D&D (2024) Take A Closer Look At The 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide

Wizards of the Coast has just shared a video delving into the upcoming One D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide, due for release in 2024.

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Scroll down to post #4, below, for a more detailed text summary!

• Chapter 1 -- basic concepts
• Chapter 2 -- Advice, common issues
• Chapter 3 -- Rules cyclopedia
• Chapter 4 -- Adventure building
• Chapter 5 -- Campaign building
• Chapter 6 -- Cosmology
• Chapter 7 -- Magic items
• Chapter 8 -- 'A surprise'
• Appendices -- maps, lore glossary

 

[Remathilis]

I think this company are ruining D&D. YMMV

The first rule of fandom: the company in control of the IP is corrupt and incompetent and is slowly killing the franchise. Only the fandom can save it.

 

[Remathilis]

That’s the theory. They’ve had a decade to innovate and iterate and…not so much. Here’s to hoping the “not a new edition” is the excuse they need to finally step things up.

Much of the 5e 3pp era was spent producing the kind of Complete Warrior splatbooks they WotC used to put out monthly. In the new era, it will be spent making personalized versions of the PHB..

 

[mamba]

Haha! I watched the video you posted called ONE D&D where they talk about the new version of D&D called ONE D&D with the title and end credit reveal of the new name…ONE D&D…yes so clear they were never going to call it ONE D&D. If anything the limb I went out on just got upgraded.

yeah, clearly completely missing what they actually said helps your case… you are as wrong as you can be, but keep insisting that you are not

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Yes. A bard sings the DMG to you. That's how it's going to be published going forward. No more hundreds of pages of text!

Well, you know what they say ....

No one hears the DMG!

 

[Parmandur]

IIRC correctly, they specifically mentioned an improved index as one of the goals for the PHB in one of the more recent videos.

Could be, too, but that might also have been referring to the rules Glossary.

 

[Echohawk]

They called the playtest for 5e "D&D Next" and that name was never used for the edition.

Well, they did use it a little bit...

 

[mamba]

Well, they did use it a little bit...

yes, for the playtest material, what a surprise

 

[Hurin70]

They called the playtest for 5e "D&D Next" ...

Yes, and that's contributed to the confusion. Because 'D&D next' became a new edition, with a new number (5e).

So when WotC says they're creating the 'next generation' of D&D, people will naturally think that means a new edition.

Add to that the fact that we now know we cannot trust WotC and its PR/Marketing speak, and I think you have a lot of confusion.

I don't think you can blame this all on the players or nefarious motives. WotC wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

 

[mamba]

Yes, and that's contributed to the confusion. Because 'D&D next' became a new edition, with a new number (5e).

D&D Next was always meant to be a new edition, One D&D was always meant to be a revision of the same edition.

If you listen to what they say, there is no confusion as to their intent. When you try to pick up on whether something is a new edition based on a few key words, then you can misconstrue this as a new edition. That is not the same as there being any confusion however, that is you intentionally disregarding what WotC is saying.

So when WotC says they're creating the 'next generation' of D&D, people will naturally think that means a new edition.

no, because they made clear that it is not a new edition. Anyone who listens to what they say understands that. Anyone who tries to twist their words to mean something else can find words that allow twisting however.

You are in the latter group

 

[Parmandur]

Yes, and that's contributed to the confusion. Because 'D&D next' became a new edition, with a new number (5e).

So when WotC says they're creating the 'next generation' of D&D, people will naturally think that means a new edition.

Add to that the fact that we now know we cannot trust WotC and its PR/Marketing speak, and I think you have a lot of confusion.

I don't think you can blame this all on the players or nefarious motives. WotC wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

I mean, that's precisely why they don't want to call it an Edition: they've screwed up the term in the past and made it toxic for D&D.