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D&D Next Playtest Update

September 19, 2013

This release of the D&D Next playtest presents

updates to many parts of the game, most of

which are revisions based on feedback from the

previous packet. Please review the following list

of updates.

As a reminder, you are looking at portions of

the game, not the whole thing. Because of that

fact, you might find things in the rules that are

unclear or that refer to elements of the game

that haven’t appeared in the public playtest.

Please let us know through our surveys what

works, what doesn’t work, what you don’t like,

and what you like.

Races

• New races have been added: dragonborn,

drow, kender, tieflings, and warforged.

• The dwarf’s Stonecunning trait has been

revised to use skills.

• Keen Senses has been revised to use skills.

• Free Spirit has been renamed Fey Ancestry

and revised to grant advantage on saving

throws against being charmed.

• The rock gnome’s Artificer’s Lore no longer

references recall lore.

• The half orc’s Menacing has been revised to

use skills.

Using This Material

Classes

If you are a player, here is the recommended

order for reading the playtest packet’s

documents:

1. How to Play. The rest of the playtest packet

assumes you are familiar with this document,

which presents the basics of play.

2. Character Creation. This document guides

you through creating a character and points

you to the packet’s other player‐focused

documents: Races, Classes, Backgrounds and

Skills, Feats, Equipment, and Spells.

If you are a Dungeon Master, here is the

recommended reading order:

1. How to Play. The rest of the playtest packet

assumes you are familiar with this document,

which presents the basics of play.

2. DM Guidelines. A mix of DMing advice and

rules, this document includes the nuts and

bolts of setting DCs, crafting encounters, and

managing exploration.

3. Bestiary. Containing a selection of monsters,

this document gives you enough creatures to

try out encounter building.

If you have downloaded the previous playtest

packet, below is a list of changes you will see.

• All classes have been updated to use the new

proficiency bonus rule, which is included in

each class table.

• Each class now also includes saving throw and

skill proficiencies, in addition to the weapon

and armor proficiencies already present. Some

classes also have tool proficiencies.

• The Expertise feature in several classes have

been removed or changed to better work with

the new proficiency system.

Bard

• The bard makes its first appearance in this

playtest packet.

Barbarian

• The Rage class feature has been updated to

remove (by default) advantage on Strength

attacks and replaces the resistances it

previously granted with temporary hit points.

• The Thick Hide class feature has been restored

to the class.

• Reckless Attack has been updated to work in

concert with rage.

• Barbarians now gain their second attack at 5th

level.

• Brutal Critical has been moved to 8th level.

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Fighter

• Second Wind has been revised to give

temporary hit points and refresh more quickly.

• The Fighting Style feature has been added to

give fighters more customization options

outside martial paths.

• Fighter’s Supremacy has been replaced with an

Extra Attack.

• The three martial paths have been revised. The

Knight has been removed (many of its features

have been moved elsewhere), and the

Gladiator has been renamed the

Weaponmaster.

• The Brutal Display feature has been removed.

• Gladiator’s Cunning has been renamed to

Advanced Maneuvers.

• Gladiator’s Resolve has been removed.

• Improved Combat Superiority has been

revised to prevent fighter players from

running out of superiority dice too quickly.

• The Awareness feature has been removed

from the Warrior.

• Armor Focus has been replaced with an

additional Fighting Style choice (one of which

is Defense, which is the same mechanic as

Armor Focus).

• Incite Rage has been replaced by an Ability

Score Improvement at 16th level.

• Will to Live replaces a barbarian path feature

at 17th level. Works in concert with new death

roll rules.

• Brutal Rage has been revised to function

without ending the barbarian’s rage.

• Terrifying Rage has been removed from the

Berserker barbarian path.

• Totem Spirit’s Cougar and Wolf options have

been revised to interact with the new skill

proficiency rules.

• Guiding Totem has been revised to interact

with the new saving throw proficiency rules.

• Guardian Totem has been removed from the

Totem Warrior barbarian path.

Cleric

• Religious Study has been removed from the

cleric, and is now encompassed by the class’s

skill proficiencies.

• The cleric’s Spells per Day progression has

been improved to match the standard

spellcasting progression, granting the cleric

more spells.

• The Ability Score Improvement at 6th level has

been replaced with a second use of Channel

Divinity. The cleric gains a third use at 18th

level.

• The cleric no longer gains two attacks at 8th

level; instead, this has been replaced by Divine

Strike (which now improves at 14th level) and

an Ability Score Improvement.

