I ran the first two chapters before the group fell apart due to scheduling and distance issues. I very much enjoyed it and plan to one day run it in full, likely in conjunction with Phandelver and Below to make a full 1-20.
Ran a full campaign using the 2024 monsters as well as a handful of sessions on a new campaign and various one shots.
The new monsters are fantastic. Challenging, easy to run, and with enough variety that I never feel I have to use the same creatures for similar encounters.
They hit hard...
I was not suggesting they would update old adventures, which wouldn’t make sense anyway since adventures don’t usually carry player crunch.
But I do think it’s more likely that they release these 2024 updates over a bunch of new books (like a Ravenloft update, a Dark Sun book, Etc.) than a...
They have been playtesting2024 updates to 2014 subclasses in UA since the moment the Core books released. Eventually they will reprint all the crunch from pre-Tasha's 5e to bring them in line with 2024 standards.
It’s fantastic! The screen is magnetic so it comes off if I don’t want a full screen or for game nights outside of TTRPGs. I’m very excited to get my panels set up and really get it looking clean!