I am a DM and I mainly use the written books and adventures, all 5th edition. I have a lot of printed works for the 5th edition. Now, with the new 2024 rules, what do you suggest? Can I use the new rules in order to play all the old 5ed adventures? And what will happen to the few digital books that I have on DD Beyond: will they still be usable with the application? Will the application gvies us the choice to use the 5th ed or the new 2024 edition? Thank you for your input.
Players who only have access to the 2014 Player’s Handbook will maintain their character options, spells, and magical items in their character sheets. Players with access to the 2024 and 2014 digital Player’s Handbooks can select from both sources when creating new characters. Players will not need to rely on Homebrew to use their 2014 player options, including spells and magic items, as recommended in previous changelogs.
Please Note:
Players will continue to have access to their free, shared, and purchased items on D&D Beyond, with the ability to use previously acquired player options when creating characters and using character sheets.
We are not changing players’ current character sheets, except for relabeling and renaming. Examples include Races to Species, Inspiration to Heroic Inspiration, and Cast Spell to Magic.
Hello,
I am a DM and I mainly use the written books and adventures, all 5th edition. I have a lot of printed works for the 5th edition. Now, with the new 2024 rules, what do you suggest? Can I use the new rules in order to play all the old 5ed adventures? And what will happen to the few digital books that I have on DD Beyond: will they still be usable with the application? Will the application gvies us the choice to use the 5th ed or the new 2024 edition? Thank you for your input.
Regarding how DnD Beyond will be updated for the 2024 Player's Handbook, there are a couple of recent official announcements:
The old adventures should be compatible with the new rules revision—at least, that's the information we've received so far.
As for backward PHB compatibility for subclasses, feats, etc., there's a helpful post here on DnD Beyond with links to videos and sites: 2024 Core Books Content Creator Previews Index Thread
Thank you!
You're always welcome!
This post is also interesting, about using 2014 character options with 2024 characters: Rules Summary: Using 2014 character options on 2024 characters
@DOB81463 there has been a new update regarding how DnD Beyond will be updated for the 2024 Player's Handbook:
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Players who only have access to the 2014 Player’s Handbook will maintain their character options, spells, and magical items in their character sheets. Players with access to the 2024 and 2014 digital Player’s Handbooks can select from both sources when creating new characters. Players will not need to rely on Homebrew to use their 2014 player options, including spells and magic items, as recommended in previous changelogs.
Please Note:
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