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My last campaign I used a ritual EVERY morning to give all of my players Waterbreathing for 24 hours. Told my DM, every morning I serve tea to the group, casting this spell as a ritual. It kept me from having to make sure it was applied, and was just an automatic thing. We went from level 1 to 14 during this campaign and the DM had a nasty lair action set up for us where a room could flood completely....yeah he totally forgot about my morning ritual...hell some of the players forgot about it...but I didn't...lol.

**Dies of 1d4 new wizard damage**

Between this video and the Presidential Debate, this is the most important thing I will watch today.

Dispel Magic as a bonus action is pretty sweet 😀

01. More spells.....okay good start. 02. Change 1 cantrip per long rest.....Thank you 03. Ritual casting.....okay 04. Scholar....I love it. 05. Memorize...short rest swap great for the versatility. Base of the class seems great so far.

I was a bit worried they would stick to the 4 subclass thing with wizard. I really hope necromancy wizard returns in an updated form at some time.

I LOVE what they’ve done with the illusionist. I’ve never really liked illusion because I felt like I was spending my magic to bluff when I could use it to produce real effects. The fact that you can summon creatures that feel illusory but still have actual stats and do something real fixes so many of the issues I have with illusions.

Rest in peace necromancer 😢

It was probably more popular in my local tables, but it's kind of a bummer the necromancer didn't make it into the new book.

Gonna really miss the missing schools. Transmutation (the CLASSIC wizard, IMO!), Enchantment, Necromancy (booo!), Conjuration (summoning minions is an illusionist thing now, that's bupkiss!)

Envoker - blow stuff up 01. More spells....great 02. Potent cantrip.....thank you dad....i mean Jeremy. 03. Scolpt spell....here comes the boom

I'm still sad to see the 'Create Spell' feature from the UA gone. Wizards as the official spell authors has always been a thing in D&D and I was really looking forward to having a non-homebrew way of implementing that in-game. Especially since 5e took metamagic away from them.

I think a healthy thing for spellcasters in general is adding more ways to expend spell slots other than casting spells, thus allowing players to burn through their spell slots quicker if they Wish. Often Wizard felt gridlocked into expending 1-2 spell slots a round for most subclasses, leaving you with so much unused fuel by the time you Long Rest. Also, I realized getting players to burn through their spell slots faster also speeds up combat (more damage per round means less rounds). I think this is a good change.

pretty disappointed in the exclusion of half the schools of magic as subclasses :/

I hope they stick to giving classes versatility and utility, then just making them "better"... roleplay and utility is the route to go like the druid and rogue !

They should have just put the school specialization in a feat and used non-school subclasses instead. That way you CAN still flavor your character after a school, but you're not forced into choosing one of the 8 schools as identity. AND you still get a unique style of wizard like Battle Mage or Scribe, that you can then combine/flavor with a school specialization if you want.

A wizard walks into a bar. Roll death saving throw.

5th level memorized spell... In the CR book Tal'Dorei there was a feat that lets you do this once per day as bonus action and I think that's much better... To have the ability to remember the one crucial spell you are lacking in the heat of the battle and recall its incantation. Having to make a short rest for that feels... underwhelming.

These changes seem great - that said, I understand that they are standardizing on 4 sub-clases per class, but it does seem sad that there are no more Enchanters, Transmuters, Conjurers, or Necromancers - seems like a glaring hole when compared to the 2014 rules?

Ritual adept 👍makes sense. Was always one of my favourite features of the Wizard class and deserves spotlighting. Scholarly expertise👍 makes sense. My int based rolls were always insane but it never really made sense to me that a bard could be more of a proficient arcanist than any wizard. Switch out a cantrip on long rest👍 Makes sense that a wizard would have those formulas from their level 1 training. Nice to see Cantrip Formulas from TCE has made its way to core rules at level 1. Memorize Spell (switch a prepped spell on short rest)👍makes sense that in an emergency situation, a wizard would be able to prepare a different spell in the middle of the day and not strictly, only at the end of a long rest. I've been wondering how to homebrew this for years. Overhauling the spell school savant features👍 Thank you! A discount for copying spells of your school just meant you were less likely to pick them on level up on the off-chance you get to save some money down-the-road. Getting a spell for free on level up makes so much sense! The Spellbreaker upgrades to Abjurer's Counterspell and Dispel Magic are insane! I've never tried an Abjurer before but it sounds really fun now! Potent Cantrip: please please please say it applies to attack rolls... YES! There were like two f*****g saving throw cantrips for Evokers to use this feature on. This makes so much sense! Phantasmal Creatures 👍Fantastic way to expand the versatility of illusionists and insure we don't miss the Conjurer subclass too much. Also not as dependant on having a DM that will reward your creativity with illusions. Having a section for clarifying rules on illusions is so necessary. Love it! I'm so hyped! (can you tell?)

