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Unearthed Arcana

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Rules Glossary

Summary: A list of terms who's rules have changed under One D&D. Use the 5th edition rules for terms not found here. Note: You should only use the glossary from one (the latest) UA article at a time (i.e. don't mix and match) [most recent reference listed].

Glossary

as of latest playtest:

• Armor Training
  • Light Armor Training
  • Medium Armor Training
  • Heavy Armor Training
  • Shield Training
• Attack (Action)
  • Equipping Weapons
• Blindsight
• Climb Speed
• Creature Type

Aberration
Beast
Celestial
Construct
Dragon
Elemental
Fey
Fiend
Giant
Humanoid
Monstrosity
Ooze
Plant
Undead

• D20 Test
• Death Saving Throws (New)
• Difficult Terrain
• Expertise
• Fly Speed
• Grappled (Condition)
• Help (Action)
• Heroic Advantage
• Hide (Action)
• Incapacitated (Condition)
• Influence (Action)
• Invisible (Condition)
• Knocking a Creature Out
• Light (Weapon Property)
• Long Rest
• Magic (Action)
• Move
• Polearm
• Ritual Casting
• Search (Action)
• Short Rest
• Study (Action)
• Swim Speed
• Telepathy
• Teleportation
• Tremorsense
• Truesight
• Unarmed Strike
• Unconscious

Removed

These terms were either removed or reverted to the SRD5 version.

• Ability Check
• Artisan's Tools (Tool)
• Attack Roll
• (from Attack)
  • Rolling a 1
  • Rolling a 20
  • Critical Hits
• Dash (Action)
• Dying (Condition) (see Death Saving Throws)
• Exhausted (Condition)
• Gaming Set (Tool)
• Heroic Inspiration (see: Heroic Advantage)
• Hidden (Condition)
• Inspiration (see: Heroic Advantage)
• Jump (Action)
• Priest's Pack
• (from Speed)
  • Special Speeds
    • Climbing
    • Swiming
• Musical Instrument (Tool)
• Shortsword (Weapon)
• Slowed (Condition)
• Tool Proficiency

Sources and Notes

Note: Reference is only for the latest version.

Unofficial: Spells were removed from the Rules Glossary and placed into their own section of the Playtest. It is my assumption that the spells described in previous rules glossaries remain part of the playtest, unless it is specifically stated they are changed or removed.

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— D&D Beyond One D&D Playtest material

Unearthed Arcana The material in Unearthed Arcana is not Official Material. It is presented for playtesting and to spark your imagination. These game mechanics are in draft form, usable in your campaign but not refined by final game development and editing. They are not officially part of the game. For these reasons, material in this column is not legal in D&D Adventurers League events.

—Notice on most 5e Unearthed Arcana PDFs