Episode 669
D&D 2024 Player's Handbook Walkthrough
The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
August 2, 20241h 2m
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Show Notes
Mike dives deep into the D&D 2024 Player's Handbook!
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- 00:00 Intro
- 01:58 Disclaimers
- 02:42 Big Thoughts Up Front
- 03:35 Should You Buy It?
- 05:55 What Do I Love?
- 10:11 What Do I Not Love?
- 15:25 No Cultures, Just Species
- 19:46 Other Things Not Fixed
- 22:26 On Compatibility
- 27:08 Things May Be in the DMG But I Wouldn't Know
- 27:49 Good for New Players?
- 34:49 How's the Art?
- 36:11 The Best Improvement in D&D 2024
- 37:33 New Mechanical Language and "Utilize"
- 40:18 No Downtime
- 41:49 No Gods
- 43:11 Not Enough On Session Zeros and Safety Tools
- 46:06 Backgrounds and Character Optimization
- 50:48 I Love the Conjure Spells
- 53:10 Lucky
- 55:27 The Awesome Rules Glossary
- 57:41 Marching Order
- 58:04 What Your Character Would Do
- 58:45 Final Thoughts