Summary

  • The seeker warlock offers extraplanar powers, including the Astral Refugee feature for self-healing or spell buffs.
  • The cartographer artificer boasts the Adventurer's Atlas, allowing for various boons like improved initiative and tracking.
  • The bladesinger wizard subclass now provides access to melee martial weapons, multiattack, and defensive features.

Using Unearthed Arcana character build options is one of the best ways you can make your character more unique in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dungeons & Dragons. Especially if you're a h𓆏igh-level or expert player, finding the best UA options for yourself can take your character build from good to🐟 great.

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But, just what are the best Unearthed Arcana options out there for expert players? If you💜've been wondering what you should choose for yourself, look no further than this list, which has some of the best, most powerful Unearthed Arcaဣna options available for high-level players. As a note, for this list, we're looking at individual character options, not full builds.

10 Cartographer💦 Artificer

An artificer fighting an adversary in Dungeons & Dragons.
Gnome Artificer Vi via Wizards of the Coast

Unearthed Arcana

Eberron Updates 2025

Prerequisites

Artificer Class

Key Feature

Adventurer's Atlas

The cartographer artificer introduces a subclass for artificers that's focused on mapmaking and n🔯aval navigation. The primary feature of this subclass includes the Adventurer's Atlas, which allows you to create a set of magical maps that can offer boons to you and your party.

When you use🌞 these maps, you can either improve an ally's initiative rolls, track their positioning across the same plane of existence, or even prevent someone from going completely unconscious at higher levels. Plus, this subclass has excellent flavor for roleplay potential.

9 ♚ Spellfire Sorcery ♎

A woman in a colorful skirt and blouse casts a spell using a magic wand in Dungeons & Dragons.
A Human Sorcerer via Wizards of the Coast

Unearthed Arcana

Forgotten Realms Subclasses 2025

Prerequisites

Sorcerer Class

Key Feature

Spell Absorption

This fun and168澳洲幸运5开奖网: unique sorcerer subclass allows sorcerers to tap into the very fabric of the Weave itself to access spells from other class lists and even absor🐬b spells. When you take this subclass, at sixth level, you always have Counterspel🐻l prepared.

Additionally, when your target for Counterspell fails their savin👍g throw, you end up regaining 1d4 sorcery points. Be warned that many Dungeon Masters might consider this feature completely broken. However, if your DM allows it, this feature is well worth it for ಞyour sorcerer build.

8 🌠 Scion Of The Three 💎Rogue

A dark, shadowy rogue perched on a rooftop in Dungeons & Dragons.
Rogue by Bryan Sola

Unearthed Arcana

Forgotten Realms Subclasses 2025

Prerequisites

Rogue Class

Key Feature

Bloodthirst & Inflicted Conditions

This subclass for rogues reads almost like a mix between the traditional rogue class and the bloodhunter class. With this subclass, you get boons for attacking bloodied creatures with your sneak attack feature, inflicting extra damage equal to half your rog🌱ue level.

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However, the real boon to this subclass is your ability to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies, potentially inflicting the frightened condition on them. You can do this as many times as you want, as long as you use the Cunning Strike ability to initiate it. Additionally, as you level up, creatures who are frightened by you incꩵur more banes.

7 𝓰 Dragonmark Fe꧋ats

A warforged character attacks a train in Eberron in DND.
Eberron Cover Art by Chippy 

Unearthed Arcana

Eberron Updates 2025

Prerequisites

Eberron Campaign + Feat-Specific Prerequisites

Key Feature

Improved/Unique Feats

This next character build option only works if you're playing in the Eberron setting for Dungeons & Dragons, which fea♋tures a set of rules for abilities called Dragonmarks, tied to the va🌃rious houses of Eberron. These feats let players improve their dragonmarks.

Some particularly powerful Dragonmark Feats include the Abberant Dragonmark, which grants players additional spellcasting features and the ability 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:to regain hitpoints after casting spells; in addition, the Mark of Healing helps support classes do even more healing on the 💧battlefield.

6 𒈔 Brawler Fighter

The Fighter class charging into battle in DND.
Fighter by Nestor Ossandon Leal

Unearthed Arcana

Player's Handbook Playtest 7 2023

Prerequisites

Fighter Class

Key Feature

Impr💧ovements to Improvised Weapons & Unarmed S♔trikes

The brawler fighter subclass is highly unique,🥃 but does share a decent amount of overlap with monks. However, if you're interested in combining thꦍe best features from both classes, this unique subclass is the one for you.

