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UNEARTHED ARCANA 2023
PLAYER’S HANDBOOK PLAYTEST 8

This playtest document is part of a series of article supersedes the glossary of any previous
Unearthed Arcana articles that present material article.
designed for the 2024 version of the Player’s To play with this material, you may either
Handbook. The material here uses the rules in incorporate it into your campaign or run one or
the 2014 Player’s Handbook, except where noted. more special playtest sessions. For such a session,
you may create an adventure of your own or use a
LEARN MORE ON YOUTUBE short adventure from a source like Keys from the
To learn more about the design in this article, we Golden Vault, Journeys through the Radiant
invite you to view the videos about it on YouTube Citadel, or Candlekeep Mysteries.
(www.youtube.com/DNDWizards). Power Level. The character options you read
here might be more or less powerful than options
WHAT’S INSIDE in the 2014 Player’s Handbook. If a design survives
Here are the new and revised elements in this playtesting, we adjust its power to the desirable
article: level before publication. This means an option
could be more or less powerful in its final form.
Classes. Three classes are here: Barbarian,
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subclass: Path of the World Tree (Barbarian),
release on D&D Beyond. If we make this material
Circle of the Moon (Druid), and Warrior of the
official, it will be refined based on your feedback,
Hand (Monk).
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The following sections were introduced in a you can help shape the next generation of D&D!
previous article and are provided here for
reference: BARBARIAN
Weapons. Weapon revisions are included. Primary Ability: Strength
Feats. This includes a revised version of Ability
Score Improvement. Barbarians are warriors defined by their
Rules Glossary. The rules glossary includes the connection to the primal forces of the
few rules that have revised definitions in the multiverse, which manifests as a Rage. Far more
playtest. In this document, any underlined than a mere emotion, and not limited to anger or
term in the body text appears in the glossary. fury, a Barbarian’s Rage is an incarnation of a
predator’s ferocity, a storm’s unrelenting assault,
THIS IS PLAYTEST MATERIAL and the churning turmoil of the sea.
This article is presented for playtesting and Some Barbarians personify their Rage as a
feedback. The options here are experimental and fierce spirit or revered forebear. Others see it as
in draft form. They aren’t officially part of the a connection to the pain and anguish of the
game. Your feedback will help determine whether world, as an impersonal tangle of wild magic, or
we adopt it as official. as an expression of their own deepest self. For
How to Playtest This UA. We invite you to try every Barbarian, their Rage is a power that fuels
out this material in play. When you do so, you’re not just battle prowess but also uncanny reflexes
welcome to combine this article with the other and heightened senses.
articles in this series, starting with “Character Some Barbarians are uncomfortable when
Origins.” hedged in by walls and crowds, preferring to live
If you do combine this article with any previous in regions of unspoiled natural vitality. Others
one, use only the rules glossary found here. In this cherish the primal forces at work in farmlands
Unearthed Arcana series, the rules glossary of each and recognize the vitality of cities. Barbarians of
all sorts embrace their place in the multiverse,
valuing keen instincts and raw physicality.
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Even without the power of their Rage, • Improved Brutal Strike expands the options of
Barbarians are skilled in combat and the use of your Brutal Strike feature at levels 13 and 17.
weapons. When they do call on their Rage, it • Persistent Rage now restores all uses of your
gives them superhuman strength and resilience. Rage once per Long Rest, and the Unconscious
It also heightens their senses and reflexes, condition, not Incapacitated, shuts off your Rage.
making the Rage useful beyond combat.
Barbarians often serve as protectors and CREATING A BARBARIAN
leaders in their communities. They charge
To create a Barbarian, consult the following lists,
headlong into danger so those who are under
which provide Hit Points, proficiencies, and
their protection don’t have to. Their courage in
armor training. If you’re making a level 1
the face of danger makes Barbarians perfectly
character, also consult the “Starting Equipment”
suited for adventuring.
section, and if you’re using the multiclassing
DESIGN NOTE: BARBARIAN UPDATES rules, see the “Multiclassing and the Barbarian”
Here are the main updates in this class since its last sidebar.
Then look at the Barbarian table to see the
playtest version:
class features you get at each level in this class.
• Rage now regains one expended Rage when you Descriptions of those features appear in the
finish a Short Rest. “Barbarian Class Features” section.
• Brutal Strike (formerly Brutal Critical) is a new
feature that lets you trade the Advantage HIT POINTS
granted by your Reckless Attack for tactical Hit Dice: 1d12 per Barbarian level
options. Hit Points at Level 1: 12 plus your Constitution
modifier
BARBARIAN
Weapon
Level Prof. Bonus Class Features Rages Rage Damage Mastery
1 +2 Rage, Unarmored Defense, Weapon Mastery 2 +2 2
2 +2 Danger Sense, Reckless Attack 2 +2 2
3 +2 Barbarian Subclass, Primal Knowledge 3 +2 2
4 +2 Ability Score Improvement 3 +2 3
5 +3 Extra Attack, Fast Movement 3 +2 3
6 +3 Subclass Feature 4 +2 3
7 +3 Feral Instinct, Instinctive Pounce 4 +2 3
9 +4 Brutal Strike 4 +3 3
11 +4 Relentless Rage 4 +3 4
13 +5 Improved Brutal Strike 5 +3 4
15 +5 Persistent Rage 5 +3 4
17 +6 Improved Brutal Strike 6 +4 4
18 +6 Indomitable Might 6 +4 4
20 +6 Primal Champion 6 +4 4

Hit Points per Later Level: 1d12 (or 7) plus your While active, your Rage has the following
Constitution modifier effects:
Damage Resistance. You have Resistance to

PROFICIENCIES Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage.
Saving Throws: Strength, Constitution
Rage Damage. When you make an attack with a
Skills (Choose 2): Animal Handling, Athletics, weapon using Strength or an Unarmed Strike
Intimidation, Nature, Perception, Survival and deal damage to the target, you gain a
Weapons: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons bonus to the damage that increases as you gain
Tools: None levels as a Barbarian, as shown in the Rage
Damage column of the Barbarian table.
ARMOR TRAINING Strength Advantage. You have Advantage on
Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shields Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
No Concentration or Spells. You can’t maintain
STARTING EQUIPMENT Concentration, and you can’t cast spells.
As a level 1 character, you start with the following The Rage lasts until the end of your next turn,
equipment, or you can forgo it and spend 75 GP on and it ends early if you don Heavy Armor or have
equipment of your choice: the Incapacitated condition. If your Rage is still
active on your next turn, you can extend the
Explorer’s Pack Handaxe (4)
Rage for another round by doing one or more of
(a) Greataxe or (b) 15 GP
the following:
Battleaxe, Shield,
and 10 GP • Make an attack roll against an enemy.
• Force an enemy to make a saving throw.
MULTICLASSING AND THE BARBARIAN • Take a Bonus Action to extend your Rage.
If your group uses the multiclassing rules in the
Player’s Handbook, here’s what you need to know Each time the Rage is extended, it lasts until the
if you choose Barbarian as one of your classes. end of your next turn. You can maintain a Rage
Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass for up to 10 minutes.
character, you must have a score of at least 13 in You can enter your Rage the number of times
the Barbarian’s primary ability, Strength, to take a shown for your Barbarian level in the Rages
level in this class or to take a level in another class column of the Barbarian table. You regain one
if you’re already a Barbarian. expended use when you finish a Short Rest, and
Proficiencies Gained. If Barbarian isn’t your you regain all expended uses when you finish a
initial class, you gain proficiency with Martial Long Rest.
Weapons when you take your first Barbarian level.
Armor Training. When you gain your first
LEVEL 1: UNARMORED DEFENSE
Barbarian level, you gain armor training with While you aren’t wearing any armor, your base
Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity and
Shields.
Constitution modifiers. You can use a Shield and
BARBARIAN CLASS FEATURES still gain this benefit.
As a Barbarian, you gain the following class LEVEL 1: WEAPON MASTERY

features when you reach the specified levels in Your training with weapons allows you to use
this class. These features are listed on the the Mastery property of two kinds of Simple or
Barbarian table. Martial Melee weapons of your choice, such as
Greataxes and Handaxes. Whenever you finish a
LEVEL 1: RAGE Long Rest, you can practice weapon drills and
You can imbue yourself with a primal power that change one of those weapon choices.
is called your Rage, a force that grants you When you reach certain levels in this class, you
extraordinary might and resilience. You can gain the ability to use the Mastery properties of
enter it as a Bonus Action, provided you aren’t more kinds of weapons, as shown in the Weapon
wearing Heavy Armor. Mastery column of the Barbarian table.

LEVEL 2: DANGER SENSE LEVEL 5: FAST MOVEMENT
You gain an uncanny sense of when things aren’t Your speed increases by 10 feet while you aren’t
as they should be, giving you an edge when you wearing Heavy Armor.
dodge perils. You have Advantage on Dexterity
saving throws, unless you have the Incapacitated LEVEL 7: FERAL INSTINCT
condition. Your instincts are so honed that you have
Advantage on Initiative rolls.
LEVEL 2: RECKLESS ATTACK
You can throw aside all concern for defense to LEVEL 7: INSTINCTIVE POUNCE
attack with fierce desperation. When you make As part of the Bonus Action you take to enter
your first attack roll on your turn, you can decide your Rage, you can Move up to half your Speed.
to attack recklessly. Doing so gives you
Advantage on attack rolls using Strength until LEVEL 9: BRUTAL STRIKE
the start of your next turn, but attack rolls If you use Reckless Attack, you can forgo
against you have Advantage during that time. Advantage on the next attack roll you make on
your turn with a Strength-based attack. If that
LEVEL 3: BARBARIAN SUBCLASS attack hits, the target takes an extra 1d10
You gain a Barbarian subclass of your choice: damage of the same type dealt by the weapon or
Path of the Berserker, Path of the Wild Heart, Unarmed Strike, and you can cause one Brutal
Path of the World Tree, or Path of the Zealot. The Strike effect of your choice. You have the
Path of the World Tree is detailed after this following effect options.
class’s description. Forceful Blow. The target is pushed 15 feet
A subclass is a specialization that grants you straight away from you. You can then Move up to
special features at certain Barbarian levels. For half your Speed straight toward the target
the rest of your career, you gain each of your without provoking Opportunity Attacks.
subclass’s features that are of your Barbarian Hamstring Blow. The target’s Speed is
level and lower. reduced by 15 feet until the start of your next
turn.
LEVEL 3: PRIMAL KNOWLEDGE
You gain proficiency in another skill of your LEVEL 11: RELENTLESS RAGE
choice from the list of skills available to Your Rage can keep you fighting despite
Barbarians at level 1. grievous wounds. If you drop to 0 Hit Points
In addition, while your Rage is active, you can while your Rage is active and don’t die outright,
channel primal power when you attempt certain you can make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw.
tasks; whenever you make an ability check using If you succeed, your Hit Points instead change to
one of the following skills, you can make it as a a number equal to twice your Barbarian level.
Strength check even if it normally uses a Each time you use this feature after the first,
different ability: Acrobatics, Intimidation, the DC increases by 5. When you finish a Short
Perception, Stealth, or Survival. When you use Rest or Long Rest, the DC resets to 10.
this ability, your Strength represents primal
power coursing through you, honing your agility LEVEL 13: BRUTAL STRIKE IMPROVEMENT
and senses. You have honed new ways to attack furiously.
The following effects are now among your Brutal
LEVEL 4: ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT Strike options.
You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or Staggering Blow. The target has Disadvantage
another feat of your choice for which you qualify. on the next saving throw it makes, and it can’t
As shown on the Barbarian table, you gain this make Opportunity Attacks until the start of your
feature again at levels 8, 12, 16, and 19. next turn.
Sundering Blow. Your blow leaves an opening
LEVEL 5: EXTRA ATTACK in the creature’s defense for an ally until the
You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever start of your next turn. The next attack roll made
you take the Attack action on your turn. by another creature against the target gains a
bonus to that roll equal to your Rage Damage.

