D&D 5E New Spellcasting Blocks for Monsters --- Why?!

[Vaalingrade]

"This is how the game works, this is why we did this"

It's important especially for the homebrew and house rule set so they know what moving parts are going to be effected and whether a certain thing is actually important to the functioning of the game or enforcing flavor or behavior the designers are trying to encourage or whatever.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I'm not talking about public statements. I'm talking about explaining their design choices and intentions for the system in the books (particularly the DMG).

And besides, whether or not people have a negative reaction, its good practice to tell your audience why you made the choices you made.

the 4e books were the most user friendly and most direct with what and how... and people said it wasn't 'magic' enough

 

[Micah Sweet]

the 4e books were the most user friendly and most direct with what and how... and people said it wasn't 'magic' enough

I wouldn't say the 4e rules were all that user friendly. They were extremely jargon-y and technical, and put too much emphasis on putting items into boxes. Just explain what your intentions are, in plain language, and it will be fine.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I wouldn't say the 4e rules were all that user friendly. They were extremely jargon-y and technical, and put too much emphasis on putting items into boxes. Just explain what your intentions are, in plain language, and it will be fine.

that is what 4e did... it went oout of it's way to, and people claimed it was too ridged and not magic enough because they showed the math and it worked

 

[Reynard]

that is what 4e did... it went oout of it's way to, and people claimed it was too ridged and not magic enough because they showed the math and it worked

I didn't play a lot of 4E but I appreciated that the game parts were actually presented as game parts. I really dislike game rules being buried in walls of prose.

 

[Micah Sweet]

that is what 4e did... it went oout of it's way to, and people claimed it was too ridged and not magic enough because they showed the math and it worked

People didn't object to 4e because the math worked (although it was and presented itself as extremely rigid). Good math is not the only part of design that matters. Its not even the most important part.

 

[Reynard]

People didn't object to 4e because the math worked (although it was and presented itself as extremely rigid). Good math is not the only part of design that matters. Its not even the most important part.

If bad math doesn't drive people away, I seriously doubt good math will.

 

[Vaalingrade]

If bad math doesn't drive people away, I seriously doubt good math will.

Combined with the power of lying on the internet, it totally did.

 

[Reynard]

Combined with the power of lying on the internet, it totally did.

I don't think we can call stating preferences "lies" even if they were presented hyperbolically. But, trying to sell your new version of the game by insulting the previous version certainly didn't help.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Combined with the power of lying on the internet, it totally did.

memification, while some bad actors may have been lying it was more bandwagon following... most people did not MEAN to cause issue or even believe themselves to be.