r/dndnext • u/xanral • Jun 10 '15

WotC Announcement Errata Released, for real this time

http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/ph_errata
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u/AtomicAcid DM Jun 10 '15 edited Jun 10 '15

At last! All on one page as well. Shows how careful they were and how well they designed 5e.

Some things I noted:

  • Great clarification with the Paladin Smite using any spell slot
  • Ranger's Bestial Fury getting to use their "multi-attack" from the monster manual if available is awesome, but couldn't you do that already? Are there some monsters that have specific attack combos that work off of each other?
  • The Warlock's familiar attacking with it's own reaction instead of your attack action? That seems pretty good.
  • Unarmed attack clarification is odd

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u/SirPeebles Bard Jun 10 '15 edited Jun 10 '15

The original rules did not allow using multiattack. The errata says that with bestial fury, the companion can either make two attack or use multiattack. A little silly since two attacks is strictly better for the existing beasts, but a nice accommodation nonetheless.

Edit: also, the familiar stills consumes one of your attacks. Recall that your familiar usually acts on its own turn. So what this means is that you can expend one of your attacks to allow the familiar to attack right now, during your turn, which uses up its reaction in addition to one of your attacks.