D&D General Dmg previews up

[Micah Sweet]

I think new players are the market. This is not a new edition, experienced players don't need it (but still may find something useful).

I would rather pay professionals then scam of the internet constantly.

Not me. Art isn't that important to me in a rulebook.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Not me. Art isn't that important to me in a rulebook.

the 2E art sparked my imagination so hard I can't honestly say I'd have gotten into D&D like I did without it.

 

[Micah Sweet]

the 2E art sparked my imagination so hard I can't honestly say I'd have gotten into D&D like I did without it.

For me I liked the art, but the words are always what matters to me.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

And I'm guessing most won't change much, if at all....

I mean, I HOPE that they will, but I think that you're probably right.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Variant Rules may be in the toolkit like last time, we jut have to wait and see a bit.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Variant Rules may be in the toolkit like last time, we jut have to wait and see a bit.

I suspect that there will be a small number of commonly used variants in the DMG Toolkit Chapter, but not all of the ones from the 2014 DMG (many were nearly never used, though I bet that we will find at least one person complain that they're gone) and, with luck, maybe a new one or two.

I mean, technically, the entire Bastions Chapter is an Optional Rule, but if we're talking Variants to Rules that exist, I would expect to see "Gritty Healing", "Flanking", and one or two "Alternative Initiatives". Anything more would be a surprise.

 

[overgeeked]

To reinforce this point this cut from the video

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The part to the right of Asmodeus seems to be the explanation of Devil’s normally in the Monster Manual.

That would be weird. Moving the monster lore out of the MM and into the DMG? That doesn’t seem right. It would be a waste of space to print it in both. But then there’s a lot of redundancy in the new PHB.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I suspect that there will be a small number of commonly used variants in the DMG Toolkit Chapter, but not all of the ones from the 2014 DMG (many were nearly never used, though I bet that we will find at least one person complain that they're gone) and, with luck, maybe a new one or two.

I mean, technically, the entire Bastions Chapter is an Optional Rule, but if we're talking Variants to Rules that exist, I would expect to see "Gritty Healing", "Flanking", and one or two "Alternative Initiatives". Anything more would be a surprise.

I think there'd be less of an emphasis on those optional rules, as they aren't too helpful to new DMs. But I could see some still remaining in the DMG.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

That would be weird. Moving the monster lore out of the MM and into the DMG? That doesn’t seem right. It would be a waste of space to print it in both. But then there’s a lot of redundancy in the new PHB.

They probably needed to explain who Asmodeus is, he has a bunch of weight through out D&D's history and Devils are a big thing in the cosmology of D&D.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I think there'd be less of an emphasis on those optional rules, as they aren't too helpful to new DMs. But I could see some still remaining in the DMG.

The DMG has never been primarily a primer for brand new DMs. I don't know why they would make it so now rather than just use a starter set for that. There is a system in place.