D&D 5E (2024) Rate D&D 2024

[Zardnaar]

Spoiler: I stand corrected.

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Great book but thief needs redone and level 36 are issues.

 

[CleverNickName]

Great book but thief needs redone and level 36 are issues.

 

[pukunui]

I put it at a 5. They made some things better but also made some things worse and didn’t change some things that really needed it.

I’m more excited about @mearls 5e-lite Odyssey game.


EDIT: Another reason for my middling rating is that I've been bouncing pretty hard off the new art direction. As a professional graphic designer, I have views about the new trade dress and the new stat block format. As a long-time D&D enthusiast, I have views about the stylistic changes they've made to the look of things like dragons, warforged, etc.

 

[Chaltab]

If I were rating it on art and presentation it'd get a 9 or 10 but as I must consider the rules, I gave it a 7.

For comparison, I'd give 5E 2014 a 6 if the core books were all we had. MTOF, VGM, and Xanathar's Guide were where the game really came into its own IMO.

 

[TheAlkaizer]

I gave it a 7. I didn't play it, but I did a read through.

For it, it's inseparable from 5E. 5E was definitely at least a 8. It's a fantastic game that has proven its quality. The new iteration seems to be staying not too far. Lots of tweaks, lots of small changes. But mainly the same framework. By itself it'd probably be a 8 too, but the lack of ambition for me leaves it to a 7 (average in my head) with 5E in mind.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Huh. I didn't expect to be the only "no opinion" vote. Y'all are an opinionated bunch today.

I decided to join you on your island. Especially considering the original question doesn't state what exactly the scale is representing. Is it how 5E24 rates as a ruleset against all previous D&D rulesets and/or editions? Is it rated compared just to its mirror of 5E14? Is it meant to be rated as an RPG against all other roleplaying games published? Is it rated as a complete book (including art, layout, description, graphics, editing) or is it just as a mechanical game ruleset?

Too many what ifs for me to give it a number grade at this point in time.

 

[Zardnaar]

If I were rating it on art and presentation it'd get a 9 or 10 but as I must consider the rules, I gave it a 7.

For comparison, I'd give 5E 2014 a 6 if the core books were all we had. MTOF, VGM, and Xanathar's Guide were where the game really came into its own IMO.

5E golden age imho.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I put it at 5, where 6 is 2014 5e, and 9 is A5e. I would put 1e at 6 as well, 2e at 7, 3e at 5, and 4e at 3. For reference, DCC and Shadowdark are both at 7, and the various Without Number games and ACKS are all at 8. That's it for games I consider to be a kind of "D&D" with which I am familiar enough to rate, and these ratings include corporate shenanigans (if they apply) and whether or not I can find players in addition to how much I like them personally.

Edit: I'd throw BECMI in at 7.

 

[Zardnaar]

I put it at 5, where 6 is 2014 5e, and 9 is A5e. I would put 1e at 6 as well, 2e at 7, 3e at 5, and 4e at 3. For reference, DCC and Shadowdark are both at 7, and the various Without Number games and ACKS are all at 8. That's it for games I consider to be a kind of "D&D" with which I am familiar enough to rate, and these ratings include corporate shenanigans (if they apply) and whether or not I can find players in addition to how much I like them personally.

Forgot them.
ACKs 1 about the same as B/X. Better in some ways worse in others.

Pathfinder ahead of 3.5 not by much.

Most clones similarity edition based on. Ahead if they improved it (OD&D ones generally ).

 

[Cergorach]

I would but 2024 at a 7.5, but rounded down, 2014 at a 7. Older editions have now lower ratings then they would have had in the past. D&D4e would rate a 0 for D&D purposes, higher then that as a WoW pnp RPG... D&D3.5e I would now rate as a 6.5 and AD&D2e as a 6.