D&D (2024) I have the DMG. AMA!

[Zaukrie]

Vlaakath might be, though as the Githyanki queen she's quite significant.

ya, agreed.....but you asked for one and I looked! Actually, there are a few PC types from books that I am not sure I even had heard of before. Five or so entries seem pretty minor, unless you've read a book they are in.

 

[Zaukrie]

Everyone and their mother must be on dndbeyond today, as the site is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.,

 

[Zaukrie]

Everyone and their mother must be on dndbeyond today, as the site is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.,

and crashed. I hear sigil is also down.

 

[DinoInDisguise]

Yeah... just so long as it's their style of gaming that gets used. But as soon as WotC produces a style of D&D that they don't like, they immediately want diverse styles and rules to show up in the books... styles and rules that just happen to match up with the styles and rules they want in these books. Totally coincidentally, mind you!

This is 100% expected human behavior. Humans love to be right. They love to have their beliefs be the popular ones. Most believe their beliefs are the popular ones by default. And when shown evidence that their opinions are not popular, many will jump over mental hurdles to justify the inconsistency.

This all stems from 5e's popularity. If 5e was not popular, people could dismiss something they don't like as "niche" and move on. But because 5e is popular, they have to justify why it doesn't match their preferences.

And the best way to justify that is "well if only 5e plebs tried my way, they'd see the light" and so "we should codify my way into 5e." And as such, diversity of play takes a back seat.

I think it's a terrible mindset for the game, but the more that comes out the more variant rules we hear about. Maybe, just maybe, we will have a whole book of variant rules some day soon to augment those in the DMG.

Sorry if this was off topic. I will try not to derail any more.

 

[Zaukrie]

and crashed. I hear sigil is also down.

back up and fast.....everyone must not be back yet!

 

[Micah Sweet]

We still have the older books. So it is not lost.

So what would have been your solution?
Make the book 500 pages big?

There are things in the new DMG that seem unneeded to me (at least in that book). The lore glossary comes to mind.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I’d love a 500 page DMG!!!

I just bought a 500 page (roughly) DMG-type book, and I love the heck out of it. It has everything!

 

[Zaukrie]

There are two pretty hard hitting monsters in the level 1 and 2 sample adventures. Like, one hit from one of them could kill most first level PCs....and one has multi attack, two hits on one 2nd level PC would kill most of them. Tough!

 

[Micah Sweet]

Would you pay the extra price for 200 reprinted pages from the old one though?
Would you like to flip through such a big book?


Edit: I flipped through my digital copy now. And I find a lot of the old DMG rules and advice and optional rules in the book. Now at a place where it makes sense and better explained.

If I didn't already have the information? Yes, absolutely.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

There are things in the new DMG that seem unneeded to me (at least in that book). The lore glossary comes to mind.

Others need that. I welcome it.