I really find it fun watching Chris do these videos knowing that he knows everything in the book, but making sure to not give anything away, even with his facial expressions. But then as soon as Jeremy reveals something and it's considered "public knowledge" he springs into action and we get that deep analysis we all love. Very much looking forward to all his reaction videos that'll be coming out as more is revealed, awesome job!

@collinw9792

Ай бұрын

My favorite is when we see the cut that tells us he did reveal something and had to hastily re-uncover it

@deProfundisAdAstra

Ай бұрын

Totally agreeeee. There isn't a single other person- not even Crawford or anyone else on the design team- I'm more interested in hearing analysis from than Chris. He's not even industry standard, he's the whole industry for me!

@loganeggleston9744

Ай бұрын

It’s like watching a Manchurian candidate hear their trigger phrase 😂

@TheGameVerse

Ай бұрын

Its my favorite thing LOL. I hope he gets every book early so we can always experience that

@chadfitch3293

Ай бұрын

Hear, hear!

I m glad Chris is here to point out when "more options" means "copy pasted feom Tashas"

@MrSeals1000

Ай бұрын

They keep repeating the phrase "more options than in 2014" and it feels sooooo misleading with the Way they say it. As if we haven't had these options for years already

@bulldozer8950

Ай бұрын

@@MrSeals1000they do generally go on to clarify (at least here after they said that, they then elaborated that it was basically stuff from Tasha’s) but I agree it is a bit misleading

@jamestreppa7833

Ай бұрын

I agree, it is unfortunately misleading, but I've also noticed with a lot of people I know have not read or use/own Tasha's or even Xanathar's. So, for them they are going to get a huge amount of new content. 😅

@LeoAndrares

Ай бұрын

How the fuck is it misleading when he literally states that it's a new feature in RELATION to the 2014 phb? He literally states that the features are coming from Tasha right after he explains what it is

@erikwilliams1562

Ай бұрын

I love even more how they keep saying graduated to the PHB. It's the opposite. The PHB has graduated to Tasha's

The surprise stuff was a big shock to me and… I *think* I like it? But I’m not 100% yet.

@TreantmonksTemple

Ай бұрын

It's always great to see when my friends watch my videos. Hey Colby!

@PsyrenXY

Ай бұрын

I love it, especially given how easy it is to get Advantage on the PC side, so you can end up with quite a divide.

@matthewberry3055

Ай бұрын

Along with hiding, Surprise is one of the most often misruled rules of 5E. I've seen everything from attacks 'outside of initiative because you're surprised' to 'surprise rounds' nonsense. Hopefully this stops some of that nonsense, but I doubt it.

@shadow-faye

Ай бұрын

It's also really easy to get ambushed by monsters, which I think makes the PCs being able to get advantage fairly easily more valuable ​@@PsyrenXY

@DukeTrout

Ай бұрын

I think the change went too far. I would have kept at least advantage on attacks against surprised combatants and added disadvantage to attacks by surprised combatants.

Take a drink every time Crawford says “tactical”.

@williamwalton9154

Ай бұрын

Hydration is good for everyone. Thanks for spreading awareness.

@zEr-ne5ri

Ай бұрын

@@williamwalton9154 yes well hydration is good at all just make sure not to over hydrate.

@chiepah2

Ай бұрын

I'm trying this, 5:55 to 6:22 I'm drowning.

@anders630

Ай бұрын

Also spewing that amount of adjectives is filler instead of saying something with substance.

@crimfan

Ай бұрын

@@anders630I find Crawford hard to listen to. He ends up coming off as super smug. Having Chris redact it helps a ton.

I'm glad to hear that the improvements to -Indomitable- an unnamed Fighter feature appear to be safe. ;)

@TreantmonksTemple

Ай бұрын

Wink!

@lancejensen1063

Ай бұрын

Indomitable updates where posted on dnd beyond. I think that was refering to action surge not allowing the magic option.

20:20 well, i think the meaning of his statement is - "you want to be versatile with spells - be a wizard. You want to be versatile with weapons/martially be a fighter" not that they are equally versatile but one uses spells and the other weapons.

@TreantmonksTemple

Ай бұрын

I agree with that.

