D&D (2024) D&D 5.11 - the time of big change is over

[Undrave]

Bet it'll be boring changes.

 

[Parmandur]

Bet it'll be boring changes.

Most rule changes are, especially to an Evergreen game.

 

[dave2008]

Same. The best thing that can happen is for the 5E community to also more deeply embrace third party and homebrew. However, there is such a strong stigma against third party. On forums like reddit's dndnext, you really get treated poorly if you aren't a mainline designer or a homebrewer whose spent years fighting against the stigma to build a following. Sad when other communities, like the OSR, embrace mechanical creativity on a much deeper level.

Go to the Reddit Unearthed Arcana forum. You will get no homebrew backlash there! I have gotten a lot of interesting ideas and monsters from that forum..

 

[OldSchoolGamerGirl]

I suspect, the 2014 Half Elf will cease to exist.

However, 2024 will supply an example for how to build a mixed-species character. This example will be of Human and Elf parentage, and it will be reminiscent of 2014.

if so I will miss my half elfs

 

[OldSchoolGamerGirl]

Go to the Reddit Unearthed Arcana forum. You will get no homebrew backlash there! I have gotten a lot of interesting ideas and monsters from that forum..

thank you for the heads up... always looking for new places to talk D&D

 

[mamba]

I must admit that I am much more interested in the 2024 MM than I am Flee Mortals at this point. I backed it, but the previews haven't been doing it for me. Maybe I will change my opinion when I get the final book.

or the 2024 MM

I am partial to monster books, so will get the 2024, and backed MCDM

 

[tetrasodium]

I wonder if we will see some of the past edition things 5e shed in pursuit of chasing simplicity and cult of the new. Especially mechanical hooks subsystems and baseline structures that empowered the gm.

 

[Yaarel]

if so I will miss my half elfs

I guess the Half Elf is paradoxically a "popular misfit".

Maybe the 2024 Multi-Species character will allow players to pick traits from each parentage. Then this player choice plus a "Popular Misfit" background can do a decent build for this archetype in 2024.


I appreciate the 2024 approach that allows the player choice to combine any two species. This is important for various concepts. I care about gaming balance so I understant the UA caution when only allowing the traits from one of the parentages. At the same time, to help "flavor cohere mechanics", I feel it is important to find a balanced way to allow players to mix and match traits between parentages.

 

[dave2008]

I wonder if we will see some of the past edition things 5e shed in pursuit of chasing simplicity and cult of the new. Especially mechanical hooks subsystems and baseline structures that empowered the gm.

IDK, I feel the whole edition (rulings over rules) empowers the DM. I know I feel pretty empowered!

 

[Parmandur]

IDK, I feel the whole edition (rulings over rules) empowers the DM. I know I feel pretty empowered!

Personally, I'm mad with power!