https://betterdungeonmaster.com/one-shot (One Shot Sign up) Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM! I’m Your host, Justin Lewis here with my cohort Tanner Weyland and together we’ll learn how to craft better stories for you and your players as you DM sessions of D&D. We all know that OneD&D is getting ever closer and the newest installment of Unearthed Arcana material has been released by Wizards of the Coast for us to playtest, so today we are going to give you the facts of what was released and then some of our opinions about those facts.
Before we dive in, let me mention to you to stick around because at the end of today’s show we’re going to tell you how to enter the Giveaway that just started today! You won’t want to miss it, so stick around.
Main TopicWhat is on the Unearthed Arcana: Some sneak peeks in what’s to come: New tips for creating a home base for your characters Class Groups Experts, Mages, Priests and Warriors Bardic Class Bardic Inspiration has changed a lot. You now can use it to affect a D20 roll as a reaction and you can also use it to heal as a reaction. This is huge because Bards can now literally be the only thing standing between a character and death. Prepared Healing Spells Bards now have levels of healing spells that they always have. It seems that WOC wants Bards to be more supportive and healing. Magical Secrets At various levels, Bards get to expand their list of spells from just Arcane to Divine or Primal. First Subclass: College of Lore Cutting words, you can use your bardic inspiration to impact negatively the roll of adversaries. Ranger Class Rangers no longer have to concentrate on Hunter’s Mark Rangers also can cast cure wounds Rogue Class The Thief Subclass Sounds a little bit more like Indiana Jones (but only a little)
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