D&D General Dmg previews up

[FrozenNorth]

Proficiency dice was a super underrated mechanic

I am a big fan of proficiency dice. I feel they have benefits beyond “increasing randomness” that outweigh any reduction in calculating speed due to our “meat minds”.

 

[Parmandur]

That would not be ideal, IMO.....

Yeah, maybe not: but it is there on the page, no Lord of Blades.

 

[Stormonu]

I imagine any individuals who get mentioned in the glossary are folks who are name-dropped in the PHB, MM or DMG. Maybe if they've been mentioned in another rulebook (Tasha's, Xanathar's, Fizban's, Bigby's, etc.) Wouldn't really be a need to mention others and they're probably covered in their respective adventure/campaign setting.

So, we might see, for example Tika Waylan from Dragonlance be in there if she shows up in a PHB example like she did in the 2014 book, and Ashadarlon as there is a spell named for him (Ashadarlon's Stride).

Has there ever been a write up for Abi-Dalzim (of Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting)? I'm thinking he's a FR individual?

 

[Demetrios1453]

Here's what's coming up next week, from their YouTube channel:

 

[Chaosmancer]

But MOAR POWER was NOT my interpretation for YOU... it is "bigger and awesome" to YOU. It is MOAR POWER to me. Read what I actually wrote, not what you are reading into it.

Was I wrong? Was it not "bigger and awesome" to you? Those were your words, after all...

Yep. Your words.

Yes, bigger as in covering more archetypes and stories. Yes, more awesome, as in more dynamic and more full of interesting things, bits and bobs.

Which of those do you think is "MOAR POWER" like some adrenaline junkie turning their death laser to 12 because 11 is too weak? My words were not "MOAR POWER" you just chose to interpret them that way.

Saying something is garbage to me is definining my preferences.

Your choice of words (bolded) is inflamatory since it was nothing like what I said:


To me. Get it? My preferences. Not yours.

If someone loves mushrooms and serves me steak with sauteed mushrooms, I will gringe and push it away. I find it disgusting and revolting. Those people should (IMO) shrug their shoulders and say, "fine, more for me!".

Yes, my example was more hyperbolic, subtlety wasn't going to get the point across. No, your insulting and denigrating my preferences just because you don't like them isn't okay. Sure, you can push away the mushrooms, but it isn't exactly polite to say to a stranger in a restaurant "I'm glad you have those disgusting and revolting things and not me." Because why are you calling the things they like disgusting and revolting? You can actually express your preference without insulting other people's preferences. And if you can't. they have entire training courses devoted to teaching people how to do it.

Since I haven't read everything here or know what posts you're referring to, all I can tell you it is people speculating from what they do know, snippets here and there, info in the PHB 2024, past performance of WotC, etc.

And so that makes it better because they are just speculating?

Well, no, that is certainly not true. It is your choice to engage with the naysayers, complainers, or whoever. If they respond to you about something you like in a manner you don't appreciate or find constructive to any manner of discussion, just don't reply. You can engage with the people who are talking about the things you look forward to about it, etc.

As far as previews, I assume you are viewing previews from influencers you know and like? If not, it is a gamble of course and if the preview is not to your liking, you can stop watching it, right?

Hard to enjoy a meal while everyone around you is spitting on the floor in disgust and loudly complaining about the service. "Just don't talk to them" doesn't exactly solve that.

And I am trying to follow people that I like and that I think have level headed opinions... and then I go into the comment section and see people spitting on the floor in disgust and loudly complaining about the service, and so what is the point of watching the previews or analysis if I can't engage with it?

Again, those people have the right to complain, however. It is your right and choice to engage with people complaining or not.

I'm not saying they don't. But do they need to complain about lies they made up? Do they need to continue complaining after stating three years ago that they would never buy another WoTC product? Do they need to continue complaining about design decisions that were made over twenty years ago?

And if you think they do have the right to do that... then don't I have the right to complain about it in turn?

In writing this I reviewed my posts in this thread. I don't really think I have said anything inflamatory or meant to offend. I'm sorry it bothers you so much, but I am not going to change my ways when I see no fault in them.

Again, I wasn't responding to your posts directly. I was using it as a springboard. You talked about your enthusiasm, I talked about mine.

Just so you know, I had you and a few others blocked. I unblocked all of you just the other day. I even gave your first response to my post a Like. I'd rather continue to keep things civil, but in less than 6 hours of my initial posts you say my response was "False and insulting" when it was neither false, nor meant to be insulting. You took it that way, and I even apologized if my remarks about my having different tastes bothered you. Yet you continued to misread what I wrote and so we are here again.

I do not like leaving misunderstandings between people in my conversations. I know I'm no brilliant writer who can perfectly convey everything, but I do try and seek clarity, and when I see people who don't seem to see the things they are saying, it frustrates me and makes me want to help clarify that.

You didn't respond to me saying your claims about my preferences were false by asking me what I meant originally. You responded by saying "No, I'm right, because I'm saying what I think". You have never once asked why I might the thing you said insulting, you have just said that your opinion cannot possibly be insulting to someone. Sure, I could have thought "Wow, this Ezo is a terrible person, no point in talking to them" but... does that make anything better? Is me just dismissing you as an arrogant jerk improve anything? Especially since I don't actually think you are actually a terrible person? That it is possible you just don't see or understand what you are saying?

I'm not saying I'm perfect either, I get frustrated and prickly and combative, especially when I'm dealing with the same things over and over and over again. But I do try and deal with them, not just dismiss people out of hand.

 

[Chaosmancer]

I freaking LOVE D&D, but at the same time, I've never been 100% satisfied with any edition, nor even close, so I'm inclined to accept its foibles.

I was talking to some friends a few days ago, about a new system, and told them "I've never met a system I didn't want to homebrew"

Which is only partially true to be fair, there are systems that I don't feel like bothering putting the effort into, but even my favorites always have something I think I can tune up or improve.

 

[Chaosmancer]

I like it, but it has to be someone whose name lies alphabeticslly between "Iuz" and "Laeral Silverhand" based on the context, and would come up in the Greyhawk Gazateer (and White Plume Mountain was added to the poster map).

Off on the right hand side of the image, it looks like there is something called "the league of malevolence". It is possible (not sure how likely, but possible) that the alphabetical order is for organizations or groups, and then the people in them are sorted under them. It would explain Graz'zt and Igwilv being basically adjacent to each other, considering how close the two were.

 

[Parmandur]

Off on the right hand side of the image, it looks like there is something called "the league of malevolence". It is possible (not sure how likely, but possible) that the alphabetical order is for organizations or groups, and then the people in them are sorted under them. It would explain Graz'zt and Igwilv being basically adjacent to each other, considering how close the two were.

No, it looks like persons, locations, objects and organizations are strictly alphabetical: Iggwilv is right before Iuz alphabetically (that's Tasha's entry, Graz'zt is veong discussed in relation to ger in the text); while Lord Soth is a major villain Dragonlance, no relation with the League of Malevolence is the group of the bad guys action figures from the 80's LJN line, like Kelek or Warduke:

 

[Guest 7037866]

And if you can't. they have entire training courses devoted to teaching people how to do it.

Seriously???

Yeah, this is where I choose to disengage. It's pretty easy.

 

[Maxperson]

That's a pretty dramatic power-up for crits then.

Yep. It makes them actual crits. Nothing is worse, at least for me, than rolling 2d6 for a crit and coming up with a 3. Fully half of my normal hits will exceed that "crit." My way a crit always exceeds a normal hit, even if you roll a 1 on the die.