@odie4495

Ай бұрын

@@TreantmonksTempleDo you think fighters should have the same level of versatility, and if so how do you achieve that while being distinct from spells?

@nyanbrox5418

Ай бұрын

​@odie4495 spellcasting in dungeons and dragons is uniquely strong and versatile compared to other games There was no martial/caster divide in 4e, that is what it would look like, all casters are identical, and they have the same number of spells and abilities as every other class in the game. Oh and then D&D could never print new spells either, only new classes and new subclasses, which I personally hate the idea of The other way would be what Pack tactics perports, give martials martial slots and martial casting, in super human ways which has no real distinguishing game mechanics to spells There are ways to differentiate them in other games, but those all have very strict things that spellcasters can and cannot do, and it culls their versatility into the ground My favourite class is wizard, i would very much dislike that outcome.

@Miggy19779

Ай бұрын

​@@nyanbrox5418the other major IP in the RPG niche is world of darkness and chronicles of darkness and mages in those systems are considered massively overpowered. It's not just a D&D thing

@LuizCesarFariaLC

Ай бұрын

​@@odie4495 by playing DC20 instead of D&D is one way to achieve comparable versatility for martials 😅

You can really tell how eager Chris is to tell us all of the details on the new phb. Thank you for your dedication!!

@TreantmonksTemple

Ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@barcster2003

Ай бұрын

There are some great changes in there that aren't in the playtest even. The champion stuff is defintely more interesting. Eldritch Knight being able to give up Two attacks for a level 1 or 2 spell cast.

It is promising to see Treantmonk so excited about the book already having read it. His excitement is infecting me.

You’re fast! Grateful for your thoughtful insights. I’m sure it is driving you crazy to have to sit on so many things till the NDA expires.

@TreantmonksTemple

Ай бұрын

If I had hair, I would have pulled it out

I can get used to this many TM videos pr day ☺️👏🏻

@minikawildflower

Ай бұрын

I started watching the fighter video but then figured I’d wait to watch with Chris lol

@jasondeibert7253

Ай бұрын

@@minikawildflower I did the same thing. Why watch it twice?

19:45 It think he meant that as "The Fighter is the Wizard of martials" the only requirement being "Having the most versatility among the martials".

@TreantmonksTemple

Ай бұрын

I would agree with that

@LuizCesarFariaLC

Ай бұрын

A pretty low bar lol

@ConcerninglyWiseAlligator

Ай бұрын

@@LuizCesarFariaLC Yeah, but it's a thematic goal achieved.

So at level 9, a fighter can choose to use a weapon with the Graze property. Which will have an effect no matter what the roll result is. However, on a hit you can then choose to use one of the push, sap or slow. That seems pretty powerful

@TheTerrainWizard

Ай бұрын

Yep. I think D&D combat will only last about one round now.

@TheYellowMask5421

Ай бұрын

But that effect just deals ability modifier damage. I'm not sure if it would count as a hit in order to trigger Weapon Mastery properties.

@Wyrmshield

Ай бұрын

What they were saying is that you can use a weapon with a property that only works on a miss, which thus does nothing extra on a hit, with the new level 9 thing where you can add a dofferent property if you hit. That way if you hit you get to pick one of those bonus masteries but if you miss you still get your weapon's original mastery ​@@TheYellowMask5421

@bulldozer8950

Ай бұрын

⁠@@TheYellowMask5421he means that they use graze, which only triggers on a miss, but if they happen to hit instead of missing then they could choose to use one of the 3 masteries. So basically they get a mastery on hit or miss, which does seem pretty solid. We’ll see what the specific wording is though, you might have to decide before the attack is made to use the level 9 feature

@DarksideGmss0513

Ай бұрын

I disagree. I'll wait until we see the monster manual for that. Because they could have reworked alot of the monsters. ​@@TheTerrainWizard

38:16 I love how he gave it away, without giving it away. He knows what that page says, he also knows that his patrons got it right word for word.

Thinking I'll house rule Topple to just be "if you beat their AC by 5+, it happens". Fewer rolls and it makes narrative sense.

@marcducorsky8736

Ай бұрын

Topple not able to take advantage of the mastery with Reach weapons at 10' range. Attacking a prone target farther than 5' gives disadvantage.

