Thanks for the in-depth synopsis Mark! It's almost scary how many points you listed were the very ones I was going to list myself. Also wanted to say I loved your whole premise for the Great Dragon Tourney and I only wished you had an extra hour of play to fit in everything you wanted to include.
Super happy to see a new video from you on my feed - doesn't matter what you're talking about, something about your delivery always manages to keep me engaged (which when I sometimes can't even stay focused for a 3 minute video on tik tok is saying something)! 💛
Great episode! Off topic, but I just wanted to thank you. Your videos helped me get into both D&D and LARP and now those are some of the things I enjoy doing most and something I am actively trying to build a career around now. Thanks for the inspiration! Cheers
I really love your videos Mark! I wish you would make more! Maybe doing some random generated DnD characters and figuring out a way to make them work, or talking about your favorite spells and interesting alternative ways to use them
I don't even care what it's about, I'm preordering that book with Boo on the cover as soon as it's possible to do so. The Baldur's Gate games were my introduction to D&D as a kid, and anything associated with them will always hold a special place in my heart. I may or may not have teared up looking at the map of Candlekeep in Candlekeep Mysteries... Thanks for the video update, Mr. Hulmes! I haven't had time to watch anything from D&D Celebration (but I'm definitely going to watch the Nights of Eveningstar special), so I appreciated the highlights. I hope you do a video about The Wild Beyond the Witchlight soon! :)
A place they've never seen before? With Boo? The miniature giant space hamster? Are we going to space? The final frontier? I'm assuming one of the "new" settings is Planescape. In which case this might be a 5e take on Spelljammers, I assume.
Im just barely getting into d&d cant wait to start playing, we just got the starter set and i hoping my kids will like it since i don't have friends to play with lol wish us luck
Would love to know your opinion on Wild beyond the Witch Light. And what you would recommend doing if we want figure out if we want to run the adventure or not.
you made so easy to understand what was going on in the stream this helped me understand what really happening for the future of dnd can't wait to see more videos from you about this from you and i hope you're well to mark.
the intro was perfect! i would love it, if you walked into every video at the beginning :D thanks for the synopsis i had read a bunch of it, but now i have it all condensed!
Exciting times ahead! I'm new to D&D but I've had good fun with it. I found DnD Beyond is great for making characters quickly, but i love the idea of getting family and friends together around the table for the actual campaign and using that software as an extra tool.
Man, I am excited to see Mark is back! More excited than I was about pretty much anything WotC released after Eberron: Rising from the last War. Not really been looking forward to Tasha's or anything after, tbh. Still gonna watch a certain British actualplay D&D show, but might take a break from D&D. I did get my hands on the Core Rules for CthulhuTech, though, might be looking into that.
If they are going to keep going in the same direction they have been with the races, then I hope they also do an overhaul of human. The thing that made them unique was their flexibility, and if now everyone is flexible then humans need something new to stand out.
We are very excited about the new edition and hope that it brings better story telling, easier understand of rules and, fixes that are needed. Also love the fact that it will be 5E compatible. Although not sure how we feel about the NPC not having spell slots. We will see how that goes.
I want them to rename "spell level" to something like "spell tier". Since it can be confusing for newer players, and it's just really awkward to dance around such a game-y name during RP.
@@TheGateShallStand Whose? Mine, or the guy who wants to give each level an individual name? And maybe give some constructive criticism as to why you think it's shite.
calling spells tier instead of level would work perfectly fine and i have no problems with calling spells different names aint gona work because no one is gona remember the order each spell name goes in and definitely wont work for new players
@@CthulhuianBunny nah, you're idea is fine, changing from "level" to "tier" vaguely sounds too much like a Todd Howard bought up DnD property, but overall it's just another tweak. John Denny on the other hand, wanting to make the wizard spell list about 50× worse to look through, has an absolute shite idea. I will give no other criticism of the idea, because I dont want to give myself an aneurism
A 5.5 Players handbook making standing up 10ft instead of 1/2 your movement speed ect. Action economy is the number one homebrew seen after magic items. Travel needs to be broken down aswell.
i like the idea of collating all of the player races,, in to one book. i think in my last home campaign if i wanted to put all the characters on dnd beyond i would have to add 4-5 books. but to have them all in one place will make it cheaper to buy the content, which i also think will help massively if they are moving to doing online table top and you needing extra digital copies of the books for that new style of play.
