D&D 5E (2024) D&D Beyond's Development Roadmap Is A Complete Rebuild Of Platform

D&D Beyond has announced its roadmap for the future, including features in active development and those planned for later down the line. These include a full rebuild of the game platform's engine, a new character builder, tools for Dungeon Masters, and more.

Over the past few months, we’ve launched a new homepage, a revamped and more sortable content library, image reveals in the Maps VTT to help DMs immerse their players more easily, and several other quality-of-life improvements.

2026 is a year of refocusing and rebuilding D&D Beyond to make it easier to play D&D your way. Three major initiatives will drive most of our work:

• Rebuilding D&D Beyond’s Game Platform
• Improving Player Onboarding and Revamping the Character Builder Experience
• Launching a Suite of Dungeon Master Tools

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Yes of course it is. Took about a month for that term to take hold and settle as the common parlance.

Hardly. It still isnt "the common parlance", and has only taken hold as much as it has due to the concerted efforts of dnd influencers and a few others.

 

[SkidAce]

My

I'm hopeful. Though I'll be honest here, if your players won't not use things you don't want them to, I don't get that at all ... I'm also not sure how big the demand is for this.

My players dont notice..."oh thats from Tasha's ?...my bad" and they are not being sneaky...its just that level of detail is why they are using a character builder in the first place..."it showed it to me".

 

[Scribe]

Hardly. It still isnt "the common parlance", and has only taken hold as much as it has due to the concerted efforts of dnd influencers and a few others.

I've never met someone who knew D&D to a degree we would associate with our fellow online Enworlders, who did not know what 3.5 was compared to 3.0, all of which was before the era of 'influencers' existing.

Again, this shop owner who I do not know, I do not live there, on day 1 of release, was selling it as such. This is not a concerted effort, but the logical continuation of the same naming convention which 'we' all know, today.

The fact its easier to type and instantly understood, is just additional benefit.

 

[Mistwell]

Hardly. It still isnt "the common parlance", and has only taken hold as much as it has due to the concerted efforts of dnd influencers and a few others.

I'd say more than half of the people here were calling it that within a month of release. I hardly think we're influencers here. Well, Morrus is perhaps, but not the rest of us. And yes, it's the common parlance now. Pretty much anywhere people discuss the edition these days, the overwhelming majority call it 5.5e. I mean, I don't care if you don't, but I think you're in denial about it being the common term for it these days.

 

[Clint_L]

but what they think they want and what they need to make the base happy never seems to be the same. If they haven't resolved that the best built site on earth won't help at all.

I think they’ve done a demonstrably good job of keeping the player base generally happy and growing. People who kvetch on forums aren’t the base. I would argue that they are usually the opposite.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

I won't lol

Just because the company has given in and begun calling it by a false and misleading name, doesn't mean I will.

Why do you think that 5.5 is false and misleading? What would a correct name be like?

 

[Zardnaar]

I've been seeing WotC and WotC affiliated people start using 5.5 over the past few months, so I think internally there's been a decision to allow the use of that publicly as shorthand.

Personally I prefer 5e2014/5e2024 but that's kinds because 5.5 looks more like a typo to me.

Ive been using 5.5. Its just quicker

 

[Zardnaar]

I reluctantly concede that I have lost this battle. I will now sulk, and then (gasp) start calling it... ugh... 5.5.

5.5 loyalist. Victory!!!!

Entirely predictable tbh. 5 5 is essentially wat it is, quicker to tyle and 5E2024 and variations is a bit silly.