CORRECTION! The section on “Inspiration” is actually about the “regular” Inspiration and NOT Bardic Inspiration. I apologize for the confusion!

@apjapki

18 күн бұрын

They really shouldn't have re-used that word.

@nyanbrox5418

17 күн бұрын

​@@apjapki they didn't, they changed it to heroic inspiration, to further distinguish it from bardic inspiration

Its been officially stated that the official setting is indeed the multiverse. The Greyhawk is being use as a sample setting for everyone to start with or alter as they please without having to start from scratch

@meikahidenori

17 күн бұрын

I like the sound of that. It means future adventures won't just be set in one place, but designed in a way you can use them in ANY setting and That makes me happy as so many adventures don't fit into my Eberron setting without huge modifications atm😅

@lloydy272

16 күн бұрын

The offical setting for 5e (2014) was also the multiverse but it was still VERY Forgotten Realms bias in the PHB and with most setting/campaigns, making Forgotten Realms the de facto setting.

I think the reason "most players don't use Feats", is that they're looking at dndbeyond character creation stats, and Feats aren't included in the free rules (or, I think, Brawler is the only one you can access for free), so Of Course, most folk won't be using them.

Want to make a correction. The always confusingly named inspiration that is now heroic inspiration isn't Bardic Inspiration as said at 10:52 it's The inspiration system barely used by DMs to reward quality roleplay.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Yes! Someone else just pointed this out! I was scrawling down my notes so fast I made the error! I will pin a comment about the correction!

@hweidigiv

18 күн бұрын

Part of the confusion was using the same term for both in 2014.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

@hweidigiv it was a very silly naming decision lol.

I prefer the basic system to be slimmed down with many options. I can always homebrew-in complexity. I can't make an overly complex base system simpler as easily.

You said that Species provide a feat at first level. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe your origin feat comes from your background, and only humans provide an (extra) origin fear.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

This is correct. Did I say that lol? I know I didn’t write that so it’s entirely possible. I recorded this very late last night lol

@user-on7yg9wf7d

18 күн бұрын

@@InsightCheck 7:08

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

@user-on7yg9wf7d damn. I really gotta never record at 1am lol. My script says “background”.

hey! keep the good work, its nice to watch your videos. Hoping for the 10k subscribers goal, you deserve it. Much love from Brazil.

@InsightCheck

17 күн бұрын

I really appreciate that! Thank you :)

Feats used to be a core part of the character's build back in 3.0/3.5e and it was varied and had a lot of choices. In 5e it was more limited in acquisition AND in total available feats. The fighting style being put back into feats is also a kinda backstep to 3.0/3.5e where it was originally that you had to take those feats for things like Two Weapon Fighting. So nice to see how they are going back to some of the better system setups that 3.0/3.5e had that were changed in the mindset of "make things simpler to make combat faster".

I am gonna flip through them in my "local" game store when they come out

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

I plan to pick up the limited edition versions from my local store and probably donate by regular editions to my local library!

@SamanthaVimes177

18 күн бұрын

​@@InsightCheckLove the idea of donating the old versions. My favorite summer camp has fourth edition copies maybe it's time for them to get 5e!

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

@SamanthaVimes177 I will likely be donating both my 2014 and my standard cover 2024 once I get the limited edition one!

@samusamu5342

18 күн бұрын

@@InsightCheck i could never i like my books too much

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

@samusamu5342 yeah I get that haha

I guarantee one of the earliest adopted homebrew rules will be switching your weapon mastery on a short rest or even instantly…

At my table heroic inspiration is base 14 and you roll a D6. Maybe that's too high for many. But the idea is that you minimum get 15 on the roll which covers most ability rolls and increases crit change. The whole idea of inspiration is to be heroic so I think it works. My table loves it. Each session I give one to each player and they can earn another for fantastic role play.

@user-on7yg9wf7d

18 күн бұрын

I do something somewhat similar, inspired by Mutants and Masterminds. We re-roll the d20 but make 1-10 equal 11-20 (or you could just do 10 + 1d10)

@g00se99

18 күн бұрын

@@user-on7yg9wf7d yeah I like that

@apjapki

18 күн бұрын

Too much of a "you win" button for me but I respect the tables that prefer it. To expand, a re-roll gives an unskilled character a chance to succeed against the odds. Base dice rolls simply converts an unskilled character into a skilled character for that roll since their minimum score is similar to the minimum that a skilled character can expect (or better).