When you select this subclass, you gain proficiency with improvised weapons and can roll 1d6 + your Strength modifier in place of normal damage for unarmed strikes. You also get bonuses to grapplingཧ abilities, and further improvements to your unarmed strikes and improvised weapon attacks at higher levels. This subclass almost asks, 'What if the Tavern Brawler feat were its own class?'

5 Divinely Favored 💃 ꦛ

A cleric attempts a raise dead spell surrounded by glowing white light in Dungeons & Dragons.
Raise Dead by Polar Engine

Unearthed Arcana

Heroes of Krynn - UA 81

Prerequisites

Krynn Campaign

Key Feature

Additional Spellcasting

This feat comes from the Krynn campaign setting and is great for expert players who are playing at lower levels to start. When you take this feat, you learn the Thaumatury cantrip and another first-level spell that is based on 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the alignment of your character.

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For example, if your character is evil-aligned, you can choose either a first-level warlock or wizard spell of ๊your choice. G♊ood-aligned characters can choose from cleric or wizard spells, while neutral characters can choose from druid or wizard spells.

4 𒊎 Bladesinger Wizard 🌌

A wizard studying a magic book in DND.
Magic Spellbook via Wizards of the Coast

Unearthed Arcana

Forgotten Realms Subclasses 2025

Prerequisites

Wizard Class

Key Feature

Access to Martial Weapons

The bladesinger wizard subclass has become 🅘infamous over the years for, at times, being completely overpowered. The most recent addition to this subclass in the 2025 Forgotten Realms subclasses UA is probably the most balanced version yet.

This subclass allows wizards access to proficiency with melee martial weapons (so long as they're not versatile or two-handed). Plus, you get access to multiattack and other melee defensive features, basically allowing you to function as a wizard-fighter multiclass without actually having to deal with the h🧔eadaches of multiclassing in general.

3 🍌 The Seeker Warlock 🅠

A red dragonborne character in Dungeons & Dragons holds an arcane focus in his claw.
A Draconic Warlock by Ignatius Budi

Unearthed Arcana

Unearthed Arcana 16 - The Faithful

Prerequisites

Warlock Class

Key Feature

Extraplanar Powers

The seeker warlock subclass is probably most🅰 similar to the horizon walker ranger subclass, in that it grants warlocks access to extraplanar powers from the Astral Sea. This piece of Unearthed Arcana also allows warlocks a new pact, known as the pact of the star chain, giving them access to spells like augury, advantage on intelligence checks, and more.

The best feature in this subclass is your Astral Refugee feature. As an acඣtion, you can disappear from the world and enter the Astral Plane, subsequently taking two actions to cast spells (so long as you are the target) and then return. This is great for self-healing or casting spells that can otherwise buff your character in combat.

2 The Mystic 📖 🐲

A cleric casts the Daylight spell in Dungeons & Dragons.
Daylight by David Astruga

Unearthed Arcana

Mystic Class Unearthed Arcana

Prerequisites

N/A

Key Feature

Psionic Magic

The mystic subclass allows casters to tap into the power of psionic magic. In many ways, a lot of these class features got ported over into the psionic sorcerer subclass, rather than becoming its own class altogether. However, if your DM allows it, you can use this 𒊎UA class, which also has many unique subclasses of its own.

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The best of these subclasses is the order of the immortal subclass, which grants additional hit points in various forms. As the🦄 mystic only has a d8 hit die, this can prove extremely helpful for buffing your squishy spellcaster.

1 Pla꧂nar Wanderer

A player character using astral projection over a spelljamming ship in DND 5e.
Astral Projection via Wizards of the Coast

Unearthed Arcana

Wonders of the Multiverse - UA 85

Prerequisites

4th Level, Scion of the Outer Planes Feat

Key Feature

Extra Extraplanar Magics

For players who love extraplanar adventur🌱ing, or are playing in an extraplanar campaign like Spelljammer, the Planar Wanderer feat is a great option for high-level players. With this feat, you can switch up various resistances to damage each long rest, in addition to knowing the direction of the last planar portal you used while on the same plane as t🦂he portal.

However, the most fun aspect of this feat is its Portal Cracker feature. With this feature, you can make a DC 20 Wisdom check and potentially force an extraplanar portal open or closed. However, you will in🅠cur damage on a failure, so use it sparingly.

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Original Release Date
1974
Designer
꧒ E. Gary Gygax, Dave Arn𝓰eson
Player Count
2+