Warden Conversion
The Warden works in D&D 2024 reasonable well. It will have a few things that don't line up perfectly, and a few changes needed regarding weapon masteries.
Subclasses
You can leave the subclass at level 1. If you skip level 1 and 2, it doesn't make any difference. If you don't, Warden won't really make sense without a subclass, since their natural weapons depend on subclass.
To balance this out, Wardens gain Weapon Mastery at level 3 instead of level 1, essentially flipping the subclass and Weapon Mastery. This works out moderately well in terms of balance.
Added Weapon Masteries
Since the Warden uses natural weapons, it gains the ability to add Weapon Masteries to those Natural Weapons based on its subclasses. If a weapon has two mastery properties, the attacker picks which weapon mastery to use with the attack.
| Weapon | Mastery |
|---|---|
| Elemental Soul | |
| Primal Flare | Graze |
| Icy Claws | Nick |
| Lightning Lash | Vex |
| Beasthide | |
| Beastial Claws | Graze or Cleave |
| Elderheart | |
| Lashing Vine | Sap or Vex |
| Stoneblood | |
| Stone Fists | Push or Topple |
| Sunwatcher | |
| Solar Fragment | Vex |
| Radiant Blast | Graze |
| Ironblood | |
| N/A | You gain mastery with three weapons of your choice |
| Dreadwing | |
| Draconic Talons | Graze or Nick |
| Time Twister | |
| N/A | You gain mastery with two weapons of your choice |
| Astral Guardian | |
| Astral Arms | Push or Nick |
| Bonebinder | |
| N/A | You gain mastery with two weapons of your choice |
Added Primal Manifestations
Primal Mastery
You gain mastery over one weapon you are proficient with of your choice, allowing you to use the mastery property of that weapon when making attacks with it.
Primal Adaptation
You can add the Push, Slow, Vex, Sap, Graze, or Cleave to one natural weapon or weapon you are proficient with. You can only benefit from one mastery property per attack with that weapons at a time.
Spells
You can use the D&D 2024 spells without much issue. KibblesTasty spells should be fine in D&D 2024.
Spellblade Conversion
The Spellblade is mostly fine in D&D 2024, though it has been power crept by other 'gish' options in some categories. Since its subclass starts at level 3 already, there is no issue there.
They gain Weapon Masteries, and minor buffs to account for the way that other gishes scale.
Added Weapon Masteries
The Spellblade gains the additional feature:
Level 1: Weapon Mastery
Your training with weapons allows you to use the mastery properties of two kinds of weapons of your choice with which you have proficiency, such as Longswords and Javelins.
Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can change the kinds of weapons you chose.
Altered Spellstrike
Spellstrike no longer 'fizzles' when you cast a cantrip. This means that you can deliver a spellstrike using a cantrip, as long as that cantrip makes an attack roll (e.g. True Strike).
'SCAGtrip'/Bladetrip Eligbility
The original 2014 Spellblade was intentionally designed to not work with 'SCAGtrips', but to account for the greater power creep of the 2024 version, you can now use them. This means you can combine a spell certain cantrips.
This effectively increases the damage you do. Particularly when combined with Weapon Masteries, this means some options, like Booming Blade, are extremely powerful, but this is the sort of scaling that makes sense in 2024.
Spells
You can use the D&D 2024 spells without much issue. KibblesTasty spells should be fine in D&D 2024.
You should add any cantrip that includes making a weapon attack roll as part of to the Spellblade spell list (such as True Strike).
Spellcasting (Level 1)
Spellblades should gain 2 1st level spell slots at level 1, and then follow progression as normal (like all other D&D 2024 half casters).
Warlord Changes
Warlords are mostly fine in D&D 2024 because their power scales with the power of their allies, meaning that if their allies are using D&D 2024 characters, the Warlord is already indirectly buffed.
Added Weapon Masteries
The Warlord gains the additional feature:
Level 1: Weapon Mastery
Your training with weapons allows you to use the mastery properties of two kinds of weapons of your choice with which you have proficiency, such as Longswords and Javelins.
Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can change the kinds of weapons you chose.
Inventor Changes
Spellcasting (Level 1)
Inventors should gain 2 1st level spell slots at level 1, and then follow progression as normal (like all other D&D 2024 half casters).
Added Weapon Masteries
Since the Inventor uses customized weapons gained through the class, it adds Weapon Masteries to those weapons.
| Weapon | Mastery |
|---|---|
| Gadgetsmith | |
| Impact Gauntlets | Push |
| Lightning Baton | Sap |
| Repeating Hand Crossbow | Vex |
| Shock Generator | Vex |
| Golemsmith | |
| Mechanical Golem | * |
| Infusionsmith | |
| Infused Weapon | You mastery with the infused weapon. |
| Potionsmith | |
| Alchemical Fire | Graze* |
| Alchemical Acid | Graze* |
| Explosive Reaction | Graze* |
| Frostbloom Reaction | Slow* |
| Weapon | Mastery |
|---|---|
| Thundersmith | |
| Thunder Cannon | Push |
| Hand Cannon | Push |
| Kinetic Hammer | Push |
| Charged Blade | Sap |
| Lightning Pike | Push |
| Warsmith | |
| Power Fist | Push |
| Martial Grip | You gain mastery with one weapon of your choice |
| Force Blast | Vex |
| Fleshsmith | |
| Dissection | Sap |
| Extra Arm | You gain mastery with one weapon of your choice |
| Extra Claw | Nick |
| Extra Fangs | Graze |
| Extra Tentacle | Topple |
| Cursesmith | |
| Forbidden Artifact | You gain mastery with the weapon. |
| Curse Eater | * |
| Runesmith | |
| Runic Knight | You gain mastery with two weapons of your choice |
| Relic Smith | |
| Ingenious Reliquary | You gain mastery with your integrated relic weapon |
- *Golemsmith. The golem gains the mastery property with one weapon it can use if has proficiency in weapons, or you can one of the Cleave, Graze, Push, or Topple weapon masteries to it. This mastery can be changed whenever you complete a long rest.
- *Potionsmith. Applies to both the normal and improvised weapon use of a reaction.
- *Cursesmith: Curse Eater Your new natural weapon inherits the mastery property of the consumed weapon.
Added Upgrades
Animated Mastery (Prerequisite: Animated Weapon Feature)
When you use Animated Weapon, you can apply the mastery property to animated weapon attacks you make with that weapon.
Occultist Conversion
The Occultist requires no changes at this moment.
Psion Changes
The Occultist requires no changes at this moment.