Every time that I'm about to give up on the game they put Chris Perkins out there, and I finally feel like at least one person there actually gets DND.
@purpleyeti705
Жыл бұрын
Amen brother. I like Matt Mercer as much as the next person, but Chris is my guy. The dm's dm. My own role model and guy i look up to the most
@johnshull2454
Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@MisterSmith00
Жыл бұрын
I do genuinely enjoy listening to him talk about the game.
@mammonclarke
Жыл бұрын
@@purpleyeti705 yeah I have said that before. While Matt Mercer is a great DM, I would give anything to play at Chris Perkins table. I have been playing since 1984 and Perkins is definitely the DM I respect the most.
@soldierbreed
Жыл бұрын
I promise you thats not a coincidence
@nissanfreak22
Жыл бұрын
Please make sure to include detailed information about downtime, professions (and tools), and travel!
@KevinVideo
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully the tool proficiency rules from Xanathar's is included in the DMG.
@nissanfreak22
Жыл бұрын
@@KevinVideo For sure! But I feel like they could also expand the tools and professions way more
@benreed638
Жыл бұрын
@@KevinVideo Hpefully not, Ive had enough of reprinting rules already found in other books
@MaxPatatePowa
Жыл бұрын
Maybe I missed it, but I hope they add a proper end of book index for quick lookup of the page of a particular information! That would make finding the actual info that is in the book much simpler.
@joyful
Жыл бұрын
it would be really nice to have all dm tools in one place. having to reach for different books, but having to remember which book has the info i want, is annoying.
@wardhuckabay8262
Жыл бұрын
I’d really love to see them show a scaffolded approach to prepping a session. Kind of like Sly Flourish’s “Lazy Dungeon Master” approach. That was a super helpful book for my own journey.
@Lukasaske
Жыл бұрын
I love that book so much. It completely changed everything for me.
@wardhuckabay8262
Жыл бұрын
Right!? After reading the DMG, I was like, “Okay, cool. But how do I make a session?” It was a weird experience.
@bayardmartins
Жыл бұрын
I can stress enough how much Sly Flourish improved my games... And some stuff is on creative commons, they could do something really cool
@zwolga
Жыл бұрын
Yes yes yes yes
@Taven03
Жыл бұрын
even as an experienced DM I love rereading Lazy Dungeon master and Lazy Dungeon master two! they can help so much
@garysmith4742
Жыл бұрын
I like this approach of moving things around and making it more user friendly. I don't need a new edition, I just need a more refined version of what I already love, keep it up.
@garypotter5569
Жыл бұрын
Some integrated bookmarks/ribbons would also be a nice upgrade. No more than 3, as DMs already have enough on their minds. In my experience, when you are researching quickly during gameplay, 3 is the optimal number. PS all of the main reference books should have these 3 ribbons integrated imo: a black one, a red one, and perhaps a green one.
@Timetonut
Жыл бұрын
I can’t tell you how long I spent looking for the details of what to do when a player is stable but at 0 hit points and no way to bring that number up. What is the mechanic? How does someone gain a hit point?
@alienmagic
Жыл бұрын
@@Timetonut Page 198 of the Player's Handbook: A stable creature that isn't healed regains 1 hit point after 1d4 hours.
@Timetonut
Жыл бұрын
@@alienmagic so not in the DM guide also?
@Zieuro
Жыл бұрын
Thank god because as a new DM I’ve always been lost with the current DMG. I love DMing but I often have to rely on my more experienced players on helping me with DMing. I’m really excited about this new DMG
@JakAttack
Жыл бұрын
I have been DMing 5e since it was D&D Next and even I have barely used the 5e DMG for anything other than the random tables in it LOL! Its barely a guide for DM's, if at all.
@Zieuro
Жыл бұрын
@@JakAttack very true that’s why I’m glad that they are taking action to fix the DMG and make it better and easier for new and old DMs alike
@hoid9407
Жыл бұрын
Been DMing for 3 years now. Without being able to google to reference rules and ruling I'd be lost because nothing is where it feels like it should be in the DMG. Super glad they're doing this.
@briansanner
Жыл бұрын
The current DMG is completely useless. Only good thing in it are the magic items and random treasure tables.
@VinceValentine
Жыл бұрын
I've been DMing since 1998. The current 5e DMG is useful when you're an experienced DM who likes homebrew, because it starts with all that. For newer DMs or if you only run premade adventures, it's less helpful. This overhaul is necessary and good.
@FreeXenon
Жыл бұрын
A storytelling guide such as: * 3 act structure or 5 act structure * stories and arcs vs campaign * character subplots * campaign themes * collaborative storytelling * character driven plots vs story driven plots and how to run them. The Fate Core system has a lot of great tools for storytelling, especially when combined with the act structures.
@TheCBoysDotCom
Жыл бұрын
All the stuff we look at in writing and theater really needs to be in the dmg for sure. The rules are not as hard as people think when they start, it’s the plot management that most DMs struggle with fr
@FreeXenon
Жыл бұрын
@@TheCBoysDotCom Agreed.
