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Changes to Bard for One Dnd

Disclaimer: I may not have all of the changes made what I am going over is just what was revealed. So please don't go getting your panties in a bunch. With that being said here are the changes to Bard for the next edition of DnD.

Level 1 Bardic Inspiration: In 5e this core class feature allowed you to use a bonus action to grant Bardic Inspiration to any creature within 60 feet who could hear you. That creature then gained one Bardic Inspiration dice (starting as a d6 at Level 1 but growing to a d8 at Level 5 a d10 at Level 10 and a d12 at Level 15). For the next 10 minutes they could roll this die and add the result to one of their ability checks attack roles or saving throws. Notably, the target could wait until after rolling a d20 before deciding to use the Bardic Inspiration die, but had to decide before the DM said whether the roll succeeded or failed. Once the Bardic Inspiration die was rolled it was lost (notably, a creature could have only one Bardic Inspiration die at a time). Bards could only use this feature a number of times equal to their Charisma modifier and regained expended uses after a Long Rest. In One DnD the rules for Bardic Inspiration are the same except for a few major differences: First Bardic Inspiration now lasts a full hour rather than just 10 minutes. Second the target can now use it whenever they wish including after initially failing a D20 roll. What’s more the feature now works on any target that can both hear and see you so even if a target is deafened they could still get Bardic Inspiration if they’re within range.

Level 2 Expertise: Bards received Expertise at 3rd level. This allowed them to choose 2 skills they’re proficient in and then double their proficiency bonus (notably Bards got to choose 2 more skills to benefit from at Level 10). This feature works exactly the same for the new rules with the only major change being that as a Bard you now get Expertise at Level 2 and again at Level 9 instead of Level 3 and Level 10 as per the old rules.

Remember Song of Rest? Well sadly that has been removed. For those looking for a reason why Wizards of the Coast said they removed it because they felt it would be too powerful given some of the other enhancements the class is getting.

Level 5 Font of Inspiration: In 5e this feature allowed you to regain all of your expended uses of Bardic Inspiration when you finished a Short or Long Rest. In the new rules this is still the case however you can also expend a spell slot to regain one use of Bardic Inspiration. You can do this anytime you wish and it does not require an action.

Level 7 Countercharm: In 5e Countercharm was a feature that was unlocked at Level 6. As an action you started a performance that lasted until the end of your next turn (or until you were silenced or incapacitated). You and any friendly creatures within 30 feet that could hear you then received advantage on saving throws against being Frightened or Charmed. The new version of Countercharm works more or less the same. The biggest change however is that it is now a Reaction which you can use after you or an ally fails their saving throw against being Frightened or Charmed. The target then gets to reroll their save with Advantage (which means there are really now three chances to save). Additionally the feature has an unlimited number of uses so you can use it in any round when an enemy is attempting to magically influence or terrify you or one of your party members.

Level 10 Magical Secrets: In 5e Bards could choose 2 spells from any class that were of a level they were able to cast. Those spells then counted as Bard spells and were added to the total number of Spells Known (notably you learned two additional spells at Level 14 and again at Level 18). In the new rules Magical Secrets now lets you select spells from the Cleric Druid or Wizard spell list any time you can add to your Prepared Spell list. For this purpose they are considered Bard spells. This an incredibly powerful new buff that opens up a ton of new spellcasting potential for the class.

Level 18 Superior Inspiration: In 5e you received Superior Inspiration at level 20. This feature allowed to regain one use of Bardic Inspiration if you had none left when you roll initiative. In 5e Bards now get this feature at Level 17. In addition it has changed that if you have 1 Bardic Inspiration left when you roll initiative you get one more. Similarly if you no Bardic Inspiration left in your pool you get two more the next time you roll initiative.

Level 20 Words of Creation: This a new 2024 feature that lets you add two of DnD’s most powerful spells: Power Word Kill and Power Word Heal to your prepared spell list (both of which have the potential to literally change the outcome of even major battles). If that wasn’t enough,when casting either of these spells you can target a second creature with it if the are within 10 feet of the original target. This is an incredibly powerful feature that really ups the ante when it comes to high-level Bards.

Now the subclasses for Bard are: College of Lore, College of Valor, College of Glamour and a new subclass called College of Dance.

College of Glamour: Enthralling Performance is replaced with Beguiling Magic which adds Charm Person and Mirror Image to your prepared spells list and gives you a chance to bestow the Charmed or Frightened effect on a creature that sees you cast an Enchantment or Illusion spell within 60 feet.

College of Lore: When you use Bardic Inspiration to activate Cutting Words your roll is no longer impacted by whether the creature can hear you or if they’re immune to being Charmed.

College of Valor: You can now use a Simple or Martial weapon as a Spellcasting focus. In addition you get Extra Attack at level 6 although you can swap out one of these attacks for any cantrip that requires an action to cast.

Well unfortunately I don't know anything about College of Dance yet but I will be back next month at the time of me typing this to tell you what College of Dance is

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Changes to Cleric for One DnD

Level 1 Divine Order: One of the biggest changes to the new Cleric is that you no longer receive a subclass at level 1. Instead you now get it at Level 3. To make up for this substantial revision at level 1 Clerics now get to choose from one of 2 Divine Orders as follows:

Protector: You get proficiency with Martial weapons and can use Heavy armor.

