D&D (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook Reveal #1: "Everything You Need To Know!"

Each day this week, Wizards of the Coast will be releasing a new live-streamed preview video based on the upcoming Player's Handbook. The first is entitled Everything You Need To Know and you can watch it live below (or, if you missed it, you should be able to watch it from the start afterwards). The video focuses on weapon mastery and character origins.

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There will be new videos on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week, focusing on the Fighter, the Paladin, and the Barbarian, with (presumably) more in the coming weeks.

 

[mellored]

Likely they found building from scratch was too much for new players or players trying to quickly generate a new PC to replace one that just died.

Pre-built background provides ideas.

"What is your background" can be a bit too open of a question, with too many possibilities.

"Pick from this list" is a much simpler task.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Weapon Mastery video - not from the earlier 1-hour overview.

 

[darjr]

Separate weapon mastery vod

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Another preview.

Apparently they send some stuff to YouTubes.

I guess that's tacit confirmation that the Swashbuckler didn't make it.

 

[LaTia J]

Our video on Weapons Mastery is live now!

EDIT: look we're all so dang fast!

 

[darjr]

Ope!

 

[mellored]

I guess that's tacit confirmation that the Swashbuckler didn't make it.

Not necessarily. They could of dropped Thief.

 

[MockingBird]

If you pre-order on Beyond you get a free mini for the upcoming VTT. Not sure if anyone has spotted this yet.

 

[Mercurius]

Backwards compatibility:

• "this book does replace the 2014 Player's Handbook" (no mix-and-matching, but characters built with old book can play alongside characters here. for combat "2024 rules are what should be used" (2014 rules "will grind") if 2024 character played with 2014 rules.

 

[Remathilis]

I mean, the only people who are acting surprised Pikachu face are the ones who could not parse that a rules update was going to be broadly compatible but individual rules or options were going to need conversion.