https://betterdungeonmaster.com/one-shot (One Shot Sign up) Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM. I’m your host, Tanner Weyland, here with my cohort Justin Lewis. We’re here to help you tell better stories as you DM sessions of D&D. As you might have heard, Wizards of the Coast has announced that they will be releasing the next non-edition edition of Dungeons and Dragons. Rather than being a specific edition, this will instead be a constantly changing iteration of D&D called One D&D. We’ve talked about this on https://betterdungeonmaster.com/episode/wizards-presents-onedd-updates-in-the-world-of-dd (Episode 61) of the show if you want more in depth-information and opinion on the release. As part of OneD&D, Wizards of the Coast has decided that they will release bits and pieces of the new system from time to time, allowing us all to playtest and give feedback on the material. Well, a month or so ago they released the first grouping of this new content and today, we’re going to talk about it.
Main Topic: Unearthed Arcana: Character OriginsSo today we’re going to talk about the first installment of OneD&D Playtest materials. You can get this by going to https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/one-dnd/character-origins/CSWCVV0M4B6vX6E1/UA2022-CharacterOrigins.pdf?icid_source=house-ads&icid_medium=crosspromo&icid_campaign=playtest1 (DNDBeyond). You’ll have to login and enable OneD&D playtest material but that’s free so no worries there. We’re going to mention certain points and then give our opinions about them after each point. Choose Class First Choose Your Origin Origin is broken down into your race, background. Racial Traits: Size Speed Creature Type Life Span Special Traits Background Traits: Ability Score Bonus Skill Proficiencies Tool Proficiencies Language Feat Equipment Considered Starting Races Human Ardling Dragonborn Dwarf Elf Gnome Halfling Orc Tiefling New Racial Legacy Trait Applies currently to Tieflings and Ardlings Rules for Creating a Background “Background Features Ability Scores. When you determine your character’s ability scores, choose two of them, and increase one by 2 and the other one by 1. Alternatively, choose three ability scores, and increase each of them by 1. Skill Proficiencies. Choose two Skills. Your character gains Proficiency in them. Tool Proficiency. Choose one tool. Your character gains Tool Proficiency with it. Language. Choose one language from the Standard Languages and Rare Languages tables (these appear later in the document). Your character knows that language. Feat. Choose one 1st-level Feat. Your character gains that Feat. Equipment. Your character gains 50 GP to spend on starting equipment. The character keeps any unspent GP as spare coin. Current Sample Backgrounds: Acolyte Artisan Charlatan Criminal Cultist Entertainer Farmer Gladiator Guard Guide Hermit Laborer Noble Pilgrim Sage Sailor Soldier Urchin Feats Feats have levels, prerequisites and repeatable tags on their descriptions
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