@bigaj6901

Ай бұрын

Each 5 rule, like in DC20?? Can't help but feel more excited for THAT, rather than the 2024 updates to 5e now... Edit: for you lot clowning me about Pathfinder, I've never played it so my knowledge is limited so sue me 😅

@XanderHarris1023

Ай бұрын

To keep in the spirit of the con save you could also do 10 + Con Mod + Proficiency (if they are proficient in con saves).

@XanderHarris1023

Ай бұрын

@@bigaj6901 Or like in Pathfinder which you can play right now.

@nocanseegreen3845

Ай бұрын

​@marcducorsky8736 how would this ever matter, just take a single step forwards

I really enjoy the style of commentary you provide on what Jeremy is saying and revealing. The pause never outstays its welcome and provides amplifying insight that ties the big picture together nicely. Thanks for doing what you do, man.

Chris, you are such a valuable member of the community, and unfortunately, some people will never know. So on their and my behalf, thank you, sir. You have taught us all so much and changed our way of going about thinking of this game.

Your videos are like Christmas and to get Christmas 3 times in 2 days has been a treat! Thank you😁

Fastest uploads in the West!

Holy cow the EK changes went through, that's awesome.

Oooooo 5.24, I’ve never seen that way of calling it but I like it a lot! I’ve been calling it 5.5 but I think 5.24 is a better compromise

@TheTerrainWizard

Ай бұрын

😂

Anyone else think fighters should get their 4th attack at 17th level to match cantrip scaling? I think they deserve a much more interesting 20th level feature

@MrSeals1000

Ай бұрын

Poor fighters, having to wait _9_ levels before their next boost in actual power. Meanwhile all casters get a new tier of power every 2 levels 😂

@joshuawinestock9998

Ай бұрын

100%. Everyone loves how fighters get loads of attacks, WOTC should let fighters actually play some sessions with them hey?

@Miggy19779

Ай бұрын

​@@MrSeals1000They probably nerfed the OP spells this time round. So hopefully more balance...

@user-pi8pi3wj7h

Ай бұрын

where were you during the playtest? seriously this is a good suggestion

@societybelike

Ай бұрын

@@user-pi8pi3wj7h unfortunately just me would likely not be enough to get in the suggestion

I'm very happy to hear about Epic Boons and how they work. Them allowing scores to go above 20, but only giving you a +1, means you don't necessarily have to max out your important stat ASAP, if you're playing that far. That means you can be more flexible with the feats you pick as you level up, as opposed to hinging upon Ability Score Improvement specifically.

@Shalakor

Ай бұрын

With all normal feats now giving +1 (as per the playtest), you probably should still be at 20 in your most important stat before reaching level 19, though. Taking the ASI feat for +2 will probably be a much rarer pick in 5.24E than it was before, since feats are still roughly all 5E full-feat power (other than eliminating the -5/+10 mechanics of Sharpshooter and Great Weapon Master) level while also being what 5E players would refer to as half-feats. ...All of that is to say, it's no longer a choice, you can make just abut any fun and thematic feat selections you want and still favor the mathematical side at the same time.

@clarkside4493

Ай бұрын

@@Shalakor that's also true.

You can use Heroic Inspiration on sorcerer magic surge.

Stoked for protection style boost! I love the idea of the meat wall protector but 5e doesnt have a super great option to play that appropriately

The Optimancer has optimized upload times!

The surprise rules are a very clever simple way to do it, it has a similar flow to what you want surprise to do, which is one side having a chance to act first which can be HUGE, but it doesn’t mean they get a whole round to themselves

Sorry for the double comment. But I am so insanely excited to play an Eldritch Knight. It does exactly what I want. I want to be level 11, get 3 attacks, and use one of those attacks to cast Booming Blade. Or use 2 attacks and fell an enemy then throw a firebolt at another enemy out of range. I don't care about the divide between martials and casters. I just really like the flavor of the Eldritch Knight.

