ONE Dungeons & Dragons - Thu 07/09/23 22:59 UTC
Anyone else interested in the newest changes taking place?
From one site I saw, you choose your Class before your Species (Race as a term is gone). And the background system is going to be greatly expanded and revamped. A few of the tradition "main" classes and a bunch of subclasses for each.
From Wargamer.com here is some interesting bits. Not sure how I feel about Half-Elves though, to be honest.
I am curious to what everyone's thoughts are. I am intrigued, and a bit worried to be honest. But, will I buy it? The two core books (Players and DMs), definitely.
From one site I saw, you choose your Class before your Species (Race as a term is gone). And the background system is going to be greatly expanded and revamped. A few of the tradition "main" classes and a bunch of subclasses for each.
From Wargamer.com here is some interesting bits. Not sure how I feel about Half-Elves though, to be honest.
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Wizards has been sharing playtest material for One D&D basically since the revision was announced. So far, we’ve seen that – as expected – a deeper DnD backgrounds system will play a bigger role in dictating your character’s particulars than which DnD race they’re from. In fact, in December 2022 Wizards shared it’d had the term race removed from the game entirely, switching to ‘species’ for future playtest material.
Wizards has also tested the water with some potential rules changes (see more detail below), including tweaking how D20 critical successes and failures work. Overall, One DnD playtest satisfaction scores have been particularly positive – with only a few outliers like the One DnD playtest Dragonborn needing further workshopping. Wizards has also been addressing potentially controversial content, acknowledging Monk stereotypes and removing half-elves and orcs from the new core rules.
Wizards has also tested the water with some potential rules changes (see more detail below), including tweaking how D20 critical successes and failures work. Overall, One DnD playtest satisfaction scores have been particularly positive – with only a few outliers like the One DnD playtest Dragonborn needing further workshopping. Wizards has also been addressing potentially controversial content, acknowledging Monk stereotypes and removing half-elves and orcs from the new core rules.
I am curious to what everyone's thoughts are. I am intrigued, and a bit worried to be honest. But, will I buy it? The two core books (Players and DMs), definitely.