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What can WotC do in OneD&D to make the DM's Guide worth buying?
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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8819363" data-attributes="member: 93670"><p>I never read the 4e dmg but the 2e & 3.x dmg had good insight into running the game & the structure behind mechanical crunch. The 5e dmg however is like a grab bag of "PEACH my homebrew" that in far too many cases fails at rising to a level that wouldn't get mocked for being poorly thought out & incomplete.</p><p></p><p>I agree with most of this but having the magic items in the dmg when most players neither own nor read it presents two problems for me as a GM, magic items belong in the PHB or some other player facing book just like spells.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Players don't have any idea what magic items they want or they only want the very specific magic items mentioned as being needed for some broken hypercharop "build" they read about. If it's not available they just shut down or keep looking for another place to get the thing they weren't going to get.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As a GM I say "you find xyz" and the whole table effectively crosses their arms wanting me to explain what it is. Worse they often don't write down the details & make me look it up again when they use it.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 8819363, member: 93670"] I never read the 4e dmg but the 2e & 3.x dmg had good insight into running the game & the structure behind mechanical crunch. The 5e dmg however is like a grab bag of "PEACH my homebrew" that in far too many cases fails at rising to a level that wouldn't get mocked for being poorly thought out & incomplete. I agree with most of this but having the magic items in the dmg when most players neither own nor read it presents two problems for me as a GM, magic items belong in the PHB or some other player facing book just like spells. [LIST] [*]Players don't have any idea what magic items they want or they only want the very specific magic items mentioned as being needed for some broken hypercharop "build" they read about. If it's not available they just shut down or keep looking for another place to get the thing they weren't going to get. [*]As a GM I say "you find xyz" and the whole table effectively crosses their arms wanting me to explain what it is. Worse they often don't write down the details & make me look it up again when they use it. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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