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As written in the DMG, crafted items are still 100% in control of the DM, because it states that the DM determines whether appropriate raw materials are available for purchase. (according to the previews I saw, I don't personally have the book yet)

I like the Game Expectations sheet as a Session Zero printout, but the rest don't seem useful. They are great guides for teaching DMs what types of details you ought to be thinking about and planning for your campaign - but who in the world would ever print these out? I was hoping to find a...

I'm going to agree to disagree with you there. You break concentration, dispel it, counterspell it in the first place, etc. You don't deal 341 damage just to dispel one magical effect. That's silly.

DnD Beyond allows you to take 7 Epic Boon feats on a level 19 Fighter. Their 2024 character builder is still a work in progress to be overly generous.

^This. Shapechange was always OP and the only way to deal with it is to break concentration or to dispel magic, both of which still work the same way. I'd buy the argument that Shapechange is even more OP now since you retain spellcasting abilities now, but Temp HP is irrelevant, no one was...

Interesting questions! There's no right or wrong answer here but this is what I'd do: I would just lump Mining Tools in with Masons Tools, they're aren't exactly the same but close enough that I wouldn't make a new proficiency. Mason's Tools are Strength but I homebrew them to Str/Con (your...

I've played an Artificer in short campaigns and it's super fun out of combat but just pretty weak in terms of damage. And it's straight garbage at Level 1-2, basically unplayable until subclasses at Level 3, I would never play Artificer unless the adventure started at Level 3 or higher

It always was. Spamming Eldritch Blast was never a good strategy for doing good damage except that it's a solid backup option when your primary damage source is unavailable (out of range, out of spell slots, easy enemies not worth the resources, etc)

What is your revision to concentration that you are considering? It's hard to suggest something on par with an unknown Cleaving Through Creatures is a really weak buff because it's so situational. How often are two enemies ever standing next to each other? Basically never. For this to do...

It will be moot when (if?) it shows up in the DnD Beyond character creator without having to buy the DM Guide. Until then it's a pretty huge difference to many people (myself included)

This would not be playing a Wizard well, but they'd still be doing a pretty good job even as a mediocre Wizard, that's why they're so easy. You can't really mess up playing a Wizard

It makes zero sense to me that they are going out of their way to remove powerful character creation game mechanics from races/species (e.g. ability scores and feats) but then put them right back in to backgrounds. Custom backgrounds should absolutely not be under DM control anymore than every...

Good point, I sure hope so, we'll see!

I disagree on Halflings I think they're really well done, but otherwise I'd say great list. Gnomes in particular are just so bad that it really annoys me. Why did they dedicate so much book space to Gnomish Lineage and then make it complete garbage? Blank space would've been more useful

That's ok I bet the Sith do more DPS anyways

Spamming Eldritch Blast is just so weak though - does anyone actually do this in real life and not as a baseline DPS metric for youtube videos?

Wait so custom backgrounds will be available on DnD Beyond if you purchase the digital DM Guide but not if you only purchase the digital PHB? So that's why they were omitted from the PHB even though everyone was just going to allow them anyways

Wizard is the simplest by far if you ask me. Sure, creating a new Wizard character would be overwhelming as a new player without help on choosing the best spells, but in a world where Google exists, that just isn't an issue anymore. I've never seen new players have a hard time figuring out...

I find it really hard to believe you are typing this with a straight face.

First I'd say completely ignore realism and determine whether you think it's more fun for the combats to string together or you want the PCs to get time in between combats. Then once you know how you want it to go, figure out how to make that be realistic. Let's say you want the giants to hear...