D&D (2024) First playtest thread! One D&D Character Origins.

[overgeeked]

Love how they do the bullet points of each feats and conditions. Way easier for my players who have a harder time reading English.

Almost like they're writing the rules to a game.

 

[Justice and Rule]

Also I know I will be, but I recommend people hold on to the PDFs for historical purposes. Given how much can just disappear off the internet, it'd be nice to have an archive of this stuff for the future.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Almost like they're writing the rules to a game.

Yep. Its not too word-y, but its not dry/dull either. I think its a nice, balanced way of informing while being fun.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Well, until we get the class UA (and we all know it's coming), we have Dragonlance/Knight of Solamnia/Build your Background to compensate for that for the time.

of the 7 (6+me) players active in my group text 3 are mad, 2 are hopeful, and me and another are not sure but suspicious... I still fear this will change enough to force it into being an edition break (even if they claim it isn't) but pay lip service to back compatibility enough to not change everything that needs changing.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Be interesting to see if the Warlock changes any or any Short rest based classes.

how they interact with 'arcane spell list' already has some qustions... I hope the no eldritch blast being a cantrip means it is a class feature again

 

[Nadan]

Well, looks like they still want people to buy Fizban even after 2024. Cause the default dragonborn is back to the awful range.

 

[Havrik Stoneskimmer]

(never mind)

 

[Cadence]

of the 7 (6+me) players active in my group text 3 are mad, 2 are hopeful, and me and another are not sure but suspicious... I still fear this will change enough to force it into being an edition break (even if they claim it isn't) but pay lip service to back compatibility enough to not change everything that needs changing.

Having played in a game where some used OD&D, some B/X, and some AD&D for their characters... I wonder if the biggest determinant of whether a half edition is a break might be whether players who want the old stick to just using it instead of trying to cross-book min-max, and how angry everything makes the DM.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

that and I wonder why it doesn't have the 'as an attack if you have multi attacks' rider

My bet: its only because we do not have access to the class features as-of-now. It'll probably be added when the multi-attacking classes are presented.

But I'd still mention it in the comment, just to be sure.

 

[Justice and Rule]

how they interact with 'arcane spell list' already has some qustions... I hope the no eldritch blast being a cantrip means it is a class feature again

It'd be nice if they roll some of the near-auto choices into just being class features. Eldritch Blast is a good example of a cantrip, though skills would be another smart idea: Rangers should automatically get Survival and Nature, Druids should get Nature, Wizards get Arcana, Clerics get Religion, etc.