D&D (2024) Dungeon Master's Guide Bastion System Lets You Build A Stronghold

The Dungeon Master's Guide's brand new Bastion System has been previewed in a new video from Wizards of the Coast.

Characters can acquire a bastion at 5th-level. Each week, the bastion takes a turn, with actions including crafting, recruiting, research, trade, and more.

A bastion also contains a number of special facilties, starting with two at 5th-level up to 6 at 17th-level. These facilities include things like armories, workshops, laboratories, stables, menageries, and more. In total there are nearly thirty such facilities to choose from.

 

[GobHag]

Shortsge of dms eon't be solved with rules that make dm's life worse abd strip the position from what many, like me, consider best parts of it.

And if this is a minigame to play between the sessions, it's even worse, as I have players who believe the game begins and stops at a session and resent being given "a homework assigment". The are great players but this "fun minigame" would probably made them leave the table.

Then don't give them this fun minigame duh

 

[Not a Decepticon]

Then don't give them this fun minigame duh

Then it fails as a selling point of this book, duh.

 

[CleverNickName]

I'm late to the thread, but this is one of the things I've wanted for so long in 5E. This alone might be enough to make me change my disposition on the 2024 Revision because up until now, I've been very lukewarm on the changes. This looks awesome.

 

[Not a Decepticon]

Because players want to retcon two days into their journeys duh. Not sure the issue here?

The King dies day after you meet him, whenever you arrived Monday or Friday! Choo choo, all aboard the railroad!

 

[Micah Sweet]

Because players want to retcon two days into their journeys duh. Not sure the issue here?

Your implication here is that the players' desires, even to the extent of changing campaign history, are more important than setting fidelity. "The issue here" is that not everyone agrees with you.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I'm late to the thread, but this is one of the things I've wanted for so long in 5E. This alone might be enough to make me change my disposition on the 2024 Revision because up until now, I've been very lukewarm on the changes. This looks awesome.

Have you been wanting a stronghold system in general, or a system that players control outside of their PCs that DMs cannot touch? If the former, there are lots of stronghold systems out there. If the latter...happy gaming! I'm glad you're getting what you want.

 

[CleverNickName]

Have you been wanting a stronghold system in general, or a system that players control outside of their PCs that DMs cannot touch? If the former, there are lots of stronghold systems out there. If the latter...happy gaming! I'm glad you're getting what you want.

The latter, for the most part. I know there are a lot of systems out there, but so far I haven't found the perfect one yet so I'm always looking around. And I'm not sure that this one will be what I'm looking for either, but I'm optimistic. It might be enough to make me switch to R5E, might not, but it's enough to at least make me want to pay attention.

 

[GobHag]

The King dies day after you meet him, whenever you arrived Monday or Friday! Choo choo, all aboard the railroad!

Yeah sure, is the game about preventing the king's death or the fallout of the king's death. I'd complain if it was the first, won't care if it's the 2nd.

 

[GobHag]

Your implication here is that the players' desires, even to the extent of changing campaign history, are more important than setting fidelity. "The issue here" is that not everyone agrees with you.

Yeah I know. if you don't agree, don't do it. If you agree, do it.

 

[GobHag]

Then it fails as a selling point of this book, duh.

No i think it's pretty succeeding since the one that gets the most riled up about how bad it is is the one that's getting repeated mod warnings. So it must be doing something good on making someone like that so angry.