LEVEL 15: PERSISTENT RAGE • Vitality of the Tree now provides Temporary Hit
When you roll Initiative, you can regain all Points to the Barbarian. In addition, the range to
expended uses of Rage. After you regain uses of give Temporary Hit Points to a character
Rage in this way, you can’t do so again until you increases to 20 feet at level 10.
finish a Long Rest. • Branches of the Tree now activates at the start
In addition, your Rage is so fierce that it now of a creature’s turn instead of the end. The range
lasts for 10 minutes without you needing to do has increased to 30 feet, and the Barbarian can
anything to extend it from round to round. The choose to reduce the Speed of a teleported
Rage ends early if you have the Unconscious, not creature to 0.
the Incapacitated, condition or don Heavy • Battering Roots now applies its increased range
Armor. only during your turn and only for weapons with
specific properties. The feature now clarifies you
LEVEL 17: BRUTAL STRIKE IMPROVEMENT can potentially use two Mastery properties in
The extra damage your Brutal Strike deals one attack.
increases to 2d10. In addition, you can use two
• Travel Along the Tree has been redesigned to
different Brutal Strike effects when you use your
allow you to teleport yourself while your Rage is
Brutal Strike feature.
active, as well as to teleport yourself and your
allies a greater distance once per Rage.
LEVEL 18: INDOMITABLE MIGHT
If your total for a Strength check or Strength LEVEL 3: VITALITY OF THE TREE
saving throw is less than your Strength score, Your Rage taps into the lifeforce of the World
you can use that score in place of the total. Tree. You gain the following benefits:
LEVEL 20: PRIMAL CHAMPION Vitality Surge. When you activate your Rage,
You embody primal power. Your Strength and you gain a number of Temporary Hit Points
Constitution scores increase by 4, and their equal to your Barbarian level.
maximum is now 26. Life-Giving Force. At the start of each of your
turns while your Rage is active, you can choose
BARBARIAN SUBCLASSES another creature within 10 feet of yourself to
gain Temporary Hit Points. To determine the
A Barbarian subclass is a specialization that number of Temporary Hit Points, roll a
grants you special abilities at certain levels, as number of d6s equal to your Rage Damage
specified in the subclass. This section presents bonus, and add them together. If any of these
the Path of the World Tree subclass. Temporary Hit Points remain when your Rage
ends, they vanish.
PATH OF THE WORLD TREE
Barbarians who follow the Path of the World
LEVEL 6: BRANCHES OF THE TREE
While your Rage is active, whenever a creature
Tree believe that their Rage links them to the
you can see starts its turn within 30 feet of you,
cosmic ash tree Yggdrasil. This “world tree”
you can use your Reaction to summon spectral
grows among the Outer Planes, connecting them
branches of the World Tree around it. The target
to each other and to the many worlds of the
must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC
Material Plane, and the greatest plants on every
equal to 8 plus your Proficiency Bonus plus your
world are said to be distant descendants of
Strength modifier) or be teleported to an
mighty Yggdrasil. These Barbarians draw on
unoccupied space you can see within 5 feet of
their connection to the world tree as a source of
yourself or in the nearest unoccupied space you
vitality and as a means of travel across the
can see. The space the target teleports to must
multiverse.
be on a surface or liquid that can support it;
DESIGN NOTE: PATH OF THE WORLD TREE UPDATES otherwise, the target doesn’t teleport.
Here are the main updates in this subclass since its After the target teleports, you can reduce its
last playtest version: Speed to 0 until the end of the current turn.

DESIGN NOTE: VOLUNTARILY FAILING A SAVE
The 2024 Player’s Handbook will clarify that any
creature can voluntarily fail any saving throw.
LEVEL 10: BATTERING ROOTS

Tendrils of the World Tree extend from your
Melee weapons. During your turn, while you
wield a Melee weapon with the Heavy or
Versatile property, your reach with that weapon
increases by 10 feet. When you hit with this
weapon, you can activate the Push or Topple
property in addition to any other Mastery
property you are using with that weapon.
LEVEL 14: TRAVEL ALONG THE TREE

You can briefly travel along the World Tree.
When you activate your Rage and as a Bonus
Action while it’s active, you can teleport up to 60
feet to an unoccupied space you can see.
In addition, when you teleport using this
feature, you can bring up to six willing creatures
who are within 10 feet of yourself, and the range
you can teleport increases to 500 feet. Each
creature teleports to an unoccupied space of
your choice within 10 feet of your destination
space. You can teleport other creatures with you
only once per Rage.

even to the point where they feel more natural in
DRUID an animal form.
Primary Ability: Wisdom For Druids, nature exists in a precarious
balance. The four elements that make up a
Druids belong to ancient orders that call on the world—air, earth, fire, and water—must remain
forces of nature. Harnessing the magic of in equilibrium. If one element were to gain
animals, plants, weather, and the four elements, power over the others, the world could be
Druids can heal, transform themselves, and destroyed, drawn into one of the elemental
wield elemental destruction. planes and broken apart into its component
Revering nature above all, individual Druids elements. Thus, Druids oppose cults of Elemental
gain their magic from a nature deity, from nature Evil and others who promote one element to the
itself, or both, and they typically unite with other exclusion of others.
Druids in performing rites to mark the passage Druids are also concerned with the delicate
of the seasons and other natural cycles. The ecological balance that sustains plant and animal
ancient druidic traditions are sometimes called life and with the need for people to live in
the Old Faith, in contrast to the worship of gods harmony with nature, not in opposition to it.
in temples and shrines. Druids are often found guarding sacred sites or
Druids master primal magic, which is oriented watching over regions of unspoiled nature. But
toward nature and animals—the power of tooth when a significant danger arises, threatening
and claw, of sun and moon, of fire and storm. nature’s balance or the lands they protect,
Druids also gain the ability to take on animal Druids take a more active role as adventurers
forms, and some Druids focus on this practice, who combat the threat.
DRUID
Prof. Wild Prepared —Spell Slots per Spell Level—
Level Bonus Class Features Shape Cantrips Spells 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 +2 Druidic, Primal Order, Spellcasting — 2 4 2 — — — — — — — —
2 +2 Wild Companion, Wild Shape 2 2 5 3 — — — — — — — —
3 +2 Druid Subclass 2 2 6 4 2 — — — — — — —
4 +2 Ability Score Improvement 2 3 7 4 3 — — — — — — —
5 +3 Wild Resurgence 2 3 9 4 3 2 — — — — — —
6 +3 Subclass Feature 3 3 10 4 3 3 — — — — — —
7 +3 Elemental Fury 3 3 11 4 3 3 1 — — — — —
8 +3 Ability Score Improvement 3 3 12 4 3 3 2 — — — — —
9 +4 Commune with Nature 3 3 14 4 3 3 3 1 — — — —
10 +4 Subclass Feature 3 4 15 4 3 3 3 2 — — — —
11 +4 — 3 4 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
12 +4 Ability Score Improvement 3 4 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
13 +5 — 3 4 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
14 +5 Subclass Feature 3 4 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
15 +5 Improved Elemental Fury 3 4 18 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
16 +5 Ability Score Improvement 3 4 18 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
17 +6 — 4 4 19 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
18 +6 Beast Spells 4 4 20 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
19 +6 Ability Score Improvement 4 4 21 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
20 +6 Archdruid 4 4 22 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1

DESIGN NOTE: DRUID UPDATES MULTICLASSING AND THE DRUID
Here are the main updates in this class since its last If your group uses the multiclassing rules in the
playtest version: Player’s Handbook, here’s what you need to know
if you choose Druid as one of your classes.
• Wild Shape now allows the Druid to know more
Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass
Beast forms, and it gives Temporary Hit Points to
character, you must have a score of at least 13 in
the Druid. In addition, the Beast form no longer
the Druid’s primary ability, Wisdom, to take a level
retains the Druid’s species traits.
in this class or to take a level in another class if
CREATING A DRUID you’re already a Druid.
Armor Training. When you gain your first Druid
To create a Druid, consult the following lists, level, you gain armor training with the following:
which provide Hit Points, proficiencies, and
Light Armor and Shields.
armor training. If you’re making a level 1
Spell Slots. Add all your Druid levels to the
appropriate levels from other classes to determine
section, and if you’re using the multiclassing
your available spell slots for casting spells, as
rules, see the “Multiclassing and the Druid”
sidebar. detailed in the multiclassing rules.
Then look at the Druid table to see the class You prepare spells for each of your classes
features you get at each level in this class. The individually, referring to the spell slots of an
descriptions of those features appear in the individual class to determine the number and
“Druid Class Features” section. levels of the spells you prepare for it.
HIT POINTS DRUID CLASS FEATURES

Hit Dice: 1d8 per Druid level As a Druid, you gain the following class features
Hit Points at Level 1: 8 plus your Constitution when you reach the specified levels in this class.
modifier These features are listed on the Druid table.
Hit Points per Later Level: 1d8 (or 5) plus your
Constitution modifier LEVEL 1: DRUIDIC
You know Druidic, the secret language of Druids.
PROFICIENCIES While learning this ancient tongue, you also
unlocked the magic of speaking to animals; you
Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
always have the Speak with Animals spell
Skills (Choose 2): Arcana, Animal Handling, Insight,
prepared.
Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, Survival
You can use Druidic to leave hidden messages.
Weapons: Simple Weapons You and others who know Druidic automatically
Tools: Herbalism Kit spot such a message. Others spot the message’s
presence with a successful DC 15 Intelligence
ARMOR TRAINING (Investigation) check but can’t decipher it
Light Armor, Shields without magic.
STARTING EQUIPMENT LEVEL 1: PRIMAL ORDER

As a level 1 character, you start with the following You have dedicated yourself to one of the
equipment, or you can forgo it and spend 50 GP on following sacred roles of your choice:
equipment of your choice:
Magician. You know one extra cantrip from the
Druid spell list (see your Spellcasting feature
Druidic Focus Leather Armor
for information on preparing spells). In
(Quarterstaff) Shield
addition, your mystical connection to nature
Explorer’s Pack Sickle
gives you a bonus to your Intelligence (Nature)
Herbalism Kit 9 GP checks. The bonus equals your Wisdom
modifier (minimum of +1).

