I targeted my feedback to just what my tables sees as the most egregious. Lore Bard, Grappler feat, Ritual Caster feat, Warcaster feat, Hide (action), Influence (action). Likely a few others that I'm not thinking about at this moment.
Still doing the survey. But everybody remember: the new Ritual Caster feats is god ******* awful and needs to get to a negative-three satisfaction rate as soon as possible. DO NOT allow Wizards to strip away the ritual books from our primal wiseman barbarians, occult-savvy rogues, or noble-dilettante fighters.
DO NOT leave feedback such as "You should do [Mechanical idea here]." Wizards are the game developers, not you. They don't want your ideas, they can't use them even if they wanted them - which, again, they don't - and they won't bother reading them. You're the playtester. Play, test, then feedback on what you discovered.
Use your comment write-in space to leave feedback about what you liked, what you didn't like, and why. Feedback such as "Ritual caster is NOT FOR spellcasting classes. It's for non-spellcasters who obtain magic knowledge a different way. This proposed change ruins a LOT of characters we run and play." Or "New Ranger feels powerful but bland and generic". Or "Bardic Inspiration runs out too quickly, especially when subclasses also heavily consume BI."
Tell Wizards what you felt while playtesting, how the material worked for you. Don't armchair-game-dev them, that's just wasting both their time and yours.
SAMMMMME lol Luckily I organized my thoughts and feedback prior to taking the survey! I would have never been able to say so much with so little words without it!
Still doing the survey. But everybody remember: the new Ritual Caster feats is god ****ing awful and needs to get to a negative-three satisfaction rate as soon as possible. DO NOT allow Wizards to strip away the ritual books from our primal wiseman barbarians, occult-savvy rogues, or noble-dilettante fighters.
I might have to refill the survey just to say that... I knew I forgot something...
Still doing the survey. But everybody remember: the new Ritual Caster feats is god ****ing awful and needs to get to a negative-three satisfaction rate as soon as possible. DO NOT allow Wizards to strip away the ritual books from our primal wiseman barbarians, occult-savvy rogues, or noble-dilettante fighters.
I might have to refill the survey just to say that... I knew I forgot something...
The Ritual Caster feat is sad and confusing all at once. It lets people who can already cast rituals, learn some rituals, then cast one of them without the ritual part.
What?
It should be called the "No Time For a Ritual Caster"
The old feat was one of the most evocative choices available. Same with Pact of the Tome. The idea that anyone could find an old spellbook and slowly learn the rituals within it just filled my imagination. You might not be a wizard, but you can inscribe a circle and read out the ancient incantations, and it worked! It's like a childhood fantasy.
It gave non-casters a reason to hunt through the dusty dungeon library, or peruse the magic shop for new scrolls. Not just any scroll, but those precious few you could add to your book. It told such a great story. It was cool without being overpowered.
Now every spellcaster can cast rituals, and no one else can. And those spellcasting folks can get a strange feat to bypass the ritual part of rituals... This will be a strong dislike on the survey from me too.
Edit: I guess there is a way that you could read both the feat and the ritual rules together to interpret it to mean you can cast these rituals, even without spellcasting abilities. The feat says you have the spells prepared, and the ritual rules say you can cast spells that are prepared as rituals. But the feat only mentions using spell slots, in a way that might imply it is the only way. At least I potentially misread it many times like that. The feat should clearly say you can cast them as a ritual with having any spells slots. And it just isn't the same feat without the book!
Told them I disliked their changes to UMD on Rogue subclass Thief. Hope they pay attention. Could care less about an additional attunement slot or keeping a charge on a 1 on a d6 if the subclass loses the ability to use any item they find. That was what allowed them to backfill other characters in the party when things got rough. Mentioned the use an object going away.
Rest was as mentioned by others on ritual books and the grappling rules
Working on filling out the survey. To those who -- like me -- hated the crit rules in the 1st playtest, rememberto thank WotC for temporarily restoring the old rules on that for this UA!
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Definitely Guidance and Heroic Inspiration got mentioned. I also mentioned the Ability Score Improvement feat. I mean, I get it but it is hard to pass up a cool ability where you will get a +1 bonus to an ability and some other features for just a +2 to an ability. Not sure how they can make that more appealing, but....
Edit: also suggested dumping the spell lists and go back to way it was
If you want rogues to make ONE sneak attack per round just replace the word TURN with ROUND. this way a rogue can hold his action to make a sneak attack as a reaction and another character that can make the rogue make an attack as a reaction can sneak attack as a reaction. FIXED
Also. the same comment I made in first UA. Please add a comment or sidebar on why you made the change you did and how these fits in the design direction you are taking.
Also. the same comment I made in first UA. Please add a comment or sidebar on why you made the change you did and how these fits in the design direction you are taking.
Also. the same comment I made in first UA. Please add a comment or sidebar on why you made the change you did and how these fits in the design direction you are taking.
The sidebar is the video they release before each UA.
title lol
I targeted my feedback to just what my tables sees as the most egregious. Lore Bard, Grappler feat, Ritual Caster feat, Warcaster feat, Hide (action), Influence (action). Likely a few others that I'm not thinking about at this moment.
