I hope the crafting section includes things about recipes. I remember in the past, we would harvest monster parts, or search for certain herbs, in order to make potions and items. It would be cool to need to find and defeat a basilisk in order to get it's eyes for a wand of petrification for example.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Exactly, things like this would be awesome. Some guidelines and ideas for how to incorporate different monster parts. I don't need specifics, but some framework to work from built into the books would be amazing.

@joshuazemanek5809

17 күн бұрын

I hope its better than the d&d crafting i know of. What was the point to calling it crafting when there was a gold cost to it and it was the same price as just buying it from a merchant. Seriously if you can make it, it should be nearly costless and in terms of buying the mats still be cheaper than the completed potion with store mark up

@Razdasoldier

17 күн бұрын

​@@joshuazemanek5809same cost AND took a year to make with all the fail checks

Looking forward to the books, but if they don't stop doing anti-consumer/evil things, I won't be allowing myself to buy the books. Remember to never preorder, everyone. Wait till we see the books and unbiased reviews before putting down money. Do not pay them till we know the books are as promised.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Hasbro has absolutely gone out of their way to do some really anti consumer things over the last bit and it's so sad to see how they've forever damaged the reputation of the game.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

... wut

@thedungeoncounsellor

18 күн бұрын

​​​​​​@@007ohboy Once again, I'm left wondering if you got past the first 0:26 seconds of the video before rage took over your mind's central console. You on a beta-blocker yet? Based on the *whole* video..... If the new books are a chocolate cake, IC is the pudgy kid in the Matilda movie. Hes giving a glowing review... So if thats garbage you might want to reconsider what youre serving too?? Ps: the double question marks were not meant as intimidation

@velvetkit69

18 күн бұрын

​@007ohboy "normal capitalists"... Do you have the slightest clue regarding the serious missteps and idiocy WotC and Hasbro have made over the last couple of years? "Normal capitalists" don't make decisions that seem intentionally designed to alienate and infuriate their customer base, because that *reduces* profit.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

... wut

Honestly the new lay out will be the silent hero in the long term. The main rules at the start will give both players and dm a better understanding on how the game as a passive, I'm sure of it.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Absolutely!

@not-a-theist8251

17 күн бұрын

I completely agree. The nex formatting for features like rage or sneack attack make them much more easy to understand as well.

I'm actually hoping that magic item crafting and pricing aren't TOO detailed. I dont want to return to 3.5 design where seemingly every handbook and guide included a WBL shopping list players could wave at their DM regardless of the world they were playing in

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Yeah I can get with this. I just want good "guidance" and not necessarily 10 pages of details about how much something costs haha. Same for crafting. Just some information about how to handle it in game and recommendations for how to create things around it would be great.

@SerifSansSerif

18 күн бұрын

Pricing from 2014 books including modules is.... Bad. The treasure modules hand out is absolutely obscene and prices are low. Crafting needs a HUGE upgrade, and yeah I don't want 3.5. Bastions and weapon masteries are kind of reflavors of older options, and even though they aren't 3.5 per se, they are VERY 3.5 in focus and issues they bring up. (Weapons masteries are fiddly bullshit that is yet another thing to manage, much like some of the new dice resource pools that the UA subclasses had), and bastions can allow for exploits and detract from the DM's main narrative to gain those exploits)

@parttimed.m.1111

17 күн бұрын

I actually preferred the 3.5 method. The dm can simply say no

@CGCommando82

17 күн бұрын

@@parttimed.m.1111 I mean, Every edition has had that, but not every DM is as good at just saying No to 'that player' who is shoving published material in their face

