Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Yet the point remains, Backgrounds are not being removed from the game, and that was never discussed or hinted at.I disagree.
Yet the point remains, Backgrounds are not being removed from the game, and that was never discussed or hinted at.I disagree.
Yet the point remains, Backgrounds are not being removed from the game, and that was never discussed or hinted at.
But, it does fun tion the same way...?I've addressed that previously, so I would prefer to not derail the thread.
Suffice to say that the new version is not the same thing and does not function the same way.
If 5.5 were to start using 3d6 as a resolution system but refer to those 3d6 as still being a d20, that would not make it so and there would be differences in function - even if a similar range of results could be theoretically possible.
Sure.Backgrounds are still in the game,
Not according to the preview screenshots @Parmandur showed. They take up a few pages in 2014 5e, and only part of a page each in the 2024 previews. They're also down to basically a paragraph of flavor text.they have significantly more pages dedicated to them,
They already had their own art.each has its own art,
Purpose, perhaps, but they provide a lot fewer tools to achieve that purpose. (And that's if you don't regard them as largely becoming a lore justification for a starting feat.)and they serve the same purpose.
My main interest in 5.5e is seeing what the biggest RPG company wants us to think D&D is like.Sure.
Not according to the preview screenshots @Parmandur showed. They take up a few pages in 2014 5e, and only part of a page each in the 2024 previews. They're also down to basically a paragraph of flavor text.
They already had their own art.
Purpose, perhaps, but they provide a lot fewer tools to achieve that purpose. (And that's if you don't regard them as largely becoming a lore justification for a starting feat.)