Warden. Trained for battle, you gain Martial spells there with other Druid spells for which
Weapon proficiency and armor training with you have spell slots. Preparing a new list
Medium Armor. requires time spent in meditation: at least 1
minute per spell level for each spell you add to
LEVEL 1: SPELLCASTING the list.
You have learned to cast spells through studying Spellcasting Ability. Wisdom is your
the mystical forces of nature. See the Player’s Spellcasting Ability for your Druid spells.
Handbook for the rules on spellcasting. The Spellcasting Focus. You can use a Druidic
information below details how you use those Focus as a Spellcasting Focus for the spells you
rules as a Druid. prepare for this class.
Cantrips. You know two cantrips of your
choice from the Druid spell list. Rather than LEVEL 2: WILD COMPANION
choosing, you may start with the Druidcraft and You can summon a nature spirit that assumes an
Produce Flame cantrips. animal form to aid you. As a Magic action, you
Whenever you gain a Druid level, you can can expend a spell slot or a use of Wild Shape to
replace one of your cantrips with another cast the Find Familiar spell without material
cantrip of your choice from the Druid spell list. components.
When you reach levels 4 and 10 in this class, When you cast the spell in this way, the
you learn another cantrip of your choice from familiar is a Fey, and it disappears when you
the Druid spell list, as shown in the Cantrips finish a Long Rest.
column of the Druid table.
Spell Slots. The Druid table shows how many DESIGN NOTE: WILD SHAPE FORMS
spell slots you have to cast your spells of level 1 The creature statistics section of the 2024 Player’s
and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must Handbook will include more Beast options than the
expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You 2014 book contains.
regain all expended spell slots when you finish a
Long Rest. LEVEL 2: WILD SHAPE
Prepared Spells of Level 1+. You prepare the The power of nature infuses you, allowing you to
list of spells of level 1 and higher that are assume the form of an animal. As a Bonus Action,
available for you to cast with this feature. To you transform into a Beast form that you have
start, choose four level 1 spells from the Druid learned for this feature (see “Known Forms”
spell list. Rather than choosing, you may start below). You stay in that form for a number of
with the Animal Friendship, Cure Wounds, Faerie hours equal to half your Druid level or until you
Fire, and Thunderwave spells. use Wild Shape again, have the Incapacitated
The number of spells on your list also condition, or die. You can also leave the form
increases as you gain Druid levels, as shown in early as a Bonus Action.
the Prepared Spells column of the Druid table. Known Forms. You know a number of forms
Whenever that number increases, choose for this feature equal to 2 plus half your Druid
additional spells from the Druid spell list until level (round up), chosen from among Beast stat
the number of spells on your list matches the blocks in the Player’s Handbook that have a
number on the table. The chosen spells must be maximum Challenge Rating of 1/4 and that lack
of a level for which you have spell slots. For a Fly Speed. Rather than choosing, you may start
example, if you’re a level 3 Druid, your list of with the Riding Horse, Spider, and Wolf.
prepared spells can include six spells of levels 1 Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can
and 2 in any combination. replace one of your known forms with another
If another Druid feature gives spells that you eligible form.
always have prepared, those spells don’t count When you gain certain Druid levels, the
against the number of spells on the list you maximum Challenge Rating for your forms
prepare with this Spellcasting feature, but those increases, as shown in the Beast Shapes table. In
spells otherwise follow the rules in this feature. addition, starting at level 8, you can adopt a form
Changing Your Prepared Spells. Whenever that has a Fly Speed.
you finish a Long Rest, you can change your list
of prepared spells, replacing one or more of the

When choosing a new form, you may look in Objects. Your ability to handle objects is
the Monster Manual or elsewhere for eligible determined by the form’s limbs rather than
Beasts if the DM permits you to do so. your own. In addition, you choose whether
your equipment falls to the ground in your
BEAST SHAPES space, merges into your new form, or is worn
Druid Level Max CR Fly Speed by it. Worn equipment functions as normal,
2 1/4 No but the DM decides whether it is practical for
4 1/2 No the new form to wear a piece of equipment
8 1 Yes based on the creature’s size and shape. Your
equipment doesn’t change size or shape to
Number of Uses. You can use Wild Shape match the new form, and any equipment that
twice. You regain one expended use when you the new form can’t wear must either fall to the
finish a Short Rest, and you regain all expended ground or merge with it. Equipment that
uses when you finish a Long Rest. merges with the form has no effect until you
You gain additional uses when you reach leave the form.
certain Druid levels, as shown in the Wild Shape
column of the Druid table. LEVEL 3: DRUID SUBCLASS
Rules While Transformed. While in a form, You gain a Druid subclass of your choice: Circle
you retain your personality, memories, and of the Land, Circle of the Moon, Circle of the Sea,
ability to speak, and the following rules apply: or Circle of the Stars. The Circle of the Moon
subclass is detailed after this class’s description.
Game Statistics. Your game statistics are A subclass is a specialization that grants you
replaced by the statistics of the Beast, but you special abilities at certain Druid levels. For the
retain your Hit Points; Hit Dice; Intelligence, rest of your career, you gain each of your
Wisdom, and Charisma scores; class features; subclass’s features that are of your Druid level
languages; and feats. You also retain your skill and lower.
and saving throw proficiencies and use your
Proficiency Bonus for them, in addition to LEVEL 4: ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT
gaining those of the creature. If the creature You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or
has the same proficiency as you and the bonus another feat of your choice for which you qualify.
in its stat block is higher than yours, use the As shown on the Druid table, you gain this
creature’s bonus instead of yours. If the feature again at levels 8, 12, 16, and 19.
creature has any legendary or lair actions, you
can’t use them. LEVEL 5: WILD RESURGENCE
Temporary Hit Points. When you assume a If you have no uses of Wild Shape left, you can
Wild Shape form, you gain a number of give yourself one use by expending a spell slot
Temporary Hit Points equal to your Druid (no action required). You can do so only once per
level. turn.
No Spellcasting. You can’t cast spells, but In addition, you can expend one use of Wild
transforming doesn’t break your Shape (no action required) to give yourself a
Concentration on a spell you’ve already cast or level 1 spell slot, and you can’t do so again until
prevent you from taking actions that are part you finish a Long Rest.
of a spell, such as the Call Lightning spell, that
you’ve already cast. LEVEL 7: ELEMENTAL FURY
The might of the elements flows through you.
You gain one of the following options of your
choice:
Potent Spellcasting. You add your Wisdom

modifier to the damage you deal with any
Druid cantrip.

Primal Strike. Once on each of your turns when Druids form loose associations, which they call
you hit a creature with an attack roll using a circles, to facilitate their gatherings and preserve
weapon or a Beast form’s attack in Wild Shape, their traditions. This section presents the Circle
you can cause the target to take an extra 1d8 of the Moon subclass.
Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder damage
(choose when you hit). CIRCLE OF THE MOON
LEVEL 9: COMMUNE WITH NATURE Druids of the Circle of the Moon draw on the
You are an expression of nature itself and can magic of the moon to transform themselves and
commune with the natural world all around you; to guard the wilds. Their order gathers under the
you always have the Commune with Nature spell full moon to share news and perform rituals.
prepared. They wander the deepest parts of the
wilderness, where they might go for weeks
LEVEL 15: IMPROVED ELEMENTAL FURY before crossing paths with another person, let
The option you chose for Elemental Fury grows alone another Druid.
more powerful: Changeable as the moon, a Druid of this circle
might prowl as a great cat one night, soar over
Potent Spellcasting. When you cast a Druid the treetops as an eagle the next day, and crash
cantrip with a range of 10 feet or greater, the through the undergrowth as a bear to drive off a
spell’s range increases by 300 feet. trespassing monster. The wild is in the Druid’s
Primal Strike. The extra damage of your Primal blood.
Strike increases to 2d8.
DESIGN NOTE: CIRCLE OF THE MOON UPDATES
LEVEL 18: BEAST SPELLS Here are the main updates in this subclass since its
While using Wild Shape, you can cast spells in last playtest version:
Beast form, except for any spell that has a
Material component with a cost specified or that • Circle Spells is a new feature that provides spells
consumes its Material component. that you always have prepared and can cast in
Wild Shape form.
LEVEL 20: ARCHDRUID • Circle Forms (formerly Combat Wild Shape) has
The vitality of nature constantly blooms within been streamlined to determine your AC and the
you, granting you the following benefits: number of Temporary Hit Points gained.
• Improved Circle Forms allows you to make two
Evergreen Wild Shape. Whenever you roll Lunar Swipe attacks as an action, as well as add
Initiative and have no uses of Wild Shape left, your Wisdom modifier to your Constitution
you regain one expended use of it. saving throws while in a Wild Shape form.
Nature Magician. You can convert uses of Wild
• Lunar Form now also improves Lunar Swipe.
Shape into a spell slot (no action required).
Choose a number of your unexpended uses of LEVEL 3: CIRCLE SPELLS
Wild Shape and convert them into a single Your connection to this circle ensures that you
spell slot, with each use contributing 2 spell always have certain spells ready. When you
levels. You must then finish a Long Rest before reach a Druid level specified in the Circle of the
you can do so again. For example, if you Moon Spells table, you thereafter always have
convert two uses of Wild Shape, you produce a the listed spells prepared.
level 4 spell slot. In addition, you can cast the spells from this
Longevity. The primal magic that you wield feature while you are in Wild Shape form.
causes you to age more slowly. For every 10
years that pass, your body ages only 1 year.
DRUID SUBCLASSES
A Druid subclass is a specialization that grants
you special abilities at certain Druid levels, as
specified in the subclass.

