D&D 5E (2024) So, what does the Artificer "replace"?

[doctorbadwolf]

m not saying we need the breakneck publication pace that 3e/4e used. But there's got to be a better way than ONE meaningful mechanics book per year.

Please no. 5e already puts put more than i want to keep up with. The fact that so much of it is adventures makes it manageable, since i dont bother with physical copies of most of them, but more "meaningful mechanics book per year"? God no.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Please no. 5e already puts put more than i want to keep up with. The fact that so much of it is adventures makes it manageable, since i dont bother with physical copies of most of them, but more "meaningful mechanics book per year"? God no.

Whereas I get rather sick of seeing two whole years going by without a single book I have even the slightest interest in.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Whereas I get rather sick of seeing two whole years going by without a single book I have even the slightest interest in.

I mean, would that really be improved by having less time but more books go by between books you want?

imo the clear answer for the health of the game is a hard no.

Especially when, unless i am mistaken, you dont even really like 5e. So of course most of its books aint to your taste.

i have a lot of stuff i want from 5e that i am not getting, so i get that part, but 5e is very option heavy as is. I would rather they be careful about adding more than get my updated swashbuckler with special cunning strike options and gods above a taunt at level 3 sooner.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Whereas I get rather sick of seeing two whole years going by without a single book I have even the slightest interest in.

Saves money to spend on other things. I don’t need new stuff to play D&D.

 

[Zardnaar]

Whereas I get rather sick of seeing two whole years going by without a single book I have even the slightest interest in.

Your tastes seem so specific nothing is going to appeal to you

 

[Horwath]

Please no. 5e already puts put more than i want to keep up with. The fact that so much of it is adventures makes it manageable, since i dont bother with physical copies of most of them, but more "meaningful mechanics book per year"? God no.

I would not mind ONE, PHB style book per year.

possible one new class,
4-5 subclasses per already printed class.
50ish feats
100ish spells
1 or 2 alternate class feature per class(get rid of mandatory HM for rangers).

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Your tastes seem so specific nothing is going to appeal to you

They really aren't.

 

[TwoSix]

Your tastes seem so specific nothing is going to appeal to you

3e and 4e managed to put out multiple books a year that I was interested in for their entire product line.

 

[Remathilis]

3e and 4e managed to put out multiple books a year that I was interested in for their entire product line.

Ironically, so has 5e. I can't think of a year I didn't buy anything. Be it a supplement book to add new options (SCAG, Volo, etc) or an AP I mined or ran.

 

[Horwath]

3e and 4e managed to put out multiple books a year that I was interested in for their entire product line.

while I enjoyed parts of almost all splat books that were printed for 3/3.5e, there was a lot of garbage materials in there.

over half of prestige classes, feats, spell, gear were complete garbage tier, about 10% were brokenly overpowered, so you really needed to look really good to avoid trash and avoid game breaking.

even now there is disbalance in the game, but in 5E bell curve is higher and a lot is more closer to the average.