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

[cbwjm]

That word is carrying a lot of the weight of that sentence and also causing people to flip out a bit. Seems =/= are. We don't have enough info either way.

It's not just the word "seems" that's carrying the weight, it's the fact that there is a side bar pretty much telling you exactly how to make a half-race, it even mentions the tradition parents human and an orc or elf. So unless they get a lot of negative feedback about that, then yeah, it looks very likely that the half-races are gone.

 

[Faolyn]

"gods"

Gods. That's what they are in this game. They are not the same as any real-life gods or religions, even if they share a name with them.

 

[cbwjm]

Could be. I still don't like the name.

Oh yeah, neither do I. Who knows, it might grow on me.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Dragonborn were fine in Fizban. This feels like a step back, but I haven't run the math to see if and how badly...

1d10+level is a better (and smoother) scaling than xd10 at certain levels.
It is half a poimt of damage behind on level 5, but apart from that is is at least as high as the fizban damage at every level.

As to usable as action instead of as an attack, my gut feeling tells me that we should wait and see how extra attack is worded in the class UA.

I think inspiration is a big winner here. Maybe now I won't forget it all the time.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I will still use them because the function differently in our game, but it is not stupid. In reality crits on a 20 are bit silly. I prefer the PF2 approach to crits as it is related to skill not luck (though a bit less exciting at the table).

But only silly for monsters, right?

 

[dave2008]

If they playtested 2e, all the material would have worked with your existing 1e books.

So yes 6e.

As I have said before, I don't really consider 1e-2e an edition change compared to 2e-3e-4e-5e either.

So I am still good with: not 6e. It really is more like software update versus a completely new OS. It is more like OS 5.3 than an OS 6.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Yep, that's how it appears. Again, I'm surprised that they are shifting that much. Wonder how compatible 2024+ adventures will be with the 2014 OS?

Note I'm not saying this is a good/bad thing at this point, just surprised!

The bad thing about it is that they're not calling it a new edition. Otherwise this is all fine.

 

[Gammadoodler]

I've totally missed that memo since the day they came to be.

I always thought it was pronounced..

"Ahhhh-forget it"

Just like the Aaracockra.

If it means so much to you be first in line at the alphabetization contest that you have 2 A's at the front of your race name, you are not cool enough to be a fantasy race.

 

[dave2008]

But only silly for monsters, right?

No, silly for everyone. The important thing, in reality, is that crits are fun, not realistic or simulations. And in my 30+ years of experience they are more fun for the players than the DM. I have many found memories of rolling a crit as a player, but I can't think one as a DM (and I DM 99% of the time). So from a game fun perspective I don't think it is a loss and ultimately that is what is most important.

 

[dave2008]

The bad thing about it is that they're not calling it a new edition. Otherwise this is all fine.

Yes the are. They are calling it D&D One.