From what we saw in the later playtests, as well as what we have seen and heard since then - this updated PHB sound like it is going to be great for the game and I am looking forward to reading it and incorporating it into my games. I agree, Hasbro sucks. I wish they weren’t the parent company behind DND. I play DND with a couple friend groups and I have asked around in each of them if they would consider switching to a different system (Pathfinder, Mork Borg, Daggerheart, MCDM RPG, Tales of Valiant, etc etc etc) and not a single person has said they are interested. A few said they would be willing to try a one shot, but a few others said they just didn’t want to learn a new system. Which is a shame, but I understand. We are all in our 30s and don’t always have time to learn a new system. So we are gonna stick with DND and continue having a blast playing it together. But I think we all have to admit that the original 5e design has gotten a bit long in the tooth, and from what I have seen, most players play the game differently from how it looks in the 2014 PHB. The 2024 PHB seems to be bringing the rules more in line with how players are currently playing the game AND balancing some glaring issues that have been apparent for quite a while. I am thrilled there is an updated PHB coming out this year and I cannot wait to start digging through and seeing what it has to offer! And if you don’t wanna buy it - I fully support you. Buy it used, or photocopy it, or find a PDF online. But I do truly think the 2024 PHB will be great for the game and will be worth grabbing.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

I'm pretty much fully inline with you here. My group is the same, we are all in our 30s, have kids and jobs and don't have the time to devote to learning a bunch of new systems. I enjoy playing one shots of Daggerheart and will absolutely do the same for MCDM and DC20 but I really don't expect us to be "switching" any time soon. Maybe in the future, but who knows. The 2024 revision seems to be on track to make for a meaningful improvement to the game and I am genuinely excited to see how it all plays out. Hasbro sucks. We all agree lol, but that doesn't detract from the design team's work.

@20storiesunder

18 күн бұрын

Well said. I can't see myself trying a different game now, juggling work, kids, etc

I love that they are making more titanic creatures, my first thought when I heard of the Elder Tempest was pirates that sail along behind it looting and kidnaping in it's wake. The Elder Tempest itself is an unapproachable force of nature, pirates in a loose alliance as they plunder behind it are tangible threats that would exist in this world. Big cities, of course, would have defensive arrays that would defend against casual flybys, but a modestly wealthy port town would be a cracked egg ripe for a dozen pirate ships to "offer aid" in the form of taking all that heavy heavy gold off their hands and reducing the number of mouths to feed.

I'm really excited that they're releasing updates to the Creative Commons SRD. I hope the community encourages them to keep that up!

I’ve been hyped for the new PHB stuff from day one, but besides that, the Monster Manual is what I’m really excited about. I’ve sat read down and read mine for fun a couple times and I love the way monsters work, especially with the different types. And now we’re getting multiple different types of the same monsters that are either easier, more dangerous or both for all of them. Plants guys, plants. When my friend told me she wanted the Favored Enemy for her Ranger to be Plants, I told her it wouldn’t be that useful because there aren’t hardly any plant monsters. Now that shouldn’t be the case.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

I am unreasonably excited for the new Monster Manual. To me that’s the other half of the picture. The options in the PHB are only as interesting and powerful as they are when placed in the context of the monsters and other challenges. Can’t wait!

I don't they are going to level cap feats beyond level 4. I think they will class restrict feats the way that ToV does with their three talent lists but instead of using the class or group of classes as the prerequisite they will use a proficiency. For example, a feat that they want to restrict to martial characters will have the prerequisite "proficiency with a martial weapon" and spell caster feats will have "Ability to use a spell casting focus". This also allows subclasses that gain access to those abilities the opportunity to take those feats.

While 75 feats is super impressive and exciting, it's tempered if the fighting styles are still feats like they are in the play test. Between that and the "ability score increase" potentially also being a feat that's over a dozen feats that really aren't "feats" per se

The issue with the feats is that the fighting styles are now feats that is going to cut into that amount, and if they are counting the epic feats, then that is also cutting into that count. These two could reduce the amount of feats down to the 50s.

@Razdasoldier

17 күн бұрын

Fair! I did not think about fighting style feats.

@ODDnanref

13 күн бұрын

There are 11 fighting styles. So 64 feats. There are 46 feats in the ohb if you count elemental adept separately for each damage type. So that is between 10-4 new feats for the new phb and a rework on the feats that did not work at all or were outright unusable. Which you could say for some of the more extreme cases, are essentially new feats.