CIRCLE OF THE MOON SPELLS Improved Lunar Radiance. Each of your
Druid Level Prepared Spells attacks in a Wild Shape form deals an extra
3 Cure Wounds, Moonbeam, Starry 1d10 Radiant damage on a hit.
Wisp* Shared Moonlight. Whenever you use
5 Vampiric Touch Moonlight Step, you can also teleport one
7 Fount of Moonlight* willing creature. That creature must be within
9 Dawn 10 feet of you, and you teleport it to an
*The spell is introduced in this document. unoccupied space you can see within 10 feet of
your destination space.
LEVEL 3: CIRCLE FORMS
You have learned ancient techniques that allow
you to channel lunar magic when you assume a
Wild Shape form, granting you the following
benefits:
Challenge Rating. The maximum Challenge

Rating for the form equals your Druid level
divided by 3 (round down).
Armor Class. Your AC equals 13 plus your
Wisdom modifier until you leave the form.
Temporary Hit Points. You gain a number of
Temporary Hit Points equal to three times
your Druid level.
LEVEL 6: IMPROVED CIRCLE FORMS
While in a Wild Shape form, you gain the
following benefits:
Lunar Radiance. Each of your attacks in a Wild

Shape form can deal its normal damage type or
Radiant damage. You make this choice each
time you hit with those attacks.
Increased Toughness. You can add your
Wisdom modifier to your Constitution saving
throws.
LEVEL 10: MOONLIGHT STEP
You magically transport yourself, reappearing
amid a burst of moonlight. As a Bonus Action,
you teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied
space you can see, and you have Advantage on
the next attack roll you make before the end of
this turn.
You can use this feature a number of times
equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of
once), and you regain all expended uses when
you finish a Long Rest. You can also regain uses
by expending a spell slot of level 2 or higher for
each use you want to restore (no action
required).
LEVEL 14: LUNAR FORM

The power of the moon suffuses you, granting
you the following benefits:

discipline they need to harness their power.
MONK Other Monks believe that immersing themselves
Primary Ability: Dexterity and Wisdom in the vibrant confusion of life helps to fuel their
determination and discipline.
Monks use rigorous combat training and mental Monks generally view their adventures as
discipline to align themselves with the personal tests of their physical and mental
multiverse and tap into internal reservoirs of development. They are driven by a desire to
power. Different Monks conceptualize this accomplish a greater mission than merely
power in various ways: as breath, energy, life slaying monsters and plundering treasure; they
force, essence, or self, for example. Whether strive to hone themselves into living weapons.
channeled as a striking display of martial
prowess or as a subtler focus of defense and DESIGN NOTE: MONK UPDATES
speed, this power infuses all that a Monk does. Here are the main updates in this class since its last
Monks harness and focus their internal power playtest version:
to create extraordinary, even supernatural,
effects. They channel uncanny speed and • Martial Arts sees the return of Monk Weapons,
strength into their attacks, with or without the and the Martial Arts die applies to both Unarmed
use of weapons. In a Monk’s hands, even the Strikes and Monk Weapons.
most basic weapons can become sophisticated • Bonus Unarmed Strike is no longer tied to the
implements of combat mastery. A Monk’s Attack action.
mightiest attacks can stun their opponents. • Dexterous Attacks now allows you to use your
Many Monks find that a structured life of Dexterity Modifier in place of your Strength
ascetic withdrawal from the mundane world modifier when setting the saving throw DC of the
helps them cultivate the physical and mental
MONK
Martial Discipline Unarmored
Level Prof. Bonus Class Features Arts Points Movement
1 +2 Martial Arts, Unarmored Defense 1d6 — —
2 +2 Monk’s Discipline, Unarmored Movement, Uncanny Metabolism 1d6 2 +10 ft.
3 +2 Deflect Attacks, Monk Subclass 1d6 3 +10 ft.
4 +2 Ability Score Improvement, Slow Fall 1d6 4 +10 ft.
5 +3 Extra Attack, Stunning Strike 1d8 5 +10 ft.
6 +3 Empowered Strikes, Subclass Feature 1d8 6 +15 ft.
7 +3 Evasion 1d8 7 +15 ft.
8 +3 Ability Score Improvement 1d8 8 +15 ft.
9 +4 Acrobatic Movement 1d8 9 +15 ft.
10 +4 Heightened Discipline, Self-Restoration 1d8 10 +20 ft.
11 +4 Subclass Feature 1d10 11 +20 ft.
13 +5 Deflect Energy 1d10 13 +20 ft.
14 +5 Disciplined Survivor 1d10 14 +25 ft.
15 +5 Perfect Discipline 1d10 15 +25 ft.
17 +6 Subclass Feature 1d12 17 +25 ft.
18 +6 Superior Defense 1d12 18 +30 ft.
20 +6 Body and Mind 1d12 20 +30 ft.

Grapple and Push options of your Unarmed PROFICIENCIES
Strikes. Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity
• Weapon Mastery is cut. Skills (Choose 2): Acrobatics, Athletics, History,
• Monk’s Discipline (formerly Martial Discipline) Insight, Religion, Stealth
options have been redesigned to have options Weapons: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons that
that don’t require spending Discipline Points. have the Light property
• Uncanny Metabolism (formerly Heightened Tools: Choose one type of Artisan’s Tools or
Metabolism) moves to level 2, and now regains Musical Instrument
Discipline Points when you roll Initiative as well
as regaining a number of Hit Points. ARMOR TRAINING
• Deflect Attacks (formerly Deflect Missiles) now None
also works against melee attacks, and the
damage of the Reaction now includes your STARTING EQUIPMENT
Dexterity modifier.
As a level 1 character, you start with the following
• Stunning Strike now deals Force damage if the equipment, or you can forgo it and spend 65 GP on
creature succeeds on the saving throw. equipment of your choice:
• Heightened Discipline is a new feature that
increases the effects of Flurry of Blows, Patient Artisan’s Tools Musical Instrument
Defense, and Step of the Wind. Dagger (5) Spear
• Self-Restoration now allows you to remove Explorer’s Pack 9 GP
some conditions at the end of your turns.
• Deflect Energy now also works against melee MULTICLASSING AND THE MONK
attacks. If your group uses the multiclassing rules in the
• Superior Defense can now be activated at the Player’s Handbook, here’s what you need to know
start of your turn instead of using an action or a if you choose Monk as one of your classes.
Bonus Action. Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass
• Perfect Discipline (formerly Perfect Self) now character, you must have a score of at least 13 in
gives you expended Discipline Points if you have the Monk’s primary abilities, Dexterity and
3 or less. Wisdom, to take a level in this class or to take a
• Body and Mind is a new level 20 feature. level in another class if you’re already a Monk.
CREATING A MONK MONK CLASS FEATURES
To create a Monk, consult the following lists, As a Monk, you gain the following class features
which provide Hit Points, proficiencies, and when you reach the specified levels in this class.
armor training. If you’re making a level 1 These features are listed on the Monk table.
section, and if you’re using the multiclassing LEVEL 1: MARTIAL ARTS
rules, see the “Multiclassing and the Monk” Your practice of martial arts gives you mastery
sidebar. of combat styles that use your Unarmed Strike
Then look at the Monk table to see the class and Monk Weapons, which are Simple Melee
features you get at each level in this class. The Weapons and Martial Weapons with the Light
descriptions of those features appear in the property.
“Monk Class Features” section. You gain the following benefits while you are
unarmed or wielding only Monk Weapons and
HIT POINTS you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a Shield:
Hit Dice: 1d8 per Monk level
Hit Points at Level 1: 8 plus your Constitution Bonus Unarmed Strike. You can make one
modifier Unarmed Strike as a Bonus Action.
Hit Points per Later Level: 1d8 (or 5) plus your
Constitution modifier

Dexterous Attacks. You can use Dexterity LEVEL 2: UNCANNY METABOLISM
instead of Strength for the attack and damage When you roll Initiative, you can regain all
rolls of your Unarmed Strikes and Monk expended Discipline Points. When you do so, roll
Weapons. In addition, when you choose the your Martial Arts die, and regain a number of Hit
Grapple or Shove option, you can use your Points equal to your Monk level plus the number
Dexterity modifier instead of Strength to rolled.
determine the saving throw DC. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again
Martial Arts Die. You can roll a d6 in place of until you finish a Long Rest.
the normal damage of your Unarmed Strike or
Monk Weapons. This die changes as you gain LEVEL 2: UNARMORED MOVEMENT
Monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts Your speed increases by 10 feet while you aren’t
column of the Monk table. wearing armor or wielding a Shield. This bonus
LEVEL 1: UNARMORED DEFENSE increases when you reach certain Monk levels, as
While you aren’t wearing any armor or wielding shown on the Monk table.
a Shield, your base Armor Class equals 10 plus
your Dexterity and Wisdom modifiers.
LEVEL 3: DEFLECT ATTACKS
You can use your Reaction to deflect melee and
LEVEL 2: MONK’S DISCIPLINE ranged attacks against you that deal
Your self-discipline and martial training allow Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage.
you to harness a well of extraordinary energy When you do so, the total damage you take from
within yourself. Your access to this energy is the attack is reduced by 1d10 plus your
represented by a number of Discipline Points. Dexterity modifier plus your Monk level.
Your Monk level determines the number of If you reduce the damage to 0, you can spend 1
points you have, as shown in the Discipline Discipline Point to redirect some of the attack’s
Points column of the Monk table. force. If you do so, choose a creature within 5
You can spend these points to fuel certain feet of you if the attack was a melee attack or 60
Monk features. You start knowing three such feet of yourself that isn’t behind Total Cover if
features: Flurry of Blows, Patient Defense, and the attack was a ranged attack. That creature
Step of the Wind, each of which is detailed must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or
below. take damage equal to two rolls of your Martial
When you spend a Discipline Point, it is Arts die plus your Dexterity modifier. The
unavailable until you finish a Short Rest or Long damage is the same type dealt by the attack.
Rest, at the end of which you regain all your
expended points. LEVEL 3: MONK SUBCLASS
Some features that use Discipline Points You gain a Monk subclass of your choice:
require your target to make a saving throw. The Warrior of Mercy, Warrior of Shadow, Warrior of
saving throw DC equals 8 plus your Proficiency the Four Elements, or Warrior of the Hand. The
Bonus plus your Wisdom modifier. Warrior of the Hand subclass is detailed after
Flurry of Blows. You can spend 1 Discipline this class’s description.
Point to make two Unarmed Strikes as a Bonus A subclass is a specialization that grants you
Action. special abilities at certain Monk levels. For the
Patient Defense. You can take the Disengage rest of your career, you gain each of your
action as a Bonus Action. Alternatively, you can subclass’s features that are of your Monk level
spend 1 Discipline Point to take both the and lower.
Disengage and the Dodge actions as a Bonus
Action. LEVEL 4: ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT
Step of the Wind. You can take the Dash action You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or
as a Bonus Action. Alternatively, you can spend 1 another feat of your choice for which you qualify.
Discipline Point to take both the Disengage and As shown on the Monk table, you gain this
Dash actions as a Bonus Action, and your jump feature again at levels 8, 12, 16, and 19.
distance is doubled for the turn.

