@@TreantmonksTemple One question that I didn't notice if it was answered was related to the increased number of options for feats- They may have increased the number of feats available to choose from but did they also increase the number of feat slots available to characters? It doesn't mean much to increase the available feats you can choose from if they don't also increase the number of times you get to make those choices. I'm not sure if you can say anything regarding that but I'd be interested in the answer if you can.
@@TreantmonksTemplein all seriousness, I think you are the most thoughtful voice in the community. And it seems obvious to me that folks at WoTC are listening already. As a customer, I would really benefit from your formal and consistent review of their language.
Even if they will never admit it, someone on the WotC Dev Team has been keeping a close eye on Chris' thoughts and ideas through the entire play test process. I can't count how many of Chris' "prophecies" have come true!
I instantly could hear it in his voice. It feels like it went "*hurredly sits down* OK IM HERE.... uh... hit record... OK HELLO IM REACTING..." Obviously it isnt yelling, im using caps to represent the feeling that is strongly visable.
I’m so glad they gave you a copy of the player’s handbook early. It is much more friendly to creators and will help them get early buzz going with higher quality videos and not just quick reactions. I’m glad they are finally working more closely with you guys.
I'm so glad you have a full advance copy! The nuanced analysis of different features and mechanics you do is incredible, but it takes time! Giving you the time you need will hopefully mean you can temper peoples instant reactions with your own videos
11:00 Incorporating Common Houserules into the core rules was a major part of the development decision when the original AD&D was being reimagined 2.0. Numerous panels online with the surviving designers during that era constantly state that. It is core to the evolution of the game throughout its entire history.
The tap dance between reacting and not sharing NDA content is impressive! Great video and can't wait for the unrestricted videos that are on their way!
Breaking news: A new interview video with JC just came out focusing on backgrounds, and he said what you couldn't: The 2024 PHB does not support mixing-and-matching to create your own backgrounds. But he also said that the 2024 DMG will contain guidelines for something like that. He was vague on the latter, so we'll see just how flexible it ends up being.
So in order to open up more avenues to create the character fantasy you want they removed the ability to make the character fantasy you want? Sounds about right with WotC just removing stuff they don’t like, like player agency, because it doesn’t make them money.
Yeah I suspected as much because it sounded weird when he was raving about how much more choice you got..... But another way of wording what he was saying was "you are restricted to which backgrounds you can choose (and I'm guessing which feats you can get) to backgrounds that support the stat's you need boosted"
@@AtelierGodRestrictions create gameplay as much as free choice does. They rolled back the absolute freedom, my assumption is to provide a more guided character creation and limit power combos.
I'm guessing it's a business decision. With custom backgrounds the default there is little reason to care about the official backgrounds. Now people might buy a new book to get a new cool background that offers a new feat. I'm not happy I don't like ANY of the official backgrounds they all need at least a skill change and the feats are lackluster.
Finally Wotc is interacting with you. By far best insight on mechanics and how they all interact with each other. Hopefully they start taking your advice on future updates to things
I am absolutely thrilled that they've recognized your content and channel and provided you with a review copy. This is great for you and your channel. 💯💯💯
There's no actual play video where we could see TM so clearly running calculations about the next optimized action so clearly as seeing TM evaluating on the spot what he could say without breaking his NDA at every step of this reaction. Pretty excited for the 2024 PHB. I'll get my hands in a copy as soon as it is available in Brazil.
@@GLORPDORP I do think there’s some merit to having slight restrictions, since they can help get creative juices flowing and sometimes building a character sub-optimally can be narratively interesting, but for an advanced player or a character whose origin doesn’t fall under the options presented, a custom background is necessary imo and if it’s not presented, I’m sure it will be easy enough to create.
@@pederw4900 I half agree with that. Having a background feat that's probably not meant for your character has the potential to be sub-optimal in an interesting way, but there's nothing interesting about being behind the mathematical assumptions that the system is making about your character. There's a reason that they changed racial ASIs to allow them to apply to any attribute of your choosing, and it seems like they forgot it.
@@quintec45anything that’s in the DMG might as well not exist for players, players won’t know it exists and therefore be forced into playing what the cookie cutter characters WotC thinks are supposed to be played.
I'm so glad to hear you got the early copy. Your feedback was always on point, can imagine it's going to be invaluable. 50:11 ART! I love that gnome Rosie the Riveter in the upper right corner.