At level 11, you can combine topple, push and slow in one round. Make enemies prone, slow them then push them back. Step back a little bit and the average enemy won’t be able to reach you. Or you can just PAM reaction attack them. Could be great at kiting/totally scuppering enemies

@yuvalgabay1023

Ай бұрын

Me the dm throwing 2 enemies at you

@TheTerrainWizard

Ай бұрын

Agreed. Auto push back makes combat pointless, stupid and a waste of time. A low level warlock can easily defeat a clay golem without taking damage. I think D&D is moving more towards being family friendly and “cozy” and away from, grit, combat, or character death.

@Kitusser

Ай бұрын

@@TheTerrainWizard ???

@bulldozer8950

Ай бұрын

@@yuvalgabay1023combine it with Pam and sentinel and now you need to use 3 (!) enemies

@T3hIluvatar

Ай бұрын

@@bulldozer8950 You only have one reaction per turn

Thanks for digging through these videos Chris!

Shame they didn't mention the actual reason why they didn't just merge battlemaster back into the base class is because they still want to keep the class as simple as possible for new players instead of using a system they already have in place that can be used to help a new player learn how to play, Sidekicks.

Thanks for the amazing work.. as always.. followed you for years now.. with this mini series.. I got the pre-order. thx again

The Heroic inspiration change makes Musician and Human such great options if those are the same as Playtest. The ability to get a pretty free reroll on Hit die is kinda nutty.

@petergriffin9554

Ай бұрын

Pretty sure it specifies D20 Test, so no reroll when leveling up.

@predwin1998

Ай бұрын

@@petergriffin9554 They did specify that it's been changed to be allowed on any roll anywhere from a d20 check, to a healing roll on Cure Wounds, to a DM asking you to roll 1d100 without explanation. That said, the hit point increase at level-up seems like it should be an exception due to its permanent nature.

Thank god for the surprise changes. I’m running a game right now and I have to be super careful about when players can surprise enemies (to be fair one of the players is a bugbear with alert and a twilight cleric who always boosts his initiative so that makes it even more impactful). I either need to have the enemies be far more numerous than normal just so the combat isn’t a cake walk done before enemies take a turn, or (and this is what I’ve started doing) is making it so enemies aren’t really able to be surprised because they’re standing guard or otherwise aware they might be attacked, so players can start unseen and be untargetable until they’re seen and also get the benefits of being seen for their first attack, but they don’t get an entire round first.

I used to play this game called Earthdawn. the way they handled the martial-caster divide was twofold. first off, all classes were somewhat magical in nature, and secondly spells, although powerful, usually took a couple of turns to set up. you might cast a minor spell every turn, or you could work up to a bigger spell that might take 2 or 3 turns before you can cast. things like crits would speed things up.

As a mad champion fighter enjoyer, I am completely delighted with the changes. If i wanted to look at a menu I wouldn't have picked fighter, and advantage on athletics checks to my eyes is the kind of versatility I always wanted. I always got tempted by a barb multiclass just for that ability, as it lets you wander around the battlefield basically doing shenanigans. A few rerolls on top and it actually might be worth toppling statues or shove-kiting for example, and to me more attacks = more shenanigans = more versatility. so champ has more than any other option in the game, at least if the fluff-versatility that I enjoy coming up with

I know Colby from d4 D&D Deep Dive loves to multiclass when building characters in order to combine a lot of powerful features to get some fun synergies. But now I wonder how his videos might change now that higher level features are so powerful and desirable. Same with Chris here. His knowledge of the game feels encyclopedic to me. I can't wait to see the synergies he finds between and within classes.

I’m imagining an Eldritch Knight with the Magic Initiate feat taking the Eldritch Blast cantrip and just going to town.

@TreantmonksTemple

Ай бұрын

Yep, I see that with bladesingers pretty often already

So Crawford’s favorite class the warrior, sees the Eldritch knight subclass with no spell school restrictions casting a leveled spell, a cantrip and attacking with their weapon attack all while keeping their bonus action free. Meanwhile straight class Paladin completely cucked.

@BlankCanvas-hp4bf

25 күн бұрын

Not to mention rerolling every failed save. Who needs and aura, right.

Just finished the video and refreshed my feed to see this, 2x speed time

Wow. This really makes me thankful I'm into Pathfinder 2E right now!

"Jag håller fortfarande tummarna"(fingers crossed) that my favorit feats from Tasha isn't nullified or ignored! like "Crusher" or "Slasher"! Because I have had a lot of fun with a monk with the "crusher" feat!

