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I'd do what the they did back in 3E. Have a campaign world contest, selecting the best submitted world for publishing. I think that would create a lot of hype and wonder over what will be chosen. Along with that, announce that Adventure League play would have an effect on events to grow the...

I would have just really liked if WotC would do a from scratch kitchen-sink campaign world for 5E, just to show everyone they still have that creative juice and aren't just picking the dry bones of the old game.

It's a lost cause at this point.

They're great while they are in motion. It's the ending and aftermath that everyone gets disappointed with.

Vecna: Eve of Ruin and Turn of Fortune's Wheel. At the end they both suggest there has been underlying changes to the multiverse that will affect old and new lore, and a undercurrent that big changes are likely coming.

A lot of D&D is influenced by whatever is popular in science fiction/fantasy. Gary's vision of fantasy was from the 60's and before; my influences are certainly from the 80's and D&D is very much taking on the wardrobe of modern fantasy. Some aspects are anchored by the previous generation...

Yo! But when I got to 2nd edition, I started using the "slow advancement" rules. Didn't have much effect on PC choices.

@ECMO3 - any character deaths or is everybody still rocking the characters they started with?

I'd say for my homebrew its 75-90% human. Elves, Dwarves and Goblinoids (Goblin, Hobgoblin, Bugbear, Orc, Gnoll) are the next biggest groups, I'd say between 3%-5% each. Lesser humanoids from there would be Animalfolk, Halflings, Lizardfolk, Dragonborn and Gnomes at 1% each or less. Humanoids...

10th+ level in D&D has always taken finesse and/or willing to go a little crazy. I'm curious if the new MM handles higher level PCs better than 2014; I'm sure most of the higher level monsters didn't get the sort of playtesting the lower levels ones did back when this all started.

I suspect we'll see another revision of Curse of Strahd soon. After that, I suspect we'll see more books about specific creature types, especially since they've swapped several around. If you start seeing a Rules Compendium, Spell Comendium or Magic Item Compendium or another Compendium of...

Something that has been on my mind a bit, and I went to check was the frequency of Orcs (not as wandering encounters, but full-blow encounters) in the official 5E adventures. Checking Beyond, I'm only getting a hit for Storm King's Thunder and Lost Mines, and even in the latter Phandelver and...

I didn't count Bestiary Fantastic, that's the base monster book for the 54 game, not a d20 book.

🤷‍♂️ C'mon, consistency - is it that hard WotC?

I don't have the new MM, but how are they doing the dragons? I thought all the age categories were under the main dragon's heading. On beyond, the Red dragon is as follows: Adult Red Dragon Ancient Red Dragon Red Dragon Wyrmling Red Dragon Youth Shouldn't it be it starts with "Red Dragon"...

Commoner could be used for those rare times you get a mob with pitchfork and torches. <Edit:> Also, we don't just stats for the bad guys. Like gold or silver dragons, you could have a commoner that either needs to be protected or is along with the party for one reason or another. It should...

Yeah, they do look like a couple hobgoblins and a bugbear - but there is an orc down on the field (you can see his face). The blurb for the cover read though "The last three survivors of an orcish army, their standard still aloft, challenge their elvin opponents to one last fight. Jim...

"We must brand everything with our own unique look" "The classic D&D monsters that have been around for 35 years must be replaced with versions that act nothing like they always have" I'm so done with 2024.

For me, this will always be the iconic image I associate with for orcs. Evil, yes. But also with a touch of defiance and nobility.