@richardhealy
Жыл бұрын
Like how to design a faction. How to plan sequential steps so initial antagonist is low level functionary who reports to more senior lieutenants of a bigger villian/influencer. Make a city sure, but what makes it sing is how to conceptualise the different factions it may contain and where they are in opposition or alignment.
@FreeXenon
Жыл бұрын
@@richardhealy That is a good one.
@kaelinboone9218
Жыл бұрын
Love the fate core system. I also use pathfinders 2e Dm's guide to supplement my downtime activities
@franBa22
Жыл бұрын
Hearing Chris talk always gives me this need of a new show with him DMing. I really miss Chris Perkins behind a DM screen!
@RichardBejtlich
Жыл бұрын
It sounds like they are trying to make it easier to run 5e, rather than change the rules. This is a great idea. It sounds like the book should be DMG Revised, or DMG 2024 edition, sort of like how Mongoose publishes date-named revisions like Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022.
@federicocaravani3474
Жыл бұрын
Always said 5e traded ease of entry for players with veteran requirements for GMs. To run 5e, you need to have learned in 3e/pathfinder first...
@The_Crimson_Witch
Жыл бұрын
@@federicocaravani3474 I'm not sure I agree. I started running with 5e, I'm still running in 5e 6 years later.
@bayardmartins
Жыл бұрын
You know what would be great in dmg? An adventure. A 5 Page adventure with a starting village, a Quest giver, a 5 room dungeon.
@TyranAmiros
Жыл бұрын
I'm guessing that's the "surprise" in chapter 8 and the pull-out map
@Kangaxxter
Жыл бұрын
4e DMG has like an entire campaign setting
@0-w-l-0
Жыл бұрын
9:08
@Kaelyn91
Жыл бұрын
Kind of like the adventure he legitimately mentioned would be in this updated DMG. Seems like your feedback was preempted.
@Xyphyri
Жыл бұрын
@@Kaelyn91 he seemed to explain it more so as how to build one and what one should contain. But it could easily be in the form of an example adventure, which would be perfect if it also breaks down *why* it includes what it does in the adventure.
@DanteRavenkin
Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate Chris' humility regarding the 2014 DMG not being a 10/10 product, and I'm very excited for the 2024 revision of all three core books!
@vinoup1
Жыл бұрын
One of the most important things that needs to be in the DMG is a chapter on encounter building, and not just combat encounter building but encounter in general. It needs info on building encounter in all three pillars of play. It also needs to talk about things like encounter goals, decision points, etc. that makes up the aspects of an encounter.
@zwolga
Жыл бұрын
Don’t 👏 Forget 👏 The 👏 Absolute 👏 Beginners So many rulebooks read as if you already know the basics. Matt Colville’s videos taught me more in a few mins than I ever learned from any books.
@briansanner
Жыл бұрын
I really hope they include more tables, not just telling you to make your own. It would be better in an updated monster manual, or even just a publication on its own of nothing but tables for random encounters based on different environments, better random treasure tables, and the like. For someone like me who doesn't like to spend weeks designing things only for the players to go a different route, random encounter tables are invaluable, as are lists based on CR.
@thesharkinthewater6564
Жыл бұрын
I oftentimes worry that the dnd team doesn't love dnd in the same way that my players and I do. Then Chris shows up...
@ironlurker
Жыл бұрын
The creative team for D&D at WotC does, the mgt and execs at Hasbro? 😆🤣
@ryuzakidestiny
Жыл бұрын
I really wish to see Harvest Monster Parts Rules and Crafting and Selling of Magic Items Rules. In my opinion it's the big missing thing in 5e.
@ShadowmancerLord
Жыл бұрын
Well I mean, crafting magic items is in Xanathar's. Selling them is kind of a DM thing, you can't standardize it because of the differences in demand between campaigns, they might be worth a ton in a campaign where there isn't a lot of access to magic items or they might not be worth much in a huge city that has tons of magic crafters. I do love the Kobold Press monster part harvesting stuff though.
@bonsummers2657
Жыл бұрын
What the bleep are you talking about?
@SeiyaVenture
Жыл бұрын
@@ShadowmancerLord but, even with Xanathar is not so clear how sell it, is so abstrac. I thing it need be more concrete with the numbers, if you want a change it, change it, but for a new master is hard dont have numbers. I personaly want every magic item has a gold coin cost, for have a system to build a treasure with more direccions, not only for sale or buy magic items.