Lets go!

Heey chris i love hearing your opinions they are well thought out and very down too eurth i know you have talked about it before but id love too see a comperison between d and d 24 and DC20 thanks for all the work you do and videos you make for all of us wish you the best💜

@TreantmonksTemple

Ай бұрын

We're probably at least a year away from a complete DC20, but I'll definitely be covering it when it comes out.

... still think that they could have incorporated the champion into the base kit and give the subclass something new. Increasing the crot range, while nice, only really gives you additional 5% chances. So with a 19-20, you have two 5% chances. Weapon mastery helps branch the fighter out, but how many players are actually going to use multiple weapons instead of just sticking to one? (Either great sword or rapier depending on build.) Granting the three masteries to all weapons is neat, but diminishes the appeal of mastering the weapons with those traits. The spell school restrictions I didn't mind because they made sense with the subclasses. Using two attacks for a 1-2nd level spell, with your limited spell slots, seems kind of meh but neat to me.

@Pererro4ever

Ай бұрын

Also I usually have one best weapon, not sure I will have 2-3 to juggle

@sauromatae9728

Ай бұрын

Imagine you fight undead. You would use Protection from Good and Evil to give them disadvantage on attacks. Now normally this would consume your whole attack and then you'd use your bonus action to attack once. Now you consume two attacks and have 1 or 2 attacks left in the action. You can also use cantrip on the same turn as well as bonus action. If you have polearm master, you can still atta k with bonus action. So anyway this new war magic is miles better

@MisterCynic18

19 күн бұрын

The niche of champion is for people who don't want many features/don't want to think, so rolling it into base fighter and stacking other subclass features onto it defeats the goal

@Wanderingsage7

19 күн бұрын

@@MisterCynic18 I see the logic, but I don't think that's a good goal, since base fighter is already so... Basic?

I can’t believe they aren’t including Quick Toss… it was literally my favorite maneuver. I love the idea of a thrown weapons master… but they just get no love. The best you can do is use the new fighting style that was introduced that gives them +2 damage, multiclass to get the archery fighting style, and use darts with the sharpshooter feat. That makes them on par with using a longbow. With the changes in sharpshooter and without the inclusion of quick toss, I fear that just like in 2014, trying to make a thrown weapons master will be useless.

@shadow-faye

Ай бұрын

It's a little better though since you can draw weapons as part of an attack and nick exists

@danielwitmer3655

29 күн бұрын

@@shadow-faye Yeah, but thrown weapon master already let you do that. It was really easy to multiclass battlemaster and gloomstalker at mid-tier (level 9) for 7 attacks (+6 ) with advantage dart attacks that did 1d4+17 damage(+2d8+superiority die). Then use precision attack for any that would miss and menacing attack on any of your last attacks for anything that survived.

@shadow-faye

29 күн бұрын

@@danielwitmer3655 you don't need a fighting style for it now

Lots of new options? If by new they mean rehashed options from tasha's, then yeah, I guess.

I was already using surprise rules just like this. Nice to see the game taking a more streamlined and balanced direction

Keep up the great work! Can’t wait to see some updated build guides and perk coverage once the books come out! Has WOTC said anything (that you are allowed to discuss) about future books? Updated Echo Knight or new classes always on my mind! 🦖🔥

Thanks Chris

Im very glad they changed the surprise mechanics. I had a character die because he failed his perception check. Against a stealthy beast. Whats more, is it stops the confusion of "surprise round" where some people thought it wasnt even an official combat round.

I feel them saying they didn’t want to put a bunch of maneuvers on the base class is a little contradictory when they implemented weapon mastery… but it’s not a system just for them, but for all martials. It just seems weapon mastery is a more limited selection and limiting it to weapon type. You could have done the same for fighter base line manuvers. They could have only had a choice of 2 maneuvers out of 5 or 6 pre selected manuvers. The battle master could have just owned that mechanic of the fighter and have a much wider array of manuvers at their disposal. I’m not mad we never got manuvers for baseline fighters, just disappointed. The weapon mastery is still a system a player has to think about, and it adds some depth, it works, just isn’t what I wished for.