I find it weird that for a game called Dungeons & Dragons there is little content in the DMG 5e on how to actually run a dungeon, content that was present in previous versions.
Man, I'm excited to see what these new things will be, if I can be honest. I hope I'm not self hyping it too much, but I really want this to be really good!
I couldn’t throw my books out if I wanted to since I used your link in High Rollers to buy the Legendary Bundle on D&D Beyond. No regrets, it’s been awesome!
A great summary, thanks. Looking forward to some quality changes, especially if they can promote some of the best parts of earlier editions and rid themselves of some of the unnecessary chaff. Making things easier for DMs would also be bliss.
1:18 Fully compatible new books in 2024? Cool and good. I'm not really a fan of keeping multiple copies of the same but a little different books. Unless they're HP books and collector's covers, then I will. 3:33 Removal of ability score bonuses & penalties? Not sure how I feel about that just yet. You've got another campaign setting in the works? Cool! 4:28 I grew up with physical copies so I'm not a fan of digital personally. I understand the ease and sharing abilities but I like the feel of physical copies. 5:02 i do agree that D&D Beyond has been SUPER helpful when playing. Not having to use pen & paper, lose track of spell slots, HP, inventory has been a MASSIVE load off. I feel bad for the early people that had to do all that. I probably wouldn't have started playing myself is pen & paper were still the norm (my brain is NOT HAPPY with having to track a million things). All considered, actually looks pretty cool to have all this new books and such. Still have to catch up on buying some of the newer books that came out this year but all in all, seems pretty exciting.
Hey Mark not sure if this is the best place to reach you but I hate twitter so there... I'm messaging as I would PLEASE ask you to do another Star Wars Armada video with Ben! I know it's a long time ago, and Star Wars isn't in the public conciousness as much, but honestly Star Wars Armada is just SO GOOD, and your game with Ben was awesome! Would love to see some more content, even if it is hard to produce, with some more great flavourful battles and trying out different fleets. That's about it dude. Please consider it though! Looking forward to some Draognlance and Spelljammer content when it comes out... Best Ol
They were sure to lay it on pretty thick that one of the never before seen settings next year would be terrifying. About 6 months from now we're probably gonna get an Innistrad setting book. That fits the delay pattern from the release of a popular mtg set to its D&D book. The cards out right now are the third time they've printed an Innistrad card set. They can't help themselves when it comes to gritty gothic horror edge lording in D&D books. They'll turn Innistrad into next year's crossover. The never before seen format for the two classic settings raises some unsettling questions. I'm hoping they didn't just boil dragonlance and spelljammer down to a DM screen and an essentials kit style box set.
Thanks very much for the summary - I'd missed the streams over the weekend and this was great for bringing me up to speed. On Digital, I'm a little nervous. It feels like a slam-dunk - I'm not a fan of buying a physical book plus D&D Beyond and VTT copies, so anything that can help with that would be awesome. But I'd also be disappointed if they launched their own VTT, especially as the community has managed to innovate with some amazing tools. Instead, I'd like to see better syndication tools - buy once from WotC, and get all your content pop up on your favouite platform. And yes, I'd love to see a further shift into the RP side of D&D. If a new edition helps to trim some of the fat and fortify the focus on interactive storytelling, I'm all for it.
Personally, I hope they don't remove the old racial stats. I like that if I were to play a Goliath Wizard I'd be stronger than an equivalent Gnome for example. With the new system I could do that, but it makes you feel like you're playing the game wrong. I think racial stats add to roleplay and with the current system there's nothing to stop you levelling up your Gnome to end up stronger than your average Goliath. In fact that's a great way to show how awesome your player is or has become. Ideally they'd keep racial stats and just list the custom lineage system as an alternate option.
I can see them doing something like removing racial bonuses and keeping the Custom Lineage thing, but adding a suggestion in the race entries like they do with the quick build suggestions for Classes, like "Typical high elves will usually have +2 Dex +1 Int" or something. That way you'd still get the idea of what average members of a race leans towards while still having the freedom to choose otherwise.
They don't have to change anything in a new edition, just condense what they have . One book of monsters instead of three. All races and classes in a single book. The Wilderness Survival Guide included in DMG. An update to Gamma World and Boot Hill would be nice. If they hold those licenses.