@brendancrosby2965
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you have a fun group
@DominikJirajhaGriesser
Жыл бұрын
@@SeiyaVenture On the DMs Guild, "Wraith Wright Productions" (search the phrase including parenthesis) did a fantastic piece of work about Equipment, Wealth and Magic Item distribution. It critically analyzes what's good/bad in Item and Wealth distrribution in the PHB+DMG+XGtE and suggests actual soluitions to occuring problems, numbers and examples for every step of the way. Think of a (multi-100-pages) scientific paper on the topic, but written in the accessible style of the PHB. I cannot recommend the _All Items Supplement Bundle_ enough to tackle your problem exactly. :)
@keithfricke5049
Жыл бұрын
The improvements to the forthcoming DMG sound great and exciting. For all you new DMs out there, jump in and just do it. I started playing DND 42 years ago when I was 16 and the home brew campaigns I came up with left a lot to be desired because I was learning as I went. I’ve gotten so much better at story arcs and incorporating player back stories. Chris Perkins’ description of the approach to making the DMG an easier- to-use guide is intended to do what all us veteran DMs want for the new generation of DMs- enjoying this amazing game and enjoying it a second time when you look back on it. My son started playing with me 10 years ago off and on in between sports. We’ve played with a group on Fridays for the past 6 years. He’s graduating from college in May and intends to keep playing. Have fun everyone!
@lachlangraham6826
Жыл бұрын
I'm a fairly young DM. But Started playing towards the tail end of 4e. And have been DMing and playing all of 5e. I have social anxiety in my daily life, but love storytelling and wanting to share in the storytelling exprience with others, for some reason when it come to DND i mentally switch into taking on the role of the character. Or when DMing I would stress before the session but when the session start it like the opening of a theatre performance and I switch into performance mode acting in ways and using voices that i wouldn't every use in my daily life. I been taking this passion for the hobby to my local game store to help run adventure league for the players that come each week. But even with my anxieties when DM its like letting off of stress and let the voices in my head narrate the NPC and creature of the world so players can explore.
@oscarfellini6500
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, nothing better than listening to the group talk, interact, solve mysteries and plan. When the players take ownership of the game. So cool.
@trinioler
Жыл бұрын
The thing that the DMG needs critically is a fundamental model of interaction at the table. I had to go to blogs and videos (like Matt Colville's video series) to get this.
@muddlewait8844
Жыл бұрын
Good ol’ 1st edition DMG “Example of Play” made all the early games I ran possible.
@odesseus
Жыл бұрын
It sounds like they will try to create a framework for the idea, but the enormously value of Colville's ongoing series "Running the Game" has the ability to address the topics more throughly and in a much more dynamic and timely method. BTW, for any DMs out there, new or not, Matt Colville's "Running the Game" series is an *invaluable* resource. Even after being a seasoned DM, I still found lots and lots of great advice and information.
@johnfree1717
Жыл бұрын
I am excited about the Monster Manual being bigger.
@georgeluiz5650
Жыл бұрын
This is The BEST. O am really excited for this.
@briansanner
Жыл бұрын
I really hope they include the random encounter tables in it like they had in the 2nd Ed Monsterous Compendiums. They had tables based on CR, or like 20 tables based on different environments, like artic forest, temperate forest, temperate grasslands, hills, mountains, underarm, urban, rural, everything, man. It was awesome. I ran entire campaigns that were born out of random encounters. I used to spend hours and days and weeks drawing up whole worlds and castles and dungeons and campaigns, then the players wouldn't even visit like 90% of what I'd made. So I adjusted my style to create things that could be used in any part of the world and just move them to put them in their path and use random encounters to fill in the gaps.
@onappap
Жыл бұрын
I’m afraid their just going to package all the random books from 5e together and reprint it instead of new content
@Newnodrogbob
Жыл бұрын
@@onappap yeah, there likely won’t be a lot of new monsters. Little useful tools like random encounter tables are a possibility though.
@bonsummers2657
Жыл бұрын
What do you do with a Monster Manual?
@LeBigsou
Жыл бұрын
What I found with monsters is that often times their Hp is abysmal compared with their CR, they can do lots of things and dish out big damage, but a low initiative can mean the monster is not going to survive for more than 2 or 3 turns in total
@ai.yeehaw
Жыл бұрын
My monsters always roll 10+CR rating = Initiative
@SeiyaVenture
Жыл бұрын
@@ai.yeehaw Is a good solution
@daviddalrymple2284
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. There are almost no monsters in the Monster Manual that can reasonably kill a fully-rested party of the level that they're supposed to, using the encounter guidelines in the DMG. For example, 4 Ettins should be a deadly encounter for four level-8 characters. A typical 8th level party with average luck on the dice is going to take those Ettins down in three turns. Yet, even if each Ettin hits with every one of their attacks, it will take at least four rounds to drop every character. Realistically, it will take even longer. The only way this is truly a "deadly" encounter is if the players have already been roughed up a bit. The disparity is even greater when you're dealing with a single monster, which in this case should be CR 12. A party of four level-8 characters is going to destroy any CR 12 monster in the MM or MotM in one or two rounds. That monster may get a chance to take down a single character in that amount of time, but it's not likely.
@LeBigsou
Жыл бұрын
@@daviddalrymple2284 I put my five level 8 players against a tweaked greater star spawn emissary, I gave it 450 Hp and nerfed the damage on the recharging ability, I kept everything the same, guess how much time it took for them to kill it? Party composed of a vengeance paladin, a sun soul monk, a beast barbarian, a rune knight warrior and a fey custom but not overpowered sorcerer. Four of them killed a young white dragon so they had the infused weapons by Fizban, but I gave the star spawn complete immunity to fire and ice until it took 350 points of damage, at that point its damage would increase whilst losing some defenses. Everything was over by turn four at the end of the second player in the initiative order.
