D&D 5E (2024) How you going to roll... 5.24 into your game(s)?

[DrJawaPhD]

I'm not planning to buy the books, so if they switch, they'll have to supply the books to use.

Can't you just look it up online? There's no reason you need the actual books to play unless that's just a purchase that you want to make

 

[Stormonu]

Can't you just look it up online? There's no reason you need the actual books to play unless that's just a purchase that you want to make

If they do an SRD or some sort of free version on Beyond, sure. Otherwise, that'd be piracy?

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

I'm playing in a single active 5e campaign playing through ToA, and I expect that we'll finish that campaign with the current rules and characters. Maybe we'll adopt a few rules from the new books, but we're not planning to allow 2024 character options or spells.

Hopefully the release of the new books won't break D&D beyond, as we're heavy users. I hope I can still find my "legacy" content while I need it, and that it doesn't get completely mixed up with the new stuff.

 

[DrJawaPhD]

Otherwise, that'd be piracy?

Is it? There are tons of places to look up the current rules now, that can't all be piracy right? I actually don't know

 

[Stormonu]

Is it? There are tons of places to look up the current rules now, that can't all be piracy right? I actually don't know

If its not in the 5.1 SRD but is official WotC content, yes it is.

 

[Zardnaar]

See what the others think. Start new campaign.

 

[Hussar]

Just canvassed my group. Of the 5 people (including myself), 3 had no idea that there was a new version coming out. One is interested and I'm kinda on the fence.

So, it looks like I won't be making any drastic changes just yet.

 

[delericho]

As it happens, I've decided against moving to the 2024 revision. However the way we've handled these things in the past (including the 3.0 -> 3.5 change, which appears to be the closest equivalent this time) is that we've wrapped up an existing campaign and then started the new one with the new rules.

If we were changing, that's what we'd do again. And it would be a case of switching - no mix-and-match editions for us.

 

[tetrasodium]

I haven't decided which of the new systems on the horizon that I'm most likely to move to as a gm. If that choice is 5.05 or whatever though it would be a clean break from the old, I have no interest in trying to juggle running franken-edition

 

[Zardnaar]

As it happens, I've decided against moving to the 2024 revision. However the way we've handled these things in the past (including the 3.0 -> 3.5 change, which appears to be the closest equivalent this time) is that we've wrapped up an existing campaign and then started the new one with the new rules.

If we were changing, that's what we'd do again. And it would be a case of switching - no mix-and-match editions for us.

That's what we do. Probably switch the when is up for debate.