What I like and what I don't like from what I've tried from the last UA. That is what they want to know, and what the playtest is for.
Mostly ok with the UA.
That is all I can remember off the top of my head
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Still doing the survey. But everybody remember: the new Ritual Caster feats is god ******* awful and needs to get to a negative-three satisfaction rate as soon as possible. DO NOT allow Wizards to strip away the ritual books from our primal wiseman barbarians, occult-savvy rogues, or noble-dilettante fighters.
Please do not contact or message me.
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Ah, yes! Another important reminder!
DO NOT leave feedback such as "You should do [Mechanical idea here]." Wizards are the game developers, not you. They don't want your ideas, they can't use them even if they wanted them - which, again, they don't - and they won't bother reading them. You're the playtester. Play, test, then feedback on what you discovered.
Use your comment write-in space to leave feedback about what you liked, what you didn't like, and why. Feedback such as "Ritual caster is NOT FOR spellcasting classes. It's for non-spellcasters who obtain magic knowledge a different way. This proposed change ruins a LOT of characters we run and play." Or "New Ranger feels powerful but bland and generic". Or "Bardic Inspiration runs out too quickly, especially when subclasses also heavily consume BI."
Tell Wizards what you felt while playtesting, how the material worked for you. Don't armchair-game-dev them, that's just wasting both their time and yours.
Please do not contact or message me.
SAMMMMME lol
Luckily I organized my thoughts and feedback prior to taking the survey! I would have never been able to say so much with so little words without it!
I might have to refill the survey just to say that...
I knew I forgot something...
The Ritual Caster feat is sad and confusing all at once. It lets people who can already cast rituals, learn some rituals, then cast one of them without the ritual part.
What?
It should be called the "No Time For a Ritual Caster"
The old feat was one of the most evocative choices available. Same with Pact of the Tome. The idea that anyone could find an old spellbook and slowly learn the rituals within it just filled my imagination. You might not be a wizard, but you can inscribe a circle and read out the ancient incantations, and it worked! It's like a childhood fantasy.
It gave non-casters a reason to hunt through the dusty dungeon library, or peruse the magic shop for new scrolls. Not just any scroll, but those precious few you could add to your book. It told such a great story. It was cool without being overpowered.
Now every spellcaster can cast rituals, and no one else can. And those spellcasting folks can get a strange feat to bypass the ritual part of rituals... This will be a strong dislike on the survey from me too.
Edit: I guess there is a way that you could read both the feat and the ritual rules together to interpret it to mean you can cast these rituals, even without spellcasting abilities. The feat says you have the spells prepared, and the ritual rules say you can cast spells that are prepared as rituals. But the feat only mentions using spell slots, in a way that might imply it is the only way. At least I potentially misread it many times like that. The feat should clearly say you can cast them as a ritual with having any spells slots. And it just isn't the same feat without the book!
Told them I disliked their changes to UMD on Rogue subclass Thief. Hope they pay attention. Could care less about an additional attunement slot or keeping a charge on a 1 on a d6 if the subclass loses the ability to use any item they find. That was what allowed them to backfill other characters in the party when things got rough. Mentioned the use an object going away.
Rest was as mentioned by others on ritual books and the grappling rules
Working on filling out the survey. To those who -- like me -- hated the crit rules in the 1st playtest, remember to thank WotC for temporarily restoring the old rules on that for this UA!
BoringBard's long and tedious posts somehow manage to enrapture audiences. How? Because he used Charm Person, the #1 bard spell!
He/him pronouns. Call me Bard. PROUD NERD!
Ever wanted to talk about your parties' worst mistakes? Do so HERE. What's your favorite class, why? Share & explain
HERE.Definitely Guidance and Heroic Inspiration got mentioned. I also mentioned the Ability Score Improvement feat. I mean, I get it but it is hard to pass up a cool ability where you will get a +1 bonus to an ability and some other features for just a +2 to an ability. Not sure how they can make that more appealing, but....
Edit: also suggested dumping the spell lists and go back to way it was
A bunch, ritual caster, making trivial things actions, not being able to combine movement, lack of balance in fighting styles, a bunch other stuff.
I wrote about the bard in every box I could. And a little about the rogue and some other stuff.
I told them I still never remember to use inspiration, no matter how they want to generate it.
If you want rogues to make ONE sneak attack per round just replace the word TURN with ROUND. this way a rogue can hold his action to make a sneak attack as a reaction and another character that can make the rogue make an attack as a reaction can sneak attack as a reaction. FIXED
Also. the same comment I made in first UA. Please add a comment or sidebar on why you made the change you did and how these fits in the design direction you are taking.
This.
The sidebar is the video they release before each UA.
BoringBard's long and tedious posts somehow manage to enrapture audiences. How? Because he used Charm Person, the #1 bard spell!
He/him pronouns. Call me Bard. PROUD NERD!
Ever wanted to talk about your parties' worst mistakes? Do so HERE. What's your favorite class, why? Share & explain
HERE.I complained about the non-epic Epic Boons.