D&D General Dmg previews up

[SkidAce]

A quick summary after watching 2/3 of the video:

1. Adventures. Will include 5 short "adventures", most are about a 1/2 page.

2. Greyhawk. Greyhawk treatment similar to the original Gazetteer. Focuses first on the City, then describes the wider world, references adventure sites. Also references potential bastion sites.

3. Lore Glossary. Includes info on key legendary figures, like Modenkainen, or sites, like Balder's Gate, or materials, like mithril.

4. Bastions. Players can establish a bastion at level 5. Acts almost like an NPC, PC's can send orders (don't have to be present) to it to craft, farm, etc. on the bastion turn. Can combine bastions from multiple PC's. Portrayed as a player's opportunity to DM their own mini-world that they control.

5. Magic Items. Biggest chapter. Revised and added many. Much more artwork. Added the magic items from the D&D cartoon. Applied magic effect types to more weapons (i.e., flametongue can be a great club). Added prices to the items, as well as crafting rules.

6. Tracking Sheets. Downloadable. Way to organize and track your DM/campaign info, like NPC's, settlements, bastions, magic items, party composition/backstory, conflicts, and session planning.

Where are rules?

 

[Zaukrie]

Where are rules?

I've been moving closer to this.... But I'm old and tired and forgetful.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

And I'm guessing most won't change much, if at all....

Well the Bugbear is already looking pretty different from the WIP version.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Old Bugbear for comparison

 

[tetrasodium]

Right, but how many DMs want variant rest rules, slow natural healing and full encumbrance? Ask 100 DMs what variant rules they'd like in the DMG, and you'll probably get 100 different answers. There are thousands of knobs that could be turned by any DM, depending on what they and their table find interesting.

I want most of those rules & the only reason I say "most" is because the 2014 corrupted the term "slow natural healing" with a garbage implementation of what is still complete & explosive all or nothing recovery rather than a gradual linear healing. The trick is that those optional & variant rules in the DMG need to be written to fill the needs of the DM, people are concerned about them because the ones in wotc's 2014 dmg are largely built to fill the desires of players & do little of value for the GM.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yeah, had the same thought (no pun intended). It honestly sounds a little video gamey to me.

Catan: Dungeons & Dragons edition, coming soon!

Actually, it's probably more like [insert fancy Euro board game I don't know the name of].

 

[Charlaquin]

I think the book will have stuff like "change how resting works", but stuff like the Honor Attribute, or Proficiency Dice...I doubt.

Proficiency dice was a super underrated mechanic

 

[Charlaquin]

Well the Bugbear is already looking pretty different from the WIP version.

View attachment 381317

Bugbear sneaks up, grabs a party member, and runs away whilst repeatedly bonking the grabbed character in the head with a tiny hammer

 

[Parmandur]

Proficiency dice was a super underrated mechanic

Love the idea, and it seems like it would work great! Never used it, however, and would understand if they don't spend DMG real estate on it.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Enworlders complaining about the DMG is like people with PHDs complaining about pre school ciricumuim.

Boy, that is a charitable read, given some of the posts here by DMs.