Unearthed Arcana
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| Date | Subject | Article | Author(s) | — |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Dec. | 🄬 aasimar, eladrin | Dungeon Master’s Guide | Jeremy Crawford, et al. | |
| 2015 Feb. 2 | 🄬 changeling, shifter, warforged 🄫 wizard | “Eberron” (Races, Artificer, Action Points, & Dragonmarks) | Mike Mearls | |
| 2015 Mar. 2 | combat, mass | “When Armies Clash” | Mike Mearls | |
| 2015 Apr. 6 | 🄫 ranger, sorcerer, etc. | “Modifying Classes” | Rodney Thompson | |
| 2015 May 4 | 🄬 minotaur 🄫 Mariner | “Waterborne Adventures” (Minotaur, Mariner, Swashbuckler, Storm) | Mike Mearls | |
| 2015 June 8 | misc. | “Variant Rules” | Mike Mearls | |
| 2015 July 6 | 🄫 mystic v1 | Mike Mearls | ||
| 2015 Aug. 3 | 🄫 cleric, warlock, wizard. Spells | “Modern Magic” | Dan Helmick | |
| 2015 Sep. 9 | 🄫 ranger | “Ranger” | Mike Mearls | |
| 2015 Oct. 5 | class | “Rune Scribe (prestige classes)” | Mike Mearls | Prestige classes or Paragon paths from earlier D&D. |
| 2015 Nov. 2 | class | Mike Mearls | New character options ideal for an Underdark campaign. | |
| 2015 Dec. 7 | 🄬 tiefling | “That Old Black Magic” | Mike Mearls | Demonic options for your campaign. |
| 2016 Jan. 4 | 🄫 bard, fighter | “Kits of Old” | Mike Mearls | AD&D 2nd Edition character option kits. |
| 2016 Feb. 1 | 🄫 mystic v2 | “Psionics and the Mystic, Take Two” | Mearls & Crawford | – – – |
| 2016 Mar. 7 | misc. | “March 2016 Review” (Dungeon Masters Guild material) | Mearls & Chris Lindsay | – – – |
| 2016 Apr. 4 | 🄬 revenant, 🄫 monster hunter | “Gothic Heroes” | Mike Mearls | new character options appropriate to gothic horror. |
| 2016 Apr. 27 | 🄬 triton, vampire, goblin | “PS: Zendikar | James Wyatt | “PS: Zendikar” |
| 2016 June 6 | Feats (5E) | “Feats” | Mearls & Crawford | Based on feedback from our surveys and a number of requests on Twitter, this month’s Unearthed Arcana introduces new feats for fifth edition D&D. |
| 2016 July 25 | “Quick Characters” | Mike Mearls | Sometimes you need quick characters for a D&D session. | |
| 2016 July 11 | 🄬 human | “PS: Innistrad” | James Wyatt | “PS: Innistrad” |
| 2016 Aug. 1 | “The Faithful” | Mearls & Crawford | This month, Unearthed Arcana presents two new options that allow arcane casters to express their faith in the gods. | |
| 2016 Sep. 12 | 🄫 ranger | “The Ranger, Revised” | Mike Mearls | Over the past year, you’ve seen us try a number of new approaches to the ranger, all aimed at addressing the class’s high levels of player dissatisfaction and its ranking as D&D’s weakest class by a significant margin. |
| 2016 Oct. 10 | “Encounter Building” | Mike Mearls | This edition of Unearthed Arcana introduces an alternative set of encounter-building guidelines for D&D. | |
| 2016 Nov. 7 | Mearls & Crawford | Barbarians receive new Primal Path options in today's Unearthed Arcana. But that’s not all. | ||
| 2016 Nov. 14 | 🄫 bard | “Bard: Bard Colleges” | Mearls & Crawford | – – – |
| 2016 Nov. 21 | 🄫 cleric | “Cleric: Divine Domains” | Mearls & Crawford | – – – |
| 2016 Nov. 28 | 🄫 druid | “Druid Circles and Wild Shape” | Mearls & Crawford | – – – |
| 2016 Dec. 5 | 🄫 fighter | “Fighter: Martial Archetypes” (Arcane Archer, Knight, Samurai, Sharpshooter) | Mearls & Crawford | – – – |
| 2016 Dec. 12 | 🄫 monk | “Monk: Monastic Traditions” (Way of the Kensei, Way of Tranquility) | Mearls & Crawford | – – – |
| 2016 Dec. 19 | 🄫 paladin | “Paladin: Sacred Oaths” | Mearls & Crawford | Paladins have two new Sacred Oath options to ponder in today’s Unearthed Arcana: the Oath of Conquest and the Oath of Treachery. We invite you to read the options' descriptions, make characters with them, and see… |
