular needs a few more subclasses and at least one set of OCF's.
Am I expecting to see this? No. But it's what I want.
Id love to see a Half-Cast spell list UA with a bunch of spells that are uniquely available to those classes. Artificers don't have any class-unique spells like Paladin or Ranger spell lists do
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Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a mundane weapon UA that reprints certain specialty weapons from different modules (like a boomerang from SKT or the Double-Bladed Scimitar) along with a few more unique "special" weapons to introduce more interesting martial options. A few more weapon-oriented feats would also be very welcome.
a sourcebook that reprints what was previously specific to certain modules might be neat, from frost fingers, create magen, galder's tower there are a lot of stuff just scattred wherever. Also a lot of adventure modules introduced their own familiars (abyssal chickens, flying monkeys etc). Seeing a lot of that stuff late in 5e's lifespan would be extremely enjoyable.
But of course reprints are not what unearthed arcana is for, unearthed arcana is for experimentation and breaking new ground
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Personally, I'd love to see a UA focused primarily on the Half-Casters (Artificer, Paladin, Ranger.)
Whether that's new subclasses, new feats, new spells, or more Optional Class Features. Artificer in particular needs a few more subclasses and at least one set of OCF's.
Am I expecting to see this? No. But it's what I want.
Id love to see a Half-Cast spell list UA with a bunch of spells that are uniquely available to those classes. Artificers don't have any class-unique spells like Paladin or Ranger spell lists do
they used to have a exclusive spell called Arcane Weapon in the UA, a 1st level spell targeting a touched weapon that dealt an extra 1d6 acid, cold, fire, lightning or thunder damage, and lasting for concentration, up to 1 hour. And in the current version of the game Summon Construct is only available to artificers by default, since wizards can only learn the spell via an optional class feature that not every wizard will get. Still they need a few exclusive spells to put them on-par with the ranger and paladin, even if their versatillity as-is is by no means bad.
They probably would not refer to it as a half-caster UA though.
However becuase it was arguably a better version of Elemental Weapon, and also an arguably better version of hunter's mark/ divine favour, it was quickly dropped. Maybe a new version of that spell could make it? Maybe a spell that would specifically interact with the Infusion class feature? Maybe some much needed mech-suit action?
Honestly the only real thing i can think of that i would personally want from an future UA that is not also something wizard's of the coast feels is "done" (psionics) would be like new vehicles, such as a vehicle stat block for the Airship found within the DMG, a vehicle stat block for the Nautiloids mind flayers use, a vehicle stat block version of the Warforged Colossus that currently only exists as a Monster stat block, a vehicle stat block for the unique airships and lightning rails found on ebberon, etc. Or simply put, vehicle stat blocks for every vehicle that has been mentioned but not turned into a stat block yet.
Another thing i'd want but whom i would never expect them to do: compile all the rules for wilderness exploration found throughout the Dungeon master's guide and player's handbook. There has been one prior UA attempt at this really early on but i wanna see another
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I not really surprised at all. They have been struggling just to get the content from published material working. Doing UA material that may or may not get published is kind of a waste of time and resources.
I'd really love some Spelljammer appreciation. So many Spelljammer races have been tossed aside this edition so far that I'd assume they're going to release them all at once in a collection kind of like Fizban's Treasury. And I'd totally be there to playtest a playable Giff and playable Dohwar.
Personally, I'd love to see a UA focused primarily on the Half-Casters (Artificer, Paladin, Ranger.)
Whether that's new subclasses, new feats, new spells, or more Optional Class Features. Artificer in particular needs a few more subclasses and at least one set of OCF's.
Am I expecting to see this? No. But it's what I want.
Id love to see a Half-Cast spell list UA with a bunch of spells that are uniquely available to those classes. Artificers don't have any class-unique spells like Paladin or Ranger spell lists do
No one seems to complain about sorcerers getting only one (I’m not checking, but I can only name one, so I’m guessing that’s how many they have).
Artificers are not quite half casters. They get round up progression and they have cantrips, so my group calls them three-quarter casters.
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Because of the recent survey, I am expecting more optional rules.
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Because of the recent survey, I am expecting more optional rules.
Man I am not sure we are ready for that so soon after Tasha's....we are barely seeing how those play out and adding more would not be my jam right now.
Because of the recent survey, I am expecting more optional rules.
Man I am not sure we are ready for that so soon after Tasha's....we are barely seeing how those play out and adding more would not be my jam right now.
Maybe not right now, but I remember a similar survey coming out before Tasha’s, so it will most likely be happening eventually.
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Because of the recent survey, I am expecting more optional rules.
Man I am not sure we are ready for that so soon after Tasha's....we are barely seeing how those play out and adding more would not be my jam right now.
Maybe not right now, but I remember a similar survey coming out before Tasha’s, so it will most likely be happening eventually.
Instead of more optional features, I wouldnt mind a UA trying out more variant features for subclasses that have been poorly received since they were released (Battlerager, PDK, 4EM, etc) as opposed to overarching features which apply to classes as a whole.
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Because of the recent survey, I am expecting more optional rules.