@user-uv6qu3wb5d

Ай бұрын

I mean even with two it's still would greatly complicate the class. And battlemaster being the high skill fighter option, while the others were for low levels of complexity is a fair assesment. Cause I've been trying out new systems and having the most simple class(fighter) be complicated sucks

This is cool. I want more.

surprise is something rarely if ever happened and if you managed to get it you deserved the free turn.

I use the dwarven thrower in my current dnd character and quick toss was super powerful with that so I’m sad to see it gone

I always used quick toss to throw a dart as a finisher with my battlemaster "gunslinger" build. It will be sorely missed.

I noticed that there's an article on D&D Beyond now that includes the Indomitable change, which wasn't in the video.

It looks great. You guys really listened to the community. The only headache with the Fighter is that weapons with sap, push or slow end up being terrible options for him (goodbye long sword). Still, it was a great solution. I would opt to allow him to use any known mastery as long as the weapon allows it (for example, replacing graze to cleave on a great sword). Even so, the simpler path was good for most players.

It's really disappointing how often that they're using the loophole/technicality of "xyz is new!" Because it is technically new to the PHB, only because it wasn't in the 2014 version, it was published in Tasha's or MotM or something. Not only is it disappointing on general principles, but it's almost a little worrying because if they thought the perception of being fresh & new was important.... they could have just done so.

@TreantmonksTemple

Ай бұрын

I like your description of "technically correct" because it is, but it's also misleading...but that's why I'm here! Set the record straight.

21:05 is the Indomitable buff clearly

I'm pretty excited for 5.5e

I think Colby did a Quick Toss focused build... not sure if I saw it used anywhere else out there.

Is the Epic boon written in a way such that you need to reach 19th level in a class to get, or you just have to be character level 19? Also do the barb and monk level 20 ASI conflict with the epic boon increases, or do they account for that by increasing the maximum instead of setting it, or ignoring it altogether?

@Evoker23-lx8mb

28 күн бұрын

It’s just a feat/ASI. So you’d have to have 19 levels in a certain class to get it.

Psi Warrior: Twist on battlemaster. :o

38:18 "I enjoy how they blurred all the text here, and this screenshot has been out before, and my patrons have gone through it, and they have decoded the whole thing word for word" That's amazing 😂

I really like the surprise changes. Because of the rules being currently so unclear it’s so rarely used at least in my games so this might help with that.

Live Treantmonk's Temple reaction be like: :)

@TheTerrainWizard

Ай бұрын

The best part of the video are his grins!

I like Tactical Mastery, although it slightly makes weapons that already have one of the three masteries worse for Fighters, as you basically miss out on one Mastery Option. I guess the best weapons to use from that point are weapons that don't trigger their mastery on a hit like Graze or Nick. Lots of fun new theory crafting :) also I'm totally gonna play a Fighter 1/ Monk X with a Nick Weapon giving me three attacks every round at level 2 (unless they change something from the UA so this won't work)

I want one of these on monks!

I love the Eldritch Knight reworks, it’s already got me thinking about some really cool new builds. I think a tank Eldritch knight sounds really fun now with the Bladesinger Extra attack because if you combo it with Blade Ward you get resistance to BPS damage (provided they don’t change the spell too much). Chris mentioned the Protection fighting style got buffed, so I’m curious to see how the two might interact

But how do YOU feel about the new martial/caster divide? 🤔🤔🤔

Nice tee shirt Chris

@TreantmonksTemple

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I was part of a fundraiser and they gave it to me as free swag!

I think that at least the champion should get the ability to swap fighting styles once per short or long rest, and at later levels gain the ability to have two active at once. This would make the champion a more versatile fighter to go with the theme that they are the most fighter fighter sub class. You could change from a more offensive fighting style to a protective fighting style to defend an important npc, or to an archery fighting style if you are planning an ambush, essentially your fighting style would become like a prepared spell.

Extra attacks, now as a resource!

Are the alternative covers available for preorder on D&DBeyond? If not, how can I go about snagging those?

@buxtehudemuzik

Ай бұрын

Alt covers are through brick and mortar shops only, at least until the secondary market gets ahold of some. I called my local game store and they took my info down and said they'd let me know when the alt covers come in.

