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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 9422793" data-attributes="member: 20323">That's my take too! Lots of games that I feel are ahead of what D&D is doing.I was undecided before, leaning on the negative side but waiting till I saw more. I'd say I moved from Undecided > Will Not Buy.From what I've seen in the flip-throughs many of the underlying rules changes have made me more negatively inclined. Four things:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Core rules changes to stealth, surprise, the influence action, and implementation of weapon masteries are not at all to my liking.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sections where I was hoping for more succinct clear rules writing – e.g. spells – seem to be just as verbose as before.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The areas of the game I felt needed the most attention – e.g. exploration – don't seem to have been addressed at least in the PHB.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Monster stats aren't noticeably improved to my eyes based on the few we've seen so far. As an example of what I mean by "other games feel ahead" – the whole d6 table on the skeleton entry...OSR games have been doing that sort of thing for years, and doing it better.</li> </ol>I'm normally the type of GM to roll with what my players want to play – I'll run most games at least once – but if they insisted on playing a game using the 2024 rules, so far I don't think I'd want to GM that.It does seem like a fun game to be a Player in though, and I'd try playing it. But GMing 2024 D&D? Nah.EDIT: Listening to Mike Shea's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hfpwpQDQlw&t=1529s" target="_blank">walkthrough of PHB</a> and agree with many of his points!</blockquote>

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