D&D 5E New D&D Survey, with some in-depth setting questions

[Minigiant]

There is another axis for when magic users have a lot of power and are common but they only cast cast spells of a limited sphere. Long Magic? Low frequency magic.

An example would be the Avatar universe. Tons of benders but all but one bender has multiple elements and advanced bending is rare.

D&D on a whole is High Versatility as all casters except sorcerers have tons of different spells.

D&D never really attempted a setting with tons of narrow casters. Nentir Vale was the closest.

 

[HammerMan]

...not to mention that in 20 years from now, I'll be about to take my retirement. And so would be my gaming friends. Lazy Monday afternoon game, here I come!

You plan to retire??? let me look at my savings and 401k,,,, nope I have to work until I die

 

[darjr]

When it asked what edition(s) I had played I didn't select 5e, yet I still got the first-character etc. questions; so I don't think it's tied to 5e.

My point was regardless of what’s chosen for first game, some of these questions seem to be about 5e.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

My point was regardless of what’s chosen for first game, some of these questions seem to be about 5e.

It's almost like it's the product they are currently selling new products of

 

[Blue]

Are we sure that's what's happening?

Are we sure that they are asking questions where because of the differences in publication for early TSR editions vs. WotC editions they will skew their results if they lump them together?

Yes.

Are we sure that they are expecting just 5e responses?

I'm not - that was Parmandur's thought.

 

[Parmandur]

Huh. What does that mean, I’ve never heard of wide magic before.

Basically, low level magic is ubiquitous (so prestidigition cleaning devices on street corners, magic street lights), but big ticket stuff is more rare than other D&D Settings.

 

[Greg K]

Are we sure that they are expecting just 5e responses?

At least one or two questions seemed to do so. They specified 5e without either a choice of none of the above or does not appply and would not let me move on if I clicked enter without makin a selection while other questions let me move on when I hit enter without making a choice.

 

[Blue]

At least one or two questions seemed to do so. They specified 5e without either a choice of none of the above or does not appply and would not let me move on if I clicked enter without makin a selection while other questions let me move on when I hit enter without making a choice.

I've already addressed why if they are only expecting 5e responses when asking about making your first character that they are actively poisoning their data. I think they are better at data analytics than that.

 

[darjr]

It's almost like it's the product they are currently selling new products of

This is about the questions like “what did you make your first character with”. Implying Roll20 or DnDBeyond, regardless if you said your first edition was Moldvay Basic. There were several questions that seemed incongruous like that.

 

[Greg K]

My answer to the "what are your 3 favorite races" question on surveys like this one always has been and always will be "Gnomes, Warforged, and Lizardfolk".

I chose Human, Lizardfolk, and Half-Elf. I wish I could have included Gnomes, Halflings, Half-Ogre, Deva, Fairy (third party), Shifter, Dwarf, and Elf