Time to make my Frieren inspired character I can’t wait.

I've been looking forward to this one. For many years I've aspired to make my dream character, a halfling illusionist. But it has always seemed like an insurmountable goal since it only seems to 'come online' after many levels, added to that the consistent DM response of "oh." when I bring up the idea. I was thrilled to hear illusionist would be included with this, and more so now that I feel like it has gained some of the right sort of support to bring it in line with what everyone else is generally doing, and I'll feel less like I'm simultaneously playing solitaire and asking the DM's permission all the time, with, "Ok... First I cast silent image, then I back it up with a firebolt to enhance the illusion..." Oh, and the bastion concept perfectly allows me to fulfil my character's fantasy without feeling like I'm bogarting the campaign. My bastion shall be a circus and I the ringleader, except, is the circus really there?? Thanks for this!

Only 4 wizard subclasses is really bad in my opinion. Considering all the amazing options like Necromancer, Bladesinger or Conjurer.

Rip conjuration. I guess I'll play 2014 conjurer. But do I still get to use the new spells if I do? No one knows...

can I request that these videos be added Chapters in the description? easier to refer to for the community, thanks

The cantrip stuff sounds really great actually.

damn i really liked malleable illusions

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="779">12:59</a> Abjurant Champion 2.0 Let's go!

They created ritual adopt because people don't think of wizards as ritual casters. Nice. I also like the flavor of the illusionist/ summoner, and the increased range to illusion spells. Wish the summons came later and they focused a bit more on the illusion part for longer.

All four of the wizard sub-classes? We aren't getting all the schools of magic sub classes of wizard? This means they will probably do this to cleric as well. 5.5 players hand book 2 for the rest of the sub-classes. Sad times for cleric and wizard

So the new level 6 illusionist ability is to use conjuration....mind-blowing

Don't get me wrong, I am very excited about the changes mentioned in this video, but we can't forget that there are 4 other schools of magic which were not mentioned here and that worries me a bit.

Rip necromancer enchancter conjuror and transmutor

I really hope that Necromancers get appropriate love. They seem to have become more and more reductive since 3rd edition.

If an illusion can activate a trap or pick up items, then it isn't an illusion. With ritual being a wizard class feature, does this mean only the wizard can cast spells as a ritual?

Hoping for an updated Conjuration wizard at some point! My current one has a focus on summoning. Seems there might be some juicy new conjuration spells on the way as well!

So far it seems like every class is just getting a bit better and a bit "more" of their archetypal fantasy, which is great. My only concern is how it will impact encounter building, because they've said the CR of monsters won't be changing, but hopefully we'll see either their stats get a bump to account for the PC power increases, or a change up in the encounter building math to accommodate that. Overall it's all be exciting stuff so far, though!

So does the wizard base class just stop gaining class features at level 5 - i know spells are the class features but they didnt mention anything about Capstones

I wonder if Wizards will get more spell slots because it sounds like the Druid and other classes will have ways to use their resources to regain spell slots, which is at the end of the day the wizards primary resource

I love wizard so much. My toxic trait is that I quickly fill the wizard slot before anyone else can play them.

Mannn I wish I got to see stuff for Conjuration. With all the new crazy teleportation they've got going for archfey warlock and moon druid, I imagine that WotC definitely would've gone ham on juicing up benign transposition. But alas, maybe in a future book??? Along with Transmutation, Enchantment, and Necromancy? They're such flavourful classes. Now I'm scared that my beloved Knowledge Domain cleric won't be included in the four subclasses for cleric. What will they do? Life, Light, War, and Trickery? Pleasepleaseplease Knowledge Domain deserves so much love, it's such a fun subclass but it needs its features juiced up.

Man, I was crossing my fingers the whole time that they'd make Bladesinger a core subclass but I guess we can still use the Bladesinger subclass with the 2024 rules.

Really hope Transmutation Wizard has been improved significantly. Crazy how the Transmuter Stone didn’t allow Transmutation Wizards to be ageless. Hope Necromancy comes back improved too.

Only 4 subclasses? No conjuration, necromancer, transmutation, enchantment?

So, are Conjuration, Transmutation, Necromancy, & Enchantment Wizards not a thing in the PHB now?

I also need a solid transmuter. Ever since the wizards duel from sword in the stone.

They are making the same mistakes fourth edition did. I don't want to "be able to change cantrips during a short rest" or "apply more resistances", I want to change into monsters, clone myself, travel through time, make myself younger, that sort of thing. There is thus far no Transmuter, which destroys any desire I had to ever get this book. I'm waiting to see if they made the GOOD spells (like shapechange and clone) better or worse. If it's worse I'm done with edition 5.5 (even though I actually like Bastions). "Making sure you feel connected to your favorite school" is completely impossible now since you removed my favorite school: transmutation.