A note about the rigidity of backgrounds: The Custom Background option IS in the DMG. Odd choice to not put it in the PHB, but it is in fact in the game, so we can have our way with a custom background with all of our builds in the future.
I see WOTC reached out to some other youtube D&D 5e creators. I'm pleased to see that. I'm hoping, if not almost certain, they have reviewed closely your invaluable commentary. I'm looking forward to buying a physical copy, and sitting down for a cover to cover read through.
Thrilled to know that WotC has contacted you to give you a copy of the book. It means they have noticed your videos and good analyses of their system. Fingers crossed you become a consultant in the future. It would do that game a load of good!
In very excited that you have an advance copy!!! That helps SO much with helping us understand things, where they're coming from, and allows you to make better shaped content once it does fully release. Exceptionally pleased they brought you in in some small way to assist in being a creator
The palpable excitement that is on your face and in your voice as you discuss various things about the 2024 PHB is precisely why I am a regular here at the temple. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us to the extent that you can, and I can’t wait to see what you have lined up; it’s always a good day to watch a master of their craft at work.
I REAALLLLY liked this video. Thanks for putting in the time to affirm how this lines up with our play test investment. I am looking forward to your upcoming related videos.
Thank you for the video. I always appreciate getting your reactions as they discuss matters like this and am glad to hear they gave you a preview copy. You deserve and have earned the respect they are showing you.
hahahaha the pain the voice when he says "im not able to reveal any contents of the book" is just fantastic! you can feel that the desire to spill the beans on whats in it is almost as great as our desire to know whats in it. Fantastic to hear you got it early, by far the least biased or sensationalist opinion out there so your opinion is worth tons!
I can see them leaking the PDF a week or some days in advance for hype. Sidenote but people don't realize how 9/10 leaks games have happened by the hands of the company itself to generate hype between hardcore fans who will talk about anything they can get their hands on
I don't think that this will happen. A lot of companies actually add really tiny watermarks on each PDF (and send it to different external parties). Thus a leak can come back to you.
As someone who has helped a lot of new really casual players get into the game, having nice art for every class and I believe every subclass is something that is really important for casual players A lot of new people will simply flip through the pages, see art of something that looks really cool and say ‘I wanna play that’s
I'm guessing they didn't change the god awful exhaustion rules? (Blink twice if I'm spot on )😉 Still quite excited overall. Martials just feel more varied and there's more non-damage ways to interact which I appreciate a ton.
Maybe I'm the only one, but I'm hoping the Poisoner feat was included as one of the Tasha's Feats to get some revisions. I suspect Telekinetic made it, given the presence of so many Psionic subclasses.
So many things/questions. How have they changed or not changed Monk since last we seen them? Both the Aberrant Mind, and the Clockwork Soul sorcerers are included in the PHB, are they going to retain their additional spell lists? Are the other sorcerers going to get additional spells as lists as well or perhaps the other way around? I really wish the PHB would be out sooner but I understand that things take time. Take care all.
Again, an outsanding video. Thank you Chris for your constant and rigourous work. About backgrounds, I'd speculate you cannot build your own background and decide your stat bonuses anymore.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't care much for the art. The art in the book is gonna be great I'm sure, but art is not content I'm excited for.
I think it was missed in this reaction but they do kinda awkwardly state how ability score asignment works now, being offered 3 stats and being given 3 points to spread across at least 2 of the 3 stats, they present it as "woah look at all this choice!" ignoring that it is a restriction over the completely free asignment tasha's allowed, it's a much better designed restriction than the 2014 racial stats, but I'll have to wait and see exactly how the stat spreads work to decide if I am going to enforce this or just keep letting my players put their stats anywhere.
They talked about how Backgrounds now have real utility both in combat and out-of-combat situations (actual glimpse at 14:18). From what's been portraited by Crawford, you get +3 ASI improvements based on your background and a 1st-level Feat, as well as the given skill/tool proficiencies, and starting equipment. What I wonder is how these new ASI improvements stack with ASI Racial Bonuses, which are a +2 or +3 to characters in 2014 rules. Are you effectively adding +6 to your ability score with your race and background? And how will races that pick their Feats like Custom Lineage and Variant Human work with the new rules, if at all?
They don’t, they replace them. It’s like when they had Tasha’s free ASI distribution. Also “variant” human is now the regular human, they have more skills and a free inspiration a day feature alongside 1 Origin feat (no 4 level feats) This means they have 2 Origin feats.
