D&D 5E The Mystery of the 5E Dungeon Master's Guide

[Olgar Shiverstone]

To become a dungeon master is to be forged in a white-hot crucible. One does not forge steel over a candle.

Brave DMs! You have been baptized in fire and blood and come out steel!

 

[bogmad]

According to a tweet. Looks like the DMG will also have an optional point-based magic system.
I expect that'll also make some folks happy.

 

[Serendipity]

Now that's an understatement!

Well, it was scraped together from an article for BECMI D&D in an old issue of Dragon (109 or thereabouts I think).

 

[Mistwell]

I'm confused by what product is being marketed to what group.
How can the starter set be marketed to DMs primarily? What is the intro product for players?

The DM. Saying sit down, let's play this cool new game.

 

[Talath]

[MENTION=77]Talath[/MENTION] will post about this in a few hours.

Hah! I was only going to mention the spell points post he made! Screen shot in 3 2 1

Now I'm out of things to mention.

 

[Talath]

Oh darn it I was scooped again!!!!!

 

[Henry]

I hope the mysterious in-between step is a sharp whack with a stout stick. Gotta keep those noobs in line.

Well, that explains the price increase, then! Price of wood has increased, plus the extra expense of the sanding, lacquering, and the engraving of "Noob Knocker" on the flats costs extra these days.

Plus, just imagine the look on a mugger's face when he tries to rob that dorky person carrying their silly little DMG...

 

[Lanefan]

According to a tweet. Looks like the DMG will also have an optional point-based magic system.
I expect that'll also make some folks happy.

Remains to be seen whether it'll make me happy or not, but I'll be *very* interested to see what they do with this.

Lanefan

 

[Vael]

I wonder if grid-based combat will be in the DMG. Moving it out of the PH will free up more space for all the classes, and it has been described as more of the DMs purview, since mini and grids aren't a core assumption anymore.

 

[delericho]

The DM. Saying sit down, let's play this cool new game.

Well put.

Incidentally, that's also how the Red Box worked for me - it taught me enough to get started, and then I roped in some friends to play.