• Divine Intervention has been changed to make

it easier to use, though it now requires one

week between attempts.

• The Flare feature in the Light domain has been

revised.

• Weapon of the Gods in the War domain has

been replaced by the War Priest feature.

• Divine Battle Cry in the War domain has been

replaced by Guided Strike.

Mage

• Esoteric Knowledge has been removed from

the mage, and is now encompassed by the

class’s skill proficiencies.

• Arcane Recovery has been revised to work

with up to 5th level spells.

• The 5th level tradition benefit has been moved

to 6th level.

• Scribe Scrolls has been removed.

• A tradition benefit at 8th level has been

removed.

• Brew Potions has been replaced by an Ability

Score Improvement.

• Persistent Charm in the Enchantment tradition

has been replaced by Aura of Antipathy.

• Instinctive Charm in the Enchantment

tradition has been moved to 5th level to

replace Recover Suggestion.

• Alter Memories in the Enchantment tradition

has been moved to 20th level to replace

ongoing charm, and its effects improved.

Druid

• The druid is undergoing further revisions at

this time; an upcoming update to this packet

will address feedback we have received on

Wild Shape.

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• Split Enchantment replaces Alter Memories at

12th level in the Enchantment tradition.

• Rapid Enchantment replaces Enchantment

Master in the Enchantment tradition.

• Bypass Resistance has been cut from the

Evocation tradition, and the levels of other

features have been moved to compensate for

the removal of this feature.

• Convincing Illusions has been cut from the

Illusion tradition, and the levels of other

features have been moved to compensate for

the removal of this feature.

• The Fighting Style feature has been added at

2nd level.

• The paladin spell progression has been

improved to match the standard progression.

• Divine Health has been moved into the core

paladin at level 3.

• Paladins now receive a second attack at 5th

level.

• Aura of Protection replaces an oath feature at

6th level.

• An Ability Score Improvement has been added

at 7th level.

• The Ability Score Improvement at 8th level has

been replaced with an oath feature.

• Aura of Courage has been moved into the core

class out of Oath of Devotion, and replaces an

oath feature at 10th level.

• Divine Strike has been changed to act as an

outgrowth of the Divine Smite feature.

• An Ability Score Improvement replaces an

oath benefit at 12th level.

• Circle of Cleansing has been renamed to

Cleansing Touch.

• Aura of Resolve replaces an oath feature at

15th level.

• The Holy Smite Channel Divinity has been

replaced by Sacred Weapon.

• The Oath of Devotion’s Mount feature has been

removed. This ability will return as an oath

spell for the paladin in the future.

• Turn Fiends has been added to the Oath of

Devotion at 8th level.

• Divine Recovery has been replaced by

Banishing Smite in the Oath of Devotion.

Monk

• Flurry of Blows has been revised to no longer

require the player to route through the Two‐

Weapon Fighting rules to get multiple attacks.

Flurry of Blows grants an additional attack at

8th level.

• Supreme Flurry replaces Expertise at 2nd level.

• Step of the Wind now grants a speed bonus

even when not spending ki.

• Monks now gain increased Unarmed Strike

damage as they gain levels.

• Stunning Strike no longer requires the

expenditure of ki, but instead triggers on a

critical hit.

• Uncanny Dodge replaces Clear Mind at 7th

level.

• Diamond Body’s benefit has been folded into

Purity of Body at 10th level. An Ability Score

Improvement now appears in its place.

• Tongue of Sun and Moon, Diamond Soul, and

Timeless Body have been rearranged.

• Empty Body now also includes invisibility.

• The damage in Way of the Four Elements

features has been increased.

• Deflect Arrows has been moved to 3rd level

and includes an option that does not spend ki.

• Wholeness of Body has been added.

• Quivering Palm has been revised to a more

classic form.

Ranger

• The ranger no longer receives Expertise at 1st

level.

• The Fighting Style feature has been added to

2nd level.

• The ranger’s spellcasting progression has been

improved to match the standard spellcasting

progression.

• The ranger receives its second attack at 5th

level.

• Natural Explorer has been moved to 6th level.

• Land’s Stride and an Ability Score

Improvement have been moved to 8th level.

Paladin

• In an upcoming update to this packet, we will

add another Oath option to the class.

• The Divine Smite feature has been added at

2nd level.

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• Hide in Plain Sight has been moved up to 10th

level.

• An Ability Score Improvement has been moved

to 12th level.

• The Master Stalker feature has been added to

14th level.