Yeah I was also about to post a comment to speculate about what they didn't change. Was invisibility changed in the playtest? Is that on the table to be refined?
Cris, they really should have hired you as an external consultant (I don't know if you'd accept, but they clearly need the help). In Brazil there was a popular meme of Wood Woodpecker holding a "You haven't done more than your obligation" sign. There's kind of what I feel about WOTC so far. Concisely organization, incorporating (some) players feedback (which they're actually blessed to have plenty) and including specialist in playability of their own game (like yourself, D4, PackTactics etc.) is actually trivial for what I consider to justify a reviewed edition.
I appreciate the qualifications about "not totally new" stuff. I still think it's really good for the game, though. I helped a new player get into the game recently. Telling him to buy 3 books (as a PLAYER) and two more (as a DM) was a rough sell.
They got rid of custom backgrounds?? 😱😱😱 i’m still gonna make them. there’s 75 feats there’s gotta be so much opportunity for flavorful custom backgrounds
Firstly, I am so glad that you got an advanced copy, well deserved in my opinion. However, I do hope one of the things they "missed" is a re-vamping of the shield spell, as I have always thought the spell was just fine as is. Also, I hope that spells like Bigby's Hand, and Telekinesis are kept vs checks as that clearly separates them from most other spells. Obviously, I am so excited to see, and hear what's upcoming, and again I think its highly fortunate that you are going to be among the individuals providing advanced information even if I disagree (very rarely) with your take.
I want to see a martial vs caster disparity discussion based on multiclassing and them moving so many subclass features further back in level (which I think hurts martial classes more than casters)
Great overview, thank you. From the sound of it I would supect that certain backgrounds give specific boni to certain attributes and you can't choose freely where you want to place them anymore - which would really suck.
They probably also felt a tension between getting new players up to speed quickly, versus giving experienced players a bunch of Lego pieces to make whatever they want. Good catch @quintec45
Reading between the lines on what you could and couldn’t say: Custom Origins/Backgrounds are now not going to be a thing in 2024. Probably because anybody remotely interested in optimization would more or less exclusively only use custom Origins to get exactly what they wanted every time, effectively sidestepping the whole narrative point of the subsystem.
One thing I'm hoping for Wizards is something beyond just expertise in a INT skill and the Memorize Spell feature (which I do enjoy). Modify Spell seemed so awesome and I'm sad it was removed in Playtest 7. Beyond flavor, every Wizard that casts Fireball or something is going to be exactly the same with no tangible differences between 2 mages that could have very very different backgrounds and goals besides one Fireball being Red and another being Green with a Skull shape. I'm also sad it seems like most of the Wizard's Subclasses aren't here, probably because they wanted to stop some classes from having an overwhelming number of subclasses compared to others like in the 2014 book.
Glad they realized you should have an advanced copy. Can’t wait to see your content on the NEW version. ( I am guessing they are not officially letting you make backgrounds. And that sucks and not calling it the 5.0 Gold Edition or 5.5 is 💯 going to cause confusion outside of the D&D circles - most stupid leadership over there)
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Treantmonk got a review copy? Awesome. I hope they hired you as a consultant as well lol.
Doubt it if there's sections he didn't even know about that didn't get reworked (and needed it).
I wish!
@@TreantmonksTemple One question that I didn't notice if it was answered was related to the increased number of options for feats- They may have increased the number of feats available to choose from but did they also increase the number of feat slots available to characters? It doesn't mean much to increase the available feats you can choose from if they don't also increase the number of times you get to make those choices. I'm not sure if you can say anything regarding that but I'd be interested in the answer if you can.
@@TreantmonksTemplein all seriousness, I think you are the most thoughtful voice in the community. And it seems obvious to me that folks at WoTC are listening already. As a customer, I would really benefit from your formal and consistent review of their language.
Even if they will never admit it, someone on the WotC Dev Team has been keeping a close eye on Chris' thoughts and ideas through the entire play test process. I can't count how many of Chris' "prophecies" have come true!
The absolute speed of this upload hahaha
Strike while the iron is hot!
I instantly could hear it in his voice. It feels like it went "*hurredly sits down* OK IM HERE.... uh... hit record... OK HELLO IM REACTING..."
Obviously it isnt yelling, im using caps to represent the feeling that is strongly visable.
