D&D (2024) What is your oppinion of 5.24 so far?

[Scribe]

I'm picking it up not because I'm excited, but because it's D&D.

 

[mellored]

Just FYI, monsters are getting rebalanced too.

Not that we've seen any to pass judgment on, but I expect more consistent CR challenges.

 

[FrogReaver]

I find the background changes annoying.

I’m not a huge fan of weapon masteries. Outside of nick to free up the bonus action on some bonus action heavy classes don’t think most are going to have alot of impact.

Couple that with the random nature of magic weapons and it’s potentially to easy to find magic weapons that don’t align to your preferred masteries.

I think for martial classes they mostly have increased the floor and lowered the ceiling. Removing the -5/+10 feats alone pretty much solved this. That said multiclassing is likely the new path to martial power. Depending on what spells are in the game one can easily make martials dealing comparable damage to the -5/+10 feat optimized PCs of 2014.

Casters it’s too early to call because it really depends on how they’ve changed spells

 

[JEB]

Preferred the 2014 backgrounds. Preferred feats as optional (rather than something to override). Think they missed by not fully splitting species from culture (as other 5e-alikes have done). Disappointed at some of the cut species options. Not impressed by the class or spell changes, largely just balance patches.

Overall, 2024 so far feels slightly more G than RP compared to 2014. Tonally I'm getting the vibe of 1e -> 2e or 3.0 -> 3.5.

Doubting the DMG will move the needle for me. But maybe the Monster Manual. We'll see!

 

[ECMO3]

I don't know. I am torn. The new rules appear more complicated, more standardized and less flavorful.

TBH my expectations are low and I believe the new system will not be an improvement over 5E for me ..... but I have been wrong before.

 

[Bacon Bits]

Yeah. Even if I'm not excited to play it, I know that I will play it at some point. Also, it's nice to see what people are complaining about. I'm planning to get the core books, which will be my first D&D purchase since 2021. It's likely to be my last purchase until 6e unless things change significantly.

 

[ECMO3]

The designer commented on their heads, as they age the acid breath causes their scales to slowly melt and fall off. So the older and more powerful the more of a white face they will have but young ones are still all black.

Except they are immune to acid damage, so why are the scales melting and falling off?

Are Copper Dragons going to have "bone face" too?

 

[Azzy]

Mixed thus far. The revision giveth and the revision taketh away.

 

[TerraDave]

First yes there are of lot of changes. I think we are approaching 1e to 2e or 3e to 3.5.

But second, It does not feel like Next/5.0. Just no reason to be that excited.

I have cleared the deck to run a 2024 game starting in September. And it could be the last that I run for this whatever it is.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Except they are immune to acid damage, so why are the scales melting and falling off?

Are Copper Dragons going to have "bone face" too?

To follow the idea, copper dragons should have green heads.