D&D (2024) (+)One Big Thing I Would Change

[Olrox17]

Oh man that’s a heck of a thing. As a DM who loves LR and has never seen any immersion issue with it, it’s not for me, but it’s an impressive work.

It is the single biggest house rule I have ever implemented in a dnd game! Wouldn’t run 5e without it nowadays, though.

 

[Ath-kethin]

A lot of what people are suggesting can be accomplished by just playing Dungeon Crawl Classics.

But in keeping with actually playing 5e, the big change I would like is ditching damage-dealing cantrips. Magicians being able to do magical stuff without using spell slots is fine with me - it addresses a major gripe my friends and I had about TSR-era wizards. But I don't like damage-dealing cantrips. It feels videogamey to me, and more than almost anything else makes D&D feel like a (barely) glorified combat game.

 

[Horwath]

Similar to to 3.5e and what they tried in XGtE with tools, lot's of fixed DC examples for ALL skills.

fixed stealth vs perception.
when can you use your stealth, when do you have disadvantage, when advantage.
At what distance you get bonuses to stealth, what is the difference is sound carrying in dungeon vs forest?

 

[Greg K]

At the moment (and subject to change), the one big thing that I would change is the design team

 

[DeviousQuail]

Removal of the big combat feats. Break them down into smaller parts and make them all part of a combo style/maneuver/stance list for warriors. As an example GWM gets broken into two parts; one gives the famous -5/+10 and the other gives the bonus action attack after crits and kills. Then the warrior classes get to pick a few as they level up in a similar fashion to cantrips for casters. Fighters get the most and have the fastest progression, paladins and rangers get fewer with a slower progression, monks/barbs/rogues progress the same as paladins and rangers but start with fewer, gish subclasses of casters get a couple and have the slowest progression.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

paladins and rangers get fewer with a slower progression, monks/barbs/rogues progress the same as paladins and rangers but start with fewer

...why would the non-fighter full martials get fewer then the martial-leaning half-casters? that seems kind of backwards to me

 

[Aldarc]

A lot of what people are suggesting can be accomplished by just playing Dungeon Crawl Classics.

But in keeping with actually playing 5e, the big change I would like is ditching damage-dealing cantrips. Magicians being able to do magical stuff without using spell slots is fine with me - it addresses a major gripe my friends and I had about TSR-era wizards. But I don't like damage-dealing cantrips. It feels videogamey to me, and more than almost anything else makes D&D feel like a (barely) glorified combat game.

It's not?!

 

[TwoSix]

It's not?!

You’d think if it was a glorified combat game it would be better at it.

 

[Aldarc]

You’d think if it was a glorified combat game it would be better at it.

I'm sure that is someone's one big thing that they would change.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Change 'Charisma' to 'Presence', that way we can write out all six ability scores with a single letter, rather than always having five single letters and a 'Ch'.