I felt like this upload teleported behind me and told me it’s not personal…
The only persons opinion about the updates I care about
(I'll watch Colby's video too haha love that man)
Not the only, but the most important one
The most important one IMHO.
I hope Colby, and Dungeon Dudes and this Channel have a nice 4 person round table on their opinion of the 2024 PHB
Chris comes with hope , I started with nerd immersion and the dude focused wayyy to much on the negatives
I’m so glad they gave you a copy of the player’s handbook early. It is much more friendly to creators and will help them get early buzz going with higher quality videos and not just quick reactions. I’m glad they are finally working more closely with you guys.
Me too!
@@TreantmonksTempleI noticed they did not list you on dnd beyond; Got really worried for a second.
I'm so glad you have a full advance copy! The nuanced analysis of different features and mechanics you do is incredible, but it takes time! Giving you the time you need will hopefully mean you can temper peoples instant reactions with your own videos
11:00 Incorporating Common Houserules into the core rules was a major part of the development decision when the original AD&D was being reimagined 2.0. Numerous panels online with the surviving designers during that era constantly state that. It is core to the evolution of the game throughout its entire history.
The tap dance between reacting and not sharing NDA content is impressive! Great video and can't wait for the unrestricted videos that are on their way!
Lord Vader said it was Most Impressive
The move to give Treantmonk an advanced copy was balsy on wotcs part. They have to know he's going to pick it to pieces for critiquing.
Yep, and they said I can say whatever I like about it (when the time comes)
@@TreantmonksTemple Glad they're confident in the product, though with A5e & TOTV, how do you think those compare?
@@TreantmonksTemple looking forward to seeing it.
Breaking news: A new interview video with JC just came out focusing on backgrounds, and he said what you couldn't: The 2024 PHB does not support mixing-and-matching to create your own backgrounds. But he also said that the 2024 DMG will contain guidelines for something like that. He was vague on the latter, so we'll see just how flexible it ends up being.
That sucks
So in order to open up more avenues to create the character fantasy you want they removed the ability to make the character fantasy you want? Sounds about right with WotC just removing stuff they don’t like, like player agency, because it doesn’t make them money.
Yeah I suspected as much because it sounded weird when he was raving about how much more choice you got..... But another way of wording what he was saying was "you are restricted to which backgrounds you can choose (and I'm guessing which feats you can get) to backgrounds that support the stat's you need boosted"
@@AtelierGodRestrictions create gameplay as much as free choice does. They rolled back the absolute freedom, my assumption is to provide a more guided character creation and limit power combos.
I'm guessing it's a business decision. With custom backgrounds the default there is little reason to care about the official backgrounds. Now people might buy a new book to get a new cool background that offers a new feat. I'm not happy I don't like ANY of the official backgrounds they all need at least a skill change and the feats are lackluster.
Finally Wotc is interacting with you. By far best insight on mechanics and how they all interact with each other. Hopefully they start taking your advice on future updates to things
I am very glad that you have also been included in the loop of the pre-release content! I can't wait for your feedback!
around 45:00 "Your 2014 character swimming in a 2024 pool" is priceless
I am absolutely thrilled that they've recognized your content and channel and provided you with a review copy. This is great for you and your channel. 💯💯💯
There's no actual play video where we could see TM so clearly running calculations about the next optimized action so clearly as seeing TM evaluating on the spot what he could say without breaking his NDA at every step of this reaction.
Pretty excited for the 2024 PHB. I'll get my hands in a copy as soon as it is available in Brazil.
Congrats on getting a full copy! Out of all the dnd CC your critical analysis is one I agree and respect with the most!
"what's the most exciting thing about 2024 phb?"
Perkins: the glossary
🤪
I mean if you can’t customize your background….I’m just gonna customize it anyways lmao
Yeah that's gonna be me.
"You can't take Dex and Con on the Acolyte background!"
"Well I'm playing a fighter, sue me."
@@GLORPDORP I do think there’s some merit to having slight restrictions, since they can help get creative juices flowing and sometimes building a character sub-optimally can be narratively interesting, but for an advanced player or a character whose origin doesn’t fall under the options presented, a custom background is necessary imo and if it’s not presented, I’m sure it will be easy enough to create.
@@pederw4900 I half agree with that. Having a background feat that's probably not meant for your character has the potential to be sub-optimal in an interesting way, but there's nothing interesting about being behind the mathematical assumptions that the system is making about your character. There's a reason that they changed racial ASIs to allow them to apply to any attribute of your choosing, and it seems like they forgot it.
