D&D General 6E But A + Thread

[MonsterEnvy]

I would like to see a 6e but I don’t expect it for quite a long time.

 

[Piperken]

It definitely depends. I had a group of 10-year-olds (7 of them) all create characters in 30 min before we had a 2.5 hour adventure. My son and I were the only ones who had played before. It definitely doesn't have to take 2 hours to create a character in 5e.

It doesn't! Also that's excellent you were able to get that organized!

The time involved might be explained by that the player is was 14 as supposed to 10, and they were invested in reading the different sections of the PHB that informed their character choices.

 

[Autumnal]

As part of the presentation of each species, include at least one heroic organization willing to work with others and one villainous organization justifying a “just whack them” response. Also include examples of each not associated with any one species in particular. Keep them pretty simple, just with room for complications for those who want them, as long as the bad guys are really bad. Include discussion for players and GMs about building new ones, with making use of participants’ own likes and loathings as starting points.

I’d happily ascribe some subclasses, spells, gear, and the like to make space for this.

This. And leaning into cosmopolitan settings are my big two wishes.

 

[Autumnal]

Let’s go for the fences on this one: bring back one-minute combat rounds and the explicit assumption that lots of things happen in that round as participants maneuver for the opportunity to do something major. Ross out individual combat actions in favor of stances requiring varying degrees of effort and risk in exchange for improved chances of striking and achieving various results against various sorts of opposition.

This would take time to sell. It is both more realistic and more dramatic, with room to tweak the genre for a session or a campaign by the mix of stances, but I’m. It isolated enough to believe it would easily or quickly win everyone over.

I’d like it, though.

 

[Brendan Byrd]

As part of the presentation of each species, include at least one heroic organization willing to work with others and one villainous organization justifying a “just whack them” response. Also include examples of each not associated with any one species in particular. Keep them pretty simple, just with room for complications for those who want them, as long as the bad guys are really bad.

Dept. 7 vs. Dept. 007 ?
I assume the organizations you refer to could be joined by the PC's (?)
Ideally I'd prefer to see it mentioned with the species descriptor, but described in detail somewhere other than the character generation section.

 

[payn]

I find it interesting that so many folks really only want tweaks to 5E, rather than an actual new edition.

I applaud 5.24E as I think it’s good enough and I’m tired of the hard breaks in D&D.

In the last few months there have been at least two (and maybe more depending on how far you stretch the definition) novel D&D-likes that don't reiterate 5E.

Perfect! Let others reinvent the wheel.

 

[dave2008]

The time involved might be explained by that the player is was 14 as supposed to 10, and they were invested in reading the different sections of the PHB that informed their character choices.

I am sure it comes down to a lot of things. My group of veteran players can make a PC in much less than 30 min. Heck I can probably do it in 5 min. and I never play (forever DM).

However, if you have to read every section of the PHB to make a decision than yes, that will take some time.

 

[dave2008]

It doesn't! Also that's excellent you were able to get that organized!

It did take a lot of effort as it was also a birthday party. There is a picture somewhere of me, after the party, asleep on the battle map with our cat sleeping on me!

 

[Reynard]

I applaud 5.24E as I think it’s good enough

We will definitely have to agree to disagree.

 

[Autumnal]

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Dept. 7 vs. Dept. 007 ?
I assume the organizations you refer to could be joined by the PC's (?)
Ideally I'd prefer to see it mentioned with the species descriptor, but described in detail somewhere other than the character generation section.

Absolutely, on joining. Allies, friends, and rivals are good. And reasonable, about organization.