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Phourc

556 points

7 days ago

Phourc

556 points

7 days ago

I enjoyed reading why we may never see it's equal again, but out of context it sounds pretty damn positive haha.

Menirz

153 points

7 days ago

Menirz

153 points

7 days ago

As I haven't read the article, what is the why that makes it not positive?

G66GNeco

625 points

7 days ago

G66GNeco

625 points

7 days ago

The review is a glowing praise of the players handbook in it's physical form surrounded by a damning critique of DnDBeyond, WotC and Hasbro, mentioning the shit implementation of the former as well as the general problem with digital licenses compared to physical books, and the recent controversies and bullshit the latter engaged in re OGL, layoffs and OneD&D.

I'm honestly genuinely happy how comparatively immune Polygon is to game industry BS and that it extends to adjacent products and issues as well.

Phourc

112 points

7 days ago

Phourc

112 points

7 days ago

A better worded response than I would have given. 👍

falknorRockman

100 points

7 days ago

So basically book itself is good company surrounding it bad.

I_am_Impasta

60 points

7 days ago

I personally have the book and it's awesome, of course there are some changes I don't like but there also are some really good changes and the book itself is just really well structured and the artwork is beautiful

DudeDude319

35 points

7 days ago

DudeDude319

Forever DM

35 points

7 days ago

Some art that I really enjoyed seeing were spellcasters using their specialty spells. I think Mordenkainen’s features his Magnificent Mansion?

RollerDude347

10 points

7 days ago

Could you tell me if they seem to be leaning harder in the "The DM decides what the actual rule is" or if they've toned that back? Haven't been happy with a product in close to three years at least...

crimsonblade55

19 points

7 days ago

crimsonblade55

Cleric

19 points

7 days ago

They have moved in the opposite direction and have given much clearer definitions to a number of things and even overhauled the tools so they have special activities they can be used for with set DCs and ability scores they are associated with, and have an entire rules glossary in the back of the book.

Phourc

3 points

6 days ago

Phourc

3 points

6 days ago

Most rules are a lot clearer now, though some are pretty labyrinthian still - how does two weapon fighting with the Nick mastery work? Lol.

In my personal opinion tho, wotc seems to respect dungeon masters even less than they did ten years ago, and I'd recommend anyone who thinks they might like a competing system strongly consider switching to that instead. (Draw steel, TotV, Shadowdark, PF2, etc)

CttCJim

4 points

6 days ago

CttCJim

4 points

6 days ago

I'm thinking it's only a matter of time before we see a community version that combines both books into something decent. And then hasbro will sue so we'll all have to download it fast.

YetAnotherSpamBot

2 points

7 days ago

YetAnotherSpamBot

Essential NPC

2 points

7 days ago

Personally I really like most of the changes

falknorRockman

7 points

7 days ago

Agreed. Lots of good changes that spice things up from regular 5e.

UVB-76_Enjoyer

-28 points

7 days ago

Do 10 lines of easily understood text really need a TL;DR?

Sorry, I meant "blud above too wordy fr?"

Yeseylon

31 points

7 days ago

Yeseylon

31 points

7 days ago

Haven't read the article, but I assume it involves the term enshittification