They clarified in the most recent video that the rules for custom backgrounds are in the DMG. As long as ur DM is down ur good.
@@quintec45anything that’s in the DMG might as well not exist for players, players won’t know it exists and therefore be forced into playing what the cookie cutter characters WotC thinks are supposed to be played.
I'm so glad to hear you got the early copy. Your feedback was always on point, can imagine it's going to be invaluable.
50:11 ART! I love that gnome Rosie the Riveter in the upper right corner.
A note about the rigidity of backgrounds: The Custom Background option IS in the DMG. Odd choice to not put it in the PHB, but it is in fact in the game, so we can have our way with a custom background with all of our builds in the future.
Well deserved, Chris, congratulations.
I see WOTC reached out to some other youtube D&D 5e creators. I'm pleased to see that. I'm hoping, if not almost certain, they have reviewed closely your invaluable commentary. I'm looking forward to buying a physical copy, and sitting down for a cover to cover read through.
Dude! That's so cool that they got you the early copy!
So glad that you got a review copy! I hope they take feedback from you
I think the book is off to printers. I got an early copy so it would help me make content.
Thrilled to know that WotC has contacted you to give you a copy of the book. It means they have noticed your videos and good analyses of their system. Fingers crossed you become a consultant in the future. It would do that game a load of good!
August 3rd! Just before my birthday! Thanks Treantmonk I wasn’t expecting a gift this year!!
Im so glad you got a review copy. Can't wait for the future videos got cooking up.
You and me both!
Chris your breakdowns are crucial! Keep up the great work!!
Thanks! Will do!
Custom Background was removed, my guess. Not going to matter at my group's table. We'll keep it as home brew.
Congratulations Chris! Been watching your videos for a long time now. Love to see your success!! 🎉🥳🎉
Blink once if they fixed outlier spells.
JK but I'm sooooooo curious
In very excited that you have an advance copy!!! That helps SO much with helping us understand things, where they're coming from, and allows you to make better shaped content once it does fully release. Exceptionally pleased they brought you in in some small way to assist in being a creator
The palpable excitement that is on your face and in your voice as you discuss various things about the 2024 PHB is precisely why I am a regular here at the temple. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us to the extent that you can, and I can’t wait to see what you have lined up; it’s always a good day to watch a master of their craft at work.
I REAALLLLY liked this video. Thanks for putting in the time to affirm how this lines up with our play test investment. I am looking forward to your upcoming related videos.
Thank you for the video. I always appreciate getting your reactions as they discuss matters like this and am glad to hear they gave you a preview copy. You deserve and have earned the respect they are showing you.
So excited you are being included in the review! You are a valuable member of the community and have a unique skill set to create balance in the game!
Hopefully it will be om 5etools soon❤
I really hope that the thing that didn't change isn't the bonus action spellcasting rule.
Amazing video. Much love.
Congratz Chris! You deserve this recognition ❤
22:55 is that beholder using a belt of dwarvenkind? 😂😂😂
My guess is the rules for invisibility and jumping are the things that are not fixed
I think invisibility and hiding are but I also doubt jumping got fixed
Whats really wrong with jumping aside from the unclearity of the DC for jumping further?
@@ClassicThermite that major problem you just put aside to start with
Glad they've sent you a copy for review. Feels right ❤
hahahaha the pain the voice when he says "im not able to reveal any contents of the book" is just fantastic! you can feel that the desire to spill the beans on whats in it is almost as great as our desire to know whats in it. Fantastic to hear you got it early, by far the least biased or sensationalist opinion out there so your opinion is worth tons!
Respect has been given to where it should have been a long time ago. Congrats Cris. You deserve this and more.
I am exited for this update ❤
I am so happy for all the content creators that get an early look at the book. Can't wait for all the great content!
i wonder how long until. PDF of the book leaks
Pack Tactics posted a video saying that got an early copy, but I came here first.
@@XanderHarris1023 im not saying a given copy im saying one falls off a truck and everyone can read
I can see them leaking the PDF a week or some days in advance for hype. Sidenote but people don't realize how 9/10 leaks games have happened by the hands of the company itself to generate hype between hardcore fans who will talk about anything they can get their hands on
I don't think that this will happen. A lot of companies actually add really tiny watermarks on each PDF (and send it to different external parties). Thus a leak can come back to you.