@julienwood577
Жыл бұрын
@@ai.yeehaw yea this is how i do it too, keeps the flow going and focused on the players.
@fortunatus1
Жыл бұрын
I really hope that the Monster Manual is arranged according to Creature Type and then alphabetically within that type. This is the easiest way to find the creatures you need to make an adventure. It is a lot harder to remember all the names of the indiviual monsters than it is to look up Undead that could be the minions of a Lich or the Order of the Emerald Claw.
@bradleyhurley6755
Жыл бұрын
I disagree. It's fine if you have played a lot and already know what the monsters types are. It's awful if you haven't and have no clue where in the book to look. Somethings like undead might make sense, but is a wraith in the undead section or the W section? I'd prefer just alphabetical.
@thebitterfig9903
Жыл бұрын
I think the best organization principle would be challenge rating, but only if they fix challenge to make it a sufficient tool for balancing combat encounters. It’s way easier to follow an alphabetical index than a CR index, and CR has the potential to be the single most important thing for mechanical usage.
@bradleyhurley6755
Жыл бұрын
@@thebitterfig9903 While I was going to go with that, I think it might be odd having a CR 1/4 skeleton hundreds of pages away from a CR 1 skeleton, hundreds of pages away from a CR 3 skeleton. CR only works if every creature or variation of that creature has the same CR.
@MrNickInc
Жыл бұрын
Strongly agree. In monsters of the multiverse I vehemently dislike that demons/devils/angels and creatures like that are completely scattered throughout the book away from each other. It is just bad for session planning
@DominikJirajhaGriesser
Жыл бұрын
@@bradleyhurley6755 There's a difference between structuring the book, and also having good indices and gloassaries. Using Creature type for structuring and session planning makes it easier to plan in advance and redues prep-work by a long shot. And an additional alphabetical index to find something specific helps immensily, looking something up on the fly. I'd actually like to see the book being structured By Creature Type and Creature Group, like a humanoid chapter with a sub-area, that has Goblins (and Hobgoblins), one with Orcs, etc. And then to have an alphabetical index and an additional one by challenge rating + Key-Feature-tagging to support the task of: "I need to find a a CR2 creature that can impose a condition on the fly... Oh, let's take the stat-block from a ghast."
@jr22hon
Жыл бұрын
I hope they're basically renovating what they already have in place and try and make things easier to understand and actually listen. I really hope for a rewrite of the Tyranny of dragons.
@anthonyambrose7830
Жыл бұрын
I believe they have or are
@edheldude
Жыл бұрын
There will be a rewrite of ToD. It's in the pipeline.
@Mastikator
Жыл бұрын
I'm going to take this chance to give a bit of advice to other DMs. Between sessions ask the players what they collectively want to do next, this will give you a heads up when they want to skip town or ignore a dungeon or investigate that nothing that you can turn into a something. It also helps group cohesion IMO when the players agree on what they want to do. Between sessions ask players individually what they want to achieve, what goals they have for their character. This can be a treasure trove of ideas and options for your players.
@captcorajus
Жыл бұрын
You could easily add bonus actions and reaction to quite a few of the existing monster to make them correctly match their CR. The biggest issue with 5E monsters is that they are simply fodder for the PCs due to the action economy.
@portsyde3466
Жыл бұрын
They've been doing that a bit in some recent books, like Monsters of the multiverse. I'm running ROTF and when using duergar, I noticed that, compared to their MM versions where they have to enlarge/reduce as an action, the MotM versions can do so as a bonus action. I wholly expect the revised MM to go in a similar direction.
@ANDELE3025
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you arent doing the recommended adventuring day worth of challenges.
@captcorajus
Жыл бұрын
@@portsyde3466 YES! That's the exact kind of thing I'm talking about. Without, the monsters are frequently dead before they can even get a chance to use their abilities.
@Newnodrogbob
Жыл бұрын
@@ANDELE3025 …how does it sound like that? Anyone who thinks monsters are too easy isn’t using the correct number of encounters? Oh…yeah. That actually tracks. To be fair, even the published adventures don’t usually follow those guidelines.
@krisbrown6692
Жыл бұрын
I really want a robust, in depth, crafting system. One that takes into consideration what materials are used in the crafting, as well as different modifications that can be add to items.
@nikkothegoblin
Жыл бұрын
Reading through the manual and preparing to run Stars Without Number has opened my eyes to the tools that can be given to GMs. I would love to see a more fluid and helpful book in this iteration
@slackeratlarge575
Жыл бұрын
Ghost of dragon spear castle was my first big DM adventure. A year and a half run with a party of 5. It was amazing, shout out to Chris and team
@demiurge2763
Жыл бұрын
How about some actual crafting rules? I'd love to have one of those.
