D&D Next/Dungeon Command

[Wizards of the Coast]

In this episode, Mike Robles asks Mike Mearls and Jeremy Crawford about the ongoing D&D Next Playtest, including what to look forward to at Gen Con 2012. Then Rodney Thompson, Peter Lee and Chris Dupuis join the podcast to discuss the creation and development of Dungeon Command!

Read D&D Next/Dungeon Command on D&D Insider here!

 

[GX.Sigma]

The packet will be out by Gen Con! Yay?

 

[GMforPowergamers]

The packet will be out by Gen Con! Yay?

May be I miss heard but I didn't think it was guaranteed for download just at the con itself

 

[Ashilyn]

Chargen in the next packet? Finally, I can start playtesting, hopefully.

 

[Jester David]

Given the number of gamers getting together and spending that weekend rolling dice as much as possible, they really should make it available before the con. So people can have pick-up games and run the playtests in their hotel rooms and such.

Limiting it to the official playtest games run by WotC seems a little silly and restrictive. Especially since less than 1% of gamers will likely make it to GenCon.
Yeah, it's a nice preview for the people who can go, but the point of the playtest to to test via playing which should take priority over giving some folk a preview.

Plus it would help the playtest games at the con run more smoothly and with fewer rule problems if people could read over the rules beforehand. Otherwise people will be playing a mix of that playtest and the previous version, being unsure of the changes and not necessarily catching the subtleties.

 

[gweinel]

In the place i live now my internet connection is so slow and i cannot hear/download the podcast.
Can someone please tell the main points concerning the playtest and the development of Dungeon Command?

 

[Cerebral Paladin]

Next packet will be out around GenCon (definitely available at GenCon, may be available online in advance of GenCon, at the same time as GenCon, or shortly after GenCon, they're working out the details). All of the classes have been revised to respond to feedback. They're getting positive feedback on most major core areas, except healing; but healing won't get a big change until after the next packet, due to time constraints.

Clerics will get some free healing, separate from spells.

Hit points will get cut down some, both in terms of PCs' and monsters' hp totals, and in terms of damage done. Should have about the same results, but with smaller numbers and better scaling.

New packet will include character generation rules and cover levels 1-5.

I think that covers the core D&D Next updates. I didn't listen to the Dungeon Command part of the podcast.

 

[GX.Sigma]

It's a shame WotC refuses to use torrents.

 

[BobTheNob]

It's a shame WotC refuses to use torrents.

After the frustratingly poor performance of there site last time and the way most people couldnt get the playtest to download, I was hoping the would have a change of policy.

 

[Mercule]

"Year of the Drow"? Seriously? When can we stick a fork it those things? I'd rather have "Year of the Nilbog".