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I don't think races need the racial bonuses to be different. The difference should be in the roleplay not in the numbers and the only thing they have changed is the numbers.

100% My group is moving on to Tales of the Valiant, Zobeck Campaign.

“Most of these people are mad because somebody moved their cheese “? Can someone explain this?

Based. Well said. Professor DM, Dungeoncraft

You know what improves D&D? Playing the ones Gygax wrote.

I started playing TTRPGs in the early 80's. Of course started with D&D. Didn't care for it. Tried other RPGs,and nothing worded for me. It was not until 1987 when Star Wars D6 from West End Games came out. My friends at the time choose me as the GM for that game. I then found Mekton,a Anime mecha RPG( used D10). With the Tech Manual, I could make any setting I wanted(mainly Space Opera type settings) Then found Dream Pod 9( Heavy Gear and Jovian Chronicles). Great system that used D6. Ran them a lot,but after my friends left to other places, I couldn't find any one that wanted to play any other RPGs that was not D&D,or used a version of D20. So just kept with Borad,and card games. So I don't hate the players,I just hate the game😅

I switched to Pathfinder 2e last year shortly after the OGL scandal. I enjoy making choices between levels and found that the system was both more robust and more elegant than 5e. The lore of Pathfinder is also less messy than the DnD multiverse so I actually enjoy running games set in Golarion more than the official settings of DnD. I’m sad to leave DnD as I’ve played since the early days of 3.5e and have played each edition at least once, but everything that Wizards has released in the last few years either feels like it’s trampling the legacy of past generations or just feels like a gray goo of creatively bankrupt content. If Wizards wants to release a proper sixth edition I might take a look at that in the future, but from what I’ve seen in their 2024 offering they have either made official rules out of common homebrew (bonus action potions) or made changes to classes that I don’t entirely agree with (rogues, paladins and ranger changes didn’t hit the mark for me).

Well I will say my worthless 2 cents. I am now finding D&D to be a entry level game, especially when compared to something like Runequest. Which requires me to invest in my knowledge of different eras of history as a player and does not requirement to get into a build arms race. As for strait combat fun DCC wins, I feel like I am back in high school when ever I play. With the political thing I wan't everyone to come to my table and have fun. Lets forget our ideology and play D&D. But here we get not the point you mentioned the cooking stuff. DaggerHeart Had some very "twee" races that seemed built for the new players that I assume will be also reflected in D&D. Give that its own setting, please don't cram it into existing settings, please not greyhawk.

Shout out for the Long Con sticker in the background!

I love the push-rolls-mechanics. Pushing yourself for a negtaive consequence is a staple of Free League and I love it <3

As someone who has played over a hundred rpg systems, meaning mostly other than TSR/WotC/Hasbro, I would say that the system doesn't matter. Good rpg games are made by good, creative GMs and good, creative players that collaborate. But that doesn't mean that everytime there is a new gamesystem, you have to trash your game and start over. Well that's true unless the gm just runs "official modules" and cant do their own, but thats not a gm, that's a referee.

What do you imagine that suggesting that people are 'mad because someone moved their cheese' does to combat the division that you're concerned about? How often does snark like that change people's attitudes?

No, there's certainly a woke agenda being pushed in D&D. Personally, I don't care - I play how I want to play and so do my friends. But if you listen to the public quotes by D&D's leadership (Kyle Brink, February 2023) talking about "White men are the problem with D&D and they need to leave" (and if you think he's the only person in that company - at the time (as he was let go), or now - then you are the most half-full person in the world) ... if you read disclaimers put in their books discussing retro games (see The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons, 50th Anniversary book) ... if you look at the art used in the new 2024 rule books ... if you see their take on alignments and character race ... the list goes on and on. Whether with all of this or not is neither here nor there, but the fact is, they have taken the IP in a woke direction. To say otherwise makes you willfully ignorant or just another person trying to gaslight others.

The real problem is they want to sell player options and make bank. Lot and lots of options and bank. Because of the way the game is structured, the more options the more complex their game and rules get. The harder it is to run for DMs. The more rules, the more Rules Lawyers and slower games. Fun sucking bloat. They really should have released a very basic, narrative version of D&D instead. Something with the same concepts as is in the SRD but able to be played with kids or drunk people at parties. Where the DM just says "Yes and?" You hit on anything except a 1. Vague gonzo fight and spell descriptions ruled on the spot. That would be what a mainstream version of D&D would look like and it would play a lot more like it did in the 1980s.

