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Thoughts on switching editions:

I do not want to switch
1 (11.1%)
I only want to switch if the new rules are a significant improvement
6 (66.7%)
I don't care one way or the other
0 (0%)
I want to switch unless the new rules are worse than the current ones
2 (22.2%)
I want to switch
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: July 17, 2014, 05:04:15 PM

Author Topic: New D&D  (Read 21216 times)

Offline Valdis

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Re: New D&D
« Reply #75 on: September 18, 2014, 09:25:39 AM »
Will you be creating a Habololian version of the 5th edition character sheet?

I am tinkering with it to see what i can come up with

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Re: New D&D
« Reply #76 on: September 18, 2014, 10:05:45 AM »
It is on my to do list, but if Valdis wants to take that on, I'm fine with that.
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Re: New D&D
« Reply #77 on: September 30, 2014, 08:24:20 PM »
The 2nd adventure has been pushed back two weeks for release, that's on the heals of the DMG being delayed two weeks.

On the bright side, I got the MM today.
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Re: New D&D
« Reply #78 on: October 26, 2014, 11:24:37 PM »
Table of Contents for the DMG was released.  They actually released it, and then released an updated one a day later.  The table of contents is notably different from one to the other, guess they are still working hard to get it in order.

There are 22 pages of optional rules, but the table does not list specifically what they are.

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Re: New D&D
« Reply #79 on: November 01, 2014, 09:37:37 AM »
The DNG has some new domains and class paths, which are primarily for NPCs.
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Re: New D&D
« Reply #80 on: November 04, 2014, 10:45:20 AM »
They have answered a few more questions about what they did and what is coming for 5th edition:

- the books were given a staggered release so that the same designers could work on all three books.  They acknowledge the annoyance for people that want to get started, but feel the consistency it would provide outweighed that.

- they will not be releasing a book a month, maybe fewer than 1 every other.

- books will all be campaign related.  The example given was a psionics book would be a companion book for a mind flayer campaign

- because of that, it is likely that we will see planescape, spelljammer, eberron, and the other settings come back

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Re: New D&D
« Reply #81 on: November 17, 2014, 09:06:50 PM »
Some notes from the DMG:

 - Aasimar as a race choice

 - Spell point casting option to replace spell slots per day

 - No sub-classes or sub-races

 - There are a number of rules for time spent not adventuring

 - There are a number of optional combat rules (flanking, facing, hitting cover, disarm,  overrun, lingering wounds, and massive damage) Note: I am happy that all of these are in there, and indications are they resemble the 3rd edition rules.

 - There are magic item creation rules

Lots of good stuff here.
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Re: New D&D
« Reply #82 on: November 18, 2014, 03:27:34 PM »
The DMG mentions: Fogotten Realms, Birthright, Eberron, Greyhawk, Dark Sun, and Dragonlance.
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Re: New D&D
« Reply #83 on: November 18, 2014, 03:31:35 PM »
The DMG mentions: Fogotten Realms, Birthright, Eberron, Greyhawk, Dark Sun, and Dragonlance.

It's good to know that if we zip into the future, the remains/descendants of some of our characters can be found...

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Re: New D&D
« Reply #84 on: November 18, 2014, 03:44:25 PM »
Ravenloft and the fear and horror tables referenced.
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Re: New D&D
« Reply #85 on: November 26, 2014, 12:12:28 PM »
DMG adds in initiative modifiers for spellcasting and weapon type as well as creature size.
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Re: New D&D
« Reply #86 on: December 13, 2014, 11:34:47 AM »
There are rules for designing new spells and creating new magic items.
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Re: New D&D
« Reply #87 on: December 13, 2014, 11:35:46 AM »
The concept of a magic item having to be attuned to the user is in the book.  I think I will use this, although for the playtest I doubt it will be relevant.
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Re: New D&D
« Reply #88 on: January 03, 2015, 02:34:31 PM »
They have announced that they plan to do a total of 4 books a year, two of which will be campaign specific (the first was the dragon campaign, the 2nd is an elemental campaign).

The other two will be companion books to each adventure book, so the first one can be expected to have lots of elemental rules.
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Re: New D&D
« Reply #89 on: January 11, 2015, 12:57:37 PM »
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