@@JJV7243 almost every book of this type has leaked early
Really excited to hear you got an early copy. Cannot wait to see your next Wizard build!
As someone who has helped a lot of new really casual players get into the game, having nice art for every class and I believe every subclass is something that is really important for casual players
A lot of new people will simply flip through the pages, see art of something that looks really cool and say ‘I wanna play that’s
Wow what a feeling having that book now,well done sir...Enjoy.
22:51 BEHOLDER VS BEHIR WITH MAGIC ITEMS ART
I chose note to watch the official videos and instead wait for treantmonk's video. I chose well.
I'm glad they contacted you to provide you a copy! I hope they keep in touch and the relationship grows!
This is great. And I hope they consider an online errata to fix the last few things they missed!
That online erratta is going to be huge. *If* we get it
I'm guessing they didn't change the god awful exhaustion rules? (Blink twice if I'm spot on )😉
Still quite excited overall. Martials just feel more varied and there's more non-damage ways to interact which I appreciate a ton.
Finally WOTC acknowledge the genious that is Treantmonk
I love these reactions and breakdowns of the official videos. In fact I generally just watch these instead. Always great commentary and insights.
Thanks for the video!
Maybe I'm the only one, but I'm hoping the Poisoner feat was included as one of the Tasha's Feats to get some revisions. I suspect Telekinetic made it, given the presence of so many Psionic subclasses.
Looking forward to see the phb myself. I think they have done a super good job this time around. Stoked to play the new edition soon.
So cool that you got an advanced copy hope it leads to more down the line!
So many things/questions. How have they changed or not changed Monk since last we seen them? Both the Aberrant Mind, and the Clockwork Soul sorcerers are included in the PHB, are they going to retain their additional spell lists? Are the other sorcerers going to get additional spells as lists as well or perhaps the other way around? I really wish the PHB would be out sooner but I understand that things take time. Take care all.
Again, an outsanding video. Thank you Chris for your constant and rigourous work.
About backgrounds, I'd speculate you cannot build your own background and decide your stat bonuses anymore.
Treantmonk gettng an advanced review copy. Moving up in the world
Cant wait for your coverage of the new book
Glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't care much for the art. The art in the book is gonna be great I'm sure, but art is not content I'm excited for.
all classes get their subclasses at L3! No more OP 1 level dips! 👏👏👏
I am very jealous that you got an advanced copy and also very proud of you for getting one. I’m glad that WofC have recognized you, finally!!
Finally its here, I'm hyped!
That's all well and good. But the real question we all want answered is, which do you prefer? This or DC20?
Im SO HAPPY for treantmonk! Finlly wizards giving you some acknowledgment xD
imma sleep so good tonight, thank you.
Chris doing a rules optimization of his NDA so he can tell us as much as possible:
I think it was missed in this reaction but they do kinda awkwardly state how ability score asignment works now, being offered 3 stats and being given 3 points to spread across at least 2 of the 3 stats, they present it as "woah look at all this choice!" ignoring that it is a restriction over the completely free asignment tasha's allowed, it's a much better designed restriction than the 2014 racial stats, but I'll have to wait and see exactly how the stat spreads work to decide if I am going to enforce this or just keep letting my players put their stats anywhere.
Glad to hear you got early access.
I can’t wait to dive into the spell section of the PHB!!! Also really need to see how the Bard is going to look like in 2024
They talked about how Backgrounds now have real utility both in combat and out-of-combat situations (actual glimpse at 14:18). From what's been portraited by Crawford, you get +3 ASI improvements based on your background and a 1st-level Feat, as well as the given skill/tool proficiencies, and starting equipment.
What I wonder is how these new ASI improvements stack with ASI Racial Bonuses, which are a +2 or +3 to characters in 2014 rules. Are you effectively adding +6 to your ability score with your race and background? And how will races that pick their Feats like Custom Lineage and Variant Human work with the new rules, if at all?
They don’t, they replace them. It’s like when they had Tasha’s free ASI distribution. Also “variant” human is now the regular human, they have more skills and a free inspiration a day feature alongside 1 Origin feat (no 4 level feats) This means they have 2 Origin feats.
@@JazzyBassy I'm not entirely caught up on the OneDND. So ASI bonuses only apply to backgrounds and feats, no longer Races.
That's right
11:44 my guess is that they didn't change the rules for juggling somatic and material components. Which would be really sad
That would be sad, but I would also be sad about mounted combat.
