D&D 5E (2024) New Jeremy Crawford Interviews

[Scribe]

There is room for 10 species. Choose ones more different than similar.

Half-Elf as a subspecies of Human or Elf
Half-Orc as a subspecies of Human or Orc

They have options, this wasnt done to make space.

 

[Micah Sweet]

And that's all the reason they need.

There is room for 10 species. Choose ones more different than similar.
(Also I'm a sure popularity plays a big role in their choices).

Doesn't mean there will never be an updated half-orc. Just means you need to use the old half-orc for now.

Half-elf at least has always been popular.

 

[Remathilis]

Call me a conspiracy nut, but I suspect that a half-elf and half-orc like species will eventually come out in some supplement. It will have a name change and updated story, but they will find some way to thread the needle. It just won't be right away and not in the PHB.

 

[mellored]

Half-Elf as a subspecies of Human or Elf
Half-Orc as a subspecies of Human or Orc

Neither Orc nor Human have subspecies.

They have options, this wasnt done to make space.

It was. Just because you wouldn't of chosen it doesn't mean it wasn't their reason.

And once again. You can still use them.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

The Dungeon Dudes' interview with Crawford was great. I haven't watched the other videos. While I have been disappointed by some of the changes and largely didn't think it went far enough to fix the game's problems, I am still interested in seeing some of the updates, especially the variety of small rule changes/codifications he talks about in the video.

 

[Kobold Stew]

The Pack Tactics video has a lot that's useful.


Awkward conversation, but the guy is having fun, and got JC to intro his channel, so that's pretty cool.

Questions were really focused on Backwards Compatibility, and the answers Crawford gave are all sensible and what I think we want to see:

• subclasses not yet updated can be used with updated classes (PHB 2024 provides the chassis -- my word).
• so when your class says you get a subclass feature, you get it and all the things of lower level that it would have given (so level 1-3 features of Forge Domain come online at level 3; as it should be).
• previously published feats can be chosen at levels 4+ (including Tasha's feats).
• races from before are usable as species if they've not been updated. That includes Half-Orc and Half-Elf (presumably, without ASI, since that now comes with Background; hinted at in this video starting around 3:05)
• There's a note about Custom Lineage still being available, presumably with a second Origin feat (and not a general feat), but nothing in the interview as presented.
• most recent version of something supersedes previous ones. (Note: interviewer doesn't ask about playing a Kobold, because he knows the answer is that the MotM version supersedes the Volo's [hence the name of his channel], and he prefers Volo's).

All in all really useful insights.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Also, Crawford talks about "the PH" not the "PHB". I know that's more correct, but it seems wrong.

 

[Argyle King]

Yeah, but Smite was a Spell, that ran on Spell Slots. There were already other Smite Spella. This change juat makes sense.

From a mechanics perspective, it makes sense in that I understand how it works.

I wouldn't say that the current approach is the best approach though. 5e24 could have presented the paladin as something with its own identity by embracing more of what the paladin was already doing and taking steps to further differentiate the class rather than making it more like everything else.

Similarly, classes such as ranger and bard could have explored different ways of using their abilities.

 

[Parmandur]

presumably, without ASI, since that now comes with Background

The UA solution, which I have little doubt is what they will do here, is to choose to use the old Racial ASI or the new Background ASI. That prevents the old Race options that were on a different build type from most they made (really just Half-Elf and Mountain Dwarf) don't end up behind everyone else.

 

[Parmandur]

From a mechanics perspective, it makes sense in that I understand how it works.

I wouldn't say that the current approach is the best approach though. 5e24 could have presented the paladin as something with its own identity by embracing more of what the paladin was already doing and taking steps to further differentiate the class rather than making it more like everything else.

Similarly, classes such as ranger and bard could have explored different ways of using their abilities.

I mean, it sounds like they are exploring different ways of using their abilities...?

All three of those Classes are Spellcasters, so casting Spells is already in their balliwick.