Lesser restoration as a bonus action please

Where’s my Necromancer? I need to go Necromancin dancin!

Was anything mentioned in the past regarding the other schools of magic that were left out?

damn Illusionists get more conjuration abilities than conjurers! (conjurers don't get any because they aren't in this book)

I don't see the wizard getting simpler.

Will this illusion glossary include whether the illusion is negated by truesight or not? The number of times I've had to explain how phantasmal force works to a DM. :(

I can't wait to read through the new player's handbook, everything I saw 'till now seems really great, but I am a little weirded out the abjurer was the one considered the wealing of the wizards: maybe I misenterpreted what was said, what about the illusionist? It's always been my favourite type of wizard, but damn if it's underwelming compared to its counterparts. I am happy the illusionist got some love, but I feel like the problem never was with the illusionist's ability to cast illusions, but with the illusion spells themself, I mean, each of your spell is a a save or die spell, a luck roll on the foe's part and you are rendered utterly useless.

I dont think this will ever change but its always odd to me that wizards are all about spell variety but they dont have access to all of the spells like Cleric or Druid would. Would it really be that bad if wizards had a full spell book?

We missed the rituals part in 5th ed because you made it almost an hour to cast anything. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Does anyone know if they will release an updated Order of the Scribes soon after this comes out?

I'm a little disappointed by Illusion wizard not doing *illusion* things.

Projected Ward on Bear Barbarian gonna go crazy.

Why did you nerf Wizard's 18th level feature? "Choose a level 1 and a level 2 spell that are in your spellbook and that have a casting time of an action. " Original Spell Mastery is much better, because I could use Shield, Misty Step and other useful spells with this feature, which cannot be used with nerfed Spell Mastery now. I would keep the original text: "Choose a 1st-level wizard spell and a 2nd-level wizard spell that are in your spellbook."

they didn’t really seem to solve the funky design philosophy behind Wizard subclasses. Instead of making them more generalized like War Mage or Spellblade they’re now just lopping off half the Wizard identities… good luck if you wanna play a Wizard that likes to conjure a bunch of things, or a transmuter who bends the physical world.

Im decently new to DnD, is this supposed to be a rework of some 5E stuff or like that whole new edition that was coming out, think it was supposed to be called 1st edition or whatever?

warlock 1 can change 3 cantrips and 2 rituals every short rest tho with the book of the chain invo unless that was nerfed

The new Abjurer sounds amazing

I wish they had showcased a few of the new spells.

So the illusionist is just the conjurer now? Uhhh

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="329">5:29</a> - What is that three-headed alien in gnome caps? Also watch out Mordenkainen, there is an IMP behind you!

This is reigniting my constant desire to play a Wizard. Can’t wait to build a new Illusionist.

Are the going to increase the number of spells that can be cast as Rituals?

BUT do wizards and sorcerers get more than a d6 for hit points? 🤔

Dang, Colby from d4 is going to be sad that the Bladesinger doesn't make a return. I wonder how many years it's going to take before the subclass is reintroduced. Oh well. Still loving the content we are getting from this PHB

Really exciting to use dispel magic as a bonus action until you realise you are stuck with cantrips for your action. This was almost fantastic. You should allow a levelled spell to be cast after this bonus action.

So 4 sub-classes that are essentially different facets of a collegiate wizard. Kinda hoping they were gonna go a bit more varied.

If you guys added guaranteed access to the upcoming virtual tabletop test I’d preorder both the digital and physical copies right now. Just saying.

With all these class videos coming out for 2024 rules... I hope they will have one about multiclassing.

If the new book is backward compatible, why not update the other 4 subclasses? They’re still gonna exist and it doesn’t seem as fair if they’re only buffing half of them while the other 4 are getting left behind. I know they’re trying to do a whole “each class has only 4 subclasses in the core book” thing, but it’s still sad to see them remove the other subclasses. All the new stuff seems so cool and I hope that they’ll add in buffed versions of necromancy, conjuration, transmutation, and enchantment to a separate book later on.

The new Illusionist is dope. It will certainly rebecome popular, like in the good old days of the Gnome Illusionists ! (AD&D 1e and 2e)

Can you please stop changing rules because of people don't read the rules?

Why did you guys push subclasses to lvl 3? It makes no sense story wise that you don’t know your expertise right from the get go. Like warlocks and clerics don’t even know their deity till lvl 3???

Are the other four Arcane Traditions maybe being folded into the Sorcerer? Otherwise, WTF? Why did Wizard need subclasses? No Necromancers, no Enchanters, no Transmuters, no Conjurers?

I’m hoping the illusion section is great. It is so inconsistent with DMs. Like if you are running from some guards and illusion some trash in an alley over yourself, do they call get checks to try and detect you? Makes illusions a lot worse if they do.

what about the other schools? what if I wanna build a necromancer?

