@JeremyECrawford
I have some questions and concerns about the OneD&D playtest format. I'm hoping you'll take a few minutes to read this letter.
#dnd
#onednd
@spicy_beauritos
@FlintlocksDnD
This is how you "win" at D&D:
1: Respect the DM as arbitor of the rules
2: Treat everyone at the table with decency
3: Have fun!
4: Don't interfere with the fun of other players or DM
5: Don't cheat
If outwitting the DM fits into these 5 rules, then it's fine.
Yesterday I released a video questioning the veracity of claims a leak provided to
@DnD_Shorts
in that video I said I believed the leak had provided false information about the WotC staff not reading comments in surveys. I want to set the record straight (thread)
A question for my American friends:
If I was to give you the lyrics, "We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner, But we would eat Kraft Dinner!"
Do you know the Canadian band?
The song?
Do you know what Kraft Dinner is?
Do most Americans know this? I'm curious.
In 2014, a Dragonborn Monk was pretty much the weakest character you could make.
2024: Maybe I should make a Dragonborn Monk...
Oh, and since this is official art, Dragonborn now officially have tails.
Gold Dragonborn Monk illustration for Monk Class Opener in
@Wizards_DnD
new Player Handbook 2024
Huge thanks to AD Emi Tanji! Had so much fun painting this dragon dude 🤩
I ask you to be respectful to everyone, but maybe give
@DnD_Shorts
the benefit of the doubt right now. Some words of support would probably go a long way too.
#OpenDnD
I do not believe nor have ever believed that
@DnD_Shorts
has acted in bad faith at any point during this whole thing. Will and I have only known each other a short time, but I consider him to be a good person. Don't take my word for it, ask any YouTuber in the D&D community.
He didn’t ask to be put in this position, but he’s doing the best he can. In that conversation he told me he’s been getting personal attacks from people who watched my video. This is heart-breaking to me. If you are one of my viewers,
So I blocked about 40 people today talking about "Mexican orcs".
My fault really, I should have blocked them a year ago when they were complaining about half-elves being removed.
Will and I have spoken privately and I am utterly convinced he has been acting in good faith and accurately reporting on the information he’s been given. He shared some of that information with me, and I'm convinced he's making real efforts to try to report accurately.
I tend towards skepticism generally, but we're starting to get multiple testimonials that this is part of the upcoming OGL 1.1, I'm hoping the rumors are not correct, but if they are, then this is awful.
#opendnd
More and more I'm wondering regarding some of the current outrage, "What does this do to support 3rd party D&D content creators?" Like how is abandoning D&D supporting these creators? Here's an idea, maybe we could buy their products.
I'm no expert on recognizing AI art, but at least I know I'm not an expert.
I don't speak for the dnd community, but at least I know I don't speak for the dnd community.
The lack of humility of some people is mind-boggling.
There is a leap of logic from
"AI was used to generate this art"
to
"A human artist definitely didn't use AI without their employers knowledge"
especially when we saw that happen already this year.
Just a friendly reminder to the
#DnD
community that should you decide to fill out a survey for the OGL 1.2 response, keep in mind as you fill in comments that your responses are not going to be read by Chris Cox, they will be read by an employee.
I am truly grateful to have been chosen to participate in the early access for the 2024 PHB. But watching the speculation and premature conclusions right now...
Do not repost the same article from mid-Dec WotC. If the leak is not true, then say "The leak is not true" We are wondering about the 30 day cancellation, the de-authorization of the OGL 1.0a and other concerns brought up in the leak that weren't addressed in this article.
PSA to my fellow men. If you send someone a message that begins "I'm not hitting on you or anything..." Doesn't matter what the rest of your message says, you sound creepy. You're welcome.
WOTC Sep 2023: "So the experimental phase of the playtest is basically done, now we just dial things in."
WOTC Nov 2023: "So we are changing the entire dynamic between casters and martials, oh, and we fixed the Monk."
A quick drama-free guide for Twitter users when someone tells you that you are following someone that they think is terrible.
1) Thank them for the heads-up
2) Investigate
3) Decide for yourself if you want to keep following or not
Then continue your Twitter life
Jeremy Crawford talked about reading comments several times in his One D&D feedback video. I rewatched it tonight and I am convinced he was being honest and sincere. I believe the most recent leak to be false. Don't believe "They used to read comments but not anymore" either.
Ever since D&D Next, community feedback has been the beating heart of our design team's work on D&D. In the thread below, Makenzie lays out how feedback on Unearthed Arcana—including One D&D Unearthed Arcana—plays a key role in our design process.
When a DM introduces a turn timer, “puts their foot down”, or kicks a player out of the game, sure, it could be the DM is on a power trip, but these kinds of decisions can be empathetic as well. 1/
This is something I have noticed to a bit.
It’s always weird when I see it. Dont get me wrong, I’ve tried a few. I won’t pretend they aren’t effective at times.
But I never forget that the people at my table are my people. My friends.
I’m not their tyrant, I’m their DM.
Hey
@Wizards
, while redesigning classes for One D&D, please make sure Barbarians and Monks get something more dramatic at level 11 please. This is a big falling-off point for these classes currently.
#dnd5e
Playing my first game using the 2024 Rules this week. Made a 6th level character that is Rogue 1/Ranger (Hunter) 5.
I have to say, for supposedly the 2 weakest classes, it looks pretty strong to me. Hunter's Mark + Nick mastery is a nice combination.
After working through my budget carefully with my family, gave my notice at work, going into F/T
#ttrpg
content starting in July! This was literally a dream for a LONG time.
Kisha, my wife's beloved pet of 17 years, and mine of 13 became very ill yesterday, and she passed this morning at 3:30 am. She would curl up on my lap each morning as I had my coffee. Trying to stay calm and strong for my wife at the moment.
@deathbybadger
A customer who was abusive to my employees came in because a gift card they bought wasn't properly activated. I told them I was going to call support to fix the problem. I went into my office and worked on other stuff for an hour before taking the 1 minute to activate it.
Update: The artwork is credited to a human artist with a long history of work for WOTC, the AI detection software used apparently has a reputation for false positives. I'm highly skeptical this is AI art.
@werenotwizards
No friggin' kidding. I made my first video, and one of the comments was, "you're too nervous in front of the camera, take some acting lessons before making videos.". Yeah, of course I was nervous!
This is what negative stereotyping does.
Because I know how a rule technically works, the assumption is made I will insist it's used as written even if it doesn't make sense because I'm an optimizer. Gross.
@ChrisHonkala
@MemesDnd
"OK, it makes no sense"
You yourself agree it makes no sense yet will go by it because of wanting to cheese being invisible as much as possible for the sake of "optimizing".
Stuff like this is why people (reasonably) just ban minmaxers at their table. I personally don't though.
It is disappointing to see the negative stigma of optimization and character builds continues in the D&D community.
PSA: Character builds are often specifically focused on making the rest of the party better at what they do. That is part of what optimization is.
Something I dislike about optimization in
#DnD
is the focus is on *character builds
Really, it should be about what the party can do together. Cool, multi player combos and such.
It's a team game
The biggest fear these days is when I think something that doesn't align with "my team" and I'm tempted to say it. Then I think, "Moron! You can't say anything that might not agree with your team, they'll crucify you!"
Tribalism kinda sucks...
Extreme poverty is down
Literacy rates are up
Deaths in war trend down
Life expectancy is up
Infant mortality is down
There's a vaccine for that virus
You can focus on what's bad if you like
But pessimism is ugly.
I don’t understand people who are having children right now.
The planet is cooked, there’s a virus disabling and killing everyone, we’re fast-tracking fascism, and I don’t think anyone is going to stop any of it.
Why would you put an another human into this world?
It seems so obvious to me that a Cleric "Love" domain should be about BUFFING others, not CONTROL. I mean, it seems so obvious, abilities related to support, trust, shared strength...I just might do it myself. Like very soon.
#dnd
#dnd5e
#UA
The Soulknife is going to be in the PHB. What previously announced rogue subclass (Thief, Assassin, Arcane Trickster, Swashbuckler) do you think they'll remove to make room?
#dnd5e
WotC published an article in Dec that said, "If you’re making commercial content, relatively little is going to change for most creators." regarding OGL 1.1 - if this leak is true then that statement was misleading at the very least.
The OP talks about empathy as if there is only one player at the table, but that’s usually not the case. There’s nothing wrong with a DM being empathetic to the players not currently taking their turn. 2/
I think I would mostly be surprised that an anonomous article posted on a site I had never heard of, that names 0 sources, contradicts itself, and uses phrases like, "according to informed sources" turned out to have correct information.
I've used laptops for digital maps and initiative tracking for in person games and it doesn't take away from personal interactions. I can't ever see rolling digital dice in person though.
#DnD
#dnd5e
Is this really how we want to play
#DnD
? Interacting with our computers around a table instead of each other? This seems alien and very impersonal to me. Not my idea of fun at all.
#DungeonsAndDragons
#TTRPG
#OneDnD
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
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I was super excited when Kate approached me for my first D&D cover, hopefully I did Vecna justice :)
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#dnd
#dungeonsanddragons
#dnd5e
It can be frustrating, or just boring for players waiting for one person to think forever about what they’ll do on their turn. It’s especially frustrating when that player clearly wasn’t thinking about what they would do before their turn came up. 3/
@deathbybadger
Ranger: "I fight with weapons and am excel in the wild"
Monk: "I fight with weapons and kicks"
Paladin: "I fight with weapons for an ideal."
Barbarian: "I fight with weapons and go berserk"
Rogue: "I fight with weapons and am cunning."
All could be fighter subclasses
I lost my temper on my boss on Tuesday. Today a bunch of face masks and hand sanitizer for my staff showed up at my store. Hmmm, maybe I need to lose my temper more often...
Basic D&D, I was a Cleric, and I remember being rewarded by my diety for protecting a statue of them from the thief who was the other player. My older brother was the DM, and the other player was a neighbor.
I was 8 years old.
Just watched an older YouTube video I thought was good so I decided to leave a comment, only to scroll down and discover I had left a comment on that video 7 years ago. This isn't the first time I've done that. Does that happen to anyone else?
I should add, you can totally pick apart non-AI art in the same way. Look how the dragon's tooth has a weird misplaced shadow. It has the horn on one side of it's head and just nothing on the other. The sword becomes a fuzzy blob at its tip. One leg is bare, the other is covered.
My PC's just communicated with each other in a Zone of Truth in a Rope Trick in a Leomund's hut in a hallowed church. I think I've done my job making the players paranoid...
#dnd
#dnd5e
Not saying that no DM’s aren’t on a power trip, but claiming all DM’s who do these things aren’t using empathy is a bad take IMO. Often these actions come from empathy. It’s not always about just the individual. 8/
Things that make me give out inspiration in
#dnd
#dnd5e
:
- You described something your character did in a way that made me visualize it
- You made the table laugh
- You did something heroic or selfless
What makes you give out inspiration?
@Rashamonn
Players who assume that because you made an optimized character you must not be as into roleplaying non-combat interactions as much as they do.
The Hadozee have been changed on D&D Beyond.
The lore has been changed (likely as a response to recent criticism)
And the silly glide mechanic appears to be fixed.
#dnd5e