I thought this was an interesting article D&D’s revised core rulebooks will help grow better players and more Dungeon Masters. A lot of this has been discussed here and there before, but some of it was new to me. In any case the highlights
PHB
DMG
MM
Of course the standard "it will be compatible with older books".
PHB
- 320 pages, much of it due to new art and layout.
- There will be the 12 core classes with each having 4 subclasses
- Reorganizing, putting character creation after how to play.
- 144 backgrounds with more details and guidance [EDIT: it's "144 options for your character’s background" which could be 9 species * 16 backgrounds]
DMG
- They recognize that they didn't do a great job because of lack of resources.
- New section on creating homebrew campaign with post map
- Still being worked on but will be completely reorganized.
MM
- Will include more than 500 monsters
- Includes more high level monsters
- Every monster has dedicated art.
Of course the standard "it will be compatible with older books".
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