LEVEL 4: SLOW FALL Step of the Wind. When you spend a Discipline
You can use your Reaction when you fall to Point to use Step of the Wind, you can choose a
reduce any damage you take from the fall by an willing creature within 5 feet of you that is
amount equal to five times your Monk level. Large or smaller. You move the creature with
you until the end of your turn. The creature’s
LEVEL 5: EXTRA ATTACK movement doesn’t provoke Opportunity
You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever Attacks.
you take the Attack action on your turn. LEVEL 10: SELF-RESTORATION
Through sheer force of will, you can remove one
LEVEL 5: STUNNING STRIKE of the following conditions from yourself at the
Once per turn when you hit a creature with a end of each of your turns: Charmed, Frightened,
Monk Weapon or an Unarmed Strike, you can or Poisoned.
spend 1 Discipline Point to attempt a stunning In addition, forgoing food and drink doesn’t
strike. The target must make a Constitution give you levels of Exhaustion.
saving throw. On a failed save, the target has the
Stunned condition until the start of your next LEVEL 13: DEFLECT ENERGY
turn. On a successful save, the target takes Force You can now use your Deflect Attacks feature
damage equal to a roll of your Martial Arts die against attacks that deal any damage type, not
plus your Wisdom modifier. just Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing.
LEVEL 6: EMPOWERED STRIKES LEVEL 14: DISCIPLINED SURVIVOR
Whenever you deal damage with your Unarmed Your physical and mental discipline grant you
Strike, it can deal your choice of Force damage or proficiency in all saving throws.
its normal damage type. Additionally, whenever you make a saving
throw and fail, you can spend 1 Discipline Point
LEVEL 7: EVASION to reroll it and take the second result.
When you are subjected to an effect that allows
you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take LEVEL 15: PERFECT DISCIPLINE
only half damage, you instead take no damage if When you roll Initiative and have 3 Discipline
you succeed on the saving throw, and only half Points or fewer, you regain expended Discipline
damage if you fail.
Points until you have 4.
You don’t benefit from this feature if you have
the Incapacitated condition. LEVEL 18: SUPERIOR DEFENSE
At the start of your turn, you can spend 3
LEVEL 9: ACROBATIC MOVEMENT Discipline Points to perfectly bolster yourself
While you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a against harm for 1 minute or until you have the
Shield, you gain the ability to move along vertical Incapacitated condition. During that time, you
surfaces and across liquids on your turn without have resistance to all damage except Force
falling during the movement. damage.
LEVEL 10: HEIGHTENED DISCIPLINE LEVEL 20: BODY AND MIND
Your training has pushed your body and mind to You have honed your body and mind to new
new levels. Your Flurry of Blows, Patient heights. Your Dexterity and Wisdom scores
Defense, and Step of the Wind gain the following increase by 4. Your maximum for those scores is
benefits: now 26.
Flurry of Blows. You can spend 1 Discipline
Point to use Flurry of Blows and make three MONK SUBCLASSES
Unarmed Strikes with it instead of two. A Monk subclass is a specialization that grants
Patient Defense. When you spend a Discipline you special abilities at certain levels, as specified
Point to use Patient Defense, you gain a in the subclass. This section presents the
number of Temporary Hit Points equal to two Warrior of the Hand subclass.
rolls of your Martial Arts die.

WARRIOR OF THE HAND LEVEL 17: QUIVERING PALM
You gain the ability to set up lethal vibrations in
Warriors of the Hand are masters of unarmed
someone’s body. When you hit a creature with
combat. They learn techniques to push and trip
an Unarmed Strike, you can spend 4 Discipline
their opponents and manipulate their own
Points to start these imperceptible vibrations,
energy to protect themselves from harm.
which last for a number of days equal to your
DESIGN NOTE: WARRIOR OF THE HAND UPDATES Monk level. The vibrations are harmless unless
Here are the main updates in this subclass since its you use your action to end them. Alternatively,
last playtest version: when you take the Attack action on your turn,
you can replace one of the attacks with this
• Open Hand Technique now has the Addle option action. To use this action, you and the target
to prevent creatures from making Opportunity must be on the same plane of existence. When
Attacks and no longer requires a saving throw. you use this action, the target must make a
• Wholeness of Body now allows you to regain Hit Constitution saving throw, taking 10d12 Force
Points without expending Discipline Points. damage on a failed save or half as much damage
• Fleet Step now allows you to take the Step of the on a successful one.
Wind option alongside other Bonus Actions. You can have only one creature under the
• Quivering Palm now allows you the option to effect of this feature at a time. You can end the
vibrations harmlessly without using an action.
replace one of your attacks with the action to
end the vibrations on the creature. To
compensate for this increased flexibility, the cost
and damage of the feature has been adjusted.
LEVEL 3: OPEN HAND TECHNIQUE

Whenever you hit a creature with an attack
granted by your Flurry of Blows, you can impose
one of the following effects on that target:
Addle. The target can’t make Opportunity

Attacks until the start of its next turn.
Push. The target must succeed on a Strength
saving throw, or you push it up to 15 feet away
from yourself.
Topple. The target must succeed on a Dexterity
saving throw, or it has the Prone condition.
LEVEL 6: WHOLENESS OF BODY
You gain the ability to heal yourself. As a Bonus
Action, you can roll your Martial Arts die. You
regain a number of Hit Points equal to the
number rolled plus your Wisdom modifier
(minimum of 1 Hit Point regained).
You can use this feature a number of times
equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of
once), and you regain all expended uses when
you finish a Long Rest.
LEVEL 11: FLEET STEP

You can easily stride out of harm’s way. When
you take a Bonus Action other than Step of the
Wind, you can also use Step of the Wind as part
of that Bonus Action.

choose the animal form of the spirits, such as
SPELLS wolves, serpents, or birds.
This section presents new or revised spells to When a creature hostile to you enters a space
playtest. within 10 feet of the swarm for the first time on
a turn or starts its turn there, you can make a
CLASS TAGS melee spell attack against that creature. On a hit,
the target takes Radiant damage equal to 2d10
A spell’s description contains one or more tags
plus your spellcasting ability modifier.
indicating the class spell lists that contain the
You have Advantage on Strength saving
spell. For example, if a spell has the “Wizard” tag,
throws while you’re within 10 feet of the swarm,
the spell is on the Wizard spell list.
and when you Move on your turn, you can also
move the swarm up to 30 feet to an unoccupied
SPELL DESCRIPTIONS space you can see.
The following spells are presented in At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell
alphabetical order. using a spell slot of level 4 or higher, the damage
increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 3.
DESIGN NOTE: SPELL UPDATES
Here are the main updates in this section since its CONJURE CELESTIAL
last playtest version: Level 7 Conjuration (Cleric)
• Conjure Animals, Conjure Celestial, Conjure Casting Time: Action
Elemental, Conjure Fey, Conjure Minor Range: 90 feet
Elementals, and Conjure Woodland Beings have Components: V, S
all been redesigned to differentiate them from Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
the summoning spells from Tasha’s Cauldron of You summon the protective presence of a
Everything, which will appear in the 2024 Celestial spirit, which manifests as a pillar of
Player’s Handbook. divine light that shines in a 10-foot-radius, 40-
• Cure Wounds healing has increased to 2d8, and foot-high Cylinder centered on a point within
the healing improves by 2d8 at higher levels. range. Until the spell ends, Bright Light fills the
• Fount of Moonlight is a new level 4 spell for Cylinder, and when you Move on your turn, you
Bards and Druids. can also move the Cylinder up to 30 feet.
• Healing Word healing has increased to 2d4, and When a creature enters the Cylinder for the
the healing improves by 2d4 at higher levels. first time on a turn or starts its turn there, you
• Mass Cure Wounds now heals for 5d8 instead of can bathe that creature in one of the following
3d8. lights:
• Mass Healing Word now heals for 2d4 instead of Healing Light. The creature that isn’t an Undead
1d4. or a Construct regains Hit Points equal to 4d12
• Power Word Fortify is a new spell for Bards and plus your spellcasting modifier. A creature can
Clerics. be healed by this light only once per casting of
• Starry Wisp is a new cantrip for Bards and this spell.
Druids. Searing Radiance. The creature must make a
Dexterity saving throw, taking 8d12 Radiant
CONJURE ANIMALS damage on a failed save or half as much
Level 3 Conjuration (Druid, Ranger) damage on a successful one.
Casting Time: Action At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell
Range: 60 feet using a spell slot of level 8 or higher, the healing
Components: V, S and damage increase by 1d12 for each slot level
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes above 7.
You summon nature spirits that take the form of
a Large swarm of spectral animals in an
unoccupied space that you can see within range.
The swarm lasts for the duration, and you

CONJURE ELEMENTAL repeat the attack against a creature within 5 feet
Level 5 Conjuration (Druid, Wizard) of it.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell
Casting Time: Action using a spell slot of level 7 or higher, the damage
Range: 60 feet increases by 2d12 for each slot level above 6.
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes CONJURE MINOR ELEMENTALS
You summon an Elemental spirit that fills a 10- Level 4 Conjuration (Druid, Wizard)
foot Cube within range. The spirit lasts for the Casting Time: Action
duration and is composed of air, earth, fire, or Range: Self (15-foot radius)
water (your choice) when you cast this spell. Components: V, S
When a creature hostile to you Moves within 5 Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
feet of the spirit, you can make a melee spell
attack against that creature. On a hit, the target You summon elemental spirits that a flit around
takes 8d8 damage of a type determined by the you for the duration. Until the spell ends, any
spirit’s element: Bludgeoning (earth), Cold attack you make deals an extra 2d8 damage
(water), Fire (fire), or Lightning (air). If the when you hit a creature within 15 feet of you.
target is a Large or smaller creature, it is also This damage is Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, or
pulled into the Cube and has the Restrained Lightning (your choice when you make the
condition. At the start of each of its turns, the attack).
target must make a Strength saving throw In addition, the ground within 15 feet of you is
against your spell save DC. On a success, the Difficult Terrain for your enemies.
target frees itself. On a failure, the target takes At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell
4d8 damage of the same type as the spell attack. using a spell slot of level 5 or higher, the damage
The spirit can have only one creature restrained increases by 2d8 and the range of Difficult
at a time. Terrain increases by 5 feet for each slot level
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell above 4.
using a spell slot of level 6 or higher, the damage
increases by 2d8 for each slot level above 5. CONJURE WOODLAND BEINGS
Level 5 Conjuration (Druid, Ranger)
CONJURE FEY Casting Time: Action
Level 6 Conjuration (Druid) Range: Self (10-foot radius)
Casting Time: Action Components: V, S
Range: 60 feet Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Components: V, S You summon nature spirits that flit about you for
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes the duration. Until the spell ends, each creature
You summon the awesome presence of a you choose that enters a space within 10 feet of
Medium Fey spirit in an unoccupied space you you for the first time on a turn or starts its turn
can see within range. The spirit lasts for the there must make a Wisdom saving throw, taking
duration, and it looks like a Fey creature of your 5d8 Force damage on a failed save or half as
choice. When the spirit appears, you can much damage on a successful one.
immediately make one melee spell attack against In addition, you can take the Disengage action
a creature within 5 feet of the spirit. On a hit, the as a Bonus Action for the spell’s duration.
target takes Psychic damage equal to 3d12 plus At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell
your spellcasting ability modifier, and the target using a spell slot of level 6 or higher, the damage
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 5.
the Frightened condition until the start of your
next turn. CURE WOUNDS
As a Bonus Action on your later turns, you can Level 1 Abjuration (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin,
teleport the spirit to an unoccupied space you Ranger)
can see within 30 feet of the space it left and Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch

Components: V, S A wave of healing energy emanates from a point
Duration: Instantaneous you can see within range. Choose up to six
creatures in a 30-foot-radius Sphere centered on
A creature you touch regains a number of Hit
that point. Each target regains Hit Points equal to
Points equal to 2d8 plus your spellcasting ability
5d8 plus your spellcasting ability modifier. This
modifier. This spell has no effect on Constructs
spell has no effect on Constructs or Undead.
and Undead.
using a spell slot of level 6 or higher, the healing
FOUNT OF MOONLIGHT MASS HEALING WORD

