They will never do dark sun, and if they do, it will completely white washed. I can't imagine it being anything remotely correct or the original feel if they go down this path. 

Are you going to finally implement marking Hit Die without having to Take a Short Rest, which has been a feature of items and abilities for some time but has still been overlooked on DnDBeyond? 

Dark Sun was EXACTLY my first thought. I can't imagine they'll go through with it (as it was) but very interesting nonetheless.

This does look like Dark Sun. If it is Dark Sun, they will have to tone down some of the setting; there's no way around it. 

In OG Dark Sun, the elves breed through *unwanted mating*. Also,*unpaid internship* is prevalent through most of the setting, let alone many of the species having specific real world unflattering racial analogies (i.e.: halfling cannibals/pygmy cannibals; muls as an *unpaid intern* species).

I'm just so happy DnD Beyond is sending out so many of these Unearthed Arcana again.  I suppose it is probably because we have a new edition but I'll take it.  Nothing here seems problematic.  I'm most excited by the Gladiator and Defiled Sorcerer, but that's only a personal preference.  I'm hoping the druid will replace the Twilight Cleric (I kinda love them as a player but even then it made combat a little less interesting). 

I never played in a Dark Sun campaign but I'm interested in the warlock, just wondering if there would be any way to make them a good or (at least) neutral character.

Overall, enjoying these - will be running them in a one-shot asap - they seem like a pretty good party as is.

(A small wish would be that Beyond provided a quick one-shot to let us playtest these in their intended environment - if anyone up there is listening)

You can really tell it's a new day at WotC when Darksun is back on the table.

I do hope the setting is just as dark and brutal as before, something to remind us of how horrible climate change and greed can be. Darksun if done right is a warning to us.

Sorcerers didn't exist as a class during DS's prime so making them the posterboy for irresponsible misuse of magical power works well, let the DS wizards run their spells off mouse blood, bat dung and decades of male frustration.

Druid subclass is absolutely amazing. They should print it as is. 

DARK SUN PLEASE?! We really want and need a grim and post-apocalyptic setting that is tough as nails. Ravenloft is awesome, yes, but still a different vibe. And please don't wash it over with butterflies and unicorns. The crappy and depressing setting is what makes it what it is. We want to make a difference, yes.

i want to play

For the druid I would make it that at some point the vegetation grown is permanent, not dissappear after 1 minute. Maybe add that to 14th level ability 

Gladiator Fighter and Sorcerer-King Patron? Are we going full-Conan mode?

If you're going to release Dark Sun, make sure you handle the themes carefully. You're history over the last 5 or so years has been riddled with poor designs and an inability to understand the optics of any given situation.  There are themes in Dark Sun that must be carefully addressed. You'd be better off leaving the racist troupe filled Dark Sun alone. 

Considering how badly Spelljammer was handled i'm not very optimistic about a possible Dark Sun remake. Releasing 5e Spelljammer without fleshed-out ship combat or shipbuilding rules? Really? Yes, the original Spelljammer also did this, but then also released a supplement not long afterwards to fix it, and 5e already had put out functional ship combat rules in Ghosts of Salt Marsh several years earlier that they could have tweaked for Spelljammer. Instead Spelljammer 5e was one and done.

WotC will probably do a similar stripped down, half-assed nostalgia bait version if they do a Dark Sun remake, but i hope i'm wrong.

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 This whole thing screams "Dark Sun!". Are there any plans for the setting beyond the references in these subclasses?

 My thoughts exactly! I read the original series but never played in the setting. I like the way they use the subclasses to tailor the classes to the setting flavor. It speaks to the flexibility in the 5E 2024 system.

I love the idea of the Gladiator with video game based attacks, but I probably wouldn't play it because you also have to max out CHA in addition to STR or DEX. If you altered it  so that dexterity fueled it rather than charisma, the Gladiator would easily become one of my favorite subclasses.

also, PLEASE RENEW DUNAMANCY WIZARDS.

This is 100% Dark Sun (the UA mentions things like Preservers, Defilers and Sorcerer-King tyrants that don't exist in any other D&D setting). This article does a great job of explaining how each subclass links to Dark Sun lore: https://dungeonsanddragonsfan.com/dnd-dark-sun-apocalyptic-subclasses/

To play devil's advocate, the druid's Preserved Land ability appears pretty well balanced and differs from the twilight Cleric's Twilight Sanctuary's in several meaningful ways:

1. Smaller AOE - Preserved Land is only a 15ft cube, which is 1/4th the size of Twilight Sanctuary's 30ft radius. Additionally, this is not necessarily centered on the druid, so they do not automatically benefit from it like the twilight cleric.

2. A more balanced dice size - Preserved Land is 1d4 + lvl temporary hp vs Twilight Sanctuary's 1d6+lvl temporary hp.

3.  Movement - To move this area of effect of Preserved land it requires a bonus action, unlike Twilight Sanctuary which travels with the cleric.

Overall we see a massive reduction to the ability of players to benefit from this due to the smaller size, a weaker version of the protection, AND bonus action movement to move it. This is so far from a copy of the twilight cleric, and for the major feature of a subclass I think it is pretty balanced so far.

The best part is that this is a UA, and we all get to give our feedback. If this is unbalanced, there is plenty of time for change :)