I'm pretty pumped for these books! And it sounds like a lot of good quality of life and balance issues are being sorted out. We've got so much clutter built up over the years so it'll feel nice to have a fresh start. It was a good article

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Couldn't agree more. There's so much good stuff spread out over dozens of books. Getting something of a fresh start and solidifying the good into one location as a new springboard is going to feel really great.

@victordevillers3899

17 күн бұрын

unless all classes have acces to to same things by mechanics or choice the balance will shift to magic users again through specialization vs versatility.

The whole new range of books sounds really exciting. Any great game needs updates, and this looks like being a massive and great update. Just imagine what you, as a DM, can pick from to set up your own game of D&D. Fantastic!

So are we getting the improvements and game design applications from the last 10 years like Naval Warfare from Saltmarsh? or Hexcrawl improvements from Chult? or Wilderness improvements and Point Crawl improvements from IcewindDale? I have high hopes for the DMG.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

There’s still a lot of details we just don’t have yet. I’m sure some of those elements will make their way into the DMG but we will need to wait and see.

It's really looking like it's going to be a quality product.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

It's really shaping up to be one. I'm hopeful.

@20storiesunder

18 күн бұрын

@@InsightCheck There's an overwhelming desire online to be constantly pessimistic so you don't get disappointed. I find that approach quite foolish so I prefer to trust my gut. ANd here my gut tells me that it's lloking good.

@JJV7243

17 күн бұрын

I think that there is a LOT of future $ for WOTC riding on making this product high quality. I think that there is a great financial incentive for them to do a good job.

Ahem again (second place I posted this) the Monstrous Manual for 2nd edition AD&D had over 600 monsters.

400 page full color books - gonna cost a serious $! $100 each? I a big fan so I'll buy it anyways... but there might be sticker shock here.

@InsightCheck

17 күн бұрын

Prices are confirmed at $49.99 USD each

@JJV7243

17 күн бұрын

@@InsightCheck REALLY!!! WOW 500 monsters manual and a 400 page PHB for ONLY $50... that amazing.

I'm hoping the Poisoner feat is included and that it got a rework. A +1 to an ability score or dealing half damage with Poison Damage against creatures with Poison Immunity would be lovely.

Honestly, I kinda liked the crafting rules in Xanathar's. My only stipulation would be that they are guidelines, and not rules, and the DM can add or subtract detail as they see fit. For example, I typically wouldn't require players to hope they get a formula as a random drop if they are simply creating an uncommon magic item. If the item they are creating feels like a natural extension of what their character can already do, I would just add a small amount of time to the item creation for them to figure out a formula. If you're a Forge Cleric, you don't need a formula to create a +1 weapon. You're a Forge Cleric, you ARE the formula. I'd only really enforce the formula rule for rare or rarer magic items.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Yeah for sure. I don’t want incredible minute specifics but rather guidelines or a framework for how it can work.

Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting is great option to look at for crafting magic items from monster parts

I'm a bit sceptical. The last few books release by WotC were very promising when advertised but most of them turned out to be a disappointement (according to reviews I've read). We'll see.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Yeah a lot of books from 2021-2022 were a bit questionable. I'm hopeful that things are moving in the right direction.

Hearing that all of the monster stat blocks have been altered makes me nervous. A ton of low level monsters feel insanely similar but there were also a lot of gems. Goblinoids were handled really well across the board in my opinion, I’d be heartbroken if the new statblocks didn’t hit right.

One thing that I haven't seen mentioned so far is the buff creature families means for Druid shapeshifting.

ngl I am still iffy on the idea of background giving the ability score boosts instead of the "species" (prefer lineage) but I haven't fully looked at how they function yet. (haven't looked into the UA yet)

For someone who owns everything in 5e i think i will only get the monster manual for the new updated stat blocks and new monsters. I really liked the new abilities of the monsters in Vecna eve of ruin, which i saw i another video, and i think those would give a fresh new air to any campaign.

