June 9th, 2025

Ancestry and Background

  • Large Frame renamed to Powerful Build.,

  • Dwarf darkvision increased to 120 ft.,

Classes

  • Barbarian

    • Rage and Rumination moved to level 2, Barbarian‘s Defense moved to level 1.

    • Reckless Attack reverted to original form.

    • Brutal Strike added at level 11.

  • Monk

    • Martial Arts now allows you to use acrobatics instead of athletics for grappling.

    • Deflect Missiles reworked as Deflect Attacks, which always costs 1 ki and reduces damage from all attacks. Also allows redirect.

    • Renamed Diamond Soul to Monk’s Resilience.

  • Paladin

    • Lay on Hands and Cleansing Touch are now bonus actions.

    • Removed Divine Health.

  • Ranger

    • Added Precise Hunter feature at level 17.

    • Unrelenting Focus now allows you to deal Mark for Death damage when no ranger mark is active.

  • Sorcerer

    • Careful Spell now prevents half damage, like sculpt spell.

    • Accurate Spell -> Seeking Spell, 1 sorcery point.

    • Extend Spell now also gives you advantage on saves to maintain concentration on the affected spell.

  • Warlock

    • Contact Other Plane reworked as a 7th level warlock feature.

  • Warlock Invocations

    • Dropped the level requirement on several invocations.

    • Gaze of Two Minds no longer restricted by creature type or takes an action to maintain, lasts 1 hour.

    • Added Lifedrinker back with the 2024 rules for level 11, replacing our new option.

    • Fiendish Vigor is now decoupled from False Life and always grants 10 temporary hit points.

    • Witch Sight now simply provides truesight.

    • One With Shadows now allows the user to move.

    • Add Gift of the Depths.

Feats

  • Bodyblock reworked as a maneuver: reaction that reduces target’s speed to 0 upon approach.

  • Enraged Presence and Enraged Prowess are now passive and always active.

  • Added features from 2024 Alert to Danger Sense.

  • Rewrote Turn Undead to be less undead-specific and be a bit less debilitating.

  • Master of Minor Magics has larger list of possible spells, and lets you cast them as a bonus action.

  • Crafter feat replaced with Multitalented, which gives the choice of any tools or mounts.

  • Removed Combat Casting.

Rules

  • You no longer need a free hand for material components. It was too annoying and finicky and required a million exceptions.

  • Unarmed Stikes count as light weapons.

  • Incapacitated as a condition now prevents speech.

  • ‘Emanation’ terminology now used for radiuses around a creature.

  • Added a rule for sign language and verbal components.

Spells