@g00se99

18 күн бұрын

@apjapki I see your points. They should change the name from heroic inspiration then because rerolling an getting a one is hardy inspiring lol

@apjapki

18 күн бұрын

@@g00se99 They definitely should have changed the name. This is my personal view. When I design a WIS -1 character and he falls off his horse with Advantage, that's not a bug. That is a feature that reflects my choices. That's agency. It's not very inspiring though. Heroic Advantage was a great name. They should have called it "Heroic Grit" or something.

Frankly, I don’t get why starting ability bonuses are tied to anything at all apart from flavor. Don’t see what’s wrong with it just being a part of deciding your ability scores.

@Thurmanation2011s

15 күн бұрын

Keep tied to races. Races should be different and the scores show this.

Not gonna lie - new books look tempting. However I think I will still be converting to DC20 because of AP system and Prime Mod system.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

I’m excited to see how both come out and play a bit of both, maybe some mixing and matching too!

@dungeondr

18 күн бұрын

Yeah... If I'm going to shell out that much cash I want something new tbh.

@ericpeterson8732

18 күн бұрын

I'm getting both. Unless you have a dedicated group of friends willing to convert with you, D&D is still the most popular and well-known RPG.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

@ericpeterson8732 I also think there’s elements of both that can be used interchangeably. Very excited to see them both!

@BlitzkriegBryce

18 күн бұрын

The AP system looks great and I love that you can use the AP points during other turns. It'll make teamwork so much better, especially in situations where a pc is riding on another pc.

I think weapon masteries will be a good a good addition to the game when combined with other things, We saw in ua the only mastery I have issue with is topple not being once per, Other than that I think it is a great way to define a play style.

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

I think this is a totally fair take. Knocking a creature prone can be extremely powerful, yes it can provide an issue to ranged characters, but if they are targeting something else or you don’t have ranged players then it’s just an extremely powerful option. This probably should be limited to once per turn.

@yiklongtay6029

18 күн бұрын

@@InsightCheck I heard a take that it could just be about hitting an attack roll that meets the AC + the strength mod. That would cut down the number of rolls even more

@XanderHarris1023

18 күн бұрын

@@yiklongtay6029 My issue with it is needing to roll after every attack too but they are saying the power level itself is too high to be on every attack (even though it is targeting a con save).

@EpicRandomness555

17 күн бұрын

But the creature has to make a saving throw, so even if you use Topple a lot there’s a good chance that they just won’t fall over.

@nyanbrox5418

17 күн бұрын

​@InsightCheck the problem with topple is that prone is so strong it needs a saving throw, granted my dwarf champion fighter with shield and battle axe has no other saves they can offend enemies with so...

I'm curious what Tasha's Bubbling Cauldren would do.

@buraeen5735

18 күн бұрын

It gives you ability mod of any common or uncommon potion that can be taken as a bonus action from people around the cauldron it creates.

@buraeen5735

18 күн бұрын

They revealed it in a KZread video from a channel called "Good Time Society".

@xiongray

18 күн бұрын

@@buraeen5735 Thanks for that! But holy cow, 6th level Conjuration Spell. There better be some upcasting if... 6th : Common & Uncommon Then maybe... 7th: Rare 8th: Very Rare 9th: Legendary

@buraeen5735

18 күн бұрын

No problem. And yeah no clue. Not sure what I think of the spell yet. Might depend on what the crafting system for potions looks like as to whether it makes any sense or not.

@xiongray

18 күн бұрын

@@buraeen5735 The bar is 5 Potions of Healing or Greater Healing to Resistance to a damage type. Climb Speed. There's also non-concentration Spell effects: Grease/ Freedom of Movement for 8 hours in Oil of Slipperiness. Animal Friendship 1hr. Charm 1 hr. Enlarge Potion for 1d4 hours.

Is that change to bardic inspiration or regular inspiration? Regarding the tracking sheets, they will only be really useful if we can access blank forms - will this get paywalled in DDB?

@stephansenat1197

18 күн бұрын

regular inspiration

@fguati

18 күн бұрын

Is just regular inspiration. Insight Check got mixed up there. Understandable seing as having those 2 mechanics have the same name is just silly

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

@stephansenat1197 yes this is for regular inspiration. I was scrawling down my notes fast I made the error. I will pin a comment about this note. Thanks!