@bobr4024
Жыл бұрын
The dungeon Masters guide for 5e is a PREP book. Lots of good ideas to prep for your game. There needs to be more stuff or even an entire section on kind of a “grab and go“ stuff. Tables and such that a GM can just use, without prep - a section dedicated to this type of improvisational insertion. There’s spattering’s of this type of material, but it needs to be centralized and separated. Separate the prep stuff from the improv stuff.😊
@peterreuben5791
Жыл бұрын
These two are always enjoyable and informative to watch
@benjaminmurray412
Жыл бұрын
I'd like to see specific rules on making groups/swarms/packs, like a group of 30 or more soldiers, a large pack of wolves or goblins, without actually having to control/play 30+ creatures slowing a combat session. An expansion on the Dragonlance large scale battle/war rules, fighting against an army. Also maybe rules for play beyond level 20.
@The_Crimson_Witch
Жыл бұрын
I agree, I wish there was a set template to apply to statblocks to make them into a swarm so that way you could turn a guard statblock into a legion in an army. While there aren't set rules on swarms, every swarm I've seen adds the same damage resistances and condition immunities, the swarm trait as well as increasing the creature's strength and con scores by 4.
@KevinVideo
Жыл бұрын
More monsters is always good, especially if they're going to hit their CR better. I like the idea of having an introductory adventure in the DMG with maps, to help new DMs.
@WTH13SERIOUSLY
Жыл бұрын
Everything I am hearing in this is so wonderful. I am a somewhat new DM and this sounds so amazing. My favorite this is going to be the rule glossary for sure.
@toranas1500
Жыл бұрын
Can we please get better structure for buying and selling magic items?
@Noctis198
Жыл бұрын
Name aside, I really hope they improve on encounter building. Also, can we get a campaign setting in Greyhawk? You guys dont want our money?
@portsyde3466
Жыл бұрын
@@paulcoy9060 I mean, they're doing planescape this year; don't know if it's a boxed set or not, but it is coming.
@hoid9407
Жыл бұрын
I feel like they said something recently about giving Greyhawk another look and adjusting it before re-releasing it, because of some questionable content historically? Idk, I know I heard this somewhere...
@ExplosiveFloofBall
Жыл бұрын
If I recall correctly they don't have ownership of one of the major characters from Greyhawk
@portsyde3466
Жыл бұрын
@@hoid9407 I mean, technically Saltmarsh by default takes place in Greyhawk, but I think that's the only 5e book that does so far. They also give options for other equivalent areas in faerun and other settings, so it isn't firmly in Greyhawk either.
@Mcleody9
Жыл бұрын
We need a Sword Coast / Forgotten Realms source book. I only just realised (as a fairly new player myself) that the D&D rulebooks dont actually talk about the Forgotten Realms much. Obliviously Waterdeep and Baldur's Gate are covered in their campaign books but if I want to set a homebrew in the Forgotten Realms at a wider-scope I'd have to cross-reference several books to get a overall view?
@tomsteer3485
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. I literally bought Dragon Heist and Descent Into Avernus for the gazetteers. The Sword Coast Adventurers guide does a fine job of giving plot hooks in its description of the area, but good grief do you have to do a lot of work to get it to the table; my group recently hex crawled from Evereska to Baldur’s Gate and that took far too much work on my part to make it happen.
@Koenigsdisziplin
Жыл бұрын
I think they should release more Setting books. An updated Greyhawk or Forgotten Realms book for example.
@MonsterTeegs
Жыл бұрын
As a potential new player I'd also love to see Dark Sun ported to 5e but brand new unique settings would also be fantastic.
@kajetan9906
Жыл бұрын
maybe a forgotten realms book that isn't focused on the sword coast?
@simonfernandes6809
Жыл бұрын
I sense there is going to be a new Forgotten Realms setting book next year.
@ShadowmancerLord
Жыл бұрын
@@MonsterTeegs They already said Dark Sun isnt happening
@Edino_Chattino
Жыл бұрын
@@MonsterTeegs As interesting as Dark Sun is, it´s never getting released in the world we live today, as people are seemingly too frail to deal with subjects like slavery or cannibalism.
@ramiel555
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the current DMG does have lots of good stuff, but being from the start of the edition, there's plenty more to add/adjust, like the Tasha's stuff that they mentioned. Also, yes, the layout is...not ideal, lol. Making it more intuitive to find stuff would be a huge QOL improvement, especially when it's something you gotta stop and look up while playing, the faster the better. I'm hoping the secret chapter 8 is a huge compilation of variant/alternate/optional/homebrewish rules and ideas for us to look through, so we can really customize our games into something perfectly suited to our own specific table. That could be especially helpful for newer DM's just as a method of getting them to think about certain rules and things they may not have before.
@hasturnz1445
Жыл бұрын
all good, but change the CR and Encounter Building system to make it easier and more intuitive (like 4e was e.g. four CR 1 monsters are a moderate challenge for 4 level 1 PC's, not the crazy system where it's like 4 CR 1/4 or whatever and it just doesn't add up easily for higher levels; baseline should be one foe per PC not a group of PC's dog-pile a single monster or two).