People are jumping on the 5.5 train and honestly, I don't think the changes in these revised core books will be as big as the shift from 3e to 3.5. 3.5 saw wide scale changes to every class, and a complete rewriting of every spell in the PHB. 5e's magic system doesn't need anywhere near that. For the most part the casters are fine as is. Hell, fighter, rogue, barbarian, paladin, cleric, bard, and wizard don't need any changes at all. Each of those classes enjoys high praise from the easily pleased munchkin community, and they all have one or more PHB subclasses that hold up when compared to anything in Tasha's. The revised PHB will likely be focused on integrating the first 3 pages of Tasha's into the character creation chapters, raising the monk's damage output and hopefully ki points per level, adding bonus spell lists to sorcerer bloodlines, adding damage abilities to non fiend pact warlocks, and finding a new way to fix the ranger that isn't just giving us a poorly executed copy of hunters mark for the third time. The MM will be an art revamp and a cleaning up of all the stat blocks to the format shown in monsters of the multiverse. I don't know what changes will come to the DMG, but hopefully they've realized they need to put a chapter that teaches new players how to DM at the front of the book.
I am very excited for the expansion of the rules. But I also feel a bit exhausted by the amount of content Wizards is producing, I know they want to (and do, do) a book every quarter. But to me that's just a bit exhausting at this point.
Good thing you didn't play in 3E or 4E, WotC pumped out at least one new book each and every month. Often, they would release two books in a given month! Keeping up back then was financially draining 😅😅😅
I dont understand the change spellcaster NPC stat tbh. like in one hand its simplfied with more clear actions on what to do. on the other hand. what is harder about tracking spell slots rather than number of time used a single spell. like having like 3 spells used 3 times a day each you will have to track each spell separately without the ablity to upcast them while as spellslots you can just track the spell slots in general ! the only change is like removing the class from the middle of the stat and put it up and from moving the spell casting ablity from the traits to the actions .... like it would have been easier if they put a very condensed summary of every spell in the action par rather than this or at least the "favorait" spell that this NPC like to use more often while leaving the old stat as it is.
Wonder if 'Monsters of the Multiverse' will be something other than the MM 2.0. I already rework monsters, c'mon, give me some new templates to work from instead of the Same Array But Slightly Different.
2:20 But a 5.5 wouldn't be different enough to warrant a "backwards compatible" comment, a "don't worry folks, this ISN'T a knew edition, just a 5.5 of sorts" would do fine! I don't really know what these are going to be but I am not hyped(seem to be THE ONLY ONE who isn't) for them. That's all I'll say because I am NOT going to be arguing or "giving evidence"(My statement has enough already) for my feelings. Plus WotC products haven't been keeping me all that invested in 5E for awhile now anyway. Mercer, Colville and other 3rd party groups have been, that doesn't speak well for a game(maybe it's just me again though)!
I know they will never go back to 3.5s level of complexity but I reallllly wish that 5.5 would at least give us more meat on the bone. I had to eventually go back to PF1e because me and my table just got too bored with the limited choices at our fingertips. They eventually did release more options but.. its just not enough for us. Given Wotc seems to be going more the coast of sanding down the system and overcorrecting in the process of trying to deal with a more socially aware tabletop space.. eh. I'll give 5.5 a look but I feel like it will be the same as 5e. More fun to watch other people play than to actually play oneself.
I would really like more than one adventure book a year. Everything else seems fine with a bit of tweaking. I don't really know how they would focus more on the rp aspect, which can vary from table to table anyway. Will there be subclasses that are entierely useless for a dungeon crawl like mastermind rogue? But fleshing social encounters and exploration out would be nice anyway.
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The king, Mark Hulmes himself as returned
hail to the king, baby
Long may he rule
He has my sword
Aaaaand he left again.
@@charliebee5154 aaand hes still gone
It's great to see another Matt... I mean Mark video. HR are the only way I keep up with the comings and goings of DnD
I'm so curious about what shape this will take but I'm looking forward to it so much. Also, hey nice to see an upload
Thanks for the in-depth synopsis Mark! It's almost scary how many points you listed were the very ones I was going to list myself. Also wanted to say I loved your whole premise for the Great Dragon Tourney and I only wished you had an extra hour of play to fit in everything you wanted to include.