Thaumaturge: Provides an extra cantrip from the Cleric spell list and grants a bonus to your Arcana or Religion checks equal to your Wisdom modifier (with a minimum of +1).

Level 2 Channel Divinity: In 5e Channel Divinity was a core class feature that allowed you to channel the divine energy of your god to fuel a variety of magical effects. At Level 2 that included the ability to Turn Undead as well as a Channel Divinity feature based on your domain. Additional Channel Divinity effects were added as you advanced in level. For new Cleric Channel Divinity is more or less the same but you now get to choose one of the following options (which is really designed to make up for the lack of subclass at 1st level):

Divine Spark: As a Magic action, you can focus divine energy towards any creature you can see within 30 feet of you. You can then choose to heal or harm the target by rolling a 1d8 and adding your Wisdom modifier (this scales up to 2d8 at Level 7, 3d8 at Level 13 and 4d8 at Level 18). If you choose to heal, the target recovers that number in Hit Points. If you choose to harm, the target must make a Constitution saving throw and takes that number in your choice of Radiant or Necrotic damage if they fail the save or half that if they succeed.

Turn Undead: In 5e you use an action to brandish your holy symbol and utter a prayer at which point any undead that can see or hear you within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw or be Frightened by you for 1 minute or until it takes any damage. A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can and it can’t willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also can’t take reactions. For its action it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move the creature can use the Dodge action. The new Cleric is more or less the same with the exception that the creature is both Frightened and Incapacitated.

Level 5 Sear Undead: This new feature is based on 5e Destroy Undead (which was also available at level 5). The way the new feature works is that whenever you use your Channel Divinity to Turn Undead you can roll a number of d8s equal to your Wisdom modifier. Each Undead (regardless of CR level) that failed their save suffers Radiant damage equal to your roll and the Turn Undead effect also remains in place. This is a major change to the Cleric that really buffs what was otherwise a somewhat limited feature in 5e and lets you potentially damage undead that you otherwise would never have been able to touch.

Level 7 Blessed Strikes: Blessed Strikes first appeared as an optional Level 8 feature in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, but has now become a core feature of the new Cleric that’s available at Level 7. For those of you who haven't read Tasha's Cauldron of Everything the feature lets you choose one of the following options:

Divine Strike: Once per turn, when you hit a creature with a weapon attack roll you can add an extra 1d8 of your choice of Radiant or Necrotic damage.

Potent Spellcasting: You can now add your Wisdom modifier to damage dealt from any Cleric cantrip.

Notably these 2 options are available to a number of Clerics subclasses from 5e so if you are playing using the older (and still compatible) rules you’ll only be able to select one option for your new Cleric.

Level 10 Divine Intervention: In the 5e this core Cleric feature let you call upon your god for aid. You then described the assistance you sought and rolled percentile dice. If you rolled a number equal to or lower than your Cleric level your deity intervened (with the DM choosing the nature of the intervention). If your deity intervened you couldn’t use this feature again for 7 days. If you god did not intervene however you could use the feature again after a Long Rest. For the new Cleric this feature has been overhauled somewhat. Now you can choose any Cleric spell of level 5 or lower that doesn’t require a Reaction to cast. You can then cast it without expending a spell slot or Material components. The 7-day delay in using it again is also now gone meaning you can call upon Divine Intervention immediately after completing a Long Rest. According to Wizards of the Coast this rule change was designed to avoid some of the ambiguity of the old 5e feature not to mention the small likelihood of the intervention actually occurring.

Level 14 Improved Blessed Strikes: This improved version of Blessed Strike provides a buff to whatever option you previously chose at Level 7:

Divine Strike: If you choose Divine Strike at Level 7 you now get a 2d8 of extra Radiant or Necrotic damage when you hit a creature with a weapon attack.

Potent Spellcasting: If you chose Potent Spallcasting at Level 7 when you deal damage with a Cleric cantrip you now grant Temporary Hit Points equal to twice your Wisdom modifier to yourself or another creature within 60 feet of you.

Level 20 Greater Divine Intervention: For the 5e version of Cleric this feature was simply known as Divine Intervention Improvement and meant that your call for intervention automatically succeeded with no dice roll required. For the new Cleric however at Level 20 you call upon your god and are able to cast the spell Wish with no roll required. After using Divine Intervention to cast Wish you have to wait 2d4 Long Rests before using the feature again.

The subclasses for Cleric are: Life Domain, Light Domain, Trickery Domain and War Domain as I said earlier you know get your subclass at level 3 instead of level 1.

Life Domain: Disciple of Life and Preserve Life have moved to level 3, and Blessed Strike has become a base Cleric ability. Your Domain Spells now also include the Aid spell in addition to Bless Cure Wounds and Lesser Restoration.

Light Domain: Warding Flare and Radiance of the Dawn are now available at level 3. The spell See Invisibility has also been added to the Domain Spells list.

Trickery Domain: You now gain Blessing of the Trickster and Invoke Duplicity at level 3. In addition, the Mirror Image spell has been replaced with Invisibility. At level 6 you can now also swap places with your illusion whenever you create or move it using your Bonus Action. At level 17 your illusion grants Advantage to you and your allies when you attack a creature within 5 feet of it and if you dispel the illusion you can grant a number of Hit Points equal to your Cleric level to any creature within 5 feet of it.

