D&D Launches New Eberron-Themed Playtest With Dragonmarked Feats

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The D&D design team has launched a new Unearthed Arcana playtest focused on the upcoming Eberron: Forge of the Artificer book, featuring Dragonmarked feats and a new Artificer subclass. The new packet contains rules for a Cartographer subclass for the Artificer, along with a handful of new magic item options and over 25 Dragonmarked feats. The Artificer base class rules also received a few tweaks to some of its features, with an eye towards more general versatility.

The other big feature is the new Dragonmarked feats, most of which are considered either Dragonmarked Feats or General Feats. The Dragonmarked Feats are specifically limited to Eberron campaigns and allow only one Dragonmark per character (thus preventing Warlocks from accumulating Dragonmarks). The General Feats are Greater Marks and specifically upgrade existing Dragonmarks as a requirement. It's interesting that D&D is keeping with campaign setting specific feats and feat trees, as both of these design traits were found in the Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen book.

You can check out the full playtest on D&D Beyond.
 

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Christian Hoffer

Christian Hoffer


A few tweaks to the base class, to go with the new subclass. Wands and weapons made with Replicate Magic Item now work as a Spellcasting Focus, which partially fixes the issues with Battle Smith. Still doesn't help if you find a powerful magic weapon you want to use instead of your weak Replicated one, though.

I was hoping for updated tweaks to the Armorer, because there were a few points I felt were significant issues, but no luck there. Hopefully there are changes, they just don't feel the need to survey for them again and we'll see them in the final release.
 




Half Elf?
The UA is only describing specific options. There is no mention of any species, including Warforged and Shifter. If there is any update I would love for the Shifter, is an alternate form, that can fully become the animal, while switching back-and-forth between Humanoid and Beast.
 

Dragonmark feats, this is new: "(Prerequisite: Eberron Campaign)". The options for the Eberron setting are officially locked into the Eberron setting. In other words, as if, one cannot have a dragonmarked character in Forgotten Realms. One typically wouldnt, but it is odd to make a point about it. Meanwhile, the Spelljammer setting would have characters that intermingle various settings.

Possibly the thinking is, the flavor of the feats is highly dependent on the specific cultures in Eberron. Thus to remove the option from the setting would neutralize its intended flavor.

Still, all around odd.
 



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