D&D 5E DMG release date pushed back

[delericho]

It looks like I won't have had time to even start the PHB by then, so I'm not too bothered by this news.

Better a good, delayed book than a less good, timely one. Except where GRRM is concerned, obviously.

 

[aramis erak]

Why do I suspect the issue is one of the galley prints coming back with some layout issue?


Well, whatever it is, I hope it's fixed.

(Especially since, given typical lead and shipping times, the files should have been sent to the printers a couple weeks ago... for a December target...)

 

[Psikerlord#]

3 weeks is a very minor delay, get it right lads!

 

[Doc_Klueless]

That makes me a saaaaad panda.

[video=youtube;I6vPRaIrvqU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6vPRaIrvqU[/video]

But happy that they're getting it all ironed out.

So far, I've really liked what I've seen of 5e.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

So was it the extra development cycle that caused the Great Modron March to happen out of sync again....

First time it was Orcus, this time it's the DMG being late.

 

[Blackbrrd]

Our party's wild mage just had her first wild surge on Friday. 5 Flumphs appeared and were frightened of her.

That's just so funny

 

[ShadowDenizen]

As an avowed Modron fan since their first appearence, I'd love to get a print of that Modron pic.
Does anyone know who the artist for it was?

It was very reminsiscent of DiTerlizzi/Planescape/Great Modron March era, while still bringing some modern artistic sensibilities to it.

 

[Uchawi]

I believe most people that enjoy the game in the current state will not mind a delay, and those that may want minor tweaks with some class options or similar rules may hold out until it is released, and those that want big changes or modularity will most likely be disappointed. There is only so much you can place in the DMG to placate the different expectations.

 

[fanboy2000]

Why do I suspect the issue is one of the galley prints coming back with some layout issue?


Well, whatever it is, I hope it's fixed.

(Especially since, given typical lead and shipping times, the files should have been sent to the printers a couple weeks ago... for a December target...)

Shhhhh..... no one's supposed to have figured that out!

 

[Pentegarn]

Judging by the number of errors in the Player's Handbook, I think this is a good move.

Yeah, really. Sounds like the PHB was obviously rushed. Didn't it come out a week before expected? Possibly to avoid a simultaneous release with a Pathfinder book? I could be wrong on this, but it seems like I read this somewhere, possibly on this forum. <shrug>

One thing that seems particularly unjustified, was the inclusion on the poorly designed spell list. Never mind missing or mislabeled references, but even AD&D spell lists denoted certain aspects of spells in the spell list (e.g. italicized names for reversible spells). Hell, even the 2e PHB which first implemented specialization into schools had spells listed by school. It seems there are various class features, feats, etc, in 5e that reference spell schools, and/or ritual tags. Is there honestly no way, in the case of these rules, to reference these types of spells short of searching the spell description section, spell by spell to find these options? I've seen links to documents that list spells by various parameters. If that's indeed the case, I can see no excuse on WotC's part for this. It's just shameful.