Super happy to see a new video from you on my feed - doesn't matter what you're talking about, something about your delivery always manages to keep me engaged (which when I sometimes can't even stay focused for a 3 minute video on tik tok is saying something)! 💛
MY OWN CAMPAIGN SETTING!!!!!! That's all i took from this! lets goooo!
Great episode! Off topic, but I just wanted to thank you. Your videos helped me get into both D&D and LARP and now those are some of the things I enjoy doing most and something I am actively trying to build a career around now. Thanks for the inspiration! Cheers
I really love your videos Mark! I wish you would make more! Maybe doing some random generated DnD characters and figuring out a way to make them work, or talking about your favorite spells and interesting alternative ways to use them
So happy to see you making videos like this again!! Keep it up and keep us updated with new DND news!!
I don't even care what it's about, I'm preordering that book with Boo on the cover as soon as it's possible to do so. The Baldur's Gate games were my introduction to D&D as a kid, and anything associated with them will always hold a special place in my heart. I may or may not have teared up looking at the map of Candlekeep in Candlekeep Mysteries...
Thanks for the video update, Mr. Hulmes! I haven't had time to watch anything from D&D Celebration (but I'm definitely going to watch the Nights of Eveningstar special), so I appreciated the highlights. I hope you do a video about The Wild Beyond the Witchlight soon! :)
Good to see you mate!
Love the return to the RUclips channel, I hadn't even heard about this change but now I'm super intrigued...
A place they've never seen before? With Boo? The miniature giant space hamster? Are we going to space? The final frontier? I'm assuming one of the "new" settings is Planescape. In which case this might be a 5e take on Spelljammers, I assume.
CALLED IT!!!!!!!
Sherlock Hulmes, now there's a name I havent heard in a long time...
Four old settings and two new ones?! Ok, "they had my attention... etc". Great summary, Mark. Thanks for putting it all together.
Were boats get suck in a canal, like a step sister in a dodgy anime.
Yeah I need a minute to recover from that one XD
dodgy*.
Let's not make it worse than it is.
@@SherlockHulmesDM omg the auto correct really made that a whole other senario XD
Im just barely getting into d&d cant wait to start playing, we just got the starter set and i hoping my kids will like it since i don't have friends to play with lol wish us luck
Starter Set is a great way to start! I've got a video all about introducing the basics of D&D which is kid friendly if you want something to help. :)
Would love to know your opinion on Wild beyond the Witch Light. And what you would recommend doing if we want figure out if we want to run the adventure or not.
Have it, but haven't found the time to sit down and read it yet sadly!
Thank you for the summary, Mark! I haven’t had a chance to see the videos from the event yet.
2024 that ages away
So now Evey Chanel will be doing a "10 things I'd like to see in 5.5 edition"
I certainly suspect so. Except me. It'll be another 2 years before I Upload.
@@SherlockHulmesDM why, do it now so they have time to implement good ideas early.
Was looking to find something to summarise this news and I was pleasantly surprised to see this video. Good stuff. Keep up the great work
you made so easy to understand what was going on in the stream this helped me understand what really happening for the future of dnd can't wait to see more videos from you about this from you and i hope you're well to mark.
Top content, I didn’t watch those streams and this gave me a great update to discuss at the gaming table.
9 month waiting room for new content from our boy anyone?
Really glad you talked about this Mark! Thanks for putting all this information together for us.
glad to see you return to making these mark! keep up the great work and fingers crossed on that award show!
Love your videos, always appreciate your viewpoint on current happenings in D&D. Would love to hear more, keep it up, you got this! :)
Our Wonderful Bearded Boy has returned with content! Thank You Daddy Mark!
Thank you for this video! It gave a lot of information to keep me curious and excited about these new tools and books.
Thanks for this Mark! I’ve not been able to keep up with all the news and this is a very helpful summary!
Thanks for the video Mark! As someone who was working during the celebration, it's nice to have an informative, quick recap.
Lovely to see you again! And agreed, I'm interested in what this new stuff will have.
I knew there was a reason I stayed subscribed to this channel. Bless you, Mr Hulmes.
Great video Mark! Was nice hearing your thoughts about all the new updates!
the intro was perfect! i would love it, if you walked into every video at the beginning :D thanks for the synopsis i had read a bunch of it, but now i have it all condensed!
So, setting agnostic races joke: a thiefling, a gith, a warforged and a symic hybrid met in a tavern.