Shared with my Discord server! Wonderfully summarized! Can't wait to see the rest of your videos on the new books😊

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for the support :)

I think Weapon Masteries should have some sort of limit on how many times you can do each of those types of Mastery Moves.....Should be tied to Proficiency Bonus or something?

SO STOKED! and i hope after 10 years of playtesting they do it AGAIN! for the 60th annuversay if the improvements are this JUICY!

IC you made an error in the video. Heroic Inspiration does not come from the Bard. Heroic Inspiration is the reward for good play. Some species (Human) and some subclasses (Champion Fighter) obtain Heroic Inspiration automatically. I assume inspiration from the Bard is still called Bardic Inspiration; actually it could also be Heroic Inspiration but we don't know yet (wait... is this an accidental reveal cause you have access to the 2024 PHB?).

@InsightCheck

16 күн бұрын

I did, a correction has already been posted as a pinned comment :)

@fortunatus1

16 күн бұрын

@@InsightCheck Ooops I missed that

Amazing video as always

@InsightCheck

18 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

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Streamline + more tactical options are somewhat contradictory without making significant changes to how the system works.

@ClassicThermite

18 күн бұрын

I dont think they have to be. Providing clearer rules for and the rough spots leads to streamlined gameplay/reading and also more tactical options that arent DM reliant

@dungeondr

18 күн бұрын

@@ClassicThermite more tactics and decisions inevitably goes against streamlining the game. Case in point, Weapon masteries add more tactics and they slow down the game because they impose additional effects beyond damage. It's a trade off, and the design team chose crunch over speed.

@ClassicThermite

18 күн бұрын

@@dungeondr Stealth rules, jumping and climbing rules falling on creature rules (before tashas) and half a dozen spells, such as phantasmal killer, all suffer from unclearity in the rules. Players dont know exactly how they work and there for can not tactically plan around them because the DM might just say ”you can’t do that” or the DM has to figure out how these things should work in this particular situation. Not streamlined and therefore not tactical. If we streamline these rules to make their uses clear, like the ”falling on creature” rule from tashas - the game will be both streamlined and more tactical. Thats how I view it It is true however, like you said, that Weapon masteries specifically will add more time to melee attacks because its just a new feature, not a streamlined rule that already existed or was implied somewhere spread out across 5 different books (like stealth rules).

Im a bit disappointed the list of 30 some odd species from the supplemental books aren't in here to begin with. I don't think all are necessary, but the popularity of tabaxi, goblins, genasi, etc would make me think they'd be in here from day one.

By limiting the Stat increases in the backgrounds. Players will be picking backgrounds to better fit their class instead of character. MONK will need a background with DEX and WIS or they will start with +2 (If they get both to 15 to their class stats and will need to spend their first ASI to increase stat (+1 each) now AC 16 and hit damage bonus = +3 at level 4....... I am upset they removed custom background from 2024 PHB. I play Adventurers League and unless they allow this depending on the backgrounds may not be able to make character I want. Since they got rid of 1/2 Elf +1/+1/+2 they could have just put the Stat increase in the determining stats section and remove them from species/Background.

@XanderHarris1023

18 күн бұрын

They are moving custom backgrounds to the DMG. For reasons. Even with the third Ability Score being added to all the backgrounds you might not be able to find the exact fit. In the UA Farmers got +2 con, and +1 Wisdom (I can't even think of a class that this would be optimal for but it does make sense for a Farmer). Let's say they changed it to Con, Wis, and Str in the new PHB, now it is a viable option for a fighter and other strength based classes that want a decent con score but Monks and Druids probably want their + 1 in Dex making Farmer not a good background for them. Not to mention it might come with an origin feat that doesn't fit your character concept.