@theblindbuildergrandminuti5648
Жыл бұрын
I like a lot of what I’m hearing I am hoping for the best. As a player and a DM, I am glad to hear you are buffing monsters up to make CR make more sense. A higher level play it’s something I know a lot of people wanted further support for.
@tw7086
Жыл бұрын
Better call Professor Dungeon Master. He's got what you're looking for in a DMG. Also, ribbons please!
@dfw_sleepypillz1007
Жыл бұрын
As someone who has every DMG since 1982 - I am greatly looking forward to seeing what the team is bringing to the table. A lifetime DM can never have enough tools in the arsenal. Rock on!
@SmileyTrilobite
Жыл бұрын
I love the idea of the “flavors of fantasy“ section on page 38, but would like it expanded. Many entries have good examples, but the explanations focus mainly on surface subject matter easily found and not on the more valuable, deeper tropes and themes that really make the genre. For example, swashbuckling is more than ships and rapiers; it focuses on quick wit, daring risks for riches and romance, and dramatic, flamboyant spectacle. Wuxia is more than flying Chinese people. It concerns martial arts societal intrigue, the role of martial arts in the greater world, and self-cultivation to the extent that any “magic” is actually martial arts training, not traditional magic. Anime tropes are separate, and from Japan, as is chanbara (sometimes called “samurai flicks”, though famous examples such as Lady Snowblood and Zatoichi are not about samurai). Chanbara explores the role of violence in a society usually where governing authority is either corrupt or absent.
@superspeed3675
Жыл бұрын
So, I am as brand new to the game as you can get. I am a middle school teacher who played once when I was 15 and now and the DM for two groups of 11 to 13 year olds. The most pressing problem is working through the myriad of rules for the different classes and races. It is really hard to keep track of abilities and how they should operate. Plus figuring out how the magic casters work has been a serious challenge. Honestly, KZitem what has helped the most in understanding the rules. What I could really use is the base information to be clearer and have more than one example on how it should work.
@ElocNodnarb
Жыл бұрын
I regularly DM for 8-14 year old boys and honestly the issue is less about a gap in the tools and more that this is generally not the right game for that age group. The DM is meant to be an arbiter, but at a successful table the players are meant to be responsible for THEIR rules. We need to have conversations with the players outside the game to help them understand how their character and abilities work, but during the game we don’t have room in our heads for their whole character sheet. I often have adult players read spells or abilities to me at the table but when running a game for young kids, I have to keep the group small so that I CAN keep their whole character in mind and help them remember their abilities.
@jayman9810
Жыл бұрын
As a DM. I'm glad looking up information is easy in this upcoming DMG. Im glad session 0 exists because people who play my games i throw them into the campaign and see where it goes. Also im glad looking up info is gonna get easier cuz 80% of gameplay is referencing things and 20% is gameplay. I can't wait to pick this up to include in my current campaign.
@mosescosme8629
Жыл бұрын
I started DMing (and playing) for the first time in January and was blown away by how awful the DMG was. It was written, very obviously, for people who have already been playing DND for a while now. The index is also very incomplete, which sucks for newer players. I'm glad to hear these things addressed in this video. Looking forward to the updated guide!!
@MrPapalias
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff! One of the things I want to see in the new DMG is one of the early promises of d&d next - adding shifts and gears to the rules. What kind of changes to the rules you need to do if you want to run a low magic campaign, or a horror story. Which spells you want to plan ahead for when creating a murder mystery. What type of extra rules you may need if you are aiming for a different fantasy theme - like steampunk. Stuff that can help you create your fantasy in d&d
@unusuallycloudy
Жыл бұрын
For the love of god please include a detailed section on wilderness travel, downtime, and random encounters. Also please bring back the dungeon and wilderness turns! Tired of having to go back to 1st and 2nd editions for rules that should have stayed in the DMG by now.
@ReadingDave
Жыл бұрын
I have found the first ed. and fourth ed. DMG the most useful. I find the 5th inspiring. It might be tough to get mass feedback on current new DMs. Everyone else has expereince. Maybe have a "new DM" challenge to encourage people to run games and then take a survey? Encouraging new DMs would help out the game allot with new games branching out. It can have exponential growth.
@samuelbroad11
Жыл бұрын
concur, 4th ed had great DMG layout and approach
@johncasebeer179
Жыл бұрын
I think that the 5e DMG has very little of value, except for the magic items and that is still poorly done (particularly prices). I actually recommend that people buy the PHB and a copy of Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master if they are want to DM (closely followed by Tasha's). Everything else that is important in the DMG can be more easily found with a simple internet search.
@samuelbroad11
Жыл бұрын
@@johncasebeer179 yep sly flourish rocks!
@thecompletejake
Жыл бұрын
Will our dnd beyond digital books get updated with any new mechanical changes? (I don't expect the new DMG content for free...but I do sort of expect any mechanics to kept current.)