Man I am not sure we are ready for that so soon after Tasha's....we are barely seeing how those play out and adding more would not be my jam right now.
Maybe not right now, but I remember a similar survey coming out before Tasha’s, so it will most likely be happening eventually.
Instead of more optional features, I wouldnt mind a UA trying out more variant features for subclasses that have been poorly received since they were released (Battlerager, PDK, 4EM, etc) as opposed to overarching features which apply to classes as a whole.
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My bet for the next UA is drow stuff too. I still can't get over the silly names: One sounds like Lowenbrau beer and the other like "You da drow now, dog". Oh well.
Since Critical Role now has their own publishing company, I think that means the upcoming "return to a setting we've already done for 5e" book will most likely be on the Forgotten Realms and the Underdark.
Aren't Drow already mechanically a subrace of Elf? Would these be new sub-subraces?
I'm not sure that's likely. I feel like the Avendrow and Lorendrow will be treated like the Sun and Moon Elves: mostly flavor.
I am curious if these other Drow subtypes should have Sunlight Sensitivity or enhanced Darkvision.
New racial feats for Drow specifically would be cool tho.
Personally, I'd love to see a UA focused primarily on the Half-Casters (Artificer, Paladin, Ranger.)
Whether that's new subclasses, new feats, new spells, or more Optional Class Features. Artificer in particular needs a few more subclasses and at least one set of OCF's.
Am I expecting to see this? No. But it's what I want.
Id love to see a Half-Cast spell list UA with a bunch of spells that are uniquely available to those classes. Artificers don't have any class-unique spells like Paladin or Ranger spell lists do
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a sourcebook that reprints what was previously specific to certain modules might be neat, from frost fingers, create magen, galder's tower there are a lot of stuff just scattred wherever. Also a lot of adventure modules introduced their own familiars (abyssal chickens, flying monkeys etc). Seeing a lot of that stuff late in 5e's lifespan would be extremely enjoyable.
But of course reprints are not what unearthed arcana is for, unearthed arcana is for experimentation and breaking new ground
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they used to have a exclusive spell called Arcane Weapon in the UA, a 1st level spell targeting a touched weapon that dealt an extra 1d6 acid, cold, fire, lightning or thunder damage, and lasting for concentration, up to 1 hour. And in the current version of the game Summon Construct is only available to artificers by default, since wizards can only learn the spell via an optional class feature that not every wizard will get. Still they need a few exclusive spells to put them on-par with the ranger and paladin, even if their versatillity as-is is by no means bad.
They probably would not refer to it as a half-caster UA though.
However becuase it was arguably a better version of Elemental Weapon, and also an arguably better version of hunter's mark/ divine favour, it was quickly dropped. Maybe a new version of that spell could make it? Maybe a spell that would specifically interact with the Infusion class feature? Maybe some much needed mech-suit action?
Honestly the only real thing i can think of that i would personally want from an future UA that is not also something wizard's of the coast feels is "done" (psionics) would be like new vehicles, such as a vehicle stat block for the Airship found within the DMG, a vehicle stat block for the Nautiloids mind flayers use, a vehicle stat block version of the Warforged Colossus that currently only exists as a Monster stat block, a vehicle stat block for the unique airships and lightning rails found on ebberon, etc.
Or simply put, vehicle stat blocks for every vehicle that has been mentioned but not turned into a stat block yet.
Another thing i'd want but whom i would never expect them to do: compile all the rules for wilderness exploration found throughout the Dungeon master's guide and player's handbook. There has been one prior UA attempt at this really early on but i wanna see another
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I not really surprised at all. They have been struggling just to get the content from published material working. Doing UA material that may or may not get published is kind of a waste of time and resources.
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To be honest I think this is going to backfire. It was one of the things I really looked forwards to.
I'm mad about it, but if there's a UA I really wanna play, I'll just build it myself.
I'd really love some Spelljammer appreciation. So many Spelljammer races have been tossed aside this edition so far that I'd assume they're going to release them all at once in a collection kind of like Fizban's Treasury. And I'd totally be there to playtest a playable Giff and playable Dohwar.
And I'm no longer speculating the Unearthed Arcana that DND Beyond contains, the future of Unearthed Arcana for Wizards in general.
You know, I am *NOT* looking forward to the deluge of threads that're gonna pop up asking when the next UA is gonna be implemented...
I am, in a sick can't look away from the train wreck, kind of way.
No one seems to complain about sorcerers getting only one (I’m not checking, but I can only name one, so I’m guessing that’s how many they have).
Artificers are not quite half casters. They get round up progression and they have cantrips, so my group calls them three-quarter casters.
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Because of the recent survey, I am expecting more optional rules.
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Man I am not sure we are ready for that so soon after Tasha's....we are barely seeing how those play out and adding more would not be my jam right now.
Maybe not right now, but I remember a similar survey coming out before Tasha’s, so it will most likely be happening eventually.
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Instead of more optional features, I wouldnt mind a UA trying out more variant features for subclasses that have been poorly received since they were released (Battlerager, PDK, 4EM, etc) as opposed to overarching features which apply to classes as a whole.
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Fully support this!