D&D (2024) First playtest thread! One D&D Character Origins.

[Cadence]

Answering some things about the autosuccess/failure.

 

[Justice and Rule]

I consider it good practice for DMs to roll all of their attack and damage rolls out in the open for everyone to see.

I'll be honest, I like to do it behind a screen, largely because I want to avoid monsters using my luck to mess up my players. And sometimes I like to hand my monsters a bad save because missing a spell can suck. But I have the most respect for DMs who roll it all out in the open.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I just skimmed... there is no short rest in the glossary, or in any mechanic. The feats very much (except skilled and tough) changed so I don't see how it is backwards compatible when 2 feats with different effects are in the game?

 

[Justice and Rule]

I just skimmed... there is no short rest in the glossary, or in any mechanic. The feats very much (except skilled and tough) changed so I don't see how it is backwards compatible when 2 feats with different effects are in the game?

Let's be real: the talk about "backwards compatability" is largely there to not freak out people who hate edition changes. Isn't this edition basically the longest-lived one without any sort of huge update? By the time this playtest ends, it'll be 9 or even 10 years old.

 

[halfling rogue]

6E, 5.5E, 5E+, 1D&D... does any of those terms actually matter? The game's the game. Call it the 'Fred Edition' for that matter if you want.

I mean, in some sense, no it doesn't, though I'm sure from a business pov it absolutely matters. At this point it's no biggie, especially with the high compatibility, but at some point it's an integrity issue. The rules can't forever evolve with the expectation of eternal compatibility (even if that really were an achievable goal it's not likely a profitable one). And if they don't distinguish when there are truly distinguishable features then the fanbase will.

I guess it seems a little disingenuous to me because I think from a business perspective an 'editionless' game is never profitable. I really feel the only reason they aren't branding this as something beyond 5e is because 5e is a cash cow and they don't want any rebranding to mess with the flow. And if that's the leading factor then it's not hard to visualize a future (that, face it, is already here) where you wind up having unofficial mini editions of One D&D (2014 PHB vs Tasha vs 2024, etc). I think of it a little like a movie studio saying from now on every Spiderman henceforth is Spiderman 5 and will be called One Spiderman. I'm like, wut.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

Aaaaand dragonborn still suck.


D10+level save for half isnt worth an action.

 

[Weiley31]

No more half-elves and half-orcs. Feels weird.

Thank Ao the game is still backward compatible with the older PHB.

 

[Weiley31]

Aaaaand dragonborn still suck.

I do like how the Damage calculation also includes your level as well. So if the dice roll well, you did 30 Damage with one breath.

 

[Scribe]

I just skimmed... there is no short rest in the glossary, or in any mechanic. The feats very much (except skilled and tough) changed so I don't see how it is backwards compatible when 2 feats with different effects are in the game?

A chunky errata, probably is in our future.

 

[Weiley31]

Also, Savage Attack allows ya to roll your damage twice and pick the better option.