D&D (2024) Experienced DMs, how useful is the 2024 DMG to you?

[OB1]

The DM toolbox will be sitting open next to me when I adventure plan, so very useful there, and IMO reason enough to purchase even if you already have the 2014 DMG for your magic Item needs. I also prefer the 2024 treasure tables to the 2014, as well as the guide to the planes in 2024. The Lore Glossary won't get a ton of use by me, but is still nice to have when I need it.

Finally, I found the How to DM, Adventure Building and Campaign building sections a good read. Don't know that I'll reference them that much going forward, but even as an experienced DM, still picked up a few tidbits.

 

[Emerikol]

You didn't state how you felt it would be useful or not to you... what you stated was that you didn't find the book helpful (implying you actually read it)... even though you have never actually read the book.

I haven't read it either but I think from the vast number of threads we could at least infer a lot of information about it. Do we really have to buy it to make any comment about it? Should he have said, "based on what I've heard and read, I don't believe it will be a book I will use very often?" Maybe but I think you're being pedantic.

And no, I was never going to buy it as I didn't buy the 2014 books. I know they will not be worried about my playstyle. My only hope out of that crew was Mike Mearls and he let me down.

 

[Imaro]

I haven't read it either but I think from the vast number of threads we could at least infer a lot of information about it. Do we really have to buy it to make any comment about it? Should he have said, "based on what I've heard and read, I don't believe it will be a book I will use very often?" Maybe but I think you're being pedantic.

And no, I was never going to buy it as I didn't buy the 2014 books. I know they will not be worried about my playstyle. My only hope out of that crew was Mike Mearls and he let me down.

Why comment at all in a thread specifically asking how useful a tool is to you when you haven't used said tool??

Its not asking for vague impressions based on 2nd hand information.

 

[Shiroiken]

I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but from everything I've seen/heard, it's geared much more towards new DMs. I'll probably reference it more frequently than I did the 2014 DMG, which was almost never. Likely I'll copy a handful of pages that I'll need for my DM screen.

I think its dishonest to make definitive comments on a book one hasn't read... but that's just me.

TBF, they read parts of it. I've made definitive comments about books I never finished, usually because I found it terrible. I could easily see someone reading the "important" sections and deciding it wasn't for them. I'd wager a huge number of people who dislike the 2024 PHB did the same thing.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Why comment at all in a thread specifically asking how useful a tool is to you when you haven't used said tool??

Its not asking for vague impressions based on 2nd hand information.

The book's been out for about 15 minutes. How much actual use has anyone gotten out of it yet?

 

[darjr]

I’m not expecting anyone to have long term use with the book yet. Just curious about it at this point.

 

[PHATsakk43]

I’ll be honest in saying that so far, I’m not really impressed with 2024, but I can’t imagine how any DMG could be worse than the 5E one.

Honestly, I’ll probably pick it up first to see if it actually is useful beyond a magic item list.

 

[Lazybones]

As a veteran DM, I read the opening guidance chapters once and will probably never revisit them again. But for a new DM they would be quite useful.

As someone who runs games on a VTT, all three core books are essential to every session; having the magic items and various tables ready to go makes things much easier than having to enter everything myself. If my in-person game switches to the 2024 ruleset it will be helpful for session planning but I probably won't be taking the DMG with me to the game store where I play each week, unlike the PH and MM.

 

[Imaro]

TBF, they read parts of it. I've made definitive comments about books I never finished, usually because I found it terrible. I could easily see someone reading the "important" sections and deciding it wasn't for them. I'd wager a huge number of people who dislike the 2024 PHB did the same thing.

TBF...The OP isn't about whether you like the book or don't or whether you're going to buy it or not... or how you feel about it. Its about how useful it is to experienced DM's. How do you know if you aren't using it, don't own it, decided it's not for you (without reading it) etc. Your opinion is uninformed plain and simple. You're spouting off opinion without any experience to back it up...

In the same way early on some claimed there were no variant rules only for those who actually owned the book to prove otherwise.

 

[Imaro]

The book's been out for about 15 minutes. How much actual use has anyone gotten out of it yet?

You havent even read it and you've misquoted on this very forum things you claimed were in it... no wonder you don't find it useful.