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[HobbitFan]

If memory serves, it was on one of Mike Mearls' WOTC blogs. I don't think it was Twitter information or interview stuff.

 

[RotGrub]

I think it's great that firearms and alien guns are in the DMG. I have a few old dungeon magazine adventures I can now use.

I'm thinking folks who like spelljammer and other fantastic settings will be very happy.

 

[Mistwell]

I remember this being announced, but can't find it. Anyone got a handy link?

http://tribality.com/2014/04/29/dungeons-dragons-next-reveals-mass-combat-system-details/

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Where is my Mass Combat???? Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111one!!!!!!!!!!

combat options probably.

 

[Cerebral Paladin]

Here's a link to Mike Mearls's column on Battlesystem:
http://archive.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20140428

In the column, he describes Battlesystem as "[a]n optional part of the core system of D&D Next." A lot of us assumed that that would mean that it would be in the DMG, rather than in a subsequent (less core) release. Of course, it's possible that it is, tucked under combat options or something, or that it was intended to be but got cut (for space, because it needed more development, or for some other reason) between April and now.

 

[SkidAce]

One page for creating magic items. Must be a simple and elegant system.

 

[SkidAce]

I dont expect all the advertised modularity to be in the DMG. There will likely be an Unearthed Arcana or Combat Options book later.

 

[Jester David]

30 pages on world building
25 pages on the planes
55 pages on making adventures/NPCs
95 pages of magic items
25 pages on running the game
25 pages of optional rules
10 pages of random dungeon design

For a game built on "making the game your own" and "playing how you want", 25 pages seems pretty tiny. Like super tiny. I hope there's more customization content spread out over the rest of the book.

And with 150 pages dedicated to running the game, making adventures, and magic items in the DMG, you think they could devote more than 5 pages to that subject in the Basic rules.

 

[trystero]

...with 150 pages dedicated to running the game, making adventures, and magic items in the DMG, you think they could devote more than 5 pages to that subject in the Basic rules.

The Dungeon Master's Basic Rules is supposed to be updated after the DMG is out: the current draft makes it pretty clear that those sections are skeletal because they were still being worked on when the PDF came out.

 

[trystero]

Amazon has the page count at 320. Unless there's a 15 page index, I'd say the book has gotten bigger And that that ToC is inaccurate. Even the firearms rules we can see here are in page 266 [sic], which the ToC claims is "Creating a Monster".

And the preview entries for the Eye and Hand of Vecna are on pp. 224–5, which is the beginning of the "Alternative Rewards" section in the ToC listing, rather than in the "Artifacts" section.