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2024 Player’s Handbook is ‘Fastest Selling D&D Book Ever’

Started by GhostNinja, September 30, 2024, 11:08:42 AM

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RNGm

Quote from: Man at Arms on October 17, 2024, 06:11:04 AMI'm convinced this is 3.0 to 3.5; all over again. 

I think that was their intent with their dubious "compatible" claim just like they said initially said 3.5 was.   While I haven't actually read through 5.5e other than a quick skim of the defacto SRD on dndbeyond, I suspect that the changes will noticeable to the point that using prior content is just enough of a hassle as to dissuade most GMs from doing so.  In 3e, it was definitely doable but I found that I had to either prep the adventures more to avoid small issues or just houserule them on the fly when weirdness came up.

Aglondir

Finally got a chance to see a physical copy. Just a two-minute look, but the artwork looked... off. So many pictures of wide-eyed, glassy-stared women with open-mouthed smiles. So weird!

SHARK

Quote from: RNGm on October 17, 2024, 09:16:40 AM
Quote from: Man at Arms on October 17, 2024, 06:11:04 AMI'm convinced this is 3.0 to 3.5; all over again. 

I think that was their intent with their dubious "compatible" claim just like they said initially said 3.5 was.   While I haven't actually read through 5.5e other than a quick skim of the defacto SRD on dndbeyond, I suspect that the changes will noticeable to the point that using prior content is just enough of a hassle as to dissuade most GMs from doing so.  In 3e, it was definitely doable but I found that I had to either prep the adventures more to avoid small issues or just houserule them on the fly when weirdness came up.

Greetings!

Exactly! 3.5 was "Compatible" with 3.0, technically true. However, it was definitely enough of a pain in the ass so that only the most convenient and minimal aspects of 3.0 were kept--otherwise, you definitely wanted everything to be 3.5. That was certainly true for myself, and I liked 3.0 and 3.5. It was just easier to update everything as much as possible to 3.5. Which is what I did.

So, yeah, 5.5 D&D will be "Compatible" with 5E just in the same manner that 3.5 was "Compatible" with 3.0. Yeah, we know how all this goes, don't we? *Laughing*

I'm so glad I have left WOTC behind. I don't care what they do anymore. How "Compatible" 5.5 is with 5.0 for me, is irrelevant. I'm not buying their 5.5 monstrosity no matter how many YouTube WOTC shills gush over how super-duper wonderful it is.

They can *PACK IT*

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK
"It is the Marine Corps that will strip away the façade so easily confused with self. It is the Corps that will offer the pain needed to buy the truth. And at last, each will own the privilege of looking inside himself  to discover what truly resides there. Comfort is an illusion. A false security b

SHARK

Quote from: Aglondir on October 19, 2024, 11:27:59 AMFinally got a chance to see a physical copy. Just a two-minute look, but the artwork looked... off. So many pictures of wide-eyed, glassy-stared women with open-mouthed smiles. So weird!


Greetings!

Aglondir! Yeah, my friend! I haven't seen the book, of course, but the artwork previews I have seen here and elsewhere are jaw-dropping laughable and...sad, you know? Such a steep drop from the heights attained in past D&D editions which featured truly gifted fantasy artists. The new art for 5.5 reminds me of bad comic books. And, as you mention, all the wide-eyed, glassy-staring women depicted. So heroic, and inspiring, right?

None of these people could pour a glass of water for someone like Franzetta. The artists remind me of C-grade college artists. That's right. Not the gifted, super-talented students that have jobs already lined up with companies after they graduate--no, we're talking about the uninspiring, modestly-talented art students that barely pass the class. This is the level of artists that WOTC has producing work now for D&D.

Then, of course, there is probably some kind of weird sexual kink fetish thing they are trying to push in all this stuff now, too. That idea isn't mine, either, but comes straight from one of the WOTC artists that was interviewed where she giggled triumphantly and smugly announced that she intentionally made her art to promote rainbow hippos and rainbow sex issues. So, if such is a strong theme and goal with her, I can't help but think it is also motivating other artists involved with WOTC as well. Furthermore, she mentioned that WOTC fully supports the artist's "messaging" that they include in their art.

So, I expect the WOTC art to be hacked, and weird, and off, in a dozen ways and more. It is produced by low-skilled activists rather than genuine artists.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK
"It is the Marine Corps that will strip away the façade so easily confused with self. It is the Corps that will offer the pain needed to buy the truth. And at last, each will own the privilege of looking inside himself  to discover what truly resides there. Comfort is an illusion. A false security b

KindaMeh

Wizards of the Coast is disgusting and terrible. It is utterly unsurprising that a book which panders woke art and left wing bullshit would also need to have its sales presented as better than they are through wordplay chicanery.