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I'm pretty sure they're going to leave detailed species-specific NPC customizations as a DM matter, yeah. The 2014 MM just talked generally about ways to customize, including species, and I anticipate the 2024 version will do the same. In practice, I suspect, they assume you won't need to worry...

I put together what verifiable international dates I could in an earlier post. You are welcome to make corrections/additions!

Nice to find another Shining Force fan! Shame there isn't anything quite like it in the current market. The games are still influencing my D&D campaign preferences even now...

Wow, went from about 2:1 yes:no shortly after launch to 4:1 now! That's a lot more than I expected. FYI: for the purposes of this poll, if you watched it when it first aired in the UK, that would be a "yes". For reference, here's when it first aired in various countries (near as I can...

Aren't tieflings still humanoids in the 2024 PHB?

Eh, not necessarily. Seems there are folks in this thread who were around when it was new, but still never saw it, so they'd also be lumped into 'no'. (Though I guess 'no' is still a minority position overall so far.)

Fey humanoids, in fact - perhaps a nuance that would address some of the above concerns were it in 2024. (Or make it more contentious, who knows.) They were also fey in 3e, FWIW.

Huh. You're not wrong.

Speaking for myself, I have fragmentary memories of watching it a little when I was very little (which still counts as a "yes" for this poll). Enough that it gave me the impression D&D was some singular coherent fantasy world, until I became familiar with 2e (and its many settings) in the...

Hmm, I suppose that would be a side effect. (Though it originally aired in some countries much later than others - 1993 in South Korea, for example.)

Simple, random poll question. If you watched any part of any episode of the original Dungeons & Dragons cartoon during its original run in your home country, the answer is yes. If you've only seen it after its original run in your home country - in syndication, on home video, online, etc. -...

Not necessarily, but since we already crossed over into non-humanoid PC species before the 2024 books came out, I'd say it's very likely that they'll be keeping the types consistent across PC and monster versions.

A Shining Force enemy, the Armed Skeleton, inspired a similar monster in my 2e games (the "necromech").

Is it this?

Assuming you're referring to this: DriveThruRPG Order of the Stick, of course, has been having fun with this idea for a while: Atomic Elemental

You're not wrong, but that usage has a very, very long history in the game...

Wizards is clearly cool with non-humanoid PC species in 2024 (as they'd already done in post-Tasha 5e). TBH, I'm not even sure I'd rule out PC gnolls now, despite their being fiends - unless fiends are going to be a specific "evil as a species" non-PC category. Guess we'll see.

I expect a number of 5e veterans who used such spells frequently under 2014 rules will be unpleasantly surprised at these changes, the first time they come up in encounters in 2024 play. Guess they'll get used to it if they want to keep up with the new edition, though!

Yep, sticking to my earlier prediction that "animal people" will generally translate to "monstrosity". (Though I figured quaggoth psionics would have made aberration more likely for them, guess they're seen as the former.)

Eh, I would say that if 2024 is explicitly pushing folks to "prepared adventures and established campaign throughlines" over the more hands-off style of the 2014 DMG, that would count as something new. But as I don't have the 2024 DMG, can't say firsthand.