All classes will not get their subclasses at 3rd level in Dungeons & Dragons.
Dungeons & Dragons has confirmed that the 2024 Player's Handbook will use standardized subclasses, meaning that every class will gain access to a subclass at 3rd Level. In yesterday's video about the revamped Warlock class, D&D game designer Jeremy Crawford confirmed that the upcoming rules revisions would feature a standardization across all class progressions, with every class gaining access to their subclass at 3rd Level.
In the current 5th edition ruleset, five of Dungeons & Dragons 13 classes gain access to their subclass at either 1st or 2nd Level. A large reason for this is how those classes are presented in the lore. The Cleric gains access to their subclass at 1st Level because they assumably know which god they worship. Likewise, the Warlock gains access to their subclass at 1st Level because their magic is tied to a pact they made with an otherworldly patron.
While subclass standardization might make sense from a rules and balance perspective, it does unfortunately rob some Dungeons & Dragons of some roleplaying flavor. Almost all of the spellcasting classes feel a bit homogenized at lower levels with this change, although assumably the different spell lists and the 1st and 2nd level abilities can make up some of this difference. Of course, for veteran D&D players, this change might not make much of a difference.
The Player's Handbook comes out on September 17th. You can find our full coverage on all the rules changes here.
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