D&D (2024) Table of Contents for Dungeon Masters Guide Leaked

The new Dungeon Master's Guide has been sold at the MCM Comic Con in London UK this weekend, according to Reddit users Mr_Murdoc and Dusuno, and some material has been shared, including the Table of Contents. The book was officially on sale there, with D&D Beyond saying that "MCM Comic Con London attendees will be the first in the world to have an opportunity to purchase a physical copy of the 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide!" 900 copies of the DMG were available for purchase at the convention.

 

[darjr]

The killer app of 2024 books is in the on-boarding assist they provide to new folks.

These core will become the new classic.

 

[mamba]

I see pages for creating a creature and rules for NPCs, but I still don't know if this book has the robust monster creation rules or not.

It’s 2 pages for monsters and none for NPCs, not sure you can be robust in two pages

 

[Micah Sweet]

The killer app of 2024 books is in the on boarding assist they provide to new folks.

These core will become the new classic.

We'll see. They still have to convince all those "5e only" players to throw down $150+ on another set of books for an edition of a game they're already playing.

 

[mamba]

And WotC has no financial reason to keep it available, even as a pdf, because it's "the same edition".

the 2014 core books supposedly remain on sale on DDB

 

[mamba]

We'll see. They still have to convince all those "5e only" players to throw down $150+ on another set of books for an edition of a game they're already playing.

do we have any idea what percentage that is as opposed to those moving to / adding the 2024 books?

 

[darjr]

We'll see. They still have to convince all those "5e only" players to throw down $150+ on another set of books for an edition of a game they're already playing.

I don’t think they do. I think the upper end of new players is still organically growing at a pace that kept the 2014 PHB in the top sales rank at Amazon for nearly ten years.

 

[Micah Sweet]

the 2014 core books supposedly remain on sale on DDB

Supposedly, yes. They're supposedly releasing SRDs for previous editions too.

 

[Parmandur]

Of course, but for new DMs who join and don't have legacy knowledge and aren't terminally online? They'll be entirely unaware.

The book has Adventure, NPC, and Encounter building. The mapping and such is more esoteric.

 

[Micah Sweet]

do we have any idea what percentage that is as opposed to those moving to / adding the 2024 books?

Just more than half of current players according to that WotC video. No idea where they got that data or how accurate it is.

 

[mamba]

Supposedly, yes. They're supposedly releasing SRDs for previous editions too.

we’ll know more about the fate of 2014 core books in a few months, but so far the PHB is still available on DDB for purchase