| 2017 Jan. 9 | 🄫 artificer | “Artificer” | Mearls & Crawford | Unearthed Arcana greets 2017 with a new character class: the artificer, a master of magical invention. In a previous installment of Unearthed Arcana, we experimented with the artificer as a subclass of the wizard. Now… |
| 2017 Jan. 16 | 🄫 ranger, rogue | “Ranger and Rogue” | Mearls & Crawford | Ranger Archetypes: Horizon Walker and Primeval Guardian… |
| 2017 Feb. 6 | “Sorcerer” | Mearls & Crawford | The sorcerer unearths new magical possibilities this week. The class receives four playtest options for the Sorcerous Origin feature: Favored Soul, Phoenix Sorcery, Sea Sorcery, and Stone Sorcery. … | |
| 2017 Feb. 13 | “Warlock and Wizard” | Mearls & Crawford | The warlock and the wizard reach new arcane horizons this week. The warlock receives two playtest options for the Otherworldly Patron feature: the Hexblade and the Raven Queen. That class also gets a collection of… | |
| 2017 Feb. 16 | 🄬 aetherborn | “PS: Kaladesh” | James Wyatt | “PS: Kaladesh” |
| 2017 Feb. 21 | combat, mass | “Mass Combat” | Mearls & Crawford | Mass combat. Updated after receiving… |
| 2017 Feb. 27 | “Traps Revisited” | Mearls & Crawford | Traps—how to design and survive them—are the focus of this week’s Unearthed Arcana, which expands on the trap rules in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Please give the new rules and traps a read, try them out in play, and… | |
| 2017 Mar. 13 | 🄫 mystic v3 | “The Mystic Class” | Mearls & Crawford | – – – |
| 2017 Mar. 20 | “Wizard Revisited” | Mearls & Crawford | After releasing the 28-page mystic last week, we have a short Unearthed Arcana installment this week: two Arcane Tradition options for the wizard. The Theurgy tradition has appeared in Unearthed Arcana before, but… | |
| 2017 Mar. 27 | 🄫 ranger, monk, paladin | “A Trio of Subclasses” | Mearls & Crawford | Three classes each receive a playtest option this week. The monk gets the Way of the Drunken Master. The paladin gets the Oath of Redemption. And the ranger gets the Monster Slayer, a reimagining of the Monster Hunter… |
| 2017 Apr. 3 | “Starter Spells” | Schwalb & Crawford | New spells have been unearthed this week, a collection of cantrips and 1st-level spells for characters to choose from at the start of their spellcasting careers and beyond. We invite you to read these spells, give… | |
| 2017 Apr. 10 | Downtime | Mearls & Crawford | ||
| 2017 Apr. 17 | Feats (5E) | “Feats for Skills” | Schwalb & Crawford | This week we introduce new feats to playtest. Each of these feats makes you better at one of the game’s eighteen skills. We invite you to read them, give them a try in play, and let us know what you think in the… |
| 2017 Apr. 24 | Feats (5E) | Schwalb & Crawford | Today we're offering another batch of feats to playtest. This time, the feats are associated with the races in the Player’s Handbook. We invite you to read them, give them a try in play, and let us know what you think… | |
| 2017 May 1 | “Revised Subclasses” | Crawford & Mearls | Last week, we reached the end of a series of weekly Unearthed Arcana installments, which came out for several months. Today Unearthed Arcana returns to being monthly, appearing on the first or second Monday of a month… | |
| 2017 May 8 | “Survey: Revised Subclasses” | Crawford & Mearls | Last week, Unearthed Arcana returned to being monthly, appearing on the first or second Monday of a month. To kick things off, we looked back at five of the subclasses from the recent series: the barbarian’s Path of… | |
| 2017 May 25 | “Unearthed Arcana Update” | Mike Mearls | Over the past few months, we’ve delivered a stream of new content via the Unearthed Arcana column. Some of that content will show up in future products. Other pieces, having been found lacking by the open playtest… | |
