D&D (2024) It feels so much like the D&D Next playtest did

[Charlaquin]

I don’t know how many of y’all participated in the D&D Next playtests, but I did, and the vibe around here since the 1D&D packet dropped feels to me just like the WotC forums did then (though maybe a little bit less edition-warry). And I love it. The energy and passion are palpable, and the debates are all so clearly coming from a place of love for the game and desire to help it become the best it can be, from all sides. I can tell we’re in for an incredible 18 (ish) months. Just wanted to express that. I love you all.

 

[James Gasik]

I just hope that more of the exciting ideas make it to the end product this time. Very little of the stuff my group and I provided positive feedback for made it to 5e. Which, maybe we were extreme outliers or something, but it really made us wonder...

 

[payn]

Oh yeah, it’s all fun and games now. When the decisions are made tho…

I love y’all no matter what happens.

 

[Haplo781]

I just hope that more of the exciting ideas make it to the end product this time. Very little of the stuff my group and I provided positive feedback for made it to 5e. Which, maybe we were extreme outliers or something, but it really made us wonder...

All the good ideas were shouted down by grognards, who are now vastly outnumbered by new players.

 

[payn]

All the good ideas were shouted down by grognards, who are now vastly outnumbered by new players.

That remains to be seen.

 

[Ondath]

I was too young to really get into D&D Next's playtest (I only remember hearing about it every few months, if at all), so I'm really excited to be a part of it this time. I'm fully prepared to accept that I'll now be a part of the minority whose ideas will be shouted down by a new slew of players, but I'm still willing to offer my feedback to get the best game we possibly can.

And if the result isn't to my liking, well I'll always have other games.

 

[payn]

I was too young to really get into D&D Next's playtest (I only remember hearing about it every few months, if at all), so I'm really excited to be a part of it this time. I'm fully prepared to accept that I'll now be a part of the minority whose ideas will be shouted down by a new slew of players, but I'm still willing to offer my feedback to get the best game we possibly can.

And if the result isn't to my liking, well I'll always have other games.

The internet is funny. Nobody is shouted down. Everything seems amplified but the real story is not what it seems. Stick around be part of it.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

All the good ideas were shouted down by grognards, who are now vastly outnumbered by new players.

Go look at the D&D 5e subreddits. The good ideas are getting shouted down by a lot of new players, too. I'm wouldn't be surprised if many of these proposed changes (Crit rules, the new background system, feat changes) didn't make it to the published 2024 PHB, based on the discussions I've seen happen on multiple 5e-discussion sites.

But I have hope. I love most of this UA, hope that further documents excite me as much as this one, and wish that the community can accept the changes.

 

[TheSword]

Those that speak don’t know, those that know don’t speak.

Its what goes in the survey that matters not what the same 10 people say on Forums.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

As long as no one negative bot-spams the survey, I think we'll be okay.

I have to admit, I'm pretty excited. This really does seem to me like the first time we've got the real chance to make a newish edition that doesn't throw the baby out with the bathwater (which IMO, every edition shift has done). To be more clear, I mean every edition (or even partial edition like this one) has fixed some problems while breaking some really good things that were fine.

Which is something that REALLY happened with the D&D Next playtest. I love 5e, but it left out some great stuff from the playtest, and threw out some great stuff from 4e.

All I ask from 1D&D is that it makes some solid improvements without ruining anything. It doesn't need to be perfect, but a net gain would be nice. Personally, I think it looks good so far. I don't love everything in the playtest packet, but I don't think it'll all last (and there's nothing there that I can't live with).

So far so good.