It's not that it's getting woke, proceed to complain about woke things put in the game that he doesn't like (alternative orks, cookies, reskinned races)

I’ve spent the day looking over all of the new rules and they just didn’t do enough for me. There are a lot of welcome changes but problems that we’ve been complaining about for a decade still haven’t been solved so it’s hard to be truly excited. If I get invited to a 5.5 table I’ll play but I’m buying the new books.

The game isn't for people like you because the art in the book showcases a part you don't want to use? What kind of logic is that?

The homogenization of the races IS the pushing of the woke agenda. It makes them all the same, and does so because we were - allegedly - all horrible racist jerks for ever liking the game when elves were more dexterous, orcs were stronger, and gnomes smarter. It's not inclusiveness that's the problem. The problem is that these moves are _designed_ to create the division you're noticing. They're meant to force compliance with a new group of people who _aren't even playing the game._ How do I know this? Because those who identify with that side of things before and played the game before didn't actually have problems with most of this stuff until they were told to by their new lords and masters who are telling them how oppressed they are by D&D. Every time they homogenize a race and claim it's "for diversity," not only is the irony painful, but we are expected to jump up and down and clap and cheer and pretend we like it, lest we be "bigots."

I can’t find any explanation as to how PC armor works

If you asked me, the next edition should have been split up into two games. D&D basic and D&D advice. One system for new players to learn a second for players who want more advice rules.

Maybe I missed something, but it seems like what you're saying is "people shouldn't attack each other over D&D." I agree with that, and I think most people would agree with that (other than the jerks doing the attacking). What I'm missing is what the new rulebooks have to do with this. Are you saying that their choices in artwork are inflaming the community? Should WotC or Hasbro apologize or change their policies? Or are you saying this is all on us, and the company has nothing to do with it? Or something in between? I guess I'm just a bit disappointed that you didn't offer more of a stand on this than "bad people are bad."

Stopped listening after hearing OGL. That was foever ago and rectified immediately. They fact people are still brining it up objectively hurts this game

A reasoned criticism. Thank you. I am very tired of those who just spend entire videos dumping all over hobbies they claim to love and insulting those who don't agree with them. I am actually glad I watched.

I honestly think the negativity is being spurred on by the new wave of social media gamers... They are a fickle lot, prone to seeing only in black and white; when not only grey, but an entire colour spectrum exists! I abandoned WotC for good after Dragonlance 5E; although I hadn't been playing 5E since after Eberron...it dawned on me that WotC had no interest (like in prior editions) to actually flesh out Settings, and they just wanted to fill all their silly books with adventures...the more mediocre, the better (atleast, thats what I assume their mentallity was...otherwise it means that they had worse writers then ChatGPT). I will say if you like the 5E system, pick up Kobold Press' "Tales of the Valiant", as it is the 5E d20 System designed by actual game designers who understand the system, the mechanics, and the classes...and the hobby, itself. Other options? Cypher System by Monte Cook Games... Fantasy AGE by Green Ronin Publishing... Dragonbane by Free League Publishing... Shadowrun by Catalyst Games Lab... Call of Cthulhu by Chaosium... Traveller by...eh, pick your version... Cyberpunk RED by...eh, everyone knows Mike Pondsmith or any of the 2d20 System games by Modiphius... And thats just the ones I can see on my bookcase... there's so many options now-a-days; way more then we had back in the day...well, atleast in THIS part of the world!

I dont think making DnD a mainstream game is the goal, while they would be happy with that. More realistic is that they want monetise the players of DnD. At the moment only the DM's spend most of the money on DnD, players just dont spend as much. They will make moves to increase the spending of players, this is where you'll find the most changes for players.

Crown and Skull by Runehammer is my new jam. Beautiful book.

I play and have a lot of 5e stuff the new edition holds no appeal for me. It's bland. OSE, Shadowdark, and Old Sword Reign(if you want a 5e lite system)

Count me "alienated". Moving away from the game I enjoy, so I am moving on to other "brands". YMMV No name calling, no judgments. 🤓👍 Cheers!

Let me help you out, my friend. WFRP. Nuff said!!

