D&D (2024) What variant rules do you want to see?

[mellored]

What variant rules do you want to see?

Rest variants, milestone variants, and... ?

 

[Horwath]

5min short rest with 8hr long rest.
spell points instead of spell slots.
milestone leveling.
spell-less ranger.

 

[bedir than]

Dials for low fantasy.
Every animal companion being a spirit creature won't do that

 

[Remathilis]

Dials for low fantasy.
Every animal companion being a spirit creature won't do that

Make it where if a beastmaster's companion dies, they have to spend 30 days of downtime to train another.

 

[bedir than]

Make it where if a beastmaster's companion dies, they have to spend 30 days of downtime to train another.

The Beastmaster is only one example of how 2024 D&D won't permit low fantasy gaming

 

[CreamCloud0]

Properties for weapons and armour crafted out of alternative materials

Alternative spell slot progressions
-half casters that gain spell levels at the same rate as full casters
-full casters with reduced number of slots more appropriate to fit a 24hour adventuring day

 

[Remathilis]

The Beastmaster is only one example of how 2024 D&D won't permit low fantasy gaming

That's like complaining Edge of the Empire won't allow Hard Sci Fi. D&D has never done low magic well and gave up the pretense of it 2.5 editions ago.

 

[Horwath]

Alternative spell slot progressions
-half casters that gain spell levels at the same rate as full casters

something like this?

 

[NaturalZero]

There are a lot of modules that tack onto the system from homebrew sources but it would be cool to see WotC have a book full of their takes. These aren't really variant rules, per se, but I'd like to see:

• Stronghold and base building with systems that give tangible adventuring buffs.
• Cooking with monster parts and rare ingredients to make dishes with concrete benefits.
• Full alchemy systems for creating consumables as an alternative for potions and scrolls.
• Vehicle rules for overland travel in different levels and types of terrain.

 

[Remathilis]

Cooking with monster parts and rare ingredients to make dishes with concrete benefits.

This has always made me feel icky, since most D&D monsters are sentient. There are already moral concerns about eating meat (a debate I don't feel is appropriate here, sufficient to say I can see both sides of the argument) but when your meal is capable of speech, abstract thought and complex moral behavior, I feel it crosses into something closer to cannibalism. And while it may be interesting to debate if eating a dragon is any different than eating an elf, I can absolutely see WotC NOT wanting to dip their toes into it. No need to cause unforced errors.