D&D (2024) Take A Closer Look At The 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide

Wizards of the Coast has just shared a video delving into the upcoming One D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide, due for release in 2024.

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Scroll down to post #4, below, for a more detailed text summary!

• Chapter 1 -- basic concepts
• Chapter 2 -- Advice, common issues
• Chapter 3 -- Rules cyclopedia
• Chapter 4 -- Adventure building
• Chapter 5 -- Campaign building
• Chapter 6 -- Cosmology
• Chapter 7 -- Magic items
• Chapter 8 -- 'A surprise'
• Appendices -- maps, lore glossary

 

[jerryrice4949]

I don't get people who aren't playing 5e going forward commenting....or the need to debate what edition this is, in every thread. Oh well, the internet, I guess....

Yes this. Superchunk’s post above is the perfect example.

 

[RobJN]

And then appendices, including a map appendix and a lore glossary appendix of major NPCs, locations, etc.

For god's sake, keep the lore in the setting books.

 

[OldSchoolGamerGirl]

For god's sake, keep the lore in the setting books.

why?
we use several bits of lore as short hand in D&D. The staff and Robes of the Magi. The hand and eye of vecan, that dragon orbs, heck the vorpral blade, and luck blade. at least a dozen spells are named for powerful wizards of one setting or another

 

[Von Ether]

When I got serious about learning 5e, I was beginning to wonder if I was going senile early. After I confirmed it was the books' organization, I felt better.

Call me old school, but I like my game terms Capitalized.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

For god's sake, keep the lore in the setting books.

It doesn't sound like it's going to be obscure stuff, like the names of all the high level wizards in the Forgotten Realms, but big stuff like Orcus, Vecna, the Lady of Pain, maybe the Blood War. Stuff that gets referred to in multiple places even in the core books. They just want it defined in one place so DMs don't have to flip through three books until they remember where they saw "Glasya" mentioned.

 

[Azzy]

Never mind.

 

[RobJN]

why?
we use several bits of lore as short hand in D&D. The staff and Robes of the Magi. The hand and eye of vecan, that dragon orbs, heck the vorpral blade, and luck blade. at least a dozen spells are named for powerful wizards of one setting or another

Those bits of lore belong in the spell or magic item descriptions. Monsters, demons and such are in the Monster Manual.

It's supposed to discuss the history of the game --I would rather see a chapter giving broad-brush tours of the various D&D worlds, instead. Point out to the new DMs how the different worlds parallel/compare/contrast each other, and which play styles are catered to best in X or Y setting.

 

[tetrasodium]

why?
we use several bits of lore as short hand in D&D. The staff and Robes of the Magi. The hand and eye of vecan, that dragon orbs, heck the vorpral blade, and luck blade. at least a dozen spells are named for powerful wizards of

What makes those so special? Dragonshards? The Dragon? Progenitor Dragons? Overlords? Sorcerer Kings? Dragonmarked Houses? Darklords? The Dark Powers? the creation forge? Vvaraak & Ourelonastrix? Perkins mentioned waterdeep & some other FR locations iirc, what about Sharn & so on?

one setting or another

since 2014 though it's pretty much always been one specific setting(FR) & very occasionally namedrops of other settings (mostly greyhawk) when they very heavily share a particular thing or bit of lore.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

For god's sake, keep the lore in the setting books.

No.

 

[BMaC]

Is he ok? What's up with the hat?