D&D 5E New D&D Survey, with some in-depth setting questions

[Parmandur]

Hmmm. I havent done the survey yet. I would have picked Homebrew.

But now I wonder if it is more strategic to pick one of the official settings to advocate for it.

I might emphasize customizability no matter which one favorite I pick.

I would think it's probably a good idea to raise a hand for a more obscure Setting, if you have a favorite you want to see someday. They have you pick a top 3, and then a favorite that you get more questions about. Further in, they ask about how you use Setting stuff in detail, so you can make it Clea there that you often homebrew.

 

[darjr]

Seems like some of the questions like the first character one were meant for 5e, your first 5e character forex

 

[Maxperson]

I would think it's probably a good idea to raise a hand for a more obscure Setting, if you have a favorite you want to see someday. They have you pick a top 3, and then a favorite that you get more questions about. Further in, they ask about how you use Setting stuff in detail, so you can make it Clea there that you often homebrew.

I wish it had been top 4 or 5. I had to cut out Spelljammer

 

[teitan]

what's your favorite "RACE" to play.....do they know they don't use that word anymore?

I picked eberron as my favorite setting....with planescape in the top 3.

They don't? Nothing official yet.

 

[Parmandur]

Oh, and iot kept asking me things like "what did you use to make your first character". Sorry, when the only option for Basic D&D was the box set and there was no character rules elsewhere, if you mix in "boxed set" with your current data you are going to poison it.

The primary audience is going to be people who started with 5E, mathematically speaking, so the questions would be written with thst as the default POV.

 

[Parmandur]

I wish it had been top 4 or 5. I had to cut out Spelljammer

Well, the good news there is that with the last UA I'm pretty darn sure we're getting Spelljammer.

 

[teitan]

I didn't notice but I find it fascinating they didn't put "Exandria" or "Wildemount" as a setting there, despite being an official published setting for 5e. I feel that will be filled a lot in 'Other'.

For races I selected Lizardborn, Kobold and Dragonborn. Because scales are great.

Probably related Derington Press publishing the next setting book. Maybe WOTC just had a two book deal with Critical Role?

 

[Fenris-77]

I wish it had been top 4 or 5. I had to cut out Spelljammer

You hush, No one wants your spoiled Spelljammer opinions.

 

[Blue]

The primary audience is going to be people who started with 5E, mathematically speaking, so the questions would be written with thst as the default POV.

That is the common sense, intuitive way of looking at it that gets them the wrong answer so they should not do it that way.

They are poisoning 5e data with data from other editions that had different options. They are already tailoring questions based on previous answers, they could have asked the right questions, or even skipped over that question if what they actually wanted was 5e data. But instead, if they are doing as you say they are, they have what they think is 5e data that is skewed by players of different editions. And is therefore wrong.

 

[Blue]

I wonder how many people picked halflings.

runs and hides

As a serious answer, I picked halflings. Always been one of my favorite races (and class, if you go back to when I started playing).

I enjoy the struggle of the everman who isn't a hero by inclination but is thrust into situations that require heroics. And that's halflings to a T.