Huh, well that's a first for them.
For posterity ... hopefully someone with better pdf-fu than I, keeps a copy of it.
My group has a dropbox that we keep all our 5e pdfs in, and I know at least /tg/ on 4chan archives everything. I'm sure someone on reddit does the same. I keep local copies of everything too.
Re-write I would assume just means the design will be abandoned for further iteration, like Ambuscade ranger, and the article will remain as-is.
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Tranq 11 again again, perhaps a Find Familiar can deliver this touch attack? Might be a little too much houserule-y than 5e style "rulings".
Find Familiar only allows the familiar to deliver spells. You'd have to rule the ability a spell, which opens up the effect to stuff like Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Antimagic Field, etc. to negate the effect. It's a bit stronger IMO as a non-magical effect, even if that cuts out familiar abuse.