Summary

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• Lead Designer Jeremy Crawford explained new D&D changes at GenCon, including revealing revamped subclasses.
• At GenCon this year, Crawford stated that a monk sublcass had the most changes overall.
• According to Crawford, the Warrior of the Elements subclass has more changes than any other subclass.

Dungeons & Dragons is undergoing quite a few changes this year, thanks to the 2024 Player's Handbook and the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide. The Player's Handbook, which releases globally on September 17, has already been pre-released at GenCon thanks to Wizards of the Coast's presence there. Speaking at a GenCon event which Screen Rant attended, Lead Designer Jeremy Crawford explained which D&D subclass has the biggest changes.

GenCon has already gotten off with a bang when it comes to D&D, with WotC revealing new merch and changes to items like DM screens. Speaking at GenCon, Jeremy Crawford revealed that the Warrior of the Elements subclass would be going through the most changes in the 2024 Player's Handbook. Crawford said, "So of the 13 subclasses that have been completely redesigned, the one that is most dramatically redesigned is the Warrior of the Elements, which was formerly known as The Way of the Four Elements in the Monk."

Crawford went on to explain, "There is almost no trace of the previous subclass there other than the theme. So the theme is still there of tapping into elemental power, but the gameplay is completely different."

Big Reveals From D&D At GenCon 2024

New Changes To Monk Subclass In The Player's Handbook

The reveal that the monk subclass would be undergoing the most changes is just one of the new factoids shared by Crawford at GenCon. Previously, Crawford had explained why Artificers wouldn't be in the 2024 Player's Handbook, and, thanks to the new book being shared with Screen Rant, other class and subclass changes are immediately noticeable as well.

It is worth noting, however, that playtests of the Warrior of the Elements subclass were possible already, and some info had been shared via D&D Beyond back in July. The response to the monk subclass change has mostly been positive so far. From what Screen Rant has seen of the subclass so far, Warrior of the Elements will seemingly play better overall and is more in line with what players expect from monks.

While every class and subclass has received some tweaks, the change in gameplay is the most drastic for Warrior of the Elements, according to Crawford. Now that the 2024 Player's Handbook is out in the wild, news on other subclass and class changes will start trickling through. Of course, GenCon is also still going on, so some surprise Dungeons & Dragons reveals may still be in store as Screen Rant continues to cover the event.