Why arent all level 20 abilities added at lvl 7-10 but weaker and scaling up to 20? Why have a freaking super thematic amazing skill come online here. Why add that frustrating and bad game design there at fantasy levels? Please help me understand why the level 20 things like angel in vengeance paladin is a level 20 skill. That is what we want to play. Your game doesnt work on level 20. Your written campaigns dont last until level 20. Our dm is tired and quits before level 20. Why? Why is this not the priority?

As a Necromancer main I am most displeased but this base stuff looks good.

New Monk when?

Gotta say I was pretty disappointed with this one. I’ve loved all the others so far, and to be fair, there is nothing inherently wrong with this… but honestly you just improved 4 subclasses that were already good and ignored the 4 that actually needed help. I was really hoping you’d do something interesting like maybe make school specialty part of the core wizard class and then give us 4 actual subclasses. Maybe war mage, order of scribes, blade singer, and then something brand new. And then your school specialty could be part of the wizard class. So you could have 2 war mages but one is an evoker destroying the battlefield, but then maybe another is a necromancer raising the fallen to keep on fighting. Instead you gave us 4 schools that were already good and sure, you made them better. Left out the other 4 so that you can force us to buy another book in a year with the missing 4… except you might not even give us all 4 in that. And you’re going to do the same with the cleric. It’s a slap in the face money grab dressed up with improvements to something that was already good.

Hhmmmm cantrips changing per long rest sounds like it should be a sorcerer trait, not the wizard. Wizards learn their spells through study. Sorcerers have inate magic, so it makes more sense for the sorcerer to be able to change cantrips, not the wizard.

What about subclasses like Order or Scribes that aren't tied to a specific school of magic?

The Memorize Spell feature added so much more versatility as it was presented in the playtest, 1 minute studying at any time. Being tied to once after a short rest makes it a totally forgettable feature, which leaves the wizard deprived of most of the "new goodies feeling" that other spellcasters got. Being able to simply cast the long duration buffs without wasting prepared spells on them was such a welcome and unique QoL. Still my favorite class, and most likely it will still end up being the most impactful spellcaster of the game, but it lost a lot.

Does anyone know what the song playing before this started was??

So order of the scribes is dead pretty much? Because they won't be getting the free spells as they aren't tied to a school AND everyone gets the spellbook as focus perk so....

Still waiting on the cleric updates to see if the War Cleric is actually good

"Players weren't useing rituals" maybe becuase most rituals just plain weren't exciting? Having a feature that doesn't get much use (like the discount on price of spell scribing) doesn' mean you need to highlight it better. It needs to be better overall

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="808">13:28</a> so if i cast a spell like a bonus action that means in my action if i want to cast a spell it has to be a cantrip?

Conjurer, necromancer, enchanter? I really feel like we’re missing important spells and archetypes. Am I missing something, did all of these spells just shift to other schools? I have a haunting feeling this is just future dlc now

I love the fact that wizards now naturally can have expertise in Arcana, it was kinda weird that most Arcane Tricksters were better in Arcana than the Wizard.

No more enchantment, Transmutation, or conjuration?

i would love to see an reworked necro in the next book.... also scribe wizard... give me that back too lol. i dont even need scribe to be reworked i had fun with it as is so.

Weird.. so Vecna, a terrifyingly powerful necromancer who attained Lichdom and Godhood is unfurled for the 50th D&D Anniversary but... "Necromancer" didn't make it into the revised PHB?

So Wizard is most likely my second favorite class (after cleric). I have had plenty of wizards from Cowley the knight transmuter, to Bede the Dwarf Transmuter, Cyrus the necromancer (who hates undead), Myron the Goliath diviner, and Galin the human Sword Mage Enchanter, to Tim. His name isn't Tim, he hates the name Tim, Tim was the name of his rival and bully, but none the less young Tim hated evocation so much he refused to learn it, preferring illusion. My current wizard however is a Tortal evoker whose will have no problem giving you the cold shoulder. This sailor turned evoker almost became an illusionist but the sailors feared magic except in ship to ship battle so evoker it was. Scholar... Knowledge cleric feature ... I don't think that's all that good. Memorize spell... Great utility, not so good for combat. The evoker would likely switch out knock or detect magic. Three free spells a level awesome. Getting spells is hard in game with some DMs. Potant cantrip sounds better that helps Sounds like not much change ... ---------------------- Improved illusion without verbal spells... Very powerful. I might have to build an illusionist. Dissent spell for illusion good... Minor illusion bonus action ... Powerful. BUT you can't cast a bonus actions and a slot spell, or has that rule changed? More creatures on the battlefield (GM in me just cringed) Illusion self ... Ok I guess.