You have answered your own question. 🙂
Improvised weapons, unarmed strikes, and natural weapons are all different things.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 18, 2020
Unearthed Arcana
Path of the Beast:does the attack from Form of the Beast have to be from your attack action?
Love the subclasses! Small warning though, im pretty sure that a lvl 5 barb with 2 lvls in fighter can make 6 attacks at advantage? maybe making the claw attack a bonus action could help balance it out since barbs dont use their bonus actions much. Glad you like them! We're aware of the potential, we'll see how it shakes out. 🙂
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 14, 2020
can’t tell from the RAW, does the attack from Form of the Beast have to be from your attack action, or can it be done with your bonus action like in two weapon fighting? does the attack from Form of the Beast have to be from your attack actionTo get the extra claw attack, you must make a claw attack with your Attack action.
Side note: natural weapons aren't eligible for two-weapon fighting.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 17, 2020
Ahhh, right, two-weapon fighting specifies needing to have a weapon in the RAW doesn’t it. It’s why you can’t just go in and box with your two 1+str fists.It specifies a weapon you are holding.
Natural weapons are weapons, not unarmed strikes, but you aren't holding them.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 17, 2020
Path of the Beast: lot of debate now about being able to hold a weapon and use the claws
Lot of debate now about being able to hold a weapon and use the claws from Path of the Beast. Allowing something like a Greatsword, Claw, Claw and still having a Bonus Action available. personally I don’t think thats correct. what say you, sir? That works. As long as one of your Attack action attacks is with the claws you can make an extra claw attack. The Extra Attack can be made with a weapon or unarmed strike, whatever.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 16, 2020
For a Greatsword it makes sense, what about two hand axes or shortswords? I assume you need an empty hand to make a Claw attack but others believe otherwise Unless the DM is allowing something weird like Wolverine claws, yeah you’d need a free hand. The conception is clawed fingertips, need a free hand to make the attack.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 16, 2020
I still wonder with the lingtooth BA bite, does the beast increase the damage die for that? Or do his teeth shrink once a turn? The shifter's teeth explode. #WotCStaff
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 16, 2020
More seriously, strict read the shifter's bonus action bite is an unarmed strike that uses its own damage and rules.
I wouldn't be shocked if a DM allowed a Path of the Beast shifter to use their Form of the Beast bite damage.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 16, 2020
Warlock, the Noble Genie: The collector’s vessel power. Is it assumed that you’re binding a summoned creature or a familiar?
Re: The Noble Genie patron.
The collector's vessel power. Is it assumed that you're binding a summoned creature or a familiar or a party member? I'm confused by this.— Madrun Badrun (@VargBloodeagle) January 15, 2020
Any willing creature. Familiar, ally, whatever.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 15, 2020
Barbarian, Path of the Beast: Would the barbarian claws be eligible for two-weapon fighting if you take the Dual Wielder feat?
Would the barbarian claws be eligible for two-weapon fighting if you take the Dual Wielder feat? You could get 4 attacks a turn using your bonus action! Two-weapon fighting requires melee weapons with the light property. Natural weapons don't qualify.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 15, 2020
Paladin, Oath of the Watchers: paladin 7th level feature feels a bit lacklustre to some of the auras the other paladins get. Any chance this will be revised?
paladin 7th level feature feels a bit lacklustre to some of the auras the other paladins get. Any chance this will be revised? love the concept though 🙂
— FlutterNuffer (@Wafflereck) January 15, 2020
Everything in UA is playtest and is subject to revision based on feedback. 🙂
That’s why it’s crucial people tell us what they think and rate the classes in the surveys that go live (such as the live one right now for the previous batch of UA). The surveys are what we use. Hearing what people think on social media can be great, but to be actionable data, it has to go in the survey.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 15, 2020
Does any of the new Fighting Style in the Class Feature Variant UA are available for the College of Swords Bard?
Hi! Don’t know if you can reply to questions about UA rules, tried to get clarification from Crawford but to no avail😔
Does any of the new Fighting Style in the Class Feature Variant UA are available for the College of Swords Bard? Unarmed Fighting especially! Ty! College of Swords totally slipped under the radar when we were working up the Fighting Style options. We'll consider it and other future-proofing for classes that might get Fighting Style if these push on to further development.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 15, 2020
If a bugbear’s long limbed trait adds to the reach of a weapon with reach, does it add reach to melee weapons without it?
if a bugbear’s long limbed trait adds to the reach of a weapon with reach, does it add reach to meleeweapons without it? Like my ranger fights with a bow and spear, the spear doesn’t have the reach trait. #DnD It adds 5' to the reach of any melee attack. Spear's reach is 5' so with Long Limbed it becomes 10'. But only on your turn. Which is odd, but it is what it is.
— Dave Williams (@DaveWil33) January 15, 2020
Yeah, I just meant odd thematically. I’m fine with it mechanically. Fair.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 15, 2020