Level 3 Abjuration (Bard, Cleric)
Level 4 Evocation (Bard, Druid)
Casting Time: Bonus Action
Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Range: Self
Components: V
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
As you call out words of restoration, up to six
A cool light wreathes your body for the duration,
creatures of your choice that you can see within
emitting Bright Light in a 20-foot radius and Dim
range regain Hit Points equal to 2d4 plus your
Light for an additional 20 feet.
spellcasting ability modifier. This spell has no
Until the spell ends, you have Resistance to
effect on Constructs or Undead.
Radiant damage, and your melee attacks deal an
extra 2d6 Radiant damage on a hit.
In addition, immediately after you take
damage from a creature you can see within 60
feet of yourself, you can use your Reaction to
force the creature to make a Constitution saving
POWER WORD FORTIFY
throw. On a failed save, the creature has the Level 7 Enchantment (Bard, Cleric)
Blinded condition until the end of your next turn. Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
HEALING WORD Component: V
Level 1 Abjuration (Bard, Cleric, Druid) Duration: Instantaneous
Casting Time: Bonus Action You speak a word of power that fortifies up to
Range: 60 feet six creatures you can see within range. The spell
Components: V bestows 120 Temporary Hit Points, which are
Duration: Instantaneous divided equally among the spell’s recipients.
A creature of your choice that you can see within
range regains Hit Points equal to 2d4 plus your
STARRY WISP
spellcasting ability modifier. This spell has no Evocation Cantrip (Bard, Druid)
effect on Constructs or Undead. Casting Time: Action
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell Range: 60 feet
using a spell slot of level 2 or higher, the healing Components: V, S
increases by 2d4 for each slot level above 1. Duration: Instantaneous
You launch a mote of light at one creature or
MASS CURE WOUNDS object within range. Make a ranged spell attack
Level 5 Abjuration (Bard, Cleric, Druid)
against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d8
Casting Time: Action Radiant damage, and until the end of your next
Range: 60 feet turn, it emits Dim Light in a 10-foot radius and
Components: V, S can’t benefit from the Invisible condition.
Duration: Instantaneous

Cantrip Upgrade. This spell’s damage FEAT DESCRIPTIONS
increases by 1d8 when you reach levels 5 (2d8),
11 (3d8), and 17 (4d8). Here are descriptions of some feats that are
available to characters using this playtest article.
Playtest characters can also select feats from
FEATS previous installments of the 2022 Unearthed
PARTS OF A FEAT Arcana series.
If a feat appears in this article and also in one
The description of a feat contains the following of those earlier articles, use the version of the
parts, which are presented after the feat’s name: feat in this article.
Category. A feat is a member of a category,
which is noted in the feat. If you are instructed
ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT
to choose a feat from a specific category, such General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+)
as the Background category, that category Increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or
must appear under the feat’s name. increase two ability scores of your choice by 1.
Prerequisite. You must meet any prerequisite You can’t increase an ability score above 20
specified in a feat to take that feat unless a using this feat. However, if you’re at least level
special feature allows you to take the feat 19, that maximum increases to 22.
without the prerequisite. If a prerequisite is a Repeatable. You can take this feat more than
level, your character level must meet or exceed once.
that level. If a prerequisite is a class, you must
have at least one level in that class to qualify
for the feat.
WEAPONS
Benefit. The benefit of the feat is then detailed. If This section contains playtest versions of
you have a feat, you gain its benefit. weapons in the 2014 Player’s Handbook. Here
Repeatable. A feat can be taken only once you’ll find weapon tables, revised weapon
unless it contains a “Repeatable” subsection. properties, and a new type of property: Mastery
properties.
WEAPON TABLES
SIMPLE WEAPONS: MELEE
Weapon Damage Properties Mastery Weight Cost
Club 1d4 Bludgeoning Light Slow 2 lb. 1 SP
Dagger 1d4 Piercing Finesse, Light, Thrown (Range 20/60) Nick 1 lb. 2 GP
Greatclub 1d8 Bludgeoning Two-Handed Push 10 lb. 2 SP
Handaxe 1d6 Slashing Light, Thrown (Range 20/60) Vex 2 lb. 5 GP
Javelin 1d6 Piercing Thrown (Range 30/120) Slow 2 lb. 5 SP
Light Hammer 1d4 Bludgeoning Light, Thrown (Range 20/60) Nick 2 lb. 2 GP
Mace 1d6 Bludgeoning — Sap 4 lb. 5 GP
Quarterstaff 1d6 Bludgeoning Versatile (1d8) Topple 4 lb. 2 SP
Sickle 1d4 Slashing Light Nick 2 lb. 1 GP
Spear 1d6 Piercing Thrown (Range 20/60), Versatile (1d8) Sap 3 lb. 1 GP
SIMPLE WEAPONS: RANGED

Name Damage Properties Mastery Weight Cost
Crossbow, Light 1d8 Piercing Ammunition (Range 80/320), Loading, Two- Slow 5 lb. 25 GP
Handed
Dart 1d4 Piercing Finesse, Thrown (Range 20/60) Vex 1/4 lb. 5 CP
Shortbow 1d6 Piercing Ammunition (Range 80/320), Two-Handed Vex 2 lb. 25 GP
Sling 1d4 Bludgeoning Ammunition (Range 30/120) Slow — 1 SP

MARTIAL WEAPONS: MELEE
Battleaxe 1d8 Slashing Versatile (1d10) Topple 4 lb. 10 GP
Flail 1d8 Bludgeoning — Sap 2 lb. 10 GP
Glaive 1d10 Slashing Heavy, Reach, Two-Handed Graze 6 lb. 20 GP
Greataxe 1d12 Slashing Heavy, Two-Handed Cleave 7 lb. 30 GP
Greatsword 2d6 Slashing Heavy, Two-Handed Graze 6 lb. 50 GP
Halberd 1d10 Slashing Heavy, Reach, Two-Handed Cleave 6 lb. 20 GP
Lance 1d10 Piercing Heavy, Reach, Two-Handed (unless mounted) Topple 6 lb. 10 GP
Longsword 1d8 Slashing Versatile (1d10) Sap 3 lb. 15 GP
Maul 2d6 Bludgeoning Heavy, Two-Handed Topple 10 lb. 10 GP
Morningstar 1d8 Piercing — Sap 4 lb. 15 GP
Pike 1d10 Piercing Heavy, Reach, Two-Handed Push 18 lb. 5 GP
Rapier 1d8 Piercing Finesse Vex 2 lb. 25 GP
Scimitar 1d6 Slashing Finesse, Light Nick 3 lb. 25 GP
Shortsword 1d6 Piercing Finesse, Light Vex 2 lb. 10 GP
Trident 1d8 Piercing Thrown (Range 20/60), Versatile (1d10) Topple 4 lb. 5 GP
Warhammer 1d8 Bludgeoning Versatile (1d10) Push 2 lb. 15 GP
War Pick 1d8 Piercing Versatile (1d10) Sap 2 lb. 5 GP
Whip 1d4 Slashing Finesse, Reach Slow 3 lb. 2 GP
MARTIAL WEAPONS: RANGED

Blowgun 1 Piercing Ammunition (Range 25/100), Loading Vex 1 lb. 10 GP
Crossbow, Hand 1d6 Piercing Ammunition (Range 30/120), Light, Loading Vex 3 lb. 75 GP
Crossbow, Heavy 1d10 Piercing Ammunition (Range 100/400), Heavy, Loading, Push 18 lb. 50 GP
Two-Handed
Longbow 1d8 Piercing Ammunition (Range 150/600), Heavy, Two- Slow 2 lb. 50 GP
Handed
Musket 1d12 Piercing Ammunition (Range 40/120), Loading, Two- Slow 10 lb. 500 GP
Handed
Pistol 1d10 Piercing Ammunition (Range 30/90), Loading Vex 3 lb. 250 GP
WEAPON PROPERTIES For example, if you take the Attack action on

your turn and have a Shortsword in one hand
Here are properties whose definitions have and a Dagger in the other—each of which has the
changed for this playtest. Light property—you can make one attack with
each weapon using your action and a Bonus
HEAVY Action, but you don’t add your Strength or
A Heavy weapon is unwieldy compared to other Dexterity modifier to the damage roll of the
weapons. You have Disadvantage on your attack Bonus Action unless that modifier is negative.
rolls with a Heavy weapon if it’s a Melee weapon
and your Strength score isn’t at least 13, and if THROWN
it’s a Ranged weapon and your Dexterity score If a weapon has the Thrown property, you can
isn’t at least 13. throw the weapon to make a ranged attack, and
you can draw that weapon as part of the attack.
LIGHT If the weapon is a Melee weapon, use the same
When you take the Attack action on your turn ability modifier for that attack roll and damage
and attack with a Light weapon, you can make roll that you would use for a melee attack with
one extra attack as a Bonus Action later on the the weapon. For example, if you throw a
same turn. That extra attack must be made with Handaxe, you use your Strength, but if you throw
a different Light weapon, and you don’t add your a Dagger, you can use either your Strength or
ability modifier to the extra attack’s damage, your Dexterity since the Dagger has the Finesse
unless that modifier is negative. property.

MASTERY PROPERTIES SAP
Prerequisite: Versatile Property or No Weapon
Each weapon now has a Mastery property, as
Property
shown in the Weapon Tables above. That
property is usable only by a character who has a If you hit a creature with this weapon, that
feature, such as Weapon Mastery, that unlocks creature has Disadvantage on its next attack roll
the property for the character. before the start of your next turn.
Here are descriptions of each Mastery
property. The properties are provided in SLOW
alphabetical order. Prerequisite: None
If a game feature lets you replace a weapon’s
If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal
Mastery property with another one, that weapon
damage to the creature, you can reduce its Speed
must meet any prerequisite specified for the new
by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. If you
property.
hit the creature more than once with this
property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10
CLEAVE feet.
Prerequisite: Melee Weapon, Heavy Property
If you hit a creature with a melee attack using TOPPLE
this weapon, you can make an attack roll with Prerequisite: Heavy, Reach, or Versatile Property
the weapon against a second creature within 5
If you hit a creature with this weapon, you can
feet of the first that is also within your reach. On
force the creature to make a Constitution saving
a hit, the second creature takes the weapon’s
throw with a DC equal to 8 + your Proficiency
damage, but don’t add your ability modifier to
Bonus + the ability modifier used to make the
that damage unless that modifier is negative. You
attack roll. On a failed save, the creature has the
can make this extra attack only once per turn.
Prone condition.
GRAZE VEX
Prerequisite: Melee Weapon, Heavy Property
Prerequisite: Ammunition, Finesse, or Light
If your attack roll with this weapon misses a Property
creature, you can deal damage to that creature
If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal
equal to the ability modifier you used to make
damage to the creature, you have Advantage on
the attack roll. This damage is the same type
your next attack roll against that creature before
dealt by the weapon, and the damage can’t be
the end of your next turn.
increased in any way, other than increasing the
ability modifier.
NICK
Prerequisite: Light Property
When you make the extra attack of the Light
property, you can make it as part of the Attack
action instead of as a Bonus Action. You can
make this extra attack only once per turn.
PUSH
Prerequisite: Heavy, Two-Handed, or Versatile
Property
If you hit a creature with this weapon, you can
push the creature up to 10 feet straight away
from yourself if it is Large or smaller.

