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

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

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 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

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 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

Form of the Beast – Claws

Since it doesn’t have the Light property, I can’t TWF, correct?

I’d need an actual weapon in my offhand that qualifiers, yes? Barbarian, Path of the Beast:The claws aren't valid for two weapon fighting.

— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 14, 2020

Question for the team: If jumping costs movement, and a feature lets me extend my jump distance beyond what my speed (or dash limit) is, would I then be hovering mid-air if I try to jump beyond my speed in a round? At least until the next round, when I can finish it? You don't hover between turns, no. You go as far as your remaining speed allows, and that's where you land (or fall, depending. Watch that first step!).

— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 14, 2020

So, example: Base speed = 30 feet. Base running long jump distance = 20 feet. Jump spell triples it to 60 feet, but there’s no way (RAW) I can jump that far on a turn without something like the Dash action or a Haste spell? Correct. Giant jumps often require Dashing.

— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 14, 2020