War Domain: Your Domain Spells list now has Guiding Bolt. War God’s Blessing has also been changed from a single-use attack roll bonus and now allows you to cast Shield of Faith or Spiritual Weapon without a spell slot and without requiring Concentration for up to 1 minute.

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Changes to Sorcerer for One DnD

Spellcasting: One of the biggest changes to the new Sorcerer is that they can now prepare more spells than their 5e counterparts could learn. In fact at level 3 Sorcerers now prepare just as many spells as the Druid Bard Cleric and Wizard. Addtionally the new Sorcerer swap out a cantrip spell every time you level up (something that wasn’t possible in the 5e rules). This change to spellcasting adds significantly more versatility and definitely ups the magical potential and damage output of Sorcerers in combat.

Level 1 Innate Sorcery: This is a brand new feature for the new Sorcerer that is really the spellcasting equivalent of the Rage feature of the new Barbarian class with Wizards of the Coast describing this ability as Sorcerers releasing a burst with their innate magic. As a Bonus Action you can increase the save DC of one of your spells by +1. This lasts for 1 minute and also provides advantage on all attack rolls for your Sorcerer spells. You can use this feature twice per Long Rest.

Level 2 Metamagic: In 5e Metamagic is a core class feature of Sorcerer that lets you choose from a variety of different magical effects that augment an existing spell (for example Careful Spell lets you burn a sorcery point to help protect nearby creatures, Distant Spell lets you burn a sorcery point to add 5 feet to the range of a spell etc.).

In the new rules you now get access to Metamagic at Level 2 instead of Level 3 (and you get to choose two more Metamagic options at level 10 and 17). In addition 6 of the 10 Metamagic options have been refined and optional abilities that were included in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything will now be in the core rules as follows

Careful Spell: Now protects your allies from taking half damage on a successful save.

Extended Spell: You now also get Advantage on saving throws made to maintain Concentration on spells altered by this Metamagic.

Heightened Spell: This now costs 2 Sorcery Points instead of 3. In addition, it now also affects all subsequent saves a target makes against the heightened spell.

Seeking Spell: This now costs 1 Sorcery Point instead of 2. You can still use this Metamagic option even if you are using another one on that same spell.

Subtle Spell: Now allows you to ignore Material components (as long as those Material components do not have a cost specification and are not consumed by the spell).

Twinned Spell: Now applies to spells that can be upcast to target an additional creature (for example Banishment), increasing the spell’s effective level by 1. It also now only costs 1 Sorcery Point.

Level 5 Sorcerous Restoration: In 5e this was a level 20 Sorcerer feature that allowed you to regain 4 expended sorcery points whenever you finished a short rest. In the new rules once per day you can regain expended Sorcery Points (equal to half your Sorcerer level, rounded down) on a Short Rest. This lets players be a little more strategic with when and how to use Sorcery Points rather than hoarding them (which was often the case with 5e).

Level 7 Sorcery Incarnate: This is a new Sorcerer class feature that allows you to spend Sorcery Points to get back uses of your Innate Sorcery feature. Also while Innate Sorcery is active you can use 2 Metamagic options on a spell instead of just 1.

Level 20 Arcane Apotheosis: This is a brand new capstone feature Sorcerer. When Innate Sorcery is active once per turn you can use a Metamagic option without spending any sorcery points. This is an incredibly powerful new feature that really showcases what a high-level Sorcerer can do.

Now the Subclasses are: Aberrant Mind (Now Aberrant Sorcery) Clockwork Soul (Now Clockwork Sorcery) Draconic Sorcery and Wild Magic

Aberrant Sorcery: Psionic Spells can no longer be replaced with Divination or Enchantment spells from the Sorcerer Warlock or Wizard spell list. Psionic Sorcery no longer affects Material components that have a specified cost. In addition telepathic Speech is now more resilient and does not drop if you are Incapacitated or dead.

Clockwork Sorcery: Clockwork Spells can no longer be replaced with Abjuration or Transmutation spells from the Sorcerer Warlock or Wizard spell list. Restore Balance is now tied to your Charisma modifier instead of your Proficiency Bonus.

Draconic Sorcery: You now get 10 additional spells as you level up (including Command Fear Charm Monster and Legend Lore). The Armor Class calculation of Draconic Resilience now also includes your Charisma modifier (10 + Dexterity + Charisma). You also get access to the new spell Dragon’s Breath and as a capstone feature get the spell Summon Draconic Spirit (which is an updated version of the Summon Dragon spell introduced in Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons).

Wild Magic: The Wild Magic effects table has been significantly updated with new features and a design that makes it easier to use by both players and DMs (with a mix of both positive and negative outcomes). Casting the spell Tides of Chaos now also automatically triggers a Wild Magic Surge. Bend Luck now also costs 1 Sorcery Point instead of 2. Additionally at level 18 you get a new feature called Tamed Surges where once per day you can trigger a Wild Magic Surge and get to choose what effect happens from the new table.