There's a lot of substance changes i dont want that i saw from the playtests that i fear will be added. Unfortunately, i think it's going more the way of 3.5 than the changes i want. The backgrounds giving your asi is not good to me. I think it'll end up witha LOT of stereotypical street urchin rogues and Outcast Warlocks and Soldier fighters which will result in a far worse experience than the species bonuses. The Masteries are very finicky and overload your dm with what they have to remember/consider. Bastions detract from your main adventure. Classes still feel too same-y due to overlapping subclasses. More subclasses shown rely on dice pools tomspend as resources which makes the resources worse or just not worth using for optional uses Monsters need a boost and need to be revised so they aren't just HP sacks. Will i buy theses books? Probably. Will i play them? Probably not.

Thank You for the break down of the article

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

No problem! Glad you liked it!

Stellar video. Nice job finding the info and summarizing some great points. I know I'M excited for the books to come out. Glad to know it shouldn't be a let down! :D

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot! Means a ton coming from you! Yeah I really am excited for everything to come with the new books, it’s shaping up to be great!

Wow. That all looks great. . . I just wish I could be excited about it. Every time you mention how much work or how well the designers did, I instantly think "Yeah, the same designers Hasbro/WoTC FIRED after the job was done". I so WANT to love the new edition and to play and run it, but I just can't bring myself to give that company ONE MORE DOLLAR of my money. What you pay for, you get more of. . . I'm sticking with other systems and trying to get other excited about other options . . . ANY other options. Maybe if D&D changes hands I'll come back. . .

Is the same situation as when you release a new edition. There are two camps: the newcomers and the already players. The newcomers obviously buy the newest version, but the already players have two choice: renewing or staying If the product works for you and your group, why would you re-buy the product?

New books are sounding awesome, and I was looking forward to acquiring them to play with my friends... ...if only I could, for they announced there will be no more translations moving forward.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Really? I could have sworn I read something about translations? Damn, that would really suck.

@XanderHarris1023

18 күн бұрын

@@InsightCheck They are still going to be translations in French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. They are no longer translating into Portuguese after Dragonlance. (DnD Beyond, Feb 2024)

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

@XanderHarris1023 thanks for letting me know! That’s really unfortunate :(

the new art is gorgeous !

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

It really is. I wish the dragon on the PHB cover was a bit... chunkier? Lol.. otherwise I love it though.

I have been looking forward to the new books since the first playtest. There is so much more creativity at low levels.

wait. so if I have a lot of old books, are they unable to be used in One DnD? I'm worried about all the feats and classes. How would it work on DnD beyond?

@InsightCheck

17 күн бұрын

They’ve stated that everything will be fully backward compatible. The stated intent is that none of your content will be obsolete. The new books are also supposed to include guidance on how to combine 2014 content with 2024 content.

@colbyhunter4622

17 күн бұрын

@@InsightCheck Thanks. I was just worried that they changed their minds and went back on it 😅

With regards to the feats, don't forget that the Epic Boons count as feats.

Liked and subscribed. Thank you for a great video!

@InsightCheck

12 күн бұрын

Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it :)

Great video! I'd love to get the new books, but unless Hasbro/WotC makes amends, I cannot justify supporting them. I will probably switch to Pathfinder or another system after my next campaign.

@quillogist2875

3 күн бұрын

They've been making amends and following up on promises made. What amends would you like to see before they have done enough?

@Franimus

3 күн бұрын

@@quillogist2875 first to stop making new scandals every couple months... Hasbro to divest wotc. At least we finally got Cynthia Williams out. Probably need to get rid of any of her cronies, too, like who hired her in the first place or went along with the "undermonitization" scheme. Expand the SRD to contain all rule mechanics, not just the old ones. I.e. include xanathar's and Tasha's rule additions in the SRD. 2024-5 editions of 5e books to get a better name like 5.5e, and to really fix a lot of the problems with 5e without just copying Pathfinder 2e. I know this one won't happen but otherwise even with any other amends it wouldn't get me excited about DND as a unique game until then.