Exciting times ahead! I'm new to D&D but I've had good fun with it. I found DnD Beyond is great for making characters quickly, but i love the idea of getting family and friends together around the table for the actual campaign and using that software as an extra tool.
Nice to see you back 👍🏾
Man you deliver quality. Glad to get Videos again
cool vid man, hope all is well
I'd heard that there was news, but I wasn't sure exactly what the deal is, so thank you very much for the informative and concise video!
Man, I am excited to see Mark is back!
More excited than I was about pretty much anything WotC released after Eberron: Rising from the last War. Not really been looking forward to Tasha's or anything after, tbh. Still gonna watch a certain British actualplay D&D show, but might take a break from D&D.
I did get my hands on the Core Rules for CthulhuTech, though, might be looking into that.
If they are going to keep going in the same direction they have been with the races, then I hope they also do an overhaul of human. The thing that made them unique was their flexibility, and if now everyone is flexible then humans need something new to stand out.
"I can make a whole video on this."
Please make a whole video on this! :D
We are very excited about the new edition and hope that it brings better story telling, easier understand of rules and, fixes that are needed. Also love the fact that it will be 5E compatible. Although not sure how we feel about the NPC not having spell slots. We will see how that goes.
Nice to see a new video, hoping that it's not a money grab for Wizards, but a troubleshooting move.
Thanks Mark for the recap
Love this video. Would love more like this.
So glad to see a new video I am cautiously hype for a class overhaul , improve monks and rangers
I hope they take to opportunity to give a small overhaul to all the classes. They could all use a little updating and rebalancing.
I want them to rename "spell level" to something like "spell tier". Since it can be confusing for newer players, and it's just really awkward to dance around such a game-y name during RP.
Shite idea
@@johndenny8863 I think giving each level a separate name would just complicate things even more.
@@TheGateShallStand Whose? Mine, or the guy who wants to give each level an individual name? And maybe give some constructive criticism as to why you think it's shite.
calling spells tier instead of level would work perfectly fine and i have no problems with
calling spells different names aint gona work because no one is gona remember the order each spell name goes in and definitely wont work for new players
@@CthulhuianBunny nah, you're idea is fine, changing from "level" to "tier" vaguely sounds too much like a Todd Howard bought up DnD property, but overall it's just another tweak. John Denny on the other hand, wanting to make the wizard spell list about 50× worse to look through, has an absolute shite idea. I will give no other criticism of the idea, because I dont want to give myself an aneurism
A 5.5 Players handbook making standing up 10ft instead of 1/2 your movement speed ect.
Action economy is the number one homebrew seen after magic items.
Travel needs to be broken down aswell.
With all this multiverse talk I would flip if we would get campaign in Sigil. The hub of the multiverse!
i like the idea of collating all of the player races,, in to one book. i think in my last home campaign if i wanted to put all the characters on dnd beyond i would have to add 4-5 books. but to have them all in one place will make it cheaper to buy the content, which i also think will help massively if they are moving to doing online table top and you needing extra digital copies of the books for that new style of play.
Nice, thanks for this video! I was very confused by the news and I was hoping someone could explain :)
I find it weird that for a game called Dungeons & Dragons there is little content in the DMG 5e on how to actually run a dungeon, content that was present in previous versions.
Man, I'm excited to see what these new things will be, if I can be honest. I hope I'm not self hyping it too much, but I really want this to be really good!
I couldn’t throw my books out if I wanted to since I used your link in High Rollers to buy the Legendary Bundle on D&D Beyond. No regrets, it’s been awesome!
A great summary, thanks.
Looking forward to some quality changes, especially if they can promote some of the best parts of earlier editions and rid themselves of some of the unnecessary chaff. Making things easier for DMs would also be bliss.
Face Palm! How much more spoon fed should it be? Unnecessary chaff, I agree wotc needs to jump off the trans band wagon before it goes over the cliff.
Hi Mark...You are in England right? How do you find a D&D group in a very rural area? Im having some problems! Please help... anyone
Thanks for the info Mark!
I'm definitely going to get that bundle coming early next year, seems pretty helpful with 30 races
Did Mark just say he's putting out an Aerois setting book?
Nope. New campaign.
@@SherlockHulmesDM My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
Seriously though, excited for whatever you put out.
Marks back on youtube, this is a miracle.
Great Video!
1:18 Fully compatible new books in 2024? Cool and good. I'm not really a fan of keeping multiple copies of the same but a little different books. Unless they're HP books and collector's covers, then I will.