| 2017 June 5 | “Revised Class Options” | Mearls & Crawford | Part of the fun of playtesting is seeing how feedback and play can push a design in new directions. In this month’s Unearthed Arcana, we revisit class material that appeared in previous installments: four subclasses… | |
| 2017 July 5 | 🄬 minotaur, aven, naga | “PS: Amonkhet” | James Wyatt | “PS: Amonkhet” |
| 2017 July 10 | “Greyhawk Initiative” | Mike Mearls | As anyone who’s been playing Dungeons & Dragons long enough knows, there’s more than one way to get into a fight. | |
| 2017 Aug. 7 | “Three-Pillar Experience” | Mike Mearls | Three pillars of adventuring make up the D&D game: exploration, social interaction, and combat. But when it comes to earning experience, the combat pillar often supports most of the game’s weight. | |
| 2017 Sep. 11 | 🄬 elf | “Race Options: Eladrin and Gith” | Mearls & Crawford | Two race options debut in this month’s Unearthed Arcana: eladrin (an elf subrace) and gith. This eladrin is an alternative to the version of the subrace that appears in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. … |
| 2017 Oct. 9 | “Fiendish Options” | Mearls & Crawford | In time for the lengthening shadows of autumn, we present a collection of fiendish options for you to playtest: new subraces for tieflings, ways to customize diabolical cults, and demonic boons that wicked NPCs can… | |
| 2017 Nov. | — | Xanathar’s Guide to Everything | — | — |
| 2017 Nov. 13 | 🄬 elf (wild, winged) | “Elf Subraces” | Mearls & Crawford | After the positive response to the eladrin a couple of months ago in Unearthed Arcana, we decided to explore four more elf subraces: avariel (winged elves), grugach (the wild elves of Greyhawk), sea elves, and shadar… |
| 2018 Jan. 8 | 🄫 druid, fighter, wizard | “Three Subclasses” | Mearls & Crawford | – – – |
| 2018 Jan. 9 | 🄬 triton, siren | “PS: Ixalan” | James Wyatt | “PS: Ixalan” |
| 2018 Feb. 12 | Travel | “Into the Wild” | Mike Mearls | |
| 2018 Apr. 9 | 🄫 cleric | “Order Domain” | Crawford & Mearls | – – – |
| 2018 May | 🄬 tiefling, elf (sea, eladrin), gith | Mordenhainen’s Tome of Foes | — | — |
| 2018 May 14 | 🄬 minotaur, centaur | “Centaurs and Minotaurs” | Crawford, Mearls, Wyatt | Centaurs gallop into Unearthed Arcana this month—a playtest option for when you choose your character’s race. Another type of character from Greek myth joins them: minotaurs. We first showed off minotaurs in a 2015… |
| 2018 June 11 | “Giant Soul Sorcerer” | Mearls & Crawford | In the age of myth, giants bestowed magical blessings upon smaller folk whom they especially favored. Now sorcerers can playtest descendants of those folk, using the Giant Soul subclass. Later this month, a survey… | |
| 2018 July 23 | “Races of Eberron” | Keith Baker, et al. | Races from the world of Eberron return to Unearthed Arcana this month, with the kalashtar joining revised versions of the changeling, shifter, and warforged. For more information about that world, see Wayfinder’s… | |
| 2018 July 31 | 🄬 aven | “PS: Dominaria” | James Wyatt | “PS: Dominaria” Church of Serra |
| 2018 Aug. 13 | 🄬 minotaur, centaur, loxodon | “Races of Ravnica” | Wyatt, Levitch, Crawford | A group of races from the world of Ravnica have arrived in Unearthed Arcana: loxodons, Simic hybrids, vedalken, and viashino. While native to Ravnica, these folk could potentially be used in any D&D world. They… |
| 2018 Sep. 10 | 🄬 mark of... | “Dragonmarks” | Baker, Rutenberg, Petrisor | This month, we explore how to make a character who bears a dragonmark, a mystic sigil that appears on the skin. The mark is a source of magical power and enhances the bearer’s ability to perform certain tasks. In the... |
