D&D (2024) One D&D origins playtest survey is live

[Gladius Legis]

The survey has So. Many. Typos.

Which leads me to believe that this playtest process is nothing more than a pointless dog and pony show and WOTC is not taking it remotely seriously.

 

[Charlaquin]

dragons and magic, what can I say. Maybe throughout the ages they figured it out.

But you can excuse anything that way. If it doesn’t fly for other cultural traits, it shouldn’t for languages either.

 

[Charlaquin]

So - just double check my math - that's a 600 round combat to last an hour?

Or 10 rounds of combat and 5 hours and 59 minutes of any other strenuous activity. Or any other combination that totals 1 hour.

 

[renbot]

What I don't like about this is the hassle of keeping track of which dice double and which don't. I'd prefer if all dice in a crit are doubled, or even if you just double all the damage rolled on a crit.

Why not just a flat damage bonus on a crit? That's the easiest solution.

 

[Maxperson]

I made more comments in the boxes than any other survey I've filled out. And the Sage and Pilgrim backgrounds weren't on the list to rate. I had to write my ratings of those in the box.

 

[Maxperson]

Or 10 rounds of combat and 5 hours and 59 minutes of any other strenuous activity. Or any other combination that totals 1 hour.

I'm not going to be doing that. I mean, combats last an average of like 3 rounds. You can have the entire adventuring day(6-8 encounters) in the middle of the long rest and only use up 1 minute 48 second to 2 minutes of combat. That's going to screw up a long rest.

 

[Parmandur]

Or 10 rounds of combat and 5 hours and 59 minutes of any other strenuous activity. Or any other combination that totals 1 hour.

Yeah, the change is clearly meant to allow the 5-minute workfsy to be nipped in the bud.

 

[Charlaquin]

I'm not going to be doing that. I mean, combats last an average of like 3 rounds. You can have the entire adventuring day(6-8 encounters) in the middle of the long rest and only use up 1 minute 48 second to 2 minutes of combat. That's going to screw up a long rest.

It’s all so much ado about nothing anyway, because the new wording clearly states any amount of combat interrupts a long rest now.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

The survey has So. Many. Typos.

Which leads me to believe that this playtest process is nothing more than a pointless dog and pony show and WOTC is not taking it remotely seriously.

The survey is not by WotC, though they could have sent the document with the typos, who knows?

I'm not sure how a poorly edited survey leads you to conclude anything about the playtest process though. Likely not the same people involved, one way or the other.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

The survey has So. Many. Typos.

Which leads me to believe that this playtest process is nothing more than a pointless dog and pony show and WOTC is not taking it remotely seriously.

I didn't notice any typos, and I normally have a good eye for that kind of thing.