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.

 

[DarkCrisis]

There are some rough edges here and there, but you can easily play multiple editions at the same time.

There is/was this mobile RPG game that had "1st ed spells" that where broken/overpowered versions of the regular spells. It was a nice homage IMO

 

[Cadence]

Video on Feats, Backgrounds, and Species.

@Whizbang Dustyboots - if you go to the actual video it scrolls up and down a little...

 

[DarkCrisis]

I don't think d&d wants to be historically correct there...

I have seen original weapons and I can honestly say: for d&d I prefer the fantasy ones.

Historically accurate D&D:

DM: "The Goblins hit you with 3 arrows."
Player: "How much damage do I take?"
DM: "None, you're just dead."

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

What I never understood is why the just drop the Ability Score improvents and increase the base points/default array. That would be much easier.

Changing point buy/standard array doesn't help people who roll their stats, so having those extra +2/+1 bonuses gives you just that little extra bit of control.

 

[Cadence]

Video on Feats, Backgrounds, and Species.

The thing I learned most is that the first syllable in aasimar is "ah". (I assume this means I don't watch enough videos).

 

[Kurotowa]

Video on Feats, Backgrounds, and Species.

Two useful datapoints on one of the big mysteries, which is what version of Aasimar we're getting. One is that you can pick your transformation type when you use it, instead of being locked into one particular one. The other is that I believe we get a look at the species art at 10:36 of the video, which we had a whole debate thread on what their visual style should be.

In the art the traits seem to be golden pupilless eyes, some but not all with metallic green skin, and some but not all with wings. The "green skin" seems to be directly referencing Planetars, and overall there seems to be a strong hueing to the current MM design style of Angels.

 

[Cadence]

As far as compatibility, in the background video they say that if you want to use a species from an old book that isn't in here, they'll have rules on how to do it. I wonder how that will be implemented in Beyond.

 

[Umbran]

Or if the mods would do something about it.

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[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Any word on half-elf?

Nothing as of yet, but I expect there will likely be a video going more in depth on species options later today.

And now the video's out: Nothing on the half-elf/orc at all, or mixed-ancestry characters in general.

 

[Weiley31]

@Whizbang Dustyboots - if you go to the actual video it scrolls up and down a little...

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Gnomes making a Warforged? Works for me!