D&D\u2019s 2024 Player\u2019s Handbook brings Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 buffs to fan-favorite species Wizards of the Coast\/Andrey KuzinskiyDungeons & Dragons\u2019 new Player\u2019s Handbook is fixing one of the Dark Elf\u2019s biggest issues with a Baldur\u2019s Gate 3-inspired buff. Dungeons & Dragons is about to get its first major overhaul since the release of D&D 5E. A new Player\u2019s Handbook is just over the horizon and some lucky players will even have a chance to purchase it early. We\u2019ve been pouring over the new updates for classic classes like the Fighter, Paladin, and Barbarian coming in the update. But of course, the new D&D Players Handbook isn\u2019t stopping at Classes. A recent blog post from the team at Wizards of the Coast has revealed some changes to D&D\u2019s many Species (formerly races). A long-awaited change to the Dark Elf Species takes its cues directly from Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. The Species changes revealed for the new D&D Player\u2019s Handbook appear to be partly focused on removing unnecessary weaknesses. For the Dark Elf, that comes in the form of getting rid of their sunlight sensitivity. Sunlight sensitivity causes Dar Elves to roll with a disadvantage on attacks or sight-based perception checks that target creatures in direct sunlight. This mechanic was notably absent in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 and it looks like Wizards of the Coast have taken a leaf out of Larian\u2019s book to make the Dark Elf more playable. This innate debuff has been commonly worked around by not applying it in homebrew settings but for official play in Adventurer\u2019s League, it made Dark Elves almost obsolete. Now players who want to make an edgy Dark Elf with a tragic backstory won\u2019t have to be unnecessarily penalized. The new Player\u2019s Handbook also adds species like the Aasimar and Goliaths to the core rulebook for the first time. It\u2019s set to launch on September 17, 2024, along with a whole new era for D&D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
D&D\u2019s 2024 Player\u2019s Handbook brings Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 buffs to fan-favorite species Wizards of the Coast\/Andrey KuzinskiyDungeons & Dragons\u2019 new Player\u2019s Handbook is fixing one of the Dark Elf\u2019s biggest issues with a Baldur\u2019s Gate 3-inspired buff. Dungeons & Dragons is about to get its first major overhaul since the release of D&D 5E. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}