D&D 5E 50th Anniversary and beyond

[Charlaquin]

Height and weight sometimes affect whether a trap/hazard is triggered or not. (Example: "The bridge is old and unstable. If more than 50 pounds is placed on it, it will collapse.") For this reason, I would be quite surprised if they get rid of those factors altogether.

I think it’s likely to be as it has been in the most recent releases: characters run the same range of heights and weights as humans - which in real life is an incredible range, anywhere from 54.6 cm (1 ft 9 1⁄2 in) to 271.78 cm (8 ft 11 in) in height; not sure what the extreme ends of weight are, but I know it’s a similarly huge range. You decide your character’s height and weight from within that range. If you want to determine them randomly, pick a row from the random height and weight table that best represents the build you imagine your character having. Wouldn’t be surprised if the table still indicates that the body types represented in each row are typical of average members of various lineages.

 

[Charlaquin]

It would. If they do decide to have variable bonuses to be the default rules, I’d like to think that there wouldn’t be any harm in them giving defined fixed bonuses as an option but that isn’t what we’ve seen in recent releases

I’d been assuming floating bonuses would be the default in the PHB, with fixed bonuses for monsters/NPCs of each lineage provided in the monster manual. But I could see it going either way.

 

[Mallus]

Things I know at this point:

1. I will buy the next edition. Because of course I will. I've played D&D most of the my life and I have income to dispose of.
2. The listed changes seem... fine?
3. I'm no longer in the target demographic. The latest edition will be aimed at people younger than I am. People whose formative years occurred after mine (in the late 1970s and 80)s. The only fix for this problem would have been me dying sooner.

 

[Ibrandul]

Is there some info I’ve missed that indicates WotC is adopting trigger warnings? (Have they done so already, maybe? I didn’t read Van Richten’s.)

 

[Charlaquin]

3. I'm no longer in the target demographic. The latest edition will be aimed at people younger than I am. People whose formative years occurred after mine (in the late 1970s and 80)s. The only fix for this problem would have been me dying sooner.

The 70s and 80s? Over 50% of D&D players are in the 25-34 age range. That puts their (well… our - I’m 30) formative years between the 1990s and 2010s.

 

[Charlaquin]

Is there some info I’ve missed that indicates WotC is adopting trigger warnings? (Have they done so already, maybe? I didn’t read Van Richten’s.)

Not as such. Van Richten’s does discuss safety tools - as it should, being horror focused.

 

[Mallus]

The 70s and 80s? Over 50% of D&D players are in the 25-34 age range. That puts their (well… our - I’m 30) formative years between the 1990s and 2010s.

Right. My formative years were in the 1980s. When 'culture' was a frothy mix of E.T. and Scarface!

 

[Charlaquin]

Right. My formative years were in the 1980s. When 'culture' was a frothy mix of E.T. and Scarface!

Oh, now I get you. I misread.

 

[Geoff Thirlwell]

Is there some info I’ve missed that indicates WotC is adopting trigger warnings? (Have they done so already, maybe? I didn’t read Van Richten’s.)

All the recent adventures in the DMs Guild seem to be adopting this. E.g. the content warnings on this I Find That Familiar (WBW-DC-FDC-03) - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

 

[Charlaquin]

All the recent adventures in the DMs Guild seem to be adopting this. E.g. the content warnings on this I Find That Familiar (WBW-DC-FDC-03) - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

That’s the DM’s Guild. Fan-made content.