3:33 Removal of ability score bonuses & penalties? Not sure how I feel about that just yet.
You've got another campaign setting in the works? Cool!
4:28 I grew up with physical copies so I'm not a fan of digital personally. I understand the ease and sharing abilities but I like the feel of physical copies.
5:02 i do agree that D&D Beyond has been SUPER helpful when playing. Not having to use pen & paper, lose track of spell slots, HP, inventory has been a MASSIVE load off. I feel bad for the early people that had to do all that. I probably wouldn't have started playing myself is pen & paper were still the norm (my brain is NOT HAPPY with having to track a million things).
All considered, actually looks pretty cool to have all this new books and such. Still have to catch up on buying some of the newer books that came out this year but all in all, seems pretty exciting.
Hey Mark
not sure if this is the best place to reach you but I hate twitter so there...
I'm messaging as I would PLEASE ask you to do another Star Wars Armada video with Ben!
I know it's a long time ago, and Star Wars isn't in the public conciousness as much, but honestly Star Wars Armada is just SO GOOD, and your game with Ben was awesome!
Would love to see some more content, even if it is hard to produce, with some more great flavourful battles and trying out different fleets.
That's about it dude. Please consider it though! Looking forward to some Draognlance and Spelljammer content when it comes out...
Best
Ol
Glad to see the boss back! :D
They were sure to lay it on pretty thick that one of the never before seen settings next year would be terrifying.
About 6 months from now we're probably gonna get an Innistrad setting book. That fits the delay pattern from the release of a popular mtg set to its D&D book. The cards out right now are the third time they've printed an Innistrad card set. They can't help themselves when it comes to gritty gothic horror edge lording in D&D books. They'll turn Innistrad into next year's crossover.
The never before seen format for the two classic settings raises some unsettling questions. I'm hoping they didn't just boil dragonlance and spelljammer down to a DM screen and an essentials kit style box set.
Thanks very much for the summary - I'd missed the streams over the weekend and this was great for bringing me up to speed.
On Digital, I'm a little nervous. It feels like a slam-dunk - I'm not a fan of buying a physical book plus D&D Beyond and VTT copies, so anything that can help with that would be awesome. But I'd also be disappointed if they launched their own VTT, especially as the community has managed to innovate with some amazing tools. Instead, I'd like to see better syndication tools - buy once from WotC, and get all your content pop up on your favouite platform.
And yes, I'd love to see a further shift into the RP side of D&D. If a new edition helps to trim some of the fat and fortify the focus on interactive storytelling, I'm all for it.
When will there be a new video?
Hi Mark! Hope you're doing well with the new channel!
Personally, I hope they don't remove the old racial stats. I like that if I were to play a Goliath Wizard I'd be stronger than an equivalent Gnome for example. With the new system I could do that, but it makes you feel like you're playing the game wrong.
I think racial stats add to roleplay and with the current system there's nothing to stop you levelling up your Gnome to end up stronger than your average Goliath. In fact that's a great way to show how awesome your player is or has become.
Ideally they'd keep racial stats and just list the custom lineage system as an alternate option.
I can see them doing something like removing racial bonuses and keeping the Custom Lineage thing, but adding a suggestion in the race entries like they do with the quick build suggestions for Classes, like "Typical high elves will usually have +2 Dex +1 Int" or something. That way you'd still get the idea of what average members of a race leans towards while still having the freedom to choose otherwise.
I didn't know there were surveys up. I would have answered them.
They don't have to change anything in a new edition, just condense what they have . One book of monsters instead of three. All races and classes in a single book. The Wilderness Survival Guide included in DMG.
An update to Gamma World and Boot Hill would be nice. If they hold those licenses.
More of these news shows please.
OMG AEROIS CAMPAIGN CONFIRMED!!!! :O!!!!!!
4:25 what....?
I miss your empire uploads and what not. Hope all is well sir
Anyone else scared that Mark ended the video with “maybe I’ll see you next time”
People are jumping on the 5.5 train and honestly, I don't think the changes in these revised core books will be as big as the shift from 3e to 3.5.
3.5 saw wide scale changes to every class, and a complete rewriting of every spell in the PHB. 5e's magic system doesn't need anywhere near that. For the most part the casters are fine as is.