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Changes to Monk for One DnD

Level 1 Martial Arts: In the 5e Martial Arts was a core feature that allowed you to use Dexterity instead of Strength for both attack and damage rolls for unarmed strikes and Monk weapons. For these types of attacks you also rolled a Martial Arts die to determine damage. This die started at 1d4 at Level 1 and grew to 1d10 at Level 20. Additionally, you were able to make an unarmed strike as a bonus action after. These rules are more or less the same for the new Monk. The biggest change however is that a Monk’s Martial Arts die starts one dice size larger at 1d6 and now goes all the way to 1d12. What classifies as a Monk weapon has also been changed. Now both Martial Melee weapon with the Light property and Simple Melee weapons are considered Monk weapons. Additionally you can now use Dexterity instead of Strength when attempting to Grapple or Shove a creature.

Level 2 Monk's Focus: In 5e Monks burned Ki Points to perform unique abilities in combat. The number of Ki Points you had grew as you advanced in levels and you could use them to perform 3 specific functions: Flurry of Blows Patient Defense and Step of the Wind. This feature is more or less the same in One DnD with the exception that Ki Points are now referred to as Focus Points. Flurry of Blows is exactly the same other than this semantic change. Immediately after you take the Attack action on your turn you can spend 1 Focus Point to make 2 unarmed strikes as a bonus action. Patient Defense however has changed. In 5e you spent a Ki point to Dodge as a bonus action. In One DnD if you spend a Focus Point you can now Disengage and Dodge as the same Bonus Action (notably, as part of this feature you can Disengage as a bonus action without spending a Focus Point). Step of the Wind has also changed. In 5e you could spend 1 Ki point to take the Disengage or Dash action as a bonus action on your turn and your jump distance was doubled for the turn. In One DnD you can burn a Focus Point to Disengage and Dash as the same bonus action and your jump distance is doubled (as part of this feature, you can also Dash as a bonus action with no Focus Point required).

Also at level 2 you get Uncanny Metabolism. This feature allows you to regain all expended Focus Points when you roll Initiative (you can only use this once per Long Rest). Additionally when you use this feature you also regain Hit Points equal to your Monk level plus a roll of your Martial Arts die.

Level 3 Deflect Attacks: In 5e this feature was known as Deflect Missiles and allowed you to burn a reaction to deflect or catch a range projectile weapon reducing the damage by 1d10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Monk level (if you reduce it to 0 you could catch the missile and you could spend 1 Ki Point to throw it as a weapon). In addition to the name change Defect Attacks has also seen some revisions. First in addition to ranged projectiles you can also use it to reduce Bludgeoning Piercing or Slashing damage from an enemy melee attack. As with the 5e rules the damage is reduced by 1d10 plus your Dexterity modifier and Monk Level and if you reduce that damage to 0 you can use a Focus Point to redirect the attack forcing the target to make a saving throw against damage based on your Martial Arts die and your Dexterity modifier.

Level 5 Stunning Strike: Stunning Strike a popular Monk feature has also been revised in One DnD. It now requires the use of a Monk weapon or Unarmed Strike. If successfully applied the Stunned condition now ends at the start of your next turn rather than the end and it can only be used once per turn. However if the target succeeds on their saving throw against Stunning Strike their Speed is halved until the start of your next turn and the next attack made against them is done so with Advantage.

Also at level 5 you get Empowered Strike. In 5e this was known as Ki-Empowered Strike and meant that your unarmed strikes counted as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. With the new version you can also now change the damage type of your Unarmed Strikes to Force damage which is a subtle but important distinction.

Level 10 Heightened Focus: This is a new Monk feature that enhances the 3 abilities under the Monk’s Focus feature. First Flurry of Blows gains an additional attack (this means you now do a total of 3 unarmed strikes per Bonus Action). Next Patient Defense now grants you Temporary Hit Points based on 2 rolls of your Martial Arts die. Finally when you use Step of the Wind you can also move 1 willing creature that’s Large or smaller along with you until the end of your turn without provoking Opportunity Attacks.

Also at level 10 you get Self-Restoration. This is a feature that lets you avoid any Exhaustion you would normally accumulate when going without food or water. Additionally at the end of your turn you can remove the Charmed Frightened or Poisoned condition from yourself.

Level 13 Deflect Energy: This new feature is an upgrade of Deflect Attacks that allows you to reduce the damage of attacks of ANY damage type.

Level 15 Perfect Focus: This new feature kicks in if you’re below 4 Focus Points and haven’t used the Uncanny Metabolism. The next time you roll initiative you immediately are restored back to 4 Focus Points.

Level 18 Superior Defense: This is a feature that lets you expend 3 Focus Points to gain Resistance to all damage types (except Force) for 1 minute or until you’re Incapacitated.

Level 20 Body and Mind: This new feature allows you to increases your Dexterity and Wisdom scores by 4 each (up to a maximum of 25).

Now the subclasses for Monk are: Way of Mercy, Way of Shadow, Way of the Four Elements and Way of the Open Hand and like Wizard have had their names changed instead of being called Ways they are now called Warriors.

