Dungeon Master's Guide Previews Start October 1st

Previews of the Dungeon Master's Guide start on October 1st. Today, Wizards of the Coast announced that they would kick off the marketing cycle for the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide next week with two videos. The first will be a general overview of the Dungeon Master's Guide, while the second will focus on the new Bastion system found in the book. The overview video will run on October 1st, while the Bastion video will run on October 3rd.

The 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide was completely overhauled from the 2014 edition and will feature new adventures, a Greyhawk campaign setting guide (and accompanying maps) and reworked magic items. The Bastion system will also appear in the new DMG and will allow players to create custom strongholds that provide mechanic effects during downtime.

The 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide will be released on November 12th, although the early access window starts on October 29th.

 

[Saracenus]

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I clicked the like before I screenshotted and noticed the number. That was completely random, funny, but random.

 

[DEFCON 1]

I told them you'd want the pre-pre-announcement, but my suggestions were unfortunately shot down.

Yeah, but you gave us a post-pre-announcement, which is almost just as good.

 

[TravDoc42]

I'm excited to see the Cosmology section of the book! I hope it goes a lil more in depth into the Outer Planes than 2014's DMG did!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I hope this is more comprehensive than the "everything you want to know about the 2024 PHB" video, which fell short of telling me everything I wanted to know.

Seriously, though, WotC: Gimme details on creating monsters, spells and magic items, and please tell me the 2014 magic items properties chart appears in the 2024 DMG.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Bastion? The kid from Neverending Story?

New campaign world set in Fantastia!

 

[kittenhugs]

I'm most excited to see the final bastions system, if they did any revisions to Xanathar's downtime rules, and if the CR math has been adjusted at all. Generally I'm hoping the guidance it gives matches up with the PHB rules more directly--it's been clear for a long time that the 2014 core rulebooks were developed too separately from each other. Mostly I just want adventure day and encounter guidelines that match with what player characters can actually do, lol

 

[pukunui]

I'm most excited to see the final bastions system, if they did any revisions to Xanathar's downtime rules, and if the CR math has been adjusted at all. Generally I'm hoping the guidance it gives matches up with the PHB rules more directly--it's been clear for a long time that the 2014 core rulebooks were developed too separately from each other. Mostly I just want adventure day and encounter guidelines that match with what player characters can actually do, lol

I did not like the UA version of the bastions system. I think they should have taken the franchise rules from the Acq Inc book, filed off the Acq Inc serial numbers, and called it a day.

What I really want to know is if they've replaced the terrible 2014 chase rules with something that actually works. (There was a much better version in one of the early AL adventures.)

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

Ah, the announcement of of the teaser of the trailer! My favourite time! I’m just upset they didn’t pre-announce that they’d be announcing the date of the previews. It’s almost like they don’t even care!

Good enough to make it to the front page of ENWorld

 

[Sulicius]

I did not like the UA version of the bastions system. I think they should have taken the franchise rules from the Acq Inc book, filed off the Acq Inc serial numbers, and called it a day.

What I really want to know is if they've replaced the terrible 2014 chase rules with something that actually works. (There was a much better version in one of the early AL adventures.)

Interesting! I am the other way around. I am running the playtest rules for the bastion now, though I changed the level requirements 2 lower and put it in a pirate ship. Works great!

What makes the AI rules good?

 

[Morrus]

Good enough to make it to the front page of ENWorld

Correct.