D&D (2024) Is There A New Sheriff in Town?

[Yaarel]

5e can "borrow" many of these Daggerheart innovations, in the form of a 5e "setting" with setting-specific mechanics.

Indeed, I would love Darrington Press to publish this 5e setting. With Crawford and Perkins in house, this bespoke 5e setting can be an amazing product.

 

[SteveC]

I don't have an issue with the idea, but I am just not seeing Daggerheart as that product. It just seems a bit "meh" to me.

To be sure. Daggerheart isn't trying to be an all-things-to-all-people game, and I expect there will be plenty who bounce off it, have your meh reaction, or just hate it. That's another reason why I think D&D isn't in any danger. I do hope that it expands to be another viable alternative to play.

 

[Distracted DM]

5e can "borrow" many of these Daggerheart innovations, in the form of a 5e "setting" with setting-specific mechanics.

Indeed, I would love Darrington Press to publish this 5e setting. With Crawford and Perkins in house, this bespoke 5e setting can be an amazing product.

Reminds me of how in the 2000s there were many MMOs with innovative ideas all trying to live alongside WoW, but 4-6 months after the new MMOs release WoW had incorporated those innovations into itself

 

[Corinnguard]

Reminds me of how in the 2000s there were many MMOs with innovative ideas all trying to live alongside WoW, but 4-6 months after the new MMOs release WoW had incorporated those innovations into itself

RPG companies like to do that too. One RPG company comes up with the idea of moving the ASIs from species to background, and then the next thing you know another RPG is doing something similar. I think PF2 started this trend while also having fixed ASIs assigned to ancestry and class. Then Level Up came up with background ASIs next. I find them to be more flexible than those used by 5.5e and PF2. One fixed ASI and one floating ASI. 5.5e's fixed ASIs are somewhat limiting and tend to IMO make the backgrounds favor one class over another. Like the Guide Background favoring Rangers as they tend to be the party scout.