D&D (2024) How D&D Beyond Will Handle Access To 2014 Rules

D&D Beyond has announced how the transition to the new 2024 edition will work on the platform, and how legacy access to the 2014 version of D&D will be implemented.

• You will still be able to access the 2014 Basic Rules and core rulebooks.
• You will still be able to make characters using the 2014 Player's Handbook.
• Existing home-brew content will not be impacted.
• These 2014 rules will be accessible and will be marked with a 'legacy' badge: classes, subclasses, species, backgrounds, feats, monsters.
• Tooltips will reflect the 2024 rules.
• Monster stat blocks will be updated to 2024.
• There will be terminology changes (Heroic Inspiration, Species, etc.)

D&D (2024) - Wizards of the Coast Backtracks on D&D Beyond and 2014 Content

Wizards of the Coast posted an overnight update stating that they are not going forward with previously released plans to require those wishing to use some 2014 content on D&D Beyond to use the Homebrew function to manually enter it. Instead, all the content including spells and magic items will...

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[OB1]

As an 8 year DDB user who is switching to the 2024 ruleset, this all looks good to me. I am a bit surprised by that they are giving away the updated spells and magic items for free, I wonder if that was just going to be too complex to program. I'm happy with the ability for players to be able to choose to use legacy classes, subclasses and species, I expect to have at least 1 player in the next campaign running a legacy class.

It's also hilarious to me all of the 'outrage' in this thread by people who don't use DDB or even play 5e.

 

[Burnside]

So much hyperbole, as usual for this forum, I suppose. I've been using the UA rules for ages, while playing on DDB. It's been super easy, barely an inconvenience. This is the same. The updated tooltips mostly just do things like mention the new mastery ability. Which you can ignore if you want to stick with the 2014 rules.

Or...you know...the sky is falling and all that.

Weapon Mastery is easy to ignore. New spells and new class abilities automatically replacing the 2014 ones on your current character sheet is less so.

 

[Zaukrie]

So much hyperbole, as usual for this forum, I suppose. I've been using the UA rules for ages, while playing on DDB. It's been super easy, barely an inconvenience. This is the same. The updated tooltips mostly just do things like mention the new mastery ability. Which you can ignore if you want to stick with the 2014 rules.

Or...you know...the sky is falling and all that.

great reference!

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

This sucks. Being able to quickly jump to the rules for a spell is the most useful feature of the D&D beyond character sheet.

 

[Zaukrie]

As an 8 year DDB user who is switching to the 2024 ruleset, this all looks good to me. I am a bit surprised by that they are giving away the updated spells and magic items for free, I wonder if that was just going to be too complex to program. I'm happy with the ability for players to be able to choose to use legacy classes, subclasses and species, I expect to have at least 1 player in the next campaign running a legacy class.

It's also hilarious to me all of the 'outrage' in this thread by people who don't use DDB or even play 5e.

the number of people that come to this site to complain about things they don't use is amazing to me, like, how is that fun?

 

[Clint_L]

It's also hilarious to me all of the 'outrage' in this thread by people who don't use DDB or even play 5e.

Not surprising, though. Pretty on point for this forum. If there is an opportunity to criticize WotC/5e/DDB/2024, then it's go time.

 

[Clint_L]

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[Burnside]

Folks who have been using DDB for years: "This looks like what we expected. Seems fine."

Folks who hate DDB and everything it represents: "DDB is BROKEN. How DARE they!"

I've been using it since launch.

And you're bordering on the personal attack stuff tbh.

 

[Parmandur]

As an 8 year DDB user who is switching to the 2024 ruleset, this all looks good to me. I am a bit surprised by that they are giving away the updated spells and magic items for free, I wonder if that was just going to be too complex to program. I'm happy with the ability for players to be able to choose to use legacy classes, subclasses and species, I expect to have at least 1 player in the next campaign running a legacy class.

It's also hilarious to me all of the 'outrage' in this thread by people who don't use DDB or even play 5e.

It seems to me that allowing people who bought the 2014 PHB and DMG to have free access to the Spells and Magic items is actually a little bit of a nice freebie, even if it is frustrating for anyone who wants to keep older versions.

 

[Clint_L]

I've been using it since launch.

And you're bordering on the personal attack stuff tbh.

Fair enough. I apologize.