Ep 007 - D&D 2024 complexity grows

[@ElderGoblinGames]

I will start by saying I love D&D 5th edition. I think it's just fine the way it is. Maybe adopt the new weapon properties. However, each video they release for the 2024 videos makes me less confident in the intent behind their rules changes and less interested in ever running the new version of the game. I'm just glad there are so many other games I'm interested in right now 😅

[@JamesMillsNeutralBase]

The 2/6 on Moonbeam, is talking about the 6 different backerkits going on right now. Two of them are successfully funded, the others are still climbing. Moonbeam itself, Dice Pool by Evil Hat, The Anywhere Door by Monte Cook Games, Project Dastan by KP11 Studios, Maps from The World of Chaldea by GenConTV, and Voidstream by The Panic Table.

[@JocularJunction]

ahh ty!

[@Whichendup]

Uhmm acktyually Jorphdan, Mystara was mentioned on page 6 of the 2014 PHB

[@Randomizer411]

One thing for all of us to keep in mind is how little of a percentage we make up of the larger 5e player base. Remember that the average 5e buyer doesn't play DND. They buy the books, maybe get a campaign going for 3 sessions, then it falls apart within a month or two. That group of people are the ones buying these products, and they're the ones who will buy 5.5.

[@KronetHjort]

I personally think a date in the thumbnail would be more useful than otherwise, but it the date isn't hard to find otherwise

[@DMGregAdventure]

All I see from the new PHB is a ton of extra dice rolls/conditions/rider effects applied on top of an already slow playing framework. They kept all the broken parts and buffed every class-I won’t run it.

[@garryame4008]

The updated classes look like they'd be a blast to play in a video game! But maybe less so in a tabletop game... DND '24 on the whole seems more complicated. As a DM, I'd kinda rather run a simpler RPG, like Old School Essentials. I expect that DND '24 won't have the 10 year lifespan that 2014 DND had, due to its complexity. Everything revealed so far about DND '24 strikes me as mechanically intimidating to new players. That complexity will only grow as we get more splat-books :( I bet we'll get 6e within the next 10 years and that it will be designed to be comparatively simple. Rinse and repeat.

[@crawdadnc479]

Yeah, the complexity and "players will love this, but DMs..." thing really gives me pause. I've never been hyped for these new books, but i suppose i was starting to think of using them as inevitable, but now i'm starting to feel resistant towards them. I guess we'll see.

[@minimoose7890]

I can't imagine how a hosting video and streaming site/service would be able to stay online if they don't take a cut from the videos on the platform? Are they going to require a separate subscription fee, or hope to keep the lights on with just donations?

[@RealmBuilderGuy]

Your MMO/video game comparisons/analogy is spot on. I have zero interest in this new edition.