Warrior of Mercy: Hand of Healing is now considered a Magic action and Flurry of Healing and Harm can now be used a number of times per Long Rest equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Warrior of Shadow: Shadow Arts now allows you to cast Darkness and Minor Illusion and you can move the field of Darkness you create. In addition you are now granted Darkvision (or an upgraded version if you already have it). Improved Shadow Step now also allows you to spend a Focus Point to ignore the Dim Light or Darkness restriction of Shadow Step and make an Unarmed Strike immediately after you teleport as part of the same Bonus Action. Finally a new level 17 feature called Cloak of Shadow allows you to wreath yourself in shadows to turn Invisible. This lasts for 1 minute and you can attack or cast spells with the feature lasting for 1 minute or until you’re incapacitated.

Warrior of the Elements (Originally Way of the Four Elements): Elemental Attunement now gives you 10-foot reach of your Unarmed Strikes and deals your choice of Acid Cold Fire Lightning or Thunder damage. You can also push or pull a target 10 feet on a failed save. Additionally you can now learn then Elementalism cantrip and as you level up you are able to unleash elemental burst attacks.

Warrior of the Open Hand: Open Hand Technique remains largely unchanged from 5e with the exception of one of its options only blocking Opportunity Attacks rather than all Reactions. Wholeness of Body has been moved to a Bonus Action and now heals a number of Hit Points equal to a roll of your Martial Arts die plus your Wisdom Modifier (rather than 3 times your Monk level). The new feature called Fleet Step allows you to use Step of the Wind as part of any Bonus Action that wasn’t already used to perform Step of the Wind. Quivering Palm has also been nerfed it now costs 4 Focus Points and does 10d12 Force damage on a failed save rather than reducing the target to 0 Hit Points and half as much on a successful save.

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Changes to Ranger in One DnD

Before I start I want to give you a bit of a warning the following features for Ranger have been removed for the next edition: Natural Explorer, Primeval Awareness (thank god), Land's Stride, Hide in Plain Sight and Vanish

Spellcasting: One of the biggest changes to the new Ranger is how spellcasting works. The new Ranger can now prepare far more spells than its 5e counterpart. For example the new Ranger now gets 6 spells at Level 5. By contrast a 5e Ranger didn’t have access to this many spells until Level 9. You now also prepare our spells when you complete a Long Rest just like the Druid in DnD 5e but you can only swap out 1 spell per day. This is part of a larger change to the DnD Core Rules in that spellcasting classes are no longer distinguished by who prepares spells and who learns them. Instead the focus is on how often a class can change their prepared spells and how many spells they can change at any given time. The 2024 Ranger can also now use a Druidic Focus for spellcasting, something that was previously only an optional class feature from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. Finally, the Ranger’s iconic spell Hunter’s Mark has been retooled to deal Force damage on a hit and now augments several primary class features, including Relentless Hunter Precise Hunter and Foe Slayer.

Level 1 Favored Enemy: Favored Enemy is a 5e Ranger feature that has seen some significant changes. This feature no longer focuses on having knowledge about a specific enemy type’s behaviors and language in order to increase your chances of tracking them down or succeed on a related skill check. Instead you can now cast Hunter’s Mark twice per Long Rest without expending a spell slot and you always have it prepared.

Weapon Mastery: As a martial class, Rangeres are now able to use the new Weapon Mastery feature which allows you to tap into distinctive properties of Simple and Martial weapons during combat. Each weapon has its own specific property from the list below:

Cleave: If you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can make a second attack against a creature within 5 feet that is also within your reach. When you hit with the second attack, you can roll your weapon’s damage, but you don’t add your ability modifier unless it’s negative.

Graze: If you miss a creature with your weapon, you deal damage equal to the ability modifier you used to make the roll.

Nick: You can make an additional attack against a target creature if your first attack was made while wielding two Light weapons.

Push: You can launch a creature you hit (up to a Large size) 10 feet away from you.

Sap: An enemy you hit has Disadvantage on their next attack roll before the start of your next turn.

Slow: When you hit a creature and deal damage, you can reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn.

Topple: When you hit a creature, you can force it to make a Constitution saving throw or fall Prone. The DC for this save is 8 plus the ability modifier used to make the attack plus your Proficiency Bonus.

Vex: When you hit a creature and deal damage, you gain Advantage on your next attack roll before the end of your next turn.

Level 2 Deft Explorer: Deft Explorer is a Ranger feature that first appeared as an optional rule in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything and was designed to replace Natural Explorer. In the next edition it is no longer optional and is a core class feature of Ranger grants you Experience in one skill (such as Perception or Survival) plus proficiency in 2 additional languages.

Fighting Style: Ranger’s Fighting Styles remains largely the same as it was in the 5e version of the class. The only change however is that Fighting Styles are now a type of feat. Additionally Druidic Warrior (which was an optional class feature from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything ) is now available to all Rangers, letting you choose two Druid cantrips instead of selecting a Fighting Style feat. Finally, your Fighting Styles are no longer limited to Archery Defense Dueling and Two-Weapon Fighting. Instead you can customize your Ranger to use a variety of options for combat.

Level 6 Roving: Formerly a part of Deft Explorer Roving increased your walking speed by 5 feet and made your climbing and swimming speed equal to your walking speed. In the next edition the increase in climbing and swimming speed remain the same but your walking speed now increases by 10 feet as long as you are not wearing Heavy armor.

