D&D (2024) Did you make up your mind about 5.24?

[TwoSix]

Refusing to engage with modern "pop culture" is a mark of a sensible mind, in today's world.

If a prospective player brings up Critical Role (or whatever it's called), that's going to make me significantly less likely to invite them to my table.

And people who refuse to engage with modernity won't do well at mine, mostly because they won't get my jokes.

 

[GnomeWorks]

The books are out to harm us now?

That they spent money on improving the book isn't an argument against it being a cash grab. What's the one saying, you have to spend money to make money? Making it more appealing to buy makes it more likely they'd see a positive ROI.

That's the cheese.

But since you're apparently going to misconstrue my position, I don't see a need to continue. Have a nice day.

And people who refuse to engage with modernity won't do well at mine, mostly because they won't get my jokes.

Considering we've both been around here for 20+ years, I actually am somewhat doubtful of that.

 

[Yaarel]

Some settings are "precious", like a Ming vase in a glass case in a museum.

Never was Greyhawk this.

 

[abirdcall]

Yes, the 'cash grab' that is providing an artistic product that people want to buy.

That's making things.

The term 'cash grab' is used as a pejorative to imply that they are 'grabbing' cash in an opportunistic or deceitful way.

 

[Redwizard007]

The saltiness around every single edition, update, and expansion has gotten tedious. It's still culturally acceptable to say you don't care for something, or remain quiet, and move on with your life.

Personally, I like most of what's in the PH, and haven't yet seen the DMG. The issues with emanation spells doing insane damage is a drawback, but that's really my only complaint, and one easily fixed with a house rule that only allows it to trigger once per turn.

 

[Older Beholder]

I hope the MM is strong, for the sake of those sticking with WotC, but for me there are too many superior 5e monster books to bother with it.

So, you're saying there are superior books to one that isn't out yet, that you haven't read?

 

[JEB]

It's still culturally acceptable to say you don't care for something, or remain quiet, and move on with your life.

It should be, but that unfortunately doesn't seem to be borne out in practice. (Not on the internet, anyway.)

 

[mamba]

It should be, but that unfortunately doesn't seem to be borne out in practice. (Not on the internet, anyway.)

or rather, whenever someone does, you do not know about it

 

[JEB]

or rather, whenever someone does, you do not know about it

For "remain quiet", that's true. Not so much "say you don't care for something".

 

[Micah Sweet]

So, you're saying there are superior books to one that isn't out yet, that you haven't read?

Yup. There is no way that the 5.5 MM is going to be better for my interests than Level Up's Monstrous Menagerie (sequel coming to Kickstarter soon). And there are plenty of other amazing monster books outside of the 5e ruleset I'd put in a similar position.