If you equip a Shield and lack armor training
ADVENTURING GEAR with it, you don’t gain the Armor Class bonus of
Here are descriptions of miscellaneous items the Shield.
whose rules have changed for this playtest.
ATTACK [ACTION]
NET
When you take the Attack action, you can make
Cost: 1 GP. Weight: 3 lb.
one attack with a weapon or an Unarmed Strike.
When you take the Attack action on your turn,
you can replace one of your attacks with a throw EQUIPPING AND UNEQUIPPING WEAPONS
of the Net at a creature within 15 feet of yourself. You can either equip or unequip one weapon
The target must make a Dexterity saving throw when you make an attack as part of this action.
against a DC equal to 8 + your Proficiency Bonus You do so either before or after the attack. If you
+ your Dexterity modifier. The target succeeds equip a weapon before an attack, you don’t need
automatically if it’s Huge or larger. to use it for that attack.
On a failed save, the target has the Restrained Equipping a weapon includes drawing it from
condition until it escapes the Net. To escape, the a sheath, picking it up, or retrieving it from a
target must use its action to make a DC 10 container. Unequipping a weapon includes
Strength (Athletics) check, escaping on a success. sheathing, stowing, or dropping it.
A creature within 5 feet of the target can use its
action to attempt the same thing. Destroying the MOVING BETWEEN ATTACKS
Net (AC 10; 5 HP; immunity to Bludgeoning, If you Move on your turn, you can use some or all
Poison, and Psychic damage) also frees the of that movement to move between the attacks
target, ending the effect. of this action if you have a feature, such as Extra
Attack, that gives you more than one attack as
PRIEST’S PACK part of the Attack action.
Cost: 33 GP. Weight: 29 lb.
A Priest’s Pack contains the following items: BLINDSIGHT
Backpack (5 lb.), Blanket (3 lb.), Holy Water (1 If you have Blindsight, you can see within a
lb.), Lamp (1 lb.), Rations (7 days; 14 lbs.), Robe specific range without relying on physical sight.
(4 lb.), and Tinderbox (1 lb.). Within that range, you can effectively see
anything that isn’t behind Total Cover, even if
RULES GLOSSARY you have the Blinded condition or are in
Darkness. Moreover, in that range, you can
This glossary includes game terms that have new
effectively see a creature that has the Invisible
meaning in this playtest document, as well as
condition.
terms, such as creature type, that aren’t defined
in the 2014 Player’s Handbook. The terms are
organized alphabetically. CLIMB SPEED
If a term doesn’t appear here, use its definition A Climb Speed can be used to traverse a vertical
in the 2014 Player’s Handbook, and when surface without expending the extra movement
playtesting this document, don’t use the rules normally associated with climbing.
glossary of any other Unearthed Arcana article. Some creatures have the Spider Climb trait,
which allows their Climb Speed to work even on
ARMOR TRAINING the underside of horizontal surfaces.
Armor training is the new name for armor
proficiency. Any existing rule that involves CREATURE TYPE
armor proficiency now applies to armor training. Every creature in D&D, including every player
If you wear Light, Medium, or Heavy Armor character, has a special tag in the rules that
and lack armor training with that type of armor, identifies the type of creature it is. Most player
you have Disadvantage on any d20 Test you characters are of the Humanoid type.
make that involves Strength or Dexterity, and Here’s a list of the game’s creature types:
you can’t cast spells.

Aberration Fiend The DM may determine that other things make a
Beast Giant space count as Difficult Terrain, based on the
Celestial Humanoid examples here.
Construct Monstrosity
Dragon Ooze EXPERTISE
Elemental Plant
Fey Undead Expertise is a special feature that enhances your
use of a particular skill proficiency. If you gain
These types don’t have rules themselves, but Expertise, you gain it in one skill in which you
some rules in the game affect creatures of have proficiency. You can never have Expertise
certain types in different ways. For example, the in the same skill proficiency more than once.
description of the Charm Person spell specifies When you make an ability check with a skill
that its target must be a Humanoid. proficiency in which you have Expertise, your
Proficiency Bonus is doubled for that check.
D20 TESTS
The term d20 Test encompasses the three main
FLY SPEED
d20 rolls of the game: ability checks, attack rolls, A Fly Speed can be used to travel through the air.
and saving throws. If something in the game While you have a Fly Speed, you can stay aloft
affects d20 Tests, it affects all three of these rolls. until you land, fall, or die.
The DM determines whether a d20 Test is While flying, you fall if you lack the Hover trait
warranted in any given circumstance. and have the Incapacitated or Prone condition or
if your Fly Speed is reduced to 0.
DAZED [CONDITION]
While Dazed, you experience the following
GRAPPLED [CONDITION]
effect: While Grappled, you experience the following
effects:
Limited Activity. You can Move or take one
action on your turn, not both. You also can’t Speed 0. Your Speed is 0 and can’t change.
take a Bonus Action or a Reaction. Attacks Affected. You have Disadvantage on
attack rolls against any target other than the
DIFFICULT TERRAIN grappler.
If a space is Difficult Terrain, every foot of Movable. The grappler can drag or carry you
movement in that space costs 1 extra foot. For when it Moves, but every foot of movement
example, moving 5 feet through Difficult Terrain costs it 1 extra foot unless you are Tiny or two
costs 10 feet of movement. Difficult Terrain isn’t or more sizes smaller than the grappler.
cumulative; either a space is Difficult Terrain or Escape. While Grappled, you can use your action
it isn’t. to make a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity
A space is Difficult Terrain for a creature if the (Acrobatics) check against the grapple’s
space contains any of the following: escape DC, ending the condition on yourself on
a success. The condition also ends if the
Creature that isn’t Tiny or your ally grappler has the Incapacitated condition or if
Furniture that is one size smaller than you or larger the distance between you and the grappler
Heavy snow exceeds the grapple’s range.
Heavy undergrowth
Ice HELP [ACTION]
Liquid that’s between shin- and waist-deep (any When you take the Help action, you do one of the
deeper and you need to swim) following:
Narrow opening that is sized for a creature one size
smaller
Pit or another gap of 2–5 feet
Rubble
Slope of 20 degrees or more

Assist Ability Check. Choose one of your skill or you, you make an attack roll, or you cast a spell
tool proficiencies and one ally who can with a verbal component.
perceive you. You give Advantage to the next
ability check that ally makes with the chosen INCAPACITATED [CONDITION]
skill or tool. This benefit expires if the ally
While Incapacitated, you experience the
doesn’t use it before the start of your next
following effects:
turn. To give this assistance, you must be near
enough to the ally to assist verbally or Inactive. You can’t take any action, Bonus
physically when the ally makes the check. The Action, or Reaction.
DM has final say on whether your assistance is No Concentration. Your Concentration is
possible. broken.
Assist Attack Roll. You momentarily distract an Speechless. You can’t speak.
enemy within 5 feet of you, giving Advantage Surprised. If you’re Incapacitated when you roll
to the next attack roll by one of your allies Initiative, you have Disadvantage on the roll.
against that enemy. This benefit expires at the
start of your next turn. INFLUENCE [ACTION]
HEROIC ADVANTAGE With the Influence action, you can try to
influence another creature to do one thing that
When you have Heroic Advantage (also called you request or demand.
Inspiration), you can expend it to give yourself The DM determines when this action is
Advantage on a d20 Test. You decide to do so available, and it can be used only on creatures
immediately after rolling the d20. controlled by the DM. It isn’t mind control; it
can’t force a creature to do something that is
GAINING HEROIC ADVANTAGE counter to the creature’s alignment or that is
The DM can award Heroic Advantage to a player otherwise repugnant to the creature.
character who has done something that is This action has three main parts: Attitude,
particularly heroic or in character. interaction, and a Charisma check.
Some game features, such as the Human
species, also award Heroic Advantage. ATTITUDE
A creature’s Attitude determines how a
ONLY ONE AT A TIME character can influence that creature. Each DM-
You can never have more than one instance of controlled creature has one of the following
Heroic Advantage. If something gives it to you Attitudes toward player characters:
and you already have it, you can give it to a
player character in your group who lacks it. Indifferent. This is the default Attitude for DM-
controlled creatures. An Indifferent creature
HIDE [ACTION] might help or hinder the party, depending on
what the creature sees as most beneficial. A
With the Hide action, you try to conceal yourself.
creature’s indifference doesn’t necessarily
To do so stealthily, you must succeed on a DC 15
make it standoffish or disinterested.
Dexterity (Stealth) check while you’re Heavily
Indifferent creatures might be polite and
Obscured or behind Three-Quarters Cover or
genial, surly and irritable, or anything in
Total Cover, and you must be out of any visible
between. A successful Charisma check is
enemy’s line of sight; if you can see a creature,
usually necessary when the adventurers try to
you can discern whether it can see you.
influence an Indifferent creature to do
On a successful check, you have the Invisible
something.
condition. Make note of your check’s total, which
becomes the DC for a creature to find you with a
Wisdom (Perception) check.
The condition ends on you immediately after
any of the following occurrences: you make a
sound louder than a whisper, an enemy finds

Friendly. A Friendly creature wants to help the Intimidation Intimidating a creature
adventurers and wishes for them to succeed. Persuasion Persuading a creature that can
For tasks or actions that require no particular understand you
risk, effort, or cost, Friendly creatures often
help happily, with the Charisma check Setting the DC. The DM sets the check’s DC. A
succeeding automatically. If an element of good guideline is to set the DC at 15 or at the
personal risk is involved, a successful creature’s Intelligence or Wisdom score,
Charisma check is usually required to convince whichever of those three numbers is highest.
a Friendly creature to take that risk. Outcome. If your check succeeds, the creature
Hostile. A Hostile creature opposes the does as you requested or demanded, based on its
adventurers and their goals but doesn’t understanding and driven by its alignment; it
necessarily attack them on sight. The won’t do anything that it finds repugnant. If your
adventurers need to succeed on one or more check fails, you must wait to make the same
Charisma checks to convince a Hostile creature request again. The default wait time is 24 hours,
to do anything on the party’s behalf; however, which the DM may shorten or extend depending
the DM might determine that the Hostile on the circumstances.
creature is so ill-disposed toward the
characters that no Charisma check can sway it. INVISIBLE [CONDITION]
In which case, the first check fails While Invisible, you experience the following
automatically and no further Influence effects:
attempts can be made on the creature unless
its Attitude shifts. Concealed. You aren’t affected by any effect that
requires its target to be seen.
INTERACTION Surprise. If you’re Invisible when you roll
When you take the Influence action, either Initiative, you have Advantage on the roll.
roleplay how your character interacts with the Attacks Affected. Attack rolls against you have
creature or describe your character’s behavior, Disadvantage, and your attack rolls have
focusing on your character’s request or demand. Advantage. If a creature can somehow see you,
If the interaction is especially suited to the as with magic or Blindsight, you don’t gain this
creature’s desires and outlook, the DM might benefit against that creature.
temporarily shift a Hostile creature to Indifferent
or an Indifferent creature to Friendly. KNOCKING OUT A CREATURE
Similarly, if the interaction is particularly
irksome to the creature, the DM might Sometimes an attacker wants to knock out a foe
temporarily shift a Friendly creature to rather than deal a killing blow. When an attacker
Indifferent or an Indifferent creature to Hostile. would reduce a creature to 0 Hit Points with a
melee attack, the attacker can instead reduce the
CHARISMA CHECK creature to 1 Hit Point. The creature then has the
To determine whether your request or demand Unconscious condition and starts a Short Rest.
is successful, make a Charisma check. You have The creature remains Unconscious until it
regains any Hit Points or until someone uses an
Advantage on the check if the creature is
action to administer first aid to it, which requires
Friendly, and you have Disadvantage if the
creature is Hostile. a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check.
Choosing a Skill. The Influence Skills table
suggests which skills are applicable when you LONG REST
make the Charisma check, depending on the A Long Rest is a period of extended downtime—
interaction that precedes the roll. at least 8 hours long—available to any creature.
During a Long Rest, you sleep for at least 6 hours
INFLUENCE SKILLS and perform no more than 2 hours of light
Skill Interaction activity, such as reading, talking, eating, or
Animal Handling Gently coaxing a Beast or a standing watch.
Monstrosity During the sleep, you have the Unconscious
Deception Deceiving a creature that can
condition.
understand you