Level 9 Expertise: The new Ranger now gains Expertise in 2 additional skills. This puts Ranger in the same category as Bard and Rogue.

Level 10 Tireless: Tireless was also a part of Deft Explorer which let you give yourself a number of temporary hit points equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier plus decreased your exhaustion level by 1 after a short rest. Notably the number of times you could use this feature was equal to your proficiency bonus. In the next edition this feature is virtually identical with the only change being that now the number of uses is tied to your Wisdom modifier rather than your Proficiency Bonus.

Level 13 Relentless Hunter: This is a new Ranger feature that allows you to maintain Concentration on Hunter’s Mark even if you take damage. With this new feature the only way you lose Concentration on Hunter’s Mark is if you become Incapacitated or die.

Level 14 Nature's Veil: Nature’s Veil is another optional class feature that first appeared in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything allowing you to use a bonus action to magically become invisible until the start of your next turn with the number of times you could use it before a Long Rest being equal to your proficiency modifier. For the new Ranger this is now a core class feature. Its rules are exactly the same as 5e with the exception that the number of times you can use it now is now equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Level 17 Precise Hunter: This is a new feature for the new Ranger and now grants Advantage on attacks against any creature marked by Hunter’s Mark.

Level 18 Feral Senses: This 5e Ranger feature allowed you to ignore disadvantage on attacks made against invisible creatures and to make you aware of any invisible creature within 30 feet of your (as long as it isn’t hidden and you aren’t blinded or deafened). The new rules have tweaked this feature slightly so that you now have Blindsight out to 30 feet (this subtle change to the wording of the feature is designed to avoid any confusion that may have existed around the 5e rules).

Level 20 Foe Slayer: In the original 5e version of this Ranger feature once per turn you could add your Wisdom modifier to either an attack roll or the damage roll made against one of your favored enemies. In the next edition this has been changed so that the Hunter’s Mark now deals 1d10 Force damage on a hit instead of 1d6.

Now for the subclasses: Beast Master, Fey Wanderer, Gloom Stalker and Hunter

Beast Master: The AC of your Primal Companion now uses your Wisdom modifier instead of your Proficiency Bonus. Exceptional Training can also now be activated on turns where you used your Bonus Action to command your companion (instead of on turns where the companion did not attack). This feature now lets your Primal Companion take the Dodge action as a Bonus Action. Finally once per turn Bestial Fury shares some of the benefits of Hunter’s Mark with your Primal Companion.

Fey Wanderer: Summon Fey is always prepared instead of Dispel Magic.

Gloom Stalker: Instead of an extra attack on the first round that deals additional damage Dread Ambusher now allows you to add extra damage to a hit a few times per day. Stalker’s Fury also increases the damage of Dread Ambusher and allows you to make an extra attack on a nearby enemy or Frighten your target and creatures within 10 feet.

Hunter: Hunter’s Prey and Defensive Tactics now grant you 2 options instead of 3 (although you can change those options every time you take a Short or Long Rest). Additionally Hunter’s Lore now lets you automatically know the Immunities Resistances and Vulnerabilities of any creatures marked by Hunter’s Mark.

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Changes to Wizard in One DnD

Spellcasting: One of the biggest changes to the new Wizard is the number of spells you can have prepared is no longer based on your Intelligence modifier plus Wizard level. Instead the number of spells you can have prepared at one given time is set as fixed value listed in the Wizard class table. In addition the Cantrip Formula feature (which was an optional rule from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything) is now a core feature of the new Wizard. So to put it simply on what Cantrip Formula does pretty much it allows you to replace a cantrip you know with another cantrip from the Wizard spell list whenever you finish a long rest. The way spellbooks work has also been updated. In the new rules a spellbook can now be used as a Spellcasting Focus and are impossible to be read by anyone but you without the use of the Identify spell.

Level 1 Ritual Adept: This is really formalizing the 5e Ritual Casting rules as their own standalone feature for Wizards under the new name Ritual Adept. This allows you to cast a Wizard spell as a ritual if the spell has the ritual tag and is in your spellbook. Using this method you do not have to have the spell prepared.

Level 2 Scholar: The new Wizard also gains Expertise (letting you double your proficiency bonus) in one of the following skills: Arcana History Investigation Medicine Nature or Religion (you must be proficient in the skill to get this bonus).

Level 5 Memorize Spell: This new feature lets you swap out one prepared spell for one in their spellbook whenever they take a Short Rest.

Level 18 Spell Mastery: Spell Mastery has also changed from how it was first presented. In the 5e rules, you could choose one 1st-level and one 2nd-level Wizard spell from your spellbook. If you had them prepared you could then cast these spells at their lowest level without burning a spell slot. You could also swap one or both of these spells for others by spending 8 hours in study. In the new rules however the chosen spells must have a casting time of one action and you can only swap one spell at a time rather than both. The chosen spells however now count as always prepared and can be swapped out on a Long Rest rather than requiring 8 hours of dedicated study.

