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Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition

Unread postby icycalm » 06 Jan 2015 18:02

This was released this past August.

http://dnd.wizards.com/products/catalog

I have to admit the art and design of the books looks great. Very sleek and modern. I am tempted to order them, just to check them out. But I know I can't learn a new system now; I'll have enough trouble getting back into the old one as is. And even if I did learn a new one, I'd go for 3rd edition, to play the adventures made for it. And then 4th... And only then 5th.
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Five new 5E settings in the works

Unread postby icycalm » 16 Jun 2021 02:35

D&D: Five New Settings In The Works
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/06 ... works.html

According to an update from WotC’s head of D&D, Ray Winninger, five new settings are in the works including two brand new settings. D&D settings are one of the big draws of the game right now. After people have spent seven years traipsing around the Forgotten Realms, they’re hungry for new worlds of adventure. Which is why you see books like the Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica and the Mythic Odysseys of Theros, two of the most underrated books out there right now. Seriously if you want to level up your game, check out these books, you’ll find inspiration for days. But. Fans being who they are, the Magic: the Gathering settings catch a lot of flak, and are often assumed to be replacing the slot that would go for something like a Dark Sun or a Planescape which has more of a niche appeal, but also has the unmistakable pang of nostalgia for the 90s. As an aside, I don’t know if we will ever look back fondly on the 00s the same way, but I fear that day is coming soon enough–another ten or so years and people will be clamoring for frosted tips and puka shell necklaces and everything will be terrible again.

However, the point is D&D settings are fertile ground for adventures, and WotC seems to be leaning into this, with a total of five new settings in the works right now, according to head of D&D Ray Winninger.


The Manuscript for the first, overseen by [Chris Perkins], is nearly complete. Work on the second, led by [Wes Schneider] with an assist from [Ari Levitch], is just ramping up in earnest. Both are targeting 2022 and formats you’ve never seen before.


The format is they send a tranny to your home to run the game.

More in the article.
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Re: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition

Unread postby icycalm » 05 Dec 2021 23:43

https://twitter.com/culturevg/status/14 ... 0053470219

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This post should have been made in the 5E setting, because it’s not the rules I have a problem with above all—though they are no doubt dumbed down—but the setting. But there’s no 5E setting lol, and that’s the entire problem. Or rather half of it, because the other half is that the adventures are simplistic compared to PF. But the lack of a setting is mindblowing. Rime of the Frostmaiden goes out of its way in the introduction to avoid mentioning the Forgotten Realms, and even tries to convince you that Icewind Dale is a “self-contained setting” lol.

It’s tragic what Wizards did to D&D. Thank god we have Paizo and don’t need them anymore. What a trainwreck. They wrecked one of the main attractions of D&D: the majesty of their settings. Once that had been accomplished of course the adventures will nosedive too since it’s the epic setting that inspires the epicness of the adventures... When your entire setting is now “Icewind Dale”—which on the Realms atlas is barely more than a hex—how can you make something epic anymore? They have regressed to the 1970s lol.

I say lol but it’s not a laughing matter.
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Re: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition

Unread postby icycalm » 13 Jan 2022 01:22

https://twitter.com/PrinceHenry000/stat ... 1014470656

Prince Henry @PrinceHenry000 wrote:Something interesting I just thought of, it appears every edition of D&D has a modern refinement.
OD&D - Swords and Wizardry
Basic D&D - Old School Essentials
AD&D (1e) - Castles and Crusades
2e - Gold and Glory
3e - Pathfinder
4e - 13th Age
I wonder if we will get one for 5e?


It's Pathfinder 2E.
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Re: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition

Unread postby icycalm » 28 May 2022 01:12

https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43lka?Conv ... s-to-5e#14

Yakman wrote:5E's math largely collapses after level 10


No details, he just throws this out there, and I am just putting it here for later consideration, since we'll have to deal with 5E next year for Curse of Strahd (though that ends around 11th-level, so maybe the issue, if real, won't affect us).
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