Jeremy Crawford: “We are releasing new editions of the books”

[Micah Sweet]

You haven't seen Chris Perkins talk about the 2014 DMG I take it?

I have not, but I was referring to company errors, not content nitpicks. For my part, I like the 5e DMG and think all it can do to improve is re-organize a bit.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Are you saying that because party mix and encounter mix vary so wildly, that there can be no guidelines?

For GMs of LevelUp or other 5E clones... do those rules get CR right for encounter design?

No idea. I mostly base my encounters on what makes sense to be where the players went. I don't really use CR.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

How is 5.5e more confusing about compatibility with 5e than One D&D which makes no reference to 5e at all?

The 2024 Core Rulebooks are NOT CALLED ONE D&D. They haven't been marketed yet. OneD&D is the name of the Playtest. That's it. Like D&DNext before it.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

if they give the orc more HP and more to hit is it the same CR?

It is if the changes better reflect what that CR is supposed to be. But it ultimately doesn't matter much. D&D isn't balanced well enough for it to matter, unless the to-hit and HP were VASTLY different.

 

[Maxperson]

The 2024 Core Rulebooks are NOT CALLED ONE D&D. They haven't been marketed yet. OneD&D is the name of the Playtest. That's it. Like D&DNext before it.

I get that and I covered this in a later post. The problem is that I have nothing else to call it right now other than 5.5e.

 

[mamba]

I think you're correct in saying that there needs to be less variability for CR to work better. The problem I see with that is that it is really hard to give unique, fun abilities to classes and accomplish that goal. I think that the cure would likely be less fun than the illness.

it might be, which is why I wrote that this might not be better / wanted.

It’s a matter of what your goals are, encounter math that actually works reasonable well, with the costs this brings -> the PF2 direction. Bounded accuracy and monsters being applicable for a wider range of levels -> slight improvements to the 5e math, but it will never be precise

 

[Yaarel]

I get that and I covered this in a later post. The problem is that I have nothing else to call it right now other than 5.5e.

I find myself calling it "2024".

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I find myself calling it "2024".

Weird.

I find myself calling it 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be).

But that could just be a side effect of the brown blotter.

 

[Incenjucar]

While I am typically critical of WotC not taking advantage of all the available tools we have these days, I do think that a robust statistical analysis system is fairly beyond their budget and expertise.

They should be better at CR than they are, and it's possible to build a tool that cam analyze things, but I don't consider it a mark against them that they're relying on simpler, fuzzier methods in this case.

 

[Gorck]

Weird.

I find myself calling it 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be).

But that could just be a side effect of the brown blotter.

Since it is still Dungeons And Dragons, I will be calling it DAD