Before revealing what the subclasses are a note is that Wizards now get their subclass at level 3 instead of level 2. Now the subclasses for Wizard for the next edition are: School of Abjuration, School of Evocation, School of Divination and School of Illusion. All of which have been changed to Abjurer, Evoker, Diviner and Illusionist respectively. Here are the changes:

Abjurer (School of Abjuration): Arcane Ward can be now refilled as a Bonus Action by expending a spell slot. At level 10 Abjurer also gets a new feature called Spell Breaker granting them Counterspell and Dispel Magic, which are always prepared with the latter cast as a Bonus Action. Additionally if you use either spell and fail no spell slot is burned.

Evoker (School of Evocation): Potent Cantrip now provides half damage on both missed spell attacks and successful saving throws against your cantrips.

Diviner (School of Divination): Third Eye now uses a Bonus Action while Darkvision has increased its range to 120 feet. The See Invisibility option also now allows you to cast the See Invisibility spell without using a spell slot. Additionally Ethereal Sight has been removed.

Illusionist (School of Illusion): Improved Illusion now replaces Improved Minor Illusion. This allows you to ignore Verbal components for Illusion spells and increases the range of certain spells. Level 6 Illusionists now also get the new feature called Phantasmal Creatures which grants Summon Beast and Summon Fey as always-prepared spells. These can be cast as Illusion spells which summons a modified version of the creature and also allows a free casting of each once per Long Rest. Finally Illusory Self can be restored by expending a level 2+ spell slot without requiring any action.

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Changes to Druid for One DnD

Spellcasting: Spells have been significantly changed for Druid including the total number of spells that Druids can use and the specific effects associated with them. In addition they also introduced a number of new Druid-specific cantrips including Starry Wisp and Elementalism we'll learn about those once the new handbook comes out.

Level 1 Druidic: Druidic now provides you with the spell Speak with Animals.

Also now at level 1 Druids get a new feature called Primal Order. This is a new feature that allows you to choose from a “Druid Order.” The goal here is to be able to customize your character towards either a more magical or a more martial bend (a theme which is repeated at later levels). There are currently 2 Orders Warden and Magician what they do is as follows:

Warden: Grants proficiency with Martial weapons and medium armor

Magician: Provides an extra cantrip and lets you add your Wisdom modifier to Intelligence checks as well as Arcana and Nature checks (so when rolling you add both your Wisdom and Intelligence modifiers)

Level 2 Wild Shape: The new Wild Shape is a dramatic overhaul of 5e Druid. First you can now Wild Shape as a bonus action (rather than a full action as per the 5e rules). You also get significantly more uses than the older version (up to a maximum of 14 Wild Shapes per day by the time you hit Level 17). Additionally you can now replenish the feature more often regaining one use of Wild Shape during a short rest and with various new features you get as you advance in level. You also no longer assume the Hit Points of your beast form but instead retain your Hit points while also receiving temporary hit points to act as a buffer when you first change. One additional major change is that Druids now have a limited list of known shapes to choose from for their Wild Shape (not unlike the spells a 5e Wizard has in their spellbook). For example, at level 2 when you first access Wild Shape you have 4 known Beast forms to choose form. You can however choose new forms during a Long Rest. This is to avoid having players and DMs wasting time looking up new monster stat blocks every time a Druid wanted to Wild Shape.

Also at level 2 you get Wild Companion. This was a feature first introduced as an optional feature in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything but it's now an official feature. So for those who don't know what Wild Companion does here you go.

You gain the ability to summon a spirit that assumes an animal form: as an action you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to cast the Find Familiar spell, without material components.

When you cast the spell in this way, the familiar is a fey instead of a beast and the familiar disappears after a number of hours equal to half your druid level.

Level 5 Wild Resurgence: This is a new feature that lets you restore one use of Wild Shape by expending a spell slot. Conversely you may also expend one use of Wild Shape to restore a level 1 spell slot per Long Rest. The goal here is to make Wild Shape both more accessible and more useful as a character resource.

Level 7 Elemental Fury: This is also a new feature that lets you choose from two options (which again, ties back to your earlier selection of Primal Order):

Potent Spellcasting: Allows you to add your Wisdom modifier to any damage dealt with a Druid cantrip.

Primal Strike: Lets you deal 1d8 of Cold, Fire, Lightning or Thunder damage once per turn with your attacks (increases to 2d8 at level 15).

Level 18 Beast Spells: This is a 5e feature that let you cast spells when in Wild Shape. The new rules however have made a slight adjustment in that can perform the somatic and verbal components of a Druid spell while in a beast shape but you aren’t able to provide material components.

Level 20 Archdruid: In 5e Archdruid was the capstone feature of Druid. This allowed you to use your Wild Shape an unlimited number of times and ignore the verbal somatic and material components of Druid spells (both in your human and Wild Shape form). In the new rules that still applies BUT in addition if you have no uses of Wild Shapes left you get one back when you roll Initiative. You also recieve an enhanced version of Wild Resurgence that lets you spend more than 1 Wild Shape use per day to recover spell slots.

Now before I reveal the subclasses an important note. Druid subclasses are now going to be picked at level 3 instead of level 2.

