D&D (2024) PHB 2024 - General Impressions and Random Things I Noticed

[Hussar]

I'm pretty sure that Sigil will allow more than enough automation to allow you to reroll initiative every turn if you want. I would be utterly shocked if it didn't.

I mean, Fantasy Grounds allows that right now.

 

[pukunui]

I don't know that it's ironic. They correctly recognized that the only safe way to do Dark Sun was to not do Dark Sun at all.

Well, OK. I was meaning that if they had made Doomspace = Dark Sun, then it would have been an example of them not playing it safe.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I mean, you can roll a die, no problem. Bit the whole point of Sigil is that it doesn't automate stuff like a video game, it's a digital minis and terrain playground. No tech barriers to house rules.

It can automate stuff, but you can turn that off.

 

[Eubani]

I imagine the designers in an attempt to not upset people would take out what makes Dark Sun what it is, like how they took the horror out of Ravenloft.

 

[Lanefan]

Additionally, even if they were focused on automation, re-rolling Initiative every round could make spells and effects last longer or shorter than they should.

And IMO that's a strong feature as it adds a general randomizer to spell durations.

If you want to avoid a spell potentially having no effect, you can always rule that all spells last until the end of the following round thus a spell will always have at least one round's effect and if you're lucky you'll in effect get two.

 

[Parmandur]

Exactly. If they keep the original in print, it will only sell to new players. But an updated version will sell to new and existing players. Combine that with the things that do need updated to match 5e Revised rules (like the Haunted One background) and it's an obvious choice.

I just doubt that is part of their plans moving forwards: the stat blocks in Curse of Strahd work with the 2024 rules, and the PHB specificsays how to use the Haunted One Background, same as any other old book.

WotC is interested in selling to new players, not old ones. The target market is teenagers who were babies when Curse of Strahd released.

 

[Shardstone]

Strahd 3.

 

[MarkB]

Legacy of Strahd: Barovia Reanimated.

 

[Shardstone]

I imagine the designers in an attempt to not upset people would take out what makes Dark Sun what it is, like how they took the horror out of Ravenloft.

They didn't take the horror out of Ravenloft, and they didn't change Ravenloft to appease anyone.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I imagine the designers in an attempt to not upset people would take out what makes Dark Sun what it is, like how they took the horror out of Ravenloft.

Ravenloft is entirely about horror in 5e. To the exclusion of almost everything else.