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  • [Techraptor] Wizards of the Coast Releasing Updated Dungeons & Dragons 2024 SRD at End of The Month

    From kyonshi@smaug@ereborbbs.duckdns.org to rec.games.frp.dnd on Thu Apr 17 22:14:46 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.frp.dnd

    Source: https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/wizards-of-coast-releasing-updated-dungeons-dragons-2024-srd-at-end-of-month


    Wizards of the Coast Releasing Updated Dungeons & Dragons 2024 SRD
    at End of The Month


    Written by Tyler Chancey

    Published: April 16, 2025 3:58 PM



    Wizards of the Coast is releasing a Dungeons & Dragons 2024 SRD.
    This updated document, officially titled the SRD 5.2, will allow
    creators to publish TTRPG content using the 2024 ruleset of the
    popular fantasy TTRPG.
    The Dungeons & Dragons 2024 SRD Announcement

    In an official post on D&D Beyond, Wizards of the Coast announced
    the publication of the Dungeons & Dragons 2024 SRD. According to
    the post, the SRD will be released under a Creative Commons
    license and will coexist alongside the SRD 5.1 document for
    Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition.
    A lich in golden armor surrounded by purple crystals. The crystals
    have faces of people screaming inside them.

    The post then detailed what will be included in the SRD. Unlike
    the notorious OGL debacle, the SRD allows third-party developers
    to make material using the rules material without paying a fee to
    Wizards of the Coast. In addition, since both SRDs are in
    Creative Commons, it provides a legally binding promise that the
    essential rules of D&D are free to use, change, and build upon
    forever.

    With this SRD's publication you can, irrevocably and in
    perpetuity, create and publish material for both Fifth Edition
    Dungeons & Dragons and Dungeons & Dragons 2024.

    The post also confirms that Wizards of the Coast will be releasing
    a Conversion Guide for creators who want to update their work to
    be compatible with the Dungeons & Dragons 2024 SRD.

    Lastly, Wizards of the Coast confirmed the SRD will be routinely
    updated to include any and all errata for Dungeons & Dragons
    2024. The SRD will be updated accordingly to match these
    changes.

    The Dungeons & Dragons 2024 SRD was initially announced in May
    2024. This announcement was made alongside the updated core
    rulebooks as part of the fantasy TTRPG's 50th anniversary. These
    Core Rulebooks were overseen by industry leads Christopher
    Perkins and Jeremy Crawford. Both of them have recently announced
    their departure from Wizards of the Coast.

    The Dungeons & Dragons 2024 SRD will be released on April 22.
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to rec.games.frp.dnd on Fri Apr 18 10:26:17 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.frp.dnd

    On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:14:46 +0200 (GMT+02:00), kyonshi <smaug@ereborbbs.duckdns.org> wrote:

    Source: https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/wizards-of-coast-releasing-updated-dungeons-dragons-2024-srd-at-end-of-month


    Wizards of the Coast Releasing Updated Dungeons & Dragons 2024 SRD
    at End of The Month

    I can't get excited about this. While the rules of the game are
    important to setting the tone and feel of the adventures, the rules
    themselves aren't that interesting to me. D&D long ago reached 'good
    enough', and constant tinkering with the system annoys me more than
    anything else. I mean, sure, great, WOTC/Hasbro has learned its lesson
    about the SRD but I really wish they'd also learn that adventures and
    campaign settings are what really give a system its longevity. Nobody
    into tabletop gaming remembers THACO but everybody remembers
    Dragonlance; nobody remembers the rules about overbearing but we all
    know about that sphere-of-annhilation trap in Tomb of Horrors.

    But adventures don't sell in the same quantities as rulebooks, and
    it's the bottom line --not the health of the hobby, or the longevity
    of the system-- that matters these days.


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  • From kyonshi@gmkeros@gmail.com to rec.games.frp.dnd on Fri Apr 18 19:24:41 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.frp.dnd

    On 4/18/25 16:26, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:14:46 +0200 (GMT+02:00), kyonshi <smaug@ereborbbs.duckdns.org> wrote:

    Source: https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/wizards-of-coast-releasing-updated-dungeons-dragons-2024-srd-at-end-of-month


    Wizards of the Coast Releasing Updated Dungeons & Dragons 2024 SRD
    at End of The Month

    I can't get excited about this. While the rules of the game are
    important to setting the tone and feel of the adventures, the rules themselves aren't that interesting to me. D&D long ago reached 'good
    enough', and constant tinkering with the system annoys me more than
    anything else. I mean, sure, great, WOTC/Hasbro has learned its lesson
    about the SRD but I really wish they'd also learn that adventures and campaign settings are what really give a system its longevity. Nobody
    into tabletop gaming remembers THACO but everybody remembers
    Dragonlance; nobody remembers the rules about overbearing but we all
    know about that sphere-of-annhilation trap in Tomb of Horrors.

    But adventures don't sell in the same quantities as rulebooks, and
    it's the bottom line --not the health of the hobby, or the longevity
    of the system-- that matters these days.



    yeah, it's not really earth-shattering news. I mean, it basically is
    like a software patch. Except they don't even have any actual code to
    deal with.

    I think people are too focused on the rules as they are presented
    anyway, but what do I know? I don't play 5e :D
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