2024 Rules Updates

Season 2 Rule & Mechanic Updates
New Features

Hunger pains, exhaustion from not eating or sleeping

Automatic inspiration for acts in accordance with the background specified for each character

Bastions (DMG 2024)

Crime, punishment and bounties

Collectibles (maps)

Spellcasting services (DMG 2024)

Respec NPC (1 opportunity per season, if found and unlocked)

Combo attacks (spell, melee, ranged) rules (Ryoko's)

New crafting rules 2024 (crafting list for each tool) OR Ryoko's guide to manufacturing

Ryokos Guide - Combo attacks, weapon masteries, manufacturing and enchanting + tool/item creation table, kaiju mechanics (for later seasons), new equipment (hookshot, smokebomb, parachute)

Iterative Rules & Updates

Opportunity Shoves, no opportunity attacks against allies

Despair table

Inspiration update for Heroic Inspiration vs Personal Inspiration

Range for when xp is delivered

Stunned Movement

Swapping weapons or shields still bonus action

Hands required for spellcasting +verbal/somatic/material components

Telepathic communication rules

Hidden vs Invisible

Concentration rules for temp hitpoints

Grappling, attacking while grappling, movement while grappling remains at half speed keeping legacy feat

Helping hand (BG3 v 5e v realism)

Scrolls; casting at higher levels, single use, costs to transcribe into a book or copy

Detect good and evil, detect magic, magic awareness

Mixed initiative trial for sequential combat

Surprise (5e update)

Plot point update

Only player characters at 0hp lingering injuries with three death saving throws, party NPC's will get one death saving throw and lingering injuries, non-party NPC's will not receive death saving throws and will die upon 0 hp.

Voluntarily failing saving throws

Crafting scrolls (2024)

multiple levelled spells per turn in 5e, one spell per spell slot level per turn in 5.5e

Enchanted bestiary

Cover (1/2, 3/4, full cover vs hidden), shooting from cover

PHB 2024

Feature to turn legacy backgrounds into 2024 backgrounds

Epic boons or capstone feats are fine and can be unlocked between lvl 16-20

Find familiar/summon steed/beast companion/wild shape

Weapon properties, stacking attack properties (dual wield/TWF), repeating save, multiple saves effect on momentum OR Ryokos guide weapon masteries (more depth)

Spell mechanics 5e: suggestion still needs to be reasonable, permanent true polymorph, see invisibility removes disadvantage when attacking invisible creatures

Potions as bonus action

invisibility 5.5 (if a creature can see you, ignores disadvantage)

Pending DNDBeyond updates

2024 class changes alternate rules available for legacy characters (to switch once) or new characters

2024 Feats, origin feats, legacy 2014 feats, no half feats at lvl 1

spell list categories (arcane, primal, divine)

Multiclassing rules (no starting equipment, channel divinity, extra attack, unarmoured defense, spellcasting)

Species (2024 Updates)

Aasimar

Gnome

Dragonborn

(Half Elf)

Elf

Dwarf

Human

Classes (2024 Updates)

Barbarian

Bard

Rogue

Sorcerer

Paladin

Tips

Try not to ask for skill checks, describe what you want to do and how, and then the DM will advise if a skill check is required

Consider your words carefully while roleplaying, they may be taken at face value.

You are not limited to your class abilities, through roleplay it is possible to pursue a variety of skills and abilities, though this route will almost always require significant work from the character and will remain at the discretion of the DM

Class abilities are not always available upon level up as a result of 'story blocks' - additional requirements that need to be resolved in-game via roleplay. Proactively planning for roleplay opportunities to gain these abilities with the DM outside of the game will usually result in the most efficient way to go.

Healing potions and healing items provide important aid when an ally goes down in combat

post world anvil world link

post rules discussion article, also accessible via the adventurer's guide

ask for Dan, Ace, Brandon 2 for their emails to get invites to campaign

ask Lonnie, Zebadi to check they still have access

ask Dan and Brandon to create their new chatacters

link to discussion boards here, also accessible via the world page; https://www.worldanvil.com/w/toril-dmaku/discussion-boards