| 2018 Oct. 8 | Magic | “Magic Items of Eberron” | Baker, Rutenberg, Petrisor | This month's Unearthed Arcana looks at the magic items that are part of everyday life in the world of Eberron. Arcane focuses, enchanted clothing, warforged components, and more are all common sights for the citizens... |
| 2018 Nov. 12 | Sailing | “Of Ships and the Sea” | Wizards | Ships, officers, crew, and hazards on the high seas—those are the focus of this month’s Unearthed Arcana.... |
| 2018 Nov. 20 | 🄬 minotaur, centaur, loxodon | Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica | Jeremy Crawford | — |
| 2018 Dec. 17 | Sidekicks | “Sidekicks” | Crawford, Petrisor | If you’ve ever wanted an animal, a town guard, or another creature to join you on your adventures, this month’s Unearthed Arcana is for you. It gives you a straightforward way to turn a creature into your sidekick and... |
| 2019 Feb. 28 | 🄫 artificer | “The Artificer Revisited” | Crawford, Baker, Mearls, Petrisor, Wyatt | In a previous installment of Unearthed Arcana, we presented a new character class: the artificer, a master of magical invention. Based on the feedback we received, we now offer a new look at this class. We invite you... |
| 2019 May. 14 | 🄫 artificer | “The Artificer Returns” | Crawford, Baker, Mearls, Petrisor, Wyatt | The Artificer Returns In February, we presented a revised version of a new character class: the artificer, a master of magical invention. Today we return to that class, now with even more content! Here’s what’s been... |
| 2019 June 18 | 🄬 verdan | Acquisitions Incorporated | Wizards | — |
| 2019 Aug. 15 | 🄫 barbarian, monk | “Barbarian and Monk” | Petrisor, Dillion, Schneider | Barbarian and Monk Two classes, the barbarian and the monk, discover new playtest possibilities this week. The barbarian receives a new Primal Path feature: Path of the Wild Soul. Meanwhile the monk gains a new Mona... |
| 2019 Sep. 5 | 🄫 sorcerer, warlock | “Sorcerer and Warlock” | Dillon, Crawford, Mearls, Petrisor, Schneider | Sorcerer and Warlock Two classes, the sorcerer and the warlock, discover new playtest possibilities this week. The sorcerer receives a new Sorcerous Origin feature: the Aberrant Mind. Meanwhile, the warlock gains a ... |
| 2019 Sep. 18 | 🄫 bard, paladin | “Bard and Paladin” | Levitch, Petrisor, Crawford, Dillon, Schneider | Bard and Paladin Two classes, the bard and the paladin, discover new playtest possibilities this week. The bard receives a new Bardic College feature: the College of Eloquence. Additionally, the paladin gains a new ... |
| 2019 Sep. 22 | 🄬 locath | “Locathah Rising” | Christopher Lindsay | (Extra Life 2016) |
| 2019 Oct. 3 | 🄫 cleric, druid, wizard | “Cleric, Druid, and Wizard” | Dillon, Crawford, Petrisor, Schneider | Cleric, Druid, and Wizard Three classes each receive a playtest option this week. The cleric receives a new Divine Domain option: the Twilight Domain. The druid gains a new Druid Circle option: the Circle of Wildfir... |
| 2019 Oct. 17 | 🄫 fighter, ranger, rogue | “Fighter, Ranger, and Rogue” | Petrisor, Dillon, Crawford, Schneider | Fighter, Ranger, and Rogue In today’s Unearthed Arcana, three classes each receive a playtest option. The fighter gets a Martial Archetype option: the Rune Knight. The ranger gains a Ranger Archetype option: the Swa... |
| 2019 Nov. 4 | 🄫 ALL | “Class Feature Variants” | Crawford, Dillon, Petrisor, Schneider | Class Feature Variants Every character class in D&D has features, and every class gets one or more class feature variants in today’s Unearthed Arcana! These variants replace or enhance a class’s normal features,... |
See also
- D&D Monster List (2017)