@Mark-ki7ic
Жыл бұрын
Object AC etc., Should be up toward the front. This hopefully includes examples of the various types of doors.
@Mr_Boyer
Жыл бұрын
Literally on the DM screen.
@ShadowmancerLord
Жыл бұрын
@@Mr_Boyer you mean the DM screen that no one has when they play online?
@Mr_Boyer
Жыл бұрын
@Kyle you mean the DM screen that sits next to my books when I DM online for quick and handy reference? Yeah I do. Genius.
@ShadowmancerLord
Жыл бұрын
@@Mr_Boyer I literally don't own a physical book for DnD. There are hundreds of thousands of DMs out there who are online only. Your experience doesn't reflect everyone else's. I mean no one as in figuratively, obviously. The vast majority of DMs online do not set up a whole in person setup to run games through VTTs. The compendium is much quicker and handier than flipping through a physical book
@Mr_Boyer
Жыл бұрын
@Kyle I don't set up my DM screen like I would for an in person game, it just sits there and I can flip it open way faster than looking through a digital book or even a physical one. I would suggest keeping a digital copy of the DM screen bookmarked. It saves so much time because that is what it is designed to do.
@januarygrey
Жыл бұрын
• *Magic. Item. Prices.* • CR calculation rules that identify how to adjust the CRs of monsters to the magic items of the party. (We currently don't have much to go on in 5e to inform us of what a party that is a good match for a CR 26 creature looks like, or how to account for a party stacked with +3 items)
@benreed638
Жыл бұрын
Magic item prices are already a thing in the DMG, near the magic items, one of the many things thats already in the game
@AgentWebs
Жыл бұрын
I'm looking forward to a better DMG
@josefx1389
Жыл бұрын
I have a hell of a time with gods, big events, and famous locales that I have not played video games in. This format sounds awesome to just get blurbs about major things I can not grasp yet. After googling and reading wikis I end up understanding less and knowing where to start to learn about some of these things the book reading seems endless. I am always impressed by Matt Mercer and Spencer from Harmontown as they know so much and can rattle off gods and demons and the way things are but feel daunted in reaching one tenth of their level of understanding. I look forward to checking this out as Perkins has been a godsend.
@turnipslop3822
Жыл бұрын
I think one of the biggest challenges right now is how large the gulf is between the mechanics of D&D and expectations of the players. The DM basically has to fill that gulf right now. The DMs guide doesn't really help you become a story teller, a master improviser, how to balance encounters is a nightmare, and the information on how to structure a session is so dense. The world building is overwhelming and I'm glad they recognise that. I'd love to see the new guide take from other books which show flow charts for simple one shots, or campaigns, that can give a strong template to follow. Helping on board newer DMs really needs to be a focus for this next one. I think a section on how to run a one shot would be extremely valuable too, as all though in some ways it's more challenging than the next session of a campaign, it's far less daunting for new DMs. I'd strongly encourage that being a focus too.
@Baraz_Red
Жыл бұрын
Suggestion for the Lore glossary : "Earth : mostly harmless." (source: Douglas Adams. This humor fits well in D&D considering ancient civilizations of real-life Earth would be deemed quite harmless for fantasy realms. None of their heroes can plane shift and, at best, they might reach their moon in many many centuries.) nb : by the way, I am told Earth technically exist in the Forgotten Realms / multiverse (not to be confused with Oerth, which is the Grayhawk world).
@ANDELE3025
Жыл бұрын
Ironic as way back the Draconic Pantheon of FR deemed Earth a deadly universe ending disaster, with all dragons that went there either ended up in hiding before returning terribly changed or under Nulls (aka the deathwyrms) guidance (aka dead).
@hircenedaelen
Жыл бұрын
cool idea, might be copywright issues
@Baraz_Red
Жыл бұрын
@@ANDELE3025 Oh, did not know that. Earth seems to mostly have no lore in D&D and maybe, frankly, should not exist. :P
@BrianKrienke
Жыл бұрын
You mentioned the monster manual. I think it would be helpful for a new player like myself to have quick reference tables that contain a list of all monsters contained in the book, but sorted according to different DM goals. For example sorted according to difficulty and the alphabetically. And another table that sorts and groups by type of damage resistance etc. I'm just throwing out examples. But it would be a useful guide to have as an appendix
@odesseus
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video. As a DM, I often have to dive into the DMG for a variety of things, and have little tabs with things written on them to make them easier to find. Loot tables, types of magic items, encounter info, etc. I love the idea that there will be a clearer and more structured approach to real-time-use issues that the DM can easily locate and refer to. It's hard when important information is scattered throughout the different books sometimes (although it can also be fun!), but the basics should all be in one, less complicated spot. I hope it's a massive tome! I look forward to it!
