D&D (2024) What do you want & expect to see in 2024's 5.5e?

[Yaarel]

what is the 'lineage treatment' I think I missed something

In this context, "lineage" means the standard features for any race. Improve any chosen abilities, languages are Common plus one, lifespan typically a century (but can be longer for certain lineages), height-weight is any chosen humanlike physique (so muscular elf, etc, if wanted).

 

[Yaarel]

other then wasteing time, is there a reason. I like the 2 not equal action mechnics... I can use it to make an off hand attack or quicken a spell... but I cant do both

Mearls dislikes the bonus action too.

He suggests rewriting things like two-weapon attack as an action that includes two attacks, rather than an action plus a bonus.


The difference is, the elimination of the bonus simplifies the choices that each player makes per round, thus speeds up the game.

 

[Parmandur]

Mearls dislikes the bonus action too.

He suggests rewriting things like two-weapon attack as an action that includes two attacks, rather than an action plus a bonus.


The difference is, the elimination of the bonus simplifies the choices that each player makes per round, thus speeds up the game.

Beforehand left the public eye, he changed his mind and laid out why the Bonus Action was here to stay on the Mearls Happy Gun Hour. Doubt thst will change any.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Beforehand left the public eye, he changed his mind and laid out why the Bonus Action was here to stay on the Mearls Happy Gun Hour. Doubt thst will change any.

I'm glad. As much as I can understand why people may dislike people taking too much time, I LOVE the idea of a greater and less action

 

[Krachek]

I'm glad. As much as I can understand why people may dislike people taking too much time, I LOVE the idea of a greater and less action

Don’t worry, bonus action will stay. I would not bet on their disappearance!
But I may bet some gold on the disappearance of most short rest recovery for features and slots.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Don’t worry, bonus action will stay. I would not bet on their disappearance!
But I may bet some gold on the disappearance of most short rest recovery for features and slots.

yeah that still makes me sad... but I see it coming too.

I still want the game to be balanced more along the warlock class chassie... 2 subclasses that can mix and match, mini class features that you choose as you level up to customize more, and at will, short rest and long rest abilities.

I even think there should be 4 'simple' pre built level 1-10 builds for the base 4 classes (fighter rogue cleric wizard) that have all of those subclasses mini feature (invocations) and even atwill (cantrip) encounter/daily (spells) picked so you don't make ANY choices with that subclass (like champion)

 

[Vaalingrade]

Stopping every hour to stake the doors and sleep 8 hours in essential to the 'feel of D&D'.

 

[Yaarel]

Beforehand left the public eye, he changed his mind and laid out why the Bonus Action was here to stay on the Mearls Happy Gun Hour. Doubt thst will change any.

I missed that. What did Mearls later say in favor of the Bonus Action?

 

[Yaarel]

yeah that still makes me sad... but I see it coming too.

I still want the game to be balanced more along the warlock class chassie... 2 subclasses that can mix and match, mini class features that you choose as you level up to customize more, and at will, short rest and long rest abilities.

I even think there should be 4 'simple' pre built level 1-10 builds for the base 4 classes (fighter rogue cleric wizard) that have all of those subclasses mini feature (invocations) and even atwill (cantrip) encounter/daily (spells) picked so you don't make ANY choices with that subclass (like champion)

If everyone is on the same rest schedule, the DM can make the rest 10 minutes long, an hour long, 8 hours long, even a week-of-relaxation long.

The resting mechanic becomes ... better ... when there is only one kind of rest.

Personally as DM, the single rest will be strictly when narratively appropriate.



It does seem like 5e is phasing out the short rest − and I approve − but how the Warlock will work remains unclear to me. Will both the Wizard and now the Warlock still have an Arcane Recovery feature to regain spell slots − perhaps now as a 10-minute ritual or something?

 

[GMforPowergamers]

If everyone is on the same rest schedule, the DM can make the rest 10 minutes long, an hour long, 8 hours long, even a week-of-relaxation long.

The resting mechanic becomes ... better ... when there is only one kind of rest.

Personally as DM, the single rest will be strictly when narratively appropriate.



It does seem like 5e is phasing out the short rest − and I approve − but how the Warlock will work remains unclear to me. Will both the Wizard and now the Warlock still have an Arcane Recovery feature to regain spell slots − perhaps now as a 10-minute ritual or something?

I think everyone should have BOTH long and short (along with atwill) so every class has a reason to take each