I've been boycotting wiz-bro for a while now. I don't agree with their new direction (either in their 'modern audience' direction, or in their trying to dig deeper into my wallet, or the make-it-a-video-game angle). I have had much more fun going back to basics... No Insta healing, no goodberry, no everyone can see in the dark, no combat as sport... Etc... Etc... DnD 5.5/6/One (One ring to rule them all... one ring to [...] And in the darkness bind them!) just doesn't sound fun to me. That and ripping the original creators as racists, homophobes and generally problematic... I think the new devs are more racist and Problematic (orcs were never black people, and they definitely aren't Mexican!) And yeah... WotC did create a divide... Twice! Support Indy games!

D&D 2024 art sucks and it's not fine.

In a perfect world, the simple fun of playing would magically overcome all of the negativity, but I just can't support Hasbro/WotC for a myriad of reasons (including those you've listed and more). There are so many other ways to have fun in the TTRPG realm that it just seems silly to hook my cart to any product/company that no longer represents what I believe in simply because it is "popular". I will always be fond of my times playing that game and the friends that I have made along the way. I have never ran into anyone who has actively bad-mouthed players for their choice to choose the new edition, nor have I seen anyone trash anyone's decision to play something different.

Shadowdark is probably going to change DnD.

I take you had a boss that made you read that book, "Who Stole My Cheese" lol

I still play 3.5 and 5e and will continue to. WotC has soured me on their new products and I will no longer support them. If others want give their money to WotC that’s up to them. Play and have fun, that’s what it’s all about

PASS on the new D&D. I have enough games to last me a lifetime. I'm content on playing Shadowdark, Old School Essentials and supporting independent game companies. Won't spend another dollar with WotC/Hasbro

A lot of the "soft" art they have been showing is for species and backgrounds. That is where you came from not what you are doing. It is an example of a family, not a group of adventurers. I wouldn't want mess with that Orc Paladin, Soul knife rogue, or Battlemaster Dragonborn. I'm not sure about "reskinned" human, races were always much more than their ASIs (that is why that rule from Tasha's is so popular and is assumed to be standard at most tables). I don't know any humans that can sprout wings, breathe fire, or have innate magic in their blood. That being said I do have another game that I play and it isn't any of the recent "D&D killers". It is called Cloud Breaker Alliance, and I am horrible at pitching things, but you can get the playtest rules for free if you google it. It is a 2d6 counter apocalyptic setting with dual classing character builds and a Mind Point, element based, magic system. I'm going to try and get my current Phandelver and Below players to try it after were done with the campaign. Figure out which rules you might want to incorporate into your D&D games and if the rules you like happen to be a completely different game, then that is ok too.

The main problem with D&D since AD&D 1st, The DMs have not mastered how to say NO! No I won't buy that pointless new book. No I don't need a fourth Players, or a second DMG for a single edition. No I don't need a third monster manual. No, you don't need 20 races no one will use as other than a min max option. No, you don't need 20 more classes. DMs need to get it together and start RUNNING their game, and not the players. 2024 is really just Hasbro saying shut up and buy our books. Your 2014 books don't need replacing. But Hasbro wants more money.

Shadowdark looks good

You dont have to make a video when you dont like the game, lol. Just dont play. Once you realize those pathfinder or whatever videos you make instead dont get clicks, you'll be right back to talking about dnd 2024.

Hasbro has destroyed what little trust the community had in them. their actions have caused so much stress and drama and demonstrated they dont care about the community they just want your money. why would I pay $240 dollars on a system that is honestly not as fun or simple as people make it out to be, when I can get other systems for a portion of the price that are easier to learn, run, teach and play.

You don't have to play with the new rules. Piss on it. Play with the rule set you like. I remember old DnD being funner than ADnD.

I still play with 3.5 rules.... I don't like the new stuff. I didn't know Hasbro even had it.

I similar issues to your own (CEO/management, OGL, Species v Races, Non-gritty art, Pinkerton usage) however for me there are more positive things upcoming that outweigh the bad, at least currently. I hope that you are able to find enough things about this DnD 5e update that will allow you to have fun with it, it would be a real shame/loss to have DnD veterans (like yourself) not playing/interested. Take care.

another good vid sir, it is too bad hasbro and WOTC are building division and hype in order to make money....another reason i wrote my own game and am now playin my own way. I wish nothing but the best for our hobby and the community it has created. Together we will endure.

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"Brave Sir Robin ran away!" 😆 Mercer uses these frequently, to good effect, in various situations. And the players roll with it every time. It definitely gives more dramatic shape to the game to have more options than just combat or chat.

Been waiting weeks and instantly backed once it released

Looks like a great game.

I think the limited Character Customization is acutally a positive for DCC,. and OSE as well.