Awesome news. Can't wait for these books

Anyone else think the gold dragons eyes don't line up? Like the one on the left is higher than the one on the right

Any rules to improve mounted combat, or is it forgotten again?

5E doesn't really include any info about Faerun, other than the Sword Coast! : (

K but are they gonna have half-orcs and half-elves in the 5.5 players handbook?

Well, as an old guy who is pretty dew up with WoTC and Hasbro - no matter how well they improved the design I don't plan on buying into the next generation of D&D. My group will stick with the 5e books and I might even roll back to editions 1 or 2.

@jenningscunningham642

12 күн бұрын

I’ll be buying, but I’m still playing OSE and other games

90 % of the monsters in the MM are just “I swing my weapon” “I swing my weapon more than once” “I swing my weapon once but harder than that other guy” … and so on, the more interesting ones have spell lists that you have to look up in a different book to use. Stuffs gotten better with later releases but MCDM’s Flee Mortals, at least for now, is where it’s at

I've got really hyped about the art on these D&D books, but I'll just buy and play DC20 instead.

The thing is… I just find it hard to care. If it was a truly new system then maybe but honestly not looking forward to a new schism. It is not new for TTRPGs but I will miss this era of DnD - the game, not management of it.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

To each their own I suppose. This feels like a big quality of life improvement to me that will just make most things about 5e better. It's never going to be perfect, nothing is, but I'm glad to see some new life breathed into it.

Probably gonna wait for full info before I buy it. Figure out if I prefer it over 5e. If I do, nice I'll get it. If I don't, great i'll keep playing 5e.

My thing is it just isn't needed. Any questionable scenarios the DM can just make a ruling. Instead of focusing on letting DM's experiment with trial and error we are trying to put every possible situation imaginable into ink and it only makes the game worse / slow it down.

The new cover and art looks great, but otherwise I listen to a lot of these changes and I'm glad I've moved to PF2E. Like monster variety and balance is something 5e designers have not figured out in the course of 10 years, and I frankly don't think they will 'figure it out' all of a sudden. The system is a bit too ducttape and bubblegum I think.

I'm a little disappoint they are going with Backgrounds determining ability score bonuses. I prefer the Tasha's route.

@Nemnar7

14 күн бұрын

Same. Im just going to use Tasha's anyway and say you get a +2, +1, or +1, +1, +1.

I full stop at 5e. I've had enough endlessly buying yet another updated game and I have played the game long enough to know thst backwards compatible has, so far in decades upon decades, been a lie. My 5e books will still open and I have plenty of other game systems as well. I'm good.

I think this edition of D&D will be the final version for years to come. I think Hasbro is going to cease writing new material and just publish third party content. See Dungeon Dudes, Humblewood, MCDM, etc as examples of where the game is headed. D&D is a lifestyle brand now, and Hasbro’s business model is more about licensing out their IP, than creating actual products. (See Whizkids)

I’m really excited to pirate it, I just wish they’d have more experimental changes in design. After playing oodles of other games, 5E feels riddled with little issues that I don’t think will be addressed

its D&D 6E. They messed up all classes and created 4E but with 5E material just liked they messed up Spelljammer.

Good for them, but I'm still not interested sadly. WotC and Hasbro burned any and all good will they had with me and basically killed my passion for their version of the game.

Won't be purchasing any of the new edition books. Hasbro and WotC deserve no support given their consistent, under-handed tactics. And yes, I realise it's intended as a revised 5th edition, but it's a new edition as far as I'm concerned.

What is this feeling? Am I actually feeling excited about WoTC DnD?

thr 75 feats likely include fighting styles though because they became feats in an earlyier playtest version. Sothat's like a dozen or so fewer feats if you will

@theindiefox347

17 күн бұрын

That hasn't been the case in the playtests for a while.

