I never played 5e, but the art in 2024 I think is horrific in 90% of cases. it looks too bright, too happy, almost AI generated. Plus it seems like they contracted out to any random artist on social media/DeviantArt rather than have specific artists to keep a consistent visual style; it's all...
I picked up the ToV player's guide over the 2024 players handbook (not a fan of wotc and most of the art is hideous) a few days ago. I have not played 5e at all so I don't know any specific differences but I am liking what I read.
I'm not a fan of the lineages and heritages though because...
So it's backward compatible but not really, like how nobody used 3.0 books when 3.5 came out even though you technically could? Does the new PHB only replace the 2014 version or does it eliminate the need for things like xanathar's guide or Tasha's? Guessing the other supplements and adventures...
Am I the only one who hates this multiverse stuff? That's the sort of junk that leads to shoehorning in everything in a book to every setting whether or not it makes sense.
Hope this doesn't count as thread necromancy but when Eberron came out "pulp" basically meant Indiana Jones and "noir" meant like black and white detective movie type stuff, think Maltese Falcon.
Those were the two main things that I recall being used to pitch the setting; either murder...