@marcducorsky8736

18 күн бұрын

@@XanderHarris1023 Create the hero you want to be (Withing the limiting factors we give you)

@MrSeals1000

17 күн бұрын

They kept repeating the point about creating "as many variations as possible" of class+background combinations. When they literally cut out half the possible options by limiting it

@dabeef2112

16 күн бұрын

Completely agree. Stat bonuses should not have been made part of the background. I once played an Arcane Trickster Rogue with the Sage background. My backstory was that I was a Wizards apprentice that was dismissed for not taking my training seriously. Now this background gives Wis, Int and Con. So if I took this background on a Rogue today I'd only have a 15 Dex which I'm not going to do. So instead of taking an interesting role playing choice they are forcing us to take one that offers the right stat boost. I also wish they didn't include the feat. Many of the backgrounds have feats like skilled which frankly I have no interest in taking.

with how much they've changed it really feels like they should've just made it 6e. i mean, if new stuff they add overlaps with old stuff in such a way that they say "just don't use your old stuff" and it's mechanically incongruous with 5e in some places, that seems like 6e to me in all but name

@waltascher

17 күн бұрын

2014 characters work with 2024 rules (but would be underpowered), but 2024 characters don’t work with 2014 rules. 2014-2024 adventures, however, do work with 2024 rules.

@cobrakingofeart

17 күн бұрын

@@waltascher i could play a 3.5e character in 5e too (in fact i did once). don't you see how what you've just described is practically, definitionally a new edition?

@waltascher

17 күн бұрын

@@cobrakingofeart No, I don’t. From what I’ve seen, the new PHB is just a series of tweaks, which has been happening since 2014. There have been at least three revisions to the 2014 book itself (2015, 2018, and 2020), not to mention books like Tasha’s, Mordenkainen’s, and Fizban’s. I wouldn’t want to play a 2014 Champion Fighter when I could play a 2024 Champion Fighter, but I also wouldn’t want to play an Undying Warlock when I could play an Undead Warlock. Was Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft the beginning of a new edition? So far, the biggest rule change I’ve seen is how surprise works. That’s hardly enough to call it a new edition.

@cobrakingofeart

17 күн бұрын

​@@waltascher racial bonuses to ability scores no longer exist and now backgrounds have them instead. how is that a smaller change? b/c of that, all races and backgrounds from before are separated mechanically (like an edition separation would) or are you suggesting i could pick a race from 5e and a background from 6e and then have double stat boosts? also, unless i'm remembering incorrectly undead is not an updated version of undying b/c undead is a damage focus and undying is healing focused

@waltascher

17 күн бұрын

@@cobrakingofeart That’s not really a big deal because Tasha’s had already removed them from races. No matter what version of the rules you use, you still get three skill points. If you use a version of a race that gives skill points and a version of a background with skill points, you would simply choose which three set you want you want and ignore the other. Or if you use a race and a background where neither give skill points, you can put the bonuses wherever you want. Or you can just ignore any assigned bonuses and put them where you want anyway because it’s your game, who cares.

Tying ability score increase options to backgrounds at character creation feels like a huge back step from the progress of Tasha's it has the same issues as 2014 species options there will be optimal backgrounds for each class which will impact creativity in character creation it also just doesn't make sense if I make a soldier Wizard they should be as good, if not better, at landing a Firebolt on a live target than some library bound Wizard and definitely not worse I recognize that there will be customizable backgrounds as an optional rule in the DMG, but I don't think that should be locked behind asking your DM in the first place

Eh, I never really cared much for backgrounds and 'species.' I've never been a fan of Star Ward Cantina style campaigns with different species/races for every day of the month. I just want to play my medieval-ish fantasy game with well designed mechanics and style. I'll wait and see how that works out in the full game. There was a reason feats were optional to begin with, as for the last couple of editions they just turned the game into a min/max design nightmare. Not that I'm against feats, but I kind of liked the smaller number of larger impact feats in some ways, even if the design was somewhat flawed. I really care for the whole 'multiverse' issue, that's soo overdone today in popular media; perhaps only superseded by time travel as a narrative crutch. I guess I'm just not as excited by what's been revealed so far, but I'm optimistic about improved mechanics and design.

@waltascher

17 күн бұрын

And? If you want your table to only play as humans, only play as humans. For tables that want more options, there are more options available.

@Erik-um1zn

17 күн бұрын

@@waltascher And, this whole bit does little to assure me of the quality of the design. Most of the species, stuff seems to be along the lines of allowing anyone to be and do anything they want, which is fine as far as it goes, but in my mind kind of defeats the point of having them as a specific mechanical feature.

@waltascher

17 күн бұрын

@@Erik-um1zn You’re gonna have to give me an example because I don’t know what you’re talking about. Being a Dragonborn, for instance, gives you a breath weapon, damage resistance, darkvision, and flight. How is that not giving mechanical benefits?