• An Ability Score Improvement has been moved

to 16th level.

• Unmatched Hunter has been added to 18th

level.

• The Dragon Slayer has been renamed to the

Colossus Slayer.

• Slayer’s Momentum has been moved back to

2nd level in the Colossus Slayer.

• Dragon Lore has been replaced by the new

skill proficiencies, and Hunter’s Volley has

been subsumed by Fighting Style in the core

ranger.

• Steel Will has been added to the Colossus

Slayer.

• Staggering Attack replaces Uncanny Dodge at

11th level, which in turn has been moved to

15th level.

• Horde Lore in the Horde Breaker has been

replaced by the new skill proficiencies, and

Slayer’s Hands has been subsumed by Fighting

Style in the core ranger.

• Hordeslayer has been added to 2nd level in the

Horde Breaker.

• Hunter’s Mobility has been moved to 7th level.

• Whirlwind Attack has been moved to 11th

level.

• Pack Awareness has been moved to 15th level.

• The Assassination rogue’s 13th‐level feature

has been replaced with a new Impostor class

feature.

• Death Strike has been updated.

• The Burglary and Fast Hands class features

have replaced Cunning Action and Roguish

Charm in the Thievery rogue style.

• Decipher Script replaces Master Pickpocket in

the Thievery rogue style.

• Use Magic Device replaces Charming Presence

in the Thievery rogue style.

• Master Thief in the Thievery rogue style has

been renamed Thief’s Reflexes.

Multiclassing

• Rules for multiclassing make their debut in

this packet.

Backgrounds and Skills

• Backgrounds have been updated to include

suggested skill proficiencies and bonus tool

proficiencies.

Bestiary

• Many monsters have been tweaked to use the

new skill rules.

Character Creation

• Entire document updated to handle updates to

the skill and proficiency systems.

• Character advancement table updated by

adding the proficiency bonus column.

Rogue

• The Cunning Action mechanic has been moved

into the base rogue class.

• Trap Expertise has been removed, as it was

made redundant by the new Expertise feature.

• Rogue’s Cant has been restored to its classic

name, Thieves’ Cant.

• Uncanny Dodge has been updated in light of

the new saving throw proficiency mechanics.

• Reliable Talent only applies to checks you

make where your proficiency bonus applies.

• Slippery Mind has been changed to grant

Wisdom saving throw proficiency.

DM Guidelines

• Example checks now also list relevant skills,

when applicable.

Equipment

• The Equipment document now refers to skills

when appropriate.

• It has been clarified that you can gain the

benefit of wielding only one shield at a time.

• The Critical and Worn properties have been

removed.

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Magic Items

• Weapon and Tool proficiencies now refer to

the new proficiency bonus system.

• Several weapons have been revised.

• Magic Items revised to use the skill system.

Feats

Pre‐generated Characters

• Alert now grants proficiency to the Perception

skill.

• Athlete feat added.

• Speed penalties in Charger feat moved to

Heavy Armor Master.

• Charger Feat revised due to the new charge

action.

• Healer feat grants healer kit proficiency.

• Loremaster gives an Intelligence bonus and

now gives three languages and/or skills.

• Polearm Master no longer grants double‐

weapon status to the pike.

• Shield Master no longer turns a buckler into a

light weapon.

• Stealthy now grants proficiency with the

Stealth skill.

• Pre‐generated characters at 1st level have

been updated for this packet.

Spells

• Some spells have received revisions since the

last packet, including fireball, mass invisibility,

and seeming .

• Spells now refer to skills when appropriate.

• New spells for the bard, mage, paladin, and

ranger have been added.

Note that this packet includes adventure content

that has appeared in past packets, but that

material has not been updated to reflect other

changes in the game (particularly skills).

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How to Play

• Ability checks now refer to the inclusion of

proficiency bonuses.

• Ability score descriptions now refer to skills.

• Ability checks throughout the rules now

include references to relevant skills, including

in the Stealth and Perception rules.

• Interaction rules have been added to the

document.

• A sidebar has been added to explain how to

use a square grid with the movement rules.

• A charge action has been added.

• Two‐Weapon Fighting has been clarified to

only add one attack per round, regardless of

how many attacks you are granted by the Extra

Attack class feature.

• Critical Hits have been reverted to the

previous rule of maximum damage plus one

weapon damage die.

• The coup de grace action has been revised.

• Death saving throws have been replaced by

death rolls, which do not interact with saving

throw‐boosting mechanics.

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