@nickh3205
Жыл бұрын
Can we get some 15+ level content please
@jaredlocke4300
Жыл бұрын
They know it's hard to make so they don't bother lol
@74gould
Жыл бұрын
I’m guessing the “surprise chapter & poster map” are a DMG setting overview of Faerun & a map to go with it, since that’s their current default world… But I’d be happy to be wrong. :)
@SANSd20
Жыл бұрын
I am wondering if it is an adventure or mini-campaign that will walk a new DM thought a game
@fanusobscurus
Жыл бұрын
Honestly, I'd just kill for setting lorebooks like what Kobold Press did for Midgard. Just an entire book dedicated to a setting. Towns, regions, local plot hooks, lore, how the world is structured. Hell, back in the 3 and 3.5e days, there was a 3rd party setting that had an entire published Atlas with everything from topographical maps to prevailing wind currents.
@74gould
Жыл бұрын
@@fanusobscurus I agree. I love setting books... I wish they'd go back to that sort of content instead of feeling like *everything* they release either has to be a massive adventure or new player options. DMs are the ones spending the most money -- give the DMs the kinds of books they really want!
@74gould
Жыл бұрын
@@SANSd20 Yeah, I could see that being the case, too.
@asgergotved1263
Жыл бұрын
@@74gould With the current removal of any culture from the player races, I'd love for that to be re-introduced in setting books. Have open, more-or-less loreless player options, that allows players and DM's to build their own fantasies, couple them with settings that introduces cultures "Humans on the Sword Coast are usually [...]", and "Dragonborn on this island are all druids", or whatever. Then also add campaigns in those settings.
@danoconnell4192
Жыл бұрын
My biggest dream: Give me some balancing guidelines on Magic Items similar to the balancing guidelines for Monsters. There's 2-3 different ways to balance encounters with homebrew monsters with calculated CR's. I want something similar to know how +1 Plate rates as Rare when +1 Chainmail rates as Uncommon.
@HeatherVerhagen
Жыл бұрын
I've been able to scim through it. I'd love it if you included info on what DMs are expected to do and not do and how. I'm a new DM and I asked everyone in my session zero what their expectations for me were. There were crickets. They had no idea. I had to come up what I thought they should be based on issues I've seen at tables over the past four years or so. I just had someone drop out of my campaign because her expectations for me just weren't what I am responsible for. I'm going back and making edits to my rules/expectations. In my mind, the expectations are suppose to help us avoid conflict. You can't ever avoid all of them, but setting out expectations before you start really helps.
@droghtak
Жыл бұрын
Man I'm so thrilled by this video... I remember my first dnd 2nd edition, not being a DM since then and you made me really really like getting back to DMing!!!!
@MrSirhasArrived
Жыл бұрын
I would love if the Monster Manual was organized by terrain first, challenge rating then alphabetical.
@toranas1500
Жыл бұрын
For the MM, grouping by families can still work, but an easy fix for an alphabetical search would be an index at the back of the book for quick reference. Most source books already have an appendix section. Adding an alphabetical list in that section with page numbers just makes sense.
@danielgiversen658
Жыл бұрын
As mentioned in the video, the party might choose to do something entirely different from, what the DM planned. I hope you'll consider adding a paragraph about the 'DM's Emergency Toolkit' into the DMG. This would include spezialized travel rules as well as suggestions to prepare a generic one-shot, a generic dungeon, random combat encounters etc. Rules for specialized travel includes caravans (Hoard of the Dragon Queen), seafaring (Ghost of Saltmarch), wagon race/pursuit etc. An emergency toolkit allows the inexperienced DM to improvise - even to prepare content in the opposite part of the continent or across the sea between sessions - if that's where the party chooses to go. Maybe the DM adapts the plot to this new location - or events happen at the original location while they were gone - changing the conditions dramatically. An entire quest-line may become difficult or unavailable, because the party didn't interfere. But with an emergency toolkit, the DM is never caught off guard, and the players might not even notice, as the DM rides the tsunami and get time to adapt - instead of being tossed around. And the players propably won't even notice.
@joyful
Жыл бұрын
if you want to help dm's quickly find information, make the dmg electronic with a search/find function. such as a pdf....with bookmarks or an outline
@williambradford6575
Жыл бұрын
You mean like D&D Beyond?
@joyful
Жыл бұрын
@@williambradford6575 just based on the table of contents, i would say not even close.
@WARDUKE_USMC
Жыл бұрын
Will the 2024 DMG include optional rules for creating a "grittier" game (like 5E's Long Rest variants)?
@outofideas42
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see sample layman statblocks in the DMG, or perhaps in the monster manual in a section called "common folk". Show me an artisan, a priest, a politician. Give me samples of people fill a city, as well as how that city is built.
@stevenwaters591
Жыл бұрын
Can I ask why a common folk would need a stat block?
@outofideas42
Жыл бұрын
@@stevenwaters591 primarily social interactions. Flat 10s for commoners is pretty dire. Players going shopping and haggle? I've got stats for the skill contest, or the perception check when the rogue tries to steal. It's small, but it's good for a DM not comfortable with improvising.
@andrewtempest2092
Жыл бұрын
The Monster Manual has the commoner, priest, guard, noble. It's not too much trