Dungeons & Dragons makers Wizards of the Coast has put a strong focus psychic powers since 2023’s Baldur’s Gate 3 pitted adventurers of the Forgotten Realms against a mind-flayer invasion. WotC embraced the game’s success in its 2024 ruleset with an emphasis on psionics, with aberrant sorcerers, psychic warriors and soulknives all appearing in the Player’s Handbook. And Thursday’s Unearthed Arcana continued that trend, putting out rules for the psion class for the first time since 4th edition. The psion dates back to earliest days of and D&D, mentioned in the first edition Player’s Handbook and fully developed with the 1991 release of The Complete Psionics Handbook. While a version of a psion called a mystic was tested for 5e in a 2017 Unearthed Arcana, it was never officially published. The amount of psion-focused art shared in a 9-minute video with the designers makes it feel more likely that this class is a keeper, possibly debuting in Forgotten Realms Players Guide releasing later this year.The psion is a devoted spellcaster, like a wizard, but doesn’t speak arcane words or use special material components. Their spells are enhanced by a well of internal energy that manifests as bonus dice in the same way as the soulknife and psychic warrior subclasses. At first level, a psion can expend the dice to telekinetically propel creatures around the battlefield or extend their natural telepathy. The number and size of their dice expand as they level up along with the ways a psion can use them to attack or defend themselves.The playtest offers options for four subclasses. The telepath is the most classic psion, a defensively strong class focused on psychically linking their party to bolster them. They can also subtly infiltrate thoughts to gather information. Psykinetics are good at utilizing forcefields and blasting people with telekinetic energies while psi warpers manipulate the battlefield by repositioning themselves and their allies. The metamorph is the most twisted option, letting the psion turn their body into a weapon by growing bone blades, extending their limbs, and flinging bolts of bile.Players who just want a taste of psionics without fully committing to a dedicated class or subclass can try one of the 10 new wild talent feats. The empath gains emotional sense they can use to influence others along with the ability to psionically cast charm person and calm emotions, while a pyrokineticist can change the damage of their attacks and spells to fire and cast some fire spells. The playtest also introduces a few new spells, including the chance to summon a psionic entity.Players can download the psion rules for free on the D&D Beyond website and offer feedback through June 3.See More: #dampamp038d #expands #even #more #psychic

Dungeons & Dragons has been working to integrate some of the biggest third-party publishers of 5E content into its D&D Beyond digital ecosystem, making it easier for Dungeon Masters to keep track of all their books, and allowing players to incorporate unofficial classes, feats, and spells into their virtual character sheets. D&D Beyond incorporated Ruins of Symbaroum earlier this month and Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting in March, and the latest addition to the toolset is The Crooked Moon, a folk-horror setting and adventure based on Legends of Avantris’ actual-play series Edge of Midnight. The Crooked Moon earned more than million on Kickstarter in 2023, making it the most successful D&D 5e crowdfunding campaign on the platform to date. Backers received their PDFs in March, and preorders are open now for the D&D Beyond version, which will release on June 16. The Player Options & Campaign Setting book and Monsters & Adventure Campaign cost each, or can be bought together for The ambitious project includes a 350-page adventure taking characters from levels 1 to 13 in the spooky world of Wickermoor Hollow, where they’ll travel on the Ghostlight Express to face the Crooked Man. The campaign features 85 folklore-inspired monsters and rules for multiphase boss fights with their own minions and terrain.  Players can also embrace the horror with plenty of new subclasses and species. So a ranger can become a Grim Harbringer, a warlock can choose the Horned King as a patron, and you can play a pumpkin-headed Harvestborn or a rat-like Plagueborn. There are also rules for new spells, rituals, and items, plus Fateweaving, a system to bind characters together and link them to folklore. Prefer a physical version of the book? Preorders are available at thecrookedmoon.com, with fulfillment expected this fall, when the books will also be available at retail. #dampamp038d #beyond #getting #crooked #moon