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[gamemasters]

0:00 DM's BFF
2:52 Creating Adventures
7:11 Creating Campaigns
11:15 Greyhawk Sandbox
14:34 Lore Glossary
16:35 Bastions
24:12 Magic Items
27:28 Crafting Magic Items
28:31 Art
31:19 Tracking Sheets
33:51 Chapter 1
36:47 Chapter 2
38:27 Chapter 3
40:34 Wrap Up

[TheHiddenMana]

Amazing that Todd was able to shave and regrow his beard in between cuts.

[purpleniumowlbear]

As an evil DM, I would *love* to tell my party at the end of a campaign that the crate of "empty bottles" they passed up several sessions ago were potions of invisibility.

[DrakeAurum]

"Every dungeon is a bastion that went wrong." Or that went very RIGHT, mwahahahaha!

[mattbriddell]

Of the three new core books, this is the one I've been looking forward to the most and the preview did not disappoint. Hoping that the first part of the "basics" chapters goes into more detail about structuring a session zero.

[andreitagaro]

I hope there's stuff in the new DMG about running high level campaigns

[sethnelson]

"We don't expect new DM's to jump right into campaign creation." Me: "... I was supposed to wait?"

[dgeata]

I love the idea of the Lore Glossary. As someone who has played since 2E, all that knowledge is stuffed inside my head. But since 5E's explosion, its almost like a system shock when you play with someone who 5E is their first edition of D&D and they don't know why its amazing to find a suit of adamantine plate, or stumble upon Baba Yaga's chicken hut.

[RandomlnternetGuy]

Starting my first campaign ever on the 20th of October. This is PERFECTLY timed

[OneShotQuesters]

GAME TIME: Take a shot of water every time they say Bastion

[CaedenV]

Weirdly most excited about the lore glossary. I know a few names of big characters and locations, but know nothing about specifics. Nothing more annoying than doing some campaign prep and trying to flesh things out for players only to find I had some key specifics waaay wrong. 😅 Having a quick reference on that stuff will be a help!

[Aidscapade]

Honestly I love the setting coming in the book. It was my biggest handicap as a new DM! I'm hoping now that it'll help me be able to organize my notes by having something to emulate.

[MonstrousRegiment]

The order of how chapters are arranged now sounds like exactly what I wanted to see. Especially pushing the setting and multiverse back a bit - front-loading that in 2014 I felt was not the best choice, as a new DM might be left feeling they had to build some expansive world before they learned all the nitty-gritty of DMing. Starting with the DM's duties and then giving no-strings-attached sample adventures will ease people into the role better and might lead to less rigid DMing and more confidence in general. Glad to see Greyhawk back too and as someone who also watched the cartoon in my formative years (and also the owner of the miniatures featuring much of the cast), I'm excited to see the references to the series too (loved the art in the 2024 PHB with the gang).

[UberVilla]

i had no idea about bastions, wasn’t up on any unearthed arcana, and for the past couple weeks have been coming up with a campaign where the main goal of it is the party starting and building up their own guild, so this Bastion feature is what perfect timing!!!!

[davidtheprankster]

Here's a DM and art question: When will there be an official world map of official locations made by Wizards of the Coast? Then, potentially, official city maps you have had for a long time? It would be great to have these things readily available and find ones that are actually readable.

[kurtoogle]

But, but.. this all looks like it makes sense and will be highly useable!
I am very proud of D&D's creative teams. Congratulations!

[trixus]

On one hand, I like that they're adding a Greyhawk setting into the book. That's really neat. On the other, I was hoping that just like in 2014 DMG, they would also add some "evil" subclass (Oathbreaker paladin, Death cleric, or perhaps Necromancer wizard).

[-hunt-]

Maybe yall FINALLY decided to make some unique halberds, glaives, hand crossbows, etc!!! Many weapons haven’t had unique legendary versions for the last TEN years!!! Always longsword this and longsword that!

[nty]

Super excited for bastions. I actually designed the campaign im running around having a bastion in anticipation for them to be published

[WalterRiggs]

DMGs have always been my favorite. Can’t wait for this one