D&D 2024 Player's Handbook Walkthrough

36K views • 2 years ago • 1:02:03 There's now an unblurred version of this video available at: https://youtu.be/1rM-qbp-Qpw Mike dives deep into the D&D 2024 Player's Handbook! City of Arches Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slyflourish/the-city-of-arches-a-high-fantasy-5e-rpg-city-sourcebook?ref=1s34ih Note, I blurred out pictures of the book after Hasbro sent me an email saying they worried people would take screenshots of the book and build their own. Yes, it's complete bullshit, but we must all do our part to ensure four billion dollar companies maximize shareholder value. Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter https://slyflourish.com/subscribe/ Support Sly Flourish on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/slyflourish Buy Sly Flourish Books: https://shop.slyflourish.com/ Video 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