D&D (2024) New Jeremy Crawford Interviews

[Ruin Explorer]

Where do you get that...? When he was pressed, he admitted yoy could mix and match, but their recommendation (which I am sure will be true at AL tables) is the new version supercedes the old.

From what @Charlaquin who I quoted said? I thought that was obvious. She's contradicting what you're saying here.

Either you can or you can't intentionally mix. If they're going to make it so you can't, like, make it so Beyond forces you on to the new rules, for example, if you have them, then absolutely this is a huge revision to their plans and they lied previously.

If you can mix, and they just like, think you should probably use the new things - that's still a change, because that wasn't the line a year ago, or even six months ago, which was the much more open "use whichever you prefer!". But it's not as big of a change. If that's really true, presumably Beyond etc. will always let you pick the "old" version of a thing (as it does now).

 

[JEB]

their recommendation (which I am sure will be true at AL tables) is the new version supercedes the old.

There's zero doubt that 2024 versions will supersede the older versions in DDAL - they already did that when Monsters of the Multiverse came out, and people couldn't make characters with the older versions of species in the book.

 

[Parmandur]

If you can mix, and they just like, think you should probably use the new things

That is literally what Crawford said, in multiple videos, yes, while talking about how old options are still useable.

 

[Parmandur]

There's zero doubt that 2024 versions will supersede the older versions in DDAL - they already did that when Monsters of the Multiverse came out, and people couldn't make characters with the older versions of species in the book.

Never do OP, but ot seems reasonable for that context and as a general recommendation.

But Crawford cannot stop me, bwahahahahaha.

 

[Valetudo]

What if I decide to use both? Do you think 2014 gwm is overpowered in 2024? Honestly interested in opnions.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

That is literally what Crawford said, in multiple videos, yes, while talking about how old options are still useable.

Ok, fine, but that's literally not what @Charlaquin said, so that's what I was going with.

I could see forcing the Feats to update much more than other stuff, so that kind of made sense. But a lot of things they've just redesigned so much that the 2014 version is literally too different to really just change to - it's literally like an edition change. Which is fine if it's optional, and just a different design within the same edition (4E did this also), but not fine if it's mandatory or close to it.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Just for Feats? Not for classes/species etc? Or for all? Because that's huge and backwards-compatibility is completely out the window if it's for all.

Huh. Almost as if "backwards compatibility" was a marketing strategy to be discarded once folks have given them their cash for whatever errata they intend to sell.

 

[Mistwell]

Are you sure?

Yes. 100% positive. You can see many clicking thumbs up on my reply to you so not sure why you're doubting there are people who like it.

We are talking about WoTC after all. I wasn't talking about the half-edition itself.

No the context of your post was not WOTC itself but was specifically about 5e, in the 5e forum of this message board in a string of comments directly about 5e from an interview by the lead designer of 5e talking about 5e.

This is what you quoted and replied to, "Unfortunately, this is how 5e was designed, so this is how 5e will be explained. Refusing to pick lanes defines 5e."

Could not have been more clear, mentioning 5e three times, every part of the two sentence paragraph, making sure everyone understood the context is 5e.

 

[Micah Sweet]

There's zero doubt that 2024 versions will supersede the older versions in DDAL - they already did that when Monsters of the Multiverse came out, and people couldn't make characters with the older versions of species in the book.

A HUGE reason not to bother with D&DB whatsoever.

 

[Parmandur]

Ok, fine, but that's literally not what @Charlaquin said, so that's what I was going with.

I could see forcing the Feats to update much more than other stuff, so that kind of made sense. But a lot of things they've just redesigned so much that the 2014 version is literally too different to really just change to - it's literally like an edition change. Which is fine if it's optional, and just a different design within the same edition (4E did this also), but not fine if it's mandatory or close to it.

In a TTRPG, nothing is mandatory. Systems wise, it will still work, and Crawford admitted that in the videos (did you watch the videos, they are quite clear?).

As far as Beyond goes, you can still use Volo's Guide and Tome of Foe PC and Monster block options that were previously abrogated Monsters of the Multiverse, in what I always presumed was a test run for 2014 options once the new book is out.