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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amphytrion" data-source="post: 9746374" data-attributes="member: 7046181">I should preface this by saying that I am a DM 99% of the time. As a DM, I'm not a fan of many of the changes in the 2024 edition: I think it's a less thematic, blander game in many ways, with more bits to keep track of. I think this overall design philosophy started around 2020. I'm not sure if there was a backstage shift in head designers, and guessing is probably unfair to them. But there was a palpable change in design principles, which was first seen in Tasha's, then in substituting Volo's Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes with the more bare bones Monsters of the Multiverse, and in a lot of published material since.This is not only the case with rules but also with official adventures. There is a palpable difference between the adventures of 5e's first five or so years (Curse of Strahd, Tomb of Anhilation, Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, Rime of the Frostmaiden, etc.), mostly written by Chris Perkins, and the adventures we have seen since (Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen, Phandelver and Below, Vecna: Eve of Ruin, etc.). The latter half is much more "empty" when compared to the first, and those older adventures often served as a sourcebook, a sandbox, and an adventure all in one.Are there certain mechanical improvements here or there in D&D 2024? Certainly. I'm happy to steal those bits and pieces. I also really like some books published since 2020 (Fizban's, Bigby's, the Book of Many Things). But overall, comparing the three core rulebooks side-by-side, I prefer 2014's version. It was more evocative.</blockquote>

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