That was my first thought as well
I bet they left shield unchanged
@@keeganmbg6999 Ugh. I hadn't thought of mounts. 🤦🏻♂️
Yeah I was also about to post a comment to speculate about what they didn't change.
Was invisibility changed in the playtest? Is that on the table to be refined?
Moving up in the world !
God speed sir Treantmonk
Cris, they really should have hired you as an external consultant (I don't know if you'd accept, but they clearly need the help).
In Brazil there was a popular meme of Wood Woodpecker holding a "You haven't done more than your obligation" sign. There's kind of what I feel about WOTC so far.
Concisely organization, incorporating (some) players feedback (which they're actually blessed to have plenty) and including specialist in playability of their own game (like yourself, D4, PackTactics etc.) is actually trivial for what I consider to justify a reviewed edition.
I appreciate the qualifications about "not totally new" stuff. I still think it's really good for the game, though.
I helped a new player get into the game recently. Telling him to buy 3 books (as a PLAYER) and two more (as a DM) was a rough sell.
They got rid of custom backgrounds?? 😱😱😱
i’m still gonna make them. there’s 75 feats there’s gotta be so much opportunity for flavorful custom backgrounds
Calling it right now that they didn't fix sight, being invisible and surprised. I hope Ranger and Warlock are fixed at least
This video :=
10x“There’s a cool thing I can’t talk about”
I can't wait to have more info. I'm curious if they'll keep updates on the rest of the classes because again... Monks. They need help!
Firstly, I am so glad that you got an advanced copy, well deserved in my opinion. However, I do hope one of the things they "missed" is a re-vamping of the shield spell, as I have always thought the spell was just fine as is. Also, I hope that spells like Bigby's Hand, and Telekinesis are kept vs checks as that clearly separates them from most other spells. Obviously, I am so excited to see, and hear what's upcoming, and again I think its highly fortunate that you are going to be among the individuals providing advanced information even if I disagree (very rarely) with your take.
I want to see a martial vs caster disparity discussion based on multiclassing and them moving so many subclass features further back in level (which I think hurts martial classes more than casters)
Why thankyou Sir. Basicly what I expected.
Great overview, thank you. From the sound of it I would supect that certain backgrounds give specific boni to certain attributes and you can't choose freely where you want to place them anymore - which would really suck.
Let's go!
Thanks Chris
If what you can't talk about is the lack of Custom Backgrounds, they just clarified in the most recent video that those rules are in the DMG instead.
It seems like there is a focus in placing the optional rules in the DMG to show that its the Dungeon Master's choice to allow or disallow them.
I noticed that. Yes, that's what I was hinting at.
They probably also felt a tension between getting new players up to speed quickly, versus giving experienced players a bunch of Lego pieces to make whatever they want. Good catch @quintec45
Reading between the lines on what you could and couldn’t say: Custom Origins/Backgrounds are now not going to be a thing in 2024. Probably because anybody remotely interested in optimization would more or less exclusively only use custom Origins to get exactly what they wanted every time, effectively sidestepping the whole narrative point of the subsystem.
With potions and items now using a bonus action it is now obvious which rogue got the kick, may you return someday thief...
Sounds like it’s only HEALING potions. Not all potions
Thief did OK
@@TreantmonksTempleThank goodness
Holy shit. Way to go.
One thing I'm hoping for Wizards is something beyond just expertise in a INT skill and the Memorize Spell feature (which I do enjoy). Modify Spell seemed so awesome and I'm sad it was removed in Playtest 7. Beyond flavor, every Wizard that casts Fireball or something is going to be exactly the same with no tangible differences between 2 mages that could have very very different backgrounds and goals besides one Fireball being Red and another being Green with a Skull shape.
I'm also sad it seems like most of the Wizard's Subclasses aren't here, probably because they wanted to stop some classes from having an overwhelming number of subclasses compared to others like in the 2014 book.
Glad they realized you should have an advanced copy. Can’t wait to see your content on the NEW version.
( I am guessing they are not officially letting you make backgrounds. And that sucks and not calling it the 5.0 Gold Edition or 5.5 is 💯 going to cause confusion outside of the D&D circles - most stupid leadership over there)
Drinking potions in combat in general feels really weird. Now it's only a bonus action? Alright, I guess
34:30 Bud, “Origin Feats” isn’t exactly a huge revelation lol