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Thinking about monetization, turning 'fans' into consumers I would bet is a top priority for WotC to increase revenue. And it appears that the way they are doing that is by making the game more accessible to first time players via a much better PHB (that teaches new players how to play) and DDB...

Yes, absolutely. While the pre-made adventure the Alpha playtest came with could be run entirely in the game engine, with PCs exploring the map, you could also set up individual battle scenes (or even create one on the fly) for those set piece encounters. One thing I want to take a deeper look...

@MonsterEnvy just got the invite today. Want to say there were about 30 or so monster minis, and for PCs and NPCs a mini builder that lets you choose Human Dwarf or Elf and then select hairstyles, skin tone, eye color, clothing, etc. I'll take a count of the monster minis when I test it next...

Got an invitation today to the Project Sigil Alpha Playtest! Was worried if my 2022 HP business laptop (i7 1.33Ghz, 16 GB Ram) with no dedicated graphics card would be able to run it, and am happy to report that it was! First a note on the NDA (in case anyone is worried). While I'm not...

I would say that we are in the early adopter phase of 2024 rules. I think the real test will be how sales do once all 3 books and the new starter set are released.

Think I'm going to test it out for a while, with the caveat to my player that we might go back to it costing a BA if it seems like too much once she hits 5th. My sense is at most it's going to add another 7 or so damage per combat (from the extra BA attacks with a short sword) which I can't...

While so far my '24 Ranger is happy with the class, I am considering one change to HM. Instead of a Bonus Action, I would allow HM to be applied when the Ranger hit's with an attack (both initial casting and moving it once the original creature is killed. Spell slot is expended but no...

I think that's spot on. After only 2 sessions, my '24 Ranger player is already adjusting tactics based on the situation. HM and dual weilding for a single big monster, Longbow and sticking to the shadows for invisibility (Gloomstalker) with no HM for large groups of weak enemies. As she...

I have no way of knowing what a majority of players want, but as far as WotC is concerned, from a pure business perspective, I think they are creating a game with the goal of the lifetime value of a customer outweighing the cost of acquiring them. If some players (like me) end up sticking with...

I've been playing since the 80s, and 5e is my favorite system, largely because I see it as the true successor to 2e, which is the version I learned to play with and my 2nd favorite. For me, 5e recaptured the feel of 2e while making it much easier to pick up and play. I've played far more D&D...

I'm thinking Circle of the Sea Druid for the 2nd. Chronomancer Wizard (from CR's Wildmount) for the 1st)

The '24 Ranger playing in my group right now is running her character pretty similar to this. Round 1 Ranged and Hunters Mark. Round 2 move in with dual shortswords (to get an endless advantage loop, instead of a third attack with nick) and go to town. It's been pretty effective and she's...

I didn't ask the players (I just noticed the result), but the bolded bit might be it, as it was the brand new players using it.

Just finished my 2nd session with 2024 rules (mix of 2014 and 2024 characters) playing QftIS and the biggest thing I've noticed so far is that combats tend to be less swingy and run faster. My sense is this is from pulling back on the nova potential of certain classes (we have a 24 Paladin)...

I put 5, largely because I vary my ADs a lot, from 0 to 10+. My players can't guess at the number of encounters per day, and so tend to only go nova when they are in trouble.

@Lazybones couldn't agree more with your post. If the cleric is willing to draw a LOT of aggro to do this, more power to her. It's a decent spell, but even fully exploited with a party built arround it, it's a tactic that will only be really good in very specific encounters.

My campaign switched over to 24 rules last week and our Ranger player couldn't be happier with the changes (currently 3rd level). She feels like it plays much closer to the BG3 Ranger that she based her TT character on.

My own quick review post running my first session with a mix of '24 and Legacy characters and spells, using the '24 rule adjustments for everything else. The session was run virtually in DDB and Discord. This was our second session in QftIS, the first having been played about six weeks ago...

Session last night went great! Turned out only the Ranger converted pre-game, and she is now in love with weapon masteries. She was wielding dual short swords, and after hitting on her first attack, had advantage from Vex and didn't miss on 7 consecutive hits over 4 rounds getting the killing...

In my group the Barbarian and Ranger are updating now, the Wizard is waiting, I think partially so that he get's his subclass at 2nd and then will convert once he hits 3rd.