Hell, fighter, rogue, barbarian, paladin, cleric, bard, and wizard don't need any changes at all. Each of those classes enjoys high praise from the easily pleased munchkin community, and they all have one or more PHB subclasses that hold up when compared to anything in Tasha's.
The revised PHB will likely be focused on integrating the first 3 pages of Tasha's into the character creation chapters, raising the monk's damage output and hopefully ki points per level, adding bonus spell lists to sorcerer bloodlines, adding damage abilities to non fiend pact warlocks, and finding a new way to fix the ranger that isn't just giving us a poorly executed copy of hunters mark for the third time.
The MM will be an art revamp and a cleaning up of all the stat blocks to the format shown in monsters of the multiverse.
I don't know what changes will come to the DMG, but hopefully they've realized they need to put a chapter that teaches new players how to DM at the front of the book.
You should have had a towel you could pick up and put around your neck for the "Don't Panic" .
Good stuff and easy to digest as always 👍
Guys it's 5.5th edition. Just like 3.5 which came before it. It's pretty normal.
I hope that 6th won't just be streamlined 5th. That's 5.5 with online tools. Don't be afraid to change and grow D&D.
I am very excited for the expansion of the rules.
But I also feel a bit exhausted by the amount of content Wizards is producing, I know they want to (and do, do) a book every quarter. But to me that's just a bit exhausting at this point.
Good thing you didn't play in 3E or 4E, WotC pumped out at least one new book each and every month. Often, they would release two books in a given month! Keeping up back then was financially draining 😅😅😅
@@krim7 My gosh that seems excessive...
I dont understand the change spellcaster NPC stat tbh.
like in one hand its simplfied with more clear actions on what to do.
on the other hand. what is harder about tracking spell slots rather than number of time used a single spell.
like having like 3 spells used 3 times a day each you will have to track each spell separately without the ablity to upcast them while as spellslots you can just track the spell slots in general !
the only change is like removing the class from the middle of the stat and put it up and from moving the spell casting ablity from the traits to the actions .... like it would have been easier if they put a very condensed summary of every spell in the action par rather than this or at least the "favorait" spell that this NPC like to use more often while leaving the old stat as it is.
This all sounds extremely expensive.
brand new setting: Dune /Arrakis ? 🤔
The d20 system lives on.
Also, you and your group can still play E5 as it is currently without having to add the next evolution.
Wonder if 'Monsters of the Multiverse' will be something other than the MM 2.0. I already rework monsters, c'mon, give me some new templates to work from instead of the Same Array But Slightly Different.
2:20 But a 5.5 wouldn't be different enough to warrant a "backwards compatible" comment, a "don't worry folks, this ISN'T a knew edition, just a 5.5 of sorts" would do fine! I don't really know what these are going to be but I am not hyped(seem to be THE ONLY ONE who isn't) for them. That's all I'll say because I am NOT going to be arguing or "giving evidence"(My statement has enough already) for my feelings.
Plus WotC products haven't been keeping me all that invested in 5E for awhile now anyway. Mercer, Colville and other 3rd party groups have been, that doesn't speak well for a game(maybe it's just me again though)!
well aslong as i dont have to rewrite my 2 homemade books of homebrew content then i have no problem with this XD
I know they will never go back to 3.5s level of complexity but I reallllly wish that 5.5 would at least give us more meat on the bone. I had to eventually go back to PF1e because me and my table just got too bored with the limited choices at our fingertips. They eventually did release more options but.. its just not enough for us.
Given Wotc seems to be going more the coast of sanding down the system and overcorrecting in the process of trying to deal with a more socially aware tabletop space.. eh. I'll give 5.5 a look but I feel like it will be the same as 5e. More fun to watch other people play than to actually play oneself.
Highrollers is the best D&D stream
4:26 OH MY GOD MARRRRK
I got big PBS Spacetime vibes from this, not sure why...
I would really like more than one adventure book a year. Everything else seems fine with a bit of tweaking. I don't really know how they would focus more on the rp aspect, which can vary from table to table anyway. Will there be subclasses that are entierely useless for a dungeon crawl like mastermind rogue? But fleshing social encounters and exploration out would be nice anyway.
Too bad, I guess I will keep using D&D 3.0, 3.5 and Pathfinder 1st ed.
OK so I won't need new books, but when the new ones do come out I wonder what their gonna fix?
Oh where did our DM go?