BENEFITS OF THE REST Speed of 30 feet, you can go up to 30 feet when
To start a Long Rest, you must have at least 1 Hit you Move. Difficult Terrain can slow you down.
Point. When you finish the rest, you gain the
following benefits: BREAKING UP YOUR MOVE
You can break up your Move, using some of it
Regain All HP. You regain all lost Hit Points. before and after any action you take on the same
Regain All HD. You regain all spent Hit Dice. turn. For example, if you have a Speed of 30 feet,
HP Max Restored. If your Hit Point Maximum you could go 10 feet, take an action, and then go
was reduced, it returns to normal. 20 feet.
Ability Scores Restored. If any of your Ability
Scores were reduced, they return to normal. MOVING AROUND OTHER CREATURES
Exhaustion Reduced. If you have the During your Move, you can pass through the
Exhaustion condition, your level of exhaustion space of an ally, a creature that has the
decreases by 1. Incapacitated condition, a Tiny creature, or a
Special Feature. Some features are recharged creature who is two sizes larger or smaller than
by a Long Rest. If you have such a feature, it you.
recharges in the way specified in its Another creature’s space is Difficult Terrain
description. for you, unless that creature is Tiny or your ally.
After you finish a Long Rest, you must wait at You can’t willingly end your Move in a space
least 16 hours before starting another one. occupied by another creature.
INTERRUPTING THE REST CHANGES TO YOUR SPEEDS

A Long Rest is stopped by the following If an effect increases or decreases your Speed for
a time, any special speed you have increases or
interruptions:
decreases by an equal amount for the same
• Rolling Initiative duration. For example, if your Speed is reduced
• Casting a spell other than a cantrip to 0 and you have a Climb Speed, your Climb
• Taking any damage Speed is also reduced to 0. Similarly, if your
• 1 hour of walking or other physical exertion Speed is halved and you have a Fly Speed, your
Fly Speed is also halved.
If the rest was at least 1 hour long before the
interruption, you gain the benefits of a Short RITUAL CASTING
Rest. If you have a spell prepared that has the Ritual
You can resume a Long Rest immediately after tag, you can cast that spell as a Ritual. A special
an interruption. If you do so, the rest requires 1 feature is no longer required for Ritual casting.
additional hour to finish per interruption. All the other rules on Rituals in the 2014 Player’s
Handbook still apply.
MAGIC [ACTION]
When you take the Magic action, you magic SEARCH [ACTION]
something by casting a spell that has a casting When you take the Search action, you make a
time of an action or by using a feature or Magic Wisdom check to discern something that isn’t
Item that requires a Magic action to be activated. obvious. The Search table suggests which skills
If you cast a spell that has a casting time of 1 are applicable when you take this action,
minute or longer, you must take the Magic action depending on what you’re trying to detect.
on each turn of that casting, and you must
maintain Concentration while you do so. If your SEARCH
Concentration is broken, the spell fails, but you Skill Thing to Detect
don’t expend a spell slot. Insight Creature’s state of mind
Medicine Creature’s ailment
MOVE Perception Concealed creature or object
Survival Tracks or food
When you Move, you can go a distance equal to
your Speed or less. For example, if you have a

SHORT REST History Historic events and people, ancient
civilizations, wars, and certain
A Short Rest is a 1-hour period of downtime, creatures (Giants and Humanoids)
during which a creature does nothing more Investigation Traps, ciphers, riddles, and gadgetry
strenuous than eating, drinking, reading, dozing, Nature Terrain, flora, weather, and certain
and standing watch. creatures (Beasts, Dragons, Oozes,
and Plants)
BENEFITS OF THE REST Religion Deities, religious hierarchies and rites,
To start a Short Rest, you must have at least 1 Hit holy symbols, cults, and certain
Point. When you finish the rest, you gain the creatures (Celestials, Fiends, and
Undead)
following benefits:
Spend Hit Dice. You can spend one or more of

your Hit Dice to regain Hit Points. For each Hit SWIM SPEED
Die you spend in this way, roll the die and add A Swim Speed can be used to travel through a
your Constitution modifier to it. You regain Hit liquid without expending the extra movement
Points equal to the total (minimum of 1 Hit normally associated with swimming.
Point). You can decide to spend an additional
Hit Die after each roll.
Special Feature. Some features are recharged
TELEPATHY
by a Short Rest. If you have such a feature, it Telepathy is a magical ability that allows a
recharges in the way specified in its creature to communicate mentally with another
description. creature within a specified range. The contacted
creature doesn’t need to share a language with
INTERRUPTING THE REST the telepath to understand this communication,
A Short Rest is stopped by the following but the contacted creature must be able to
interruptions: understand at least one language or be
telepathic itself to understand.
• Rolling Initiative A telepath doesn’t need to see a contacted
• Casting a spell other than a cantrip creature, and the telepath can start or end the
• Taking any damage telepathic contact at any time (no action
required). Telepathic contact is broken as soon
An interrupted Short Rest confers no benefits,
as the contacted creature is no longer within the
and it must be started over to confer any.
telepathy’s range, if the telepath contacts a
different creature within range, or if the telepath
STUDY [ACTION] has the Incapacitated condition.
When you take the Study action, you make an A creature without telepathy can receive
Intelligence check to study your memory, a book, telepathic messages but can’t initiate a telepathic
a creature, a clue, an object, or another source of conversation. Once a telepathic conversation
knowledge and call to mind an important piece starts, the nontelepath can communicate
of information about it. mentally to the telepath until the telepathic
The Areas of Knowledge table suggests which connection ends.
skills are applicable when you take this action,
depending on the area of knowledge the TELEPORTATION
Intelligence check is about.
Teleportation is a special kind of magical
AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE transportation. If you teleport, you disappear
Skill Areas and reappear elsewhere instantly, without
Arcana Spells, magic items, eldritch symbols, moving through the intervening space. This
magical traditions, planes of transportation doesn’t expend movement, unless
existence, and certain creatures a rule tells you otherwise, and teleportation
(Aberrations, Constructs, Elementals, never provokes Opportunity Attacks.
Fey, and Monstrosities) When you teleport, all the equipment you’re
wearing and carrying teleports with you. If

you’re touching another creature when you UNARMED STRIKE
teleport, that creature doesn’t teleport with you
unless the teleportation effect says otherwise. An Unarmed Strike is a melee attack that
If the destination space of your teleportation is involves you using your body to damage,
occupied by another creature or blocked by a grapple, or shove a target within 5 feet of you.
solid obstacle, you instead appear in the nearest Whenever you use your Unarmed Strike,
unoccupied space of your choice. choose one of the following options for its effect:
The description of a teleportation effect tells
Damage. You make an attack roll against the
you if you must see the teleportation’s
target. Your bonus to hit equals your Strength
destination.
modifier + your Proficiency Bonus. On a hit,
the target takes Bludgeoning damage equal to
TOOL PROFICIENCY 1 + your Strength modifier.
If you have proficiency with a tool, you can add Grapple. The target must succeed on a Strength
your Proficiency Bonus to any ability check you or Dexterity saving throw (it chooses which),
make that uses that tool. or it has the Grappled condition. The DC for the
If you have proficiency in the skill that’s also saving throw and any escape attempts equals 8
used with that check, you have Advantage on the + your Strength modifier + your Proficiency
check too. This means you can benefit from both Bonus. This grapple is possible only if the
a skill and a tool proficiency on the same ability target is no more than one size larger than you
check. and if you have a hand free to grab it.
Shove. The target must succeed on a Strength or
TREMORSENSE Dexterity saving throw (it chooses which), or
you either push the target 5 feet away or cause
A creature with Tremorsense can pinpoint the
it to have the Prone condition. The DC for the
location of creatures and moving objects within
saving throw equals 8 + your Strength
a specific range, provided that the creature with
modifier + your Proficiency Bonus. This shove
Tremorsense and anything it’s detecting are
is possible only if the target is no more than
both in contact with the same surface (such as
one size larger than you.
the ground, a wall, or a ceiling) or the same
liquid. UNCONSCIOUS [CONDITION]
Tremorsense can’t detect creatures or objects
in the air, and Tremorsense doesn’t count as a While Unconscious, you experience the following
form of sight. effects:
Inert. You have the Incapacitated and Prone

TRUESIGHT conditions, and you drop whatever you’re
A creature with Truesight has enhanced vision holding. When this condition ends, you remain
within a specified range. Within that range, the Prone.
creature’s vision pierces through the following: Speed 0. Your Speed is 0 and can’t change.
Attacks Affected. Attack rolls against you have
Darkness. The creature can see in normal and Advantage.
magical darkness. Fail Str. and Dex. Saves. You automatically fail
Invisibility. The creature can see creatures that Strength and Dexterity saving throws.
have the Invisible condition and objects that Critical Hits. Any attack roll that hits you is a
are obscured by magic. critical hit if the attacker is within 5 feet of you.
Visual Illusions. Visual illusions appear Unaware. You’re unaware of your surroundings.
transparent to the creature, and the creature
automatically succeeds on saving throws
against them.
Transformations. The creature discerns the
true form of any creature or object it sees that
has been transformed by magic.
Ethereal Plane. The creature can see into the
Ethereal Plane.

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UNEARTHED ARCANA 2023

PLAYER’S HANDBOOK PLAYTEST 8

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Damage Resistance. You have Resistance to

As a Barbarian, you gain the following class LEVEL 1: WEAPON MASTERY

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LEVEL 10: BATTERING ROOTS

LEVEL 14: TRAVEL ALONG THE TREE

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HIT POINTS DRUID CLASS FEATURES

STARTING EQUIPMENT LEVEL 1: PRIMAL ORDER

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Potent Spellcasting. You add your Wisdom

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Challenge Rating. The maximum Challenge

Lunar Radiance. Each of your attacks in a Wild

LEVEL 14: LUNAR FORM

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LEVEL 3: OPEN HAND TECHNIQUE

Addle. The target can’t make Opportunity

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FOUNT OF MOONLIGHT MASS HEALING WORD

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SIMPLE WEAPONS: RANGED

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MARTIAL WEAPONS: RANGED

WEAPON PROPERTIES For example, if you take the Attack action on

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INTERRUPTING THE REST CHANGES TO YOUR SPEEDS

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Spend Hit Dice. You can spend one or more of

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