Now the subclasses that will be in One DnD for Druid are Circle of the Land, Circle of the Moon, Circle of the Stars and a new subclass called Circle of the Sea

Circle of the Land: In 5e your magic was permanently connected to one land type throughout your adventuring career. In the new rules you can now change the land type after each Long Rest. Land types have also been renamed to Arid Land Temperate land Polar land and Tropical land. A new ability called Land’s Aid lets you burn a Wild Shape to cause a magical eruption that can either harm or heal targets. Natural Recovery now lets you cast one of your Level 1 Circle spells without spending a slot. Finally Natures Ward also provides resistance to your land of choice and Nature’s Sanctuary also lets you burn a Wild Shape to cause plant life in the area to harm enemies or protect allies.

Circle of the Moon: Your AC in Beast form becomes 13 plus your Wisdom modifier (unless your Beast form’s AC is higher) and you also gain 3 times your Druid level in Temporary Hit Points. The maximum CR for your new Beast form also equals your Druid level divided by 3. Additionally you cast spells in Beast form at Level 3 and can now choose to deal radiant damage during an attack. Additionally the new Moonlight Step feature lets you teleport 30 feet away as a Bonus Action. Finally, the new Lunar Form replaces Thousand Forms and lets you deal an additional 2d10 Radiant damage while in your Beast form.

Sadly Circle of the Stars gets no changes and unfortunately they didn't reveal what any of the features for Circle of the Sea are.

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Changes to Warlock in One DnD

Level 1 Eldritch Invocations: In the 5e Warlock rules, a Pact Boon (such as Pact of the Blade or Pact of the Chain) was a separate feature that you received at level 3 and granted you a range of abilities from your Patron. In the new rules Pact Boons have been removed entirely with Patron-bestowed abilities now falling under the Eldritch Invocations feature. And while in 5e you were limited to just 1 Pact Boon over the course of your career in the next edition you can access all of their features as you advance in levels. This means that in theory you could have a pact weapon (via Pact of the Blade), a familiar (via Pact of the Chain) and a Book of Shadows (via Pact of the Tome). What’s more the new Warlock can now access Eldritch Invocations at level 1 (rather than level 3). Additionally, you now receive more Invocations, maxing out at 10 when you reach level 18 (in 5e you maxed out at just 8 invocations). The way some Warlock invocations work have also been updated for One DnD. In 5e you could only add your Charisma modifier to damage for Eldritch Blast. Now, you can apply it to a number of other spells as long as they deal damage such as Thunderclap or Toll the Dead. You can also select these Invocations multiple times when adding new Eldritch Invocations. So in theory, you could add Agonizing Blast or Repelling Blast to multiple cantrips. 1 additional major change in One DnD is that none of the Eldritch Invocations require the use of a spell slot. You still have spell slots for your Pact Magic but they no longer fuel the Invocations you receive from your Patron. Instead Eldritch Invocations have been redesigned to really be a separate form of arcane power for Warlocks in addition to their standard spellcasting abilities.

Level 2 Magical Cunning: In One DnD Pact Magic and spell slot progression works the same way it did for 5e and you can also still recover expended spell slots at the end of a Short or Long Rest. Magical Cunning however, is a new feature that provides another way to recover your Warlock spell slots. Now once per Long Rest you can use this feature to spend 1 minute on a ritual that restores half of your maximum spell slots (rounded up). This is a huge update that addresses many of the complaints from fans about Warlocks hoarding spell slots because of how difficult they were to recover.

Level 9: Contact Patron: Starting at level 9 every Warlock has the ability to reach out and contact their patron directly once per Long Rest. This feature grants you the spell Contact Other Plane as an always-prepared spell. You can use this spell once per day to contact your Patron without expending a spell slot, and you automatically succeed on the Intelligence saving throw required to complete the spell.

Level 11 Mystic Arcanum: Previously this was an optional class feature in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything called Eldritch Versatility so that you don't have to look it up here's what it does:

Whenever you reach a level in this class that grants the Ability Score Improvement feature, you can do one of the following, representing a change of focus in your occult studies:

Replace one cantrip you learned from this class's Pact Magic feature with another cantrip from the warlock spell list.

Replace the option you chose for the Pact Boon feature with one of that feature's other options.

If you're 12th level or higher, replace one spell from your Mystic Arcanum feature with another warlock spell of the same level.

If this change makes you ineligible for any of your Eldritch Invocations, you must also replace them now, choosing invocations for which you qualify.

Well the only change here is when you advance beyond level 11 you can replace one of your arcanum spells with another of the same level.

Now the subclasses for Warlock for the new Player's Handbook are The Archfey The Fiend The Great Old One and The Celestial

The Archfey: Misty Step is now added to your prepared spell list and many of the features of this subclass give you extra uses of the spell along with healing bonuses and damage effects on enemies when you use it. Beguiling Defenses has also been updated to reduce damage you take and inflict damage with a Reaction.

The Celestial: Celestial Resilience now also grants Temporary Hit Points when you use Magical Cunning or complete a Short or Long Rest.

The Fiend: Dark One’s Blessing now also grants you Temporary Hit Points if someone else reduces an enemy to 0 Hit Points within 10 feet of you. Instead of once per Long Rest you can use Dark One’s Own Luck a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier and use Hurl Through Hell again by expending a Pact Magic spell slot.

The Great Old One: This subclass now focuses on using your Patron’s powers to curse your enemies with Hex break their minds with Psychic damage and summon unholy creatures to aid you in combat.

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