@not-a-theist8251

17 күн бұрын

@@theindiefox347 this has been the case in playtest 7 which is the last time a class with fighting styles got playtested. So you're flat out wrong

So its like the 4th ed version. That no one liked it and it butched the game.

Did the article offer any criticism?

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Not particularly but I doubt the intent was to be critical but rather to be a showcase. It’s a fair point though.

Your race not determing stats at all is just such a wierd idea just doesn't make Sense

@Ayrichu

12 күн бұрын

I personally do like it for the flavor of being able to be a different and unique type of race/species. For character options, it makes so many different characters just way more viable, where you can play a tiefling cleric for example and not be mechanically at a disadvantage because your bonuses don't help wisdom. Plus as different as humans can be, I'd say making a generalization of "x race is better than every body else at x thing" is just a bit weird since I'm sure there could be lore reasons thematically as to why they aren't the "norm"

Pity they will be published by such greedy terrible company

I wish i could be excited, but Hasbro-WOTC has pulled so many things that rubbed me wrong that i might stick in the Base-5E and 3rd party Sphere for a while.

Sounds like a shameless shill as usual😅

@InsightCheck

17 күн бұрын

lol

First I don’t trust WotC anymore Second the feats sound like 3.5 I’ll not buy anything unless it’s second hand, no more money to WotC from me. I like playing 3.5 and have enough 5e books to not worry about it

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Hey that's a fair perspective. To me, it's less WotC and the actual designers than it is Hasbro but I feel where you're coming from :).

@spooderous

18 күн бұрын

Thanks for the virtue signal.

@unnefer001

18 күн бұрын

@@spooderous Did you just virtue signal yourself? Pretty sure you did.

@spooderous

18 күн бұрын

@@unnefer001 That's not how that works bucko. I don't think coming into a small creators channel to complain about a multi-million/billion dollar company helps anyone. They have official channels and forums to do that in where your voice will be heard where it matters. They have a lot to be rightfully called out for, but I am not sure this is the place for it other than to grumble about hating WotC because that's the popular thing to do these days. We're gonna be yapping about the OGL for decades.

@simonfernandes6809

17 күн бұрын

Moan, moan, moan. Enough with the biatching. You can run whatever you want. But the vast of people will want to play the latest edition. So, good luck!

This comes from a company that hates itscustomer base

“Buy the new books, and then buy tasha 2.0, then monster manual 2.0, then dm guide 2.0, then bigby 2.0, then fizban2.0 then … “ And idiots will buy it

@InsightCheck

12 күн бұрын

lol this is literally exactly why it isn’t a “new edition” but rather a revision. I’m not confident you understand what the point of this is or that you’re just too cynical to care. Yes, there will be 3 new core rule books (PHB, DMG and MM) that’s been clear for 2 years now. But the entire point of them making backward compatible revisions with these 2024 books is so that you can continue to use your existing books and *not* need to buy Fizban’s or Bigby’s or Tasha’s again. Incidentally, so much of the content of those books are actually going to be appearing in these books making these far better value for money for new players as they will benefit from 10 years of content without needing to buy 10 years of content. If they had instead made a 6e and it was so fundamentally different they there was no compatibility between the two then they could easily just sell you Fizban’s again. Or, if your complaint is that they plan to continue selling books… I’m not sure what to tell you…

@FearValorant

12 күн бұрын

@@InsightCheck my complaint is the removal of so much content and the swapping around of the mechanics. “Backgrounds” now provide the mechanical benefits that “species” used to so now every human, elf, aasimar etc will just be using the same exact overpowered combos. Everyone has a flight speed, everyone has dark vision, etc etc Maybe I am cynical, but this reeks of new edition because DND is more popular than ever and WOTC wants its money from that. Hence the wizard losing so many subclasses so they can sell you another book soon. I just don’t see how any of this could be backwards compatible, it’s changing at the cellular level.

Art looks horrible. What i was waiting