So with the loss of Brawler, the new Fighter subclass dyads appear to be Champion (straight forward fighter) vs Battlemaster (tactical Fighter) and Eldritch Knight (arcane/learned magic fighter vs Psi Warrior (psionic/innate “magic” fighter).

Can you say if War Magic still specifies 'Wizard Cantrip'? Big sad if it does.

I liked when Chris called this new version of D&D 5.24! 😃 I’ve been calling it that ironically because I know the designers are keen to have these books knows as “2024 edition” but for me Xanathar’s was 5.1, Tasha’s 5.2, and these latest reprints (to me) are less of a change thus 5.24!

If you can get a good charisma score with a 2 to 3 level Warlock Dip on an Eldritch Knight the new War Magic could be amazing with Eldritch Blast.

Bonus movement when scoring critical hits is such a random buff to give Champions.

What about the Brace and Grappling Strike maneuvers? Those were also introduced in Tasha's

@SadBoi_1066

Ай бұрын

I noticed this as well. Had hoped to see those move forward.

@timjensen4320

Ай бұрын

Grappling Strike would have needed changed with the new grapple mechanics, but Brace was a good way to get reaction attacks on a rogue

@SadBoi_1066

Ай бұрын

@@timjensen4320 hmm i suppose that is true. feels like an easy fix tho, i'll defs be homebrewing it back in for my battlemaster players

Brace was removed form playtest so not sure if in new PHB.

Was really hoping for bigger psi warrior changes

Do you know if the rules around getting surprise has change or at least been made more clear?

Chris I wash thinking about your subclass rankings and wanted to know if there are any S tier or D tier and lower classes/subclasses left. I think everything being between an A and a C being a much healthier system.

@tsavin

Ай бұрын

You can bet this will fuel KZread creators for at least a year after publication.

This old man says Elf class ftw!

Chris, How does the new EK attacks with spells features work with the new action surge? si be they swap out attacks … ?

@Gafizal1

Ай бұрын

Also, is rhe spell progression for EK a half caster yet or still 1/3 caster ?

Wooh, this Tatical Master sounds increlible! I liked the idea of Master of Armament, but was to confusing and restrictive. This is just beeter for me.

Level 9 mastery. IF you have 2+ attacks, can you say Topple with first attack then Sap with second? DO you change mastery after an attack (Weapon base mastery then change to one of the allowed masteries) Or at will before making the attack?

@moonlight2870

Ай бұрын

It's with every attack so yes

I never believed it from the jump, but any holdout I had gets eroded more and more with each video that onednd would ACTUALLY be “backwards compatible”

Did the spells get some of the attention you were hoping for? Shaving down the broken peaks and filling in some useless valleys?

It always cracks me up when you stop the video because you've been dying to say something and then Jeremy says nearly the same exact thing, nearly word for word once you hit play again. (it happens often).

It's not a second wind if you get more than one lol

brace looks to be missing as well from the battlemaster maneuvers

You can also use your heroic initiative on death saves. Making it next to impossible to die 😂😂

I have to say that I'm a little upset that they opened up the Arcane Trickster's spell list. I kinda liked how playing it had you feeling like a normal rogue but with a focus on illusions, as opposed to just taking all the best spells. Can still be played that way but it's hard when optimizing to not just take all the best spells instead of grabbing a handful of fun illusion spells because you have no other options

I see a Artificer/Gunsmith in one of the pictures

The Graze weapon property means if a character misses 20 times the wizard dies anyway. Also there would always be rolling for concentration. Since each miss will be the equivalent of a max magic missile roll.

@TreantmonksTemple

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I really like the graze mastery.

@TechnicalTactician

Ай бұрын

@@TreantmonksTemple it does have it's uses, though I believe it makes it way harder to survive as a early game wizard if enemies get mastery properties.

"At second level the monk can expend discipline points to use his unarmed strike shenanigans. To use a shenanigan expend a displine point before you make an attack roll and pick one of the following shenanigan options: ..." 😀

I like the changes to Champion. I feel like “simple” shouldn’t be forced to mean “underpowered”. I guess we’re yet to see if it is enough, but at least its a good step in the right direction

I’m guessing psi dice scale with level instead of PB.