@aralornwolf3140

16 күн бұрын

Why not play a game in which there is only a single species (humans), like Pendragon RPG?

Pop quiz: What DnD mechanic is listed below? **r*ic Inspiration Yeah I really wish they had more distinct names

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Perhaps I'm alone in saying this, but I'm not interested in Bards

I hate both of those things. ASI's should just be a thing to choose. Backgrounds should give proficiencies, but ASI's are too game altering to and "lock in" builds. I.e. if the dex/wis ASI is given to street urchin you will only have street urchin rogues. Masteries are too poweful, giving effects that render many class features (like the swashbuckler's rakish audacity) less important if not a worse option over a mastery, OR, they just outdo cantips (including the dreaded silvery barbs since prone gives many attacks advantage) or first level spells like faerie fire, (which is also about granting advantage).

@apjapki

18 күн бұрын

a) each background can be reskinned however you want. You don't have to choose a 'typical' Urchin Background to be someone who was a poor street kid. If you do point buy or array before background, you can dump the boosted stats to even things out. b) I should really hope masteries are better than Cantrips. Isn't that the point of them?

@SerifSansSerif

16 күн бұрын

@@apjapki 1. then just use tasha's. Why force the default? 2. no. who the hell said masteries should be as powerful as or more powerful than first level spells, which are a limited resource?

@apjapki

15 күн бұрын

@@SerifSansSerif Cantrips by default are an unlimited resource. If masteries are to close the martial caster divide, then yes they should outshine cantrips. Outshining first level spells is a subjective assertion I basically don't agree with. The most powerful 1st level spells are still more powerful. The 1st level spells that imitate melee combat are outshined.....and..... GOOD. Whoah, martial can fight now. It's pure hyperbole. Nothing here is better than what a battle master could already do - it's just the same again but with more mastery dice. I feel like you are joining the conversation late and missing huge parts of what the intent is with this edition.

They've got nothing. Not a single conrete rule, just loose ideas put together in a rush. It seems like they haven't even started building the "new" system yet. It's just a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the face of Daggerheart and DC20's sudden relevance. For all of our sakes I hope Wotc never becomes relevant again. It's sad because Crawford is a brilliant designer.

These changes should Terrible

@badmojo0777

14 күн бұрын

is this is a sentence?

If you are mad about races being changed to species then you don’t actually know what those words mean

@JainaSoloB312

16 күн бұрын

This

@InsightCheck

16 күн бұрын

100%

@Thurmanation2011s

15 күн бұрын

Shut up. Do you lol. There are different Races. Term is just changed to appease the terminal offended woke.

@Thurmanation2011s

15 күн бұрын

​@@InsightCheck0%. You failed your insight check

@InsightCheck

15 күн бұрын

@Thurmanation2011s yikes

I hope WotC paid you well for this glowing review. I seem to be in the minority that the 2024 rules feel like making a bunch of house rules canon. I am not impressed. Also, I think the new species and backgrounds rules are dumb. A seven foot orc is as strong as a three foot gnome as long as they were both soldiers. That makes zero sense and breaks the fantasy for me. If you cant make a build work because your stats arent optimized, fix your imagination, not the rules. Hard pass on this WotC.

@InsightCheck

17 күн бұрын

To each their own :) you’re more than welcome to not enjoy it just as much as I am looking forward to it! I did not receive a cent from anyone for this video and if I did you would know since ad disclosure is a legal requirement :)

@waltascher

17 күн бұрын

If you don’t want your gnome soldier to be as strong as your orc soldier, don’t give them the same stats. It’s as simple as that.

@007ohboy

15 күн бұрын

Wrong! IC is a DC20/Daggerheart shill. He gets paid $10,000 per glowing review. WOTC doesn't pay IC nothing because they got tired of his nonoptomized suggestions and the fact that he made fun of Create Food and Water. No one makes fun of Create Food and Water and gets away with it!

@Thurmanation2011s

15 күн бұрын

I agree. Change was made becauses Races are "offensive" to the constantly offended demographic Wizards is targeting. It's dumb Half Races are being removed too. Their logic on that being removed makes no sense.

@badmojo0777

14 күн бұрын

yea, i hate wqhen, after 10 year sof playtesting someone goes to the oeffort to fix all the imblaance and clunky bullshit from the original version......WTF..... i hope 10 years fomr now they DO IT AGAIN if the improvements are THIS GOOD!