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Just out of curiousity, what were your expectations? The fact that it met its goals in less than 6 hours seems pretty impressive to me, but I'm also not super familiar with the kickstarter landscape. (The only kickstarter that I ever followed closely was the Megatokyo visual novel...

TLDR: I am convinced that the Starter Set is worth the cost and now am considering getting it for myself. I was initially skeptical about the $50 price tag, but this post by @Whizbang Dustyboots completely changed the way I think about this set...

I've come around. I am really liking the idea of the starter set as a "boardgame version of DND," and not necessarily as a stepping stone for the full game. I am looking at my old Essentials Kit & Pathfinder Beginners Box on my shelf, and I don't think I'd ever be able to convince any of my...

That's interesting. I actually feel like most health bars I encountered were either yellow or green or white. (EDIT: Back in the day, that is.) I think the first time I saw a heatlh bar was for Street Fighter. I remember that in the original game, the health bars were fully yellow at full...

I played a lot of computer games when I was a child. In those games, you died if you get hit even once. Super Mario Brothers with the mushroom changed that, which, to me, was amazing. Then Super Mario Brothers 2 (the one with radishes) had these little red things that allowed me to not die even...

The starter set and the PHB cost the same amount, right? I think they are both $50.

I find it interesting that there seems to be focus on improving the quality of all the bits and bobs in the kit, which will certainly raise the price of the kit. It does make me wonder if all of us have a different idea of what a starter set should be. Like if this is something to get the buyer...

When I tried to introduce DND to my in-laws (aged 80, 60), they had no idea what Hit Points were. It honestly made me question my assumptions and expectations I hold about RPGs.

This might be a controversial take here, but I actually think the starter set should not come with a dice set, but it should include a note about which dice to get. My local game store has this jar full of random dice, and you can either get individual die for like 50 cents(EDIT: inaccurate...

I'm not too familiar with WBN, but isn't D20 heavily edited? Maybe all the "boring" parts got cut out in the editing room.

After going through this thread and seeing the posts you made, I can see why. Like sure, you are free to post your opinion, but it feels like you are just dragging this thread to argue for argument's sake, seemingly without any interest in the main topic, which is the DND 2024 starter set. I...

I think we can talk about the ways in which the starter set can be improved. A number of folks mentioned that this isn't "perfect," but I don't think they necessarily shared what they think could be better (sorry if I missed it). For me, the $50 price tag seems a bit high, and would be...

I just watched Bob World Builder's video: It looks like a really good starter for beginners. I probably won't get it because I'm an experienced player. I get that $50 bucks is probably a good value for all that's in the box, but I also wonder if the cost could've been brought down by removing...

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Yeah, I am bummed about it too. My reaction to the trailer was, "I guess I'll give the first few episodes a shot." It's a big contrast with D20 trailers—the trailer for Cloudward Ho had a sense of fun and adventure. The direction Critical Role is going, reminds me of how all the superhero...

That's a pretty interesting idea. I think one way to approach this is to work backwards. What should the costs be by the time the character reaches level-20, then bring up the costs. I would want to make sure that A higher level spell must cost at least 1 point more than a lower level spell. A...

This is pretty neat. Not gonna lie, this makes me want to make cantrips cost 1 spell point just to make the pattern consistent. spell_level: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 spell_cost: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13 cost-level: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4 cost_jump: 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2

We get it, you don't like DND.

Thanks for all the responses! This is all starting to make sense—it's like a simplest progression that attempts to capture some power jumps that is consistent with the game's overall class progression model. After all, one could make the jump from level-2 to level-3 (+2) & jump from level-8 to...

I was looking at the Variant Spell Points section in the DMG (pg. 288). I believe I understand how it's suppose to work, but I don't really understand why the cost values are chosen this way. Here are the spell levels and their corresponding costs according to the DMG. (Included Cantrips as...