D&D (2024) New Jeremy Crawford Interviews

[Micah Sweet]

I would not force the player to switch. But I would not give them any goodie frome the new rules either.

And that's fair.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I am confident you are totally wrong. 5e is not done yet. Too many people have fun.

Good thing this is all speculation on both our parts. There's no way to know.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Good thing this is all speculation on both our parts. There's no way to know.

Although it is fact that many people (not you of course) have fun with WotC 5e.

 

[mamba]

I never said best game for me. None of this is about me. I mean the best game for what the designers want to accomplish. Not their "D&D is undermonetized" corporate employers.

that assumes that 2024 is not what the designers wanted to accomplish, I see no evidence for that

 

[Micah Sweet]

Although it is fact that many people (not you of course) have fun with WotC 5e.

Sure, but that has nothing to do with whether or not the designers made the game they wanted to make, that met the goals they wanted to meet. All that says is that the game they are currently iterating on was and is popular.

 

[Micah Sweet]

that assumes that 2024 is not what the designers wanted to accomplish, I see no evidence for that

There's no way to know. But we do know Hasbro's motivations, and they're not about making the best product.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Sure, but that has nothing to do with whether or not the designers made the game they wanted to make, that met the goals they wanted to meet. All that says is that the game they are currently iterating on was and is popular.

Yeah. They probably wanted to do some more. But I really respect them that they did not force everything in. They were just adamant where it was absolutely necessary. (Paladin smites for example).

 

[mamba]

There's no way to know. But we do know Hasbro's motivations, and they're not about making the best product.

just like any other company

 

[Chaosmancer]

But the 2024 paladin is arguably the only straight nerf. Why wouldn't you play the 2014 one instead?

Because you are wrong?

Every subclass got buffed
Lay on Hands got buffed
Weapon Mastery is a Buff
Channel Divinity and all of its uses got buffed
Every Smite Spell got buffed
Getting 1st level spells at level 1 is a buff
Getting access to all Fighting styles is a buff
Free Prepared spells like Find Steed is a buff
There official ability to use most of their smites and radiant strikes with unarmed attacks is a buff

I seriously struggle to find a single nerf in the entire paladin class EXCEPT for Divine Smite, which is now in line with other smite spells.

And, if you look at buffs across the board, and a nerf to Divine Smite, and say the entire Paladin is a straight nerf? Then Divine Smite NEEDED to be nerfed, because it is literally overshadowing every other aspect of the entire paladin class.

 

[Micah Sweet]

just like any other company

Maybe, but I'm not going to forget that "D&D is undermonetized" comment any time soon. Given how successful the game was at that point, there's no non-greed way to look at that.