Mike Shea

Like if a character has a single creature that operates, I think that's fine. So like wizards with familiars, rangers with pets, that's not so bad. The summon woodland beings kind of thing where like, oh, now one player now has nine initiatives and they got nine monsters they can move around. That I don't think is great. And unfortunately, so the good news is 2024 D&D took care of that.

Like if a character has a single creature that operates, I think that's fine. So like wizards with familiars, rangers with pets, that's not so bad. The summon woodland beings kind of thing where like, oh, now one player now has nine initiatives and they got nine monsters they can move around. That I don't think is great. And unfortunately, so the good news is 2024 D&D took care of that.

The Tales of the Valiant did not. And the Level Up Advanced 5e book kind of handles it a little bit. But I actually think that the 2024 book did a better version of that. As far as classes and builds and spells would I not allow, it's actually a pretty small list. And I allow all the classes, right? So any of the D&D, any of the base classes, including the Artificer, I have included at my table.

The Tales of the Valiant did not. And the Level Up Advanced 5e book kind of handles it a little bit. But I actually think that the 2024 book did a better version of that. As far as classes and builds and spells would I not allow, it's actually a pretty small list. And I allow all the classes, right? So any of the D&D, any of the base classes, including the Artificer, I have included at my table.

The Tales of the Valiant did not. And the Level Up Advanced 5e book kind of handles it a little bit. But I actually think that the 2024 book did a better version of that. As far as classes and builds and spells would I not allow, it's actually a pretty small list. And I allow all the classes, right? So any of the D&D, any of the base classes, including the Artificer, I have included at my table.

I haven't limited people on that. And one thing I do for each campaign, though, is we limit it to a set of sources, period. And I usually do like one to three sources. So in some cases, like if I were running a new game, let's say I was going to run a D&D 2024 game, it would only be D&D 2024. I would tell players, let's try this new edition. Let's see how it is on its own.

I haven't limited people on that. And one thing I do for each campaign, though, is we limit it to a set of sources, period. And I usually do like one to three sources. So in some cases, like if I were running a new game, let's say I was going to run a D&D 2024 game, it would only be D&D 2024. I would tell players, let's try this new edition. Let's see how it is on its own.

I haven't limited people on that. And one thing I do for each campaign, though, is we limit it to a set of sources, period. And I usually do like one to three sources. So in some cases, like if I were running a new game, let's say I was going to run a D&D 2024 game, it would only be D&D 2024. I would tell players, let's try this new edition. Let's see how it is on its own.

Let's not crud it up by adding a bunch of Xanathar stuff or pulling a subclass from the 2014 book or any of that. Let's just play with the D&D 2024 player's handbook. What that does is it also means that it's easier for players to navigate their stuff because they only need one book. They only ever have to look at that one book.

Let's not crud it up by adding a bunch of Xanathar stuff or pulling a subclass from the 2014 book or any of that. Let's just play with the D&D 2024 player's handbook. What that does is it also means that it's easier for players to navigate their stuff because they only need one book. They only ever have to look at that one book.

Let's not crud it up by adding a bunch of Xanathar stuff or pulling a subclass from the 2014 book or any of that. Let's just play with the D&D 2024 player's handbook. What that does is it also means that it's easier for players to navigate their stuff because they only need one book. They only ever have to look at that one book.

Now, D&D Beyond, of course, makes it really hard in order to focus on just the stuff that's in that book, which is a real pain in the ass with D&D Beyond. But I would also recommend that people use paper character sheets. By the way, I eat my own dog food. Yesterday I made, or the last couple of days, I made three different characters for D&D 2024 by hand with a pencil and it was fine.

Now, D&D Beyond, of course, makes it really hard in order to focus on just the stuff that's in that book, which is a real pain in the ass with D&D Beyond. But I would also recommend that people use paper character sheets. By the way, I eat my own dog food. Yesterday I made, or the last couple of days, I made three different characters for D&D 2024 by hand with a pencil and it was fine.

Now, D&D Beyond, of course, makes it really hard in order to focus on just the stuff that's in that book, which is a real pain in the ass with D&D Beyond. But I would also recommend that people use paper character sheets. By the way, I eat my own dog food. Yesterday I made, or the last couple of days, I made three different characters for D&D 2024 by hand with a pencil and it was fine.

In fact, I got really fast. Later segment, I'm going to talk about how to make characters quickly in D&D 2024 because there's a few tricks. The real trick is instead of backgrounds, just separate all the things that you'd normally get in a background and just pick them all independently. But there are certain things that will just not hit my table. I will filter them out.

In fact, I got really fast. Later segment, I'm going to talk about how to make characters quickly in D&D 2024 because there's a few tricks. The real trick is instead of backgrounds, just separate all the things that you'd normally get in a background and just pick them all independently. But there are certain things that will just not hit my table. I will filter them out.

In fact, I got really fast. Later segment, I'm going to talk about how to make characters quickly in D&D 2024 because there's a few tricks. The real trick is instead of backgrounds, just separate all the things that you'd normally get in a background and just pick them all independently. But there are certain things that will just not hit my table. I will filter them out.

And the examples are the Peace Cleric and the Twilight Cleric subdomains from Tasha's I think are unbalanced. I think that not only are they overpowered, but they even make the game harder to run overall. I have not experienced the Peace Cleric myself. I've only ever experienced the Twilight Cleric.

And the examples are the Peace Cleric and the Twilight Cleric subdomains from Tasha's I think are unbalanced. I think that not only are they overpowered, but they even make the game harder to run overall. I have not experienced the Peace Cleric myself. I've only ever experienced the Twilight Cleric.

And the examples are the Peace Cleric and the Twilight Cleric subdomains from Tasha's I think are unbalanced. I think that not only are they overpowered, but they even make the game harder to run overall. I have not experienced the Peace Cleric myself. I've only ever experienced the Twilight Cleric.