D&D 2024 Player's Handbook Walkthrough

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish

Mike dives deep into the D&D 2024 Player's Handbook!

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Show Contents

• 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