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

[Parmandur]

I’m sorry but what makes store games not normal?

It's a very small percentage of people who play D&D, per WotC own report. Most people never play in stores.

 

[The Hierophant]

... or the magical shields ruling. That was really weird, I wonder what was the reasoning behind it.

What ruling was that?

 

[Micah Sweet]

I'm....not sure how to answer that. Are you saying you don't find Powerful Build to be less colorful/evocative/flavorful than +2 Str?

I keep hearing that without fixed racial ASIs the races are all identical. But if that's true, then Elves and Halflings and Tabaxi are already "identical". Do you find that to be true?

No, but I also don't think Powerful Build is a particularly flavorful ability. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.

Honestly, if they would just split heritage and culture all of this would be so much easier. But I guess WotC thinks people can't handle one more decision point.

 

[Nikosandros]

What ruling was that?

That you can gain the magical bonus to AC from a shield by simply holding the shield, even if you don't don it. It's really weird. There was a very long thread here about two years ago.

 

[CleverNickName]

A retread of an older meme.

 

[Micah Sweet]

The thing is, if they make any significant changes to the core class at all, it's likely to become incompatible with some subclasses, and once that happens, there's no point trying to make it compatible with others - it'd almost be worse to have, say, a 6E Fighter compatible with 50% of old subclasses than one cleanly compatible with 0%. And it's not breaking their word if 5E classes only work with 5E subclasses, so long as mechanically they fit into the 6E system generally.

Corporations do love their semantic arguments.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

But we are already mixing and matching them today.

I suspect we'll soon find that MoM is more "inspired" by 1D&D than actually part of the new edition.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Anecdote versus anecdote. Hundreds are no more representative of millions than a dozen. But you know who does have data on what people actually do...the designers making this material.

you mean the people asking for our feedback right now... those designers?

 

[Micah Sweet]

If they are committed to the coexistence of both phb, they will certainly allow to use both in AL and other official events. Will it be enough to encourage it too for private table? Quite less obvious. They will probably disallow to make character using both phb at the same time, avoiding a fiesta of shenanigans.

I really, really don't think they are committed to both phb. I think they want to change the game, and are seeing how far they can take it. If they don't expect most people to use the 2024 edition and DDB when the time comes I will be very surprised.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

If they are committed to the coexistence of both phb, they will certainly allow to use both in AL and other official events.

I do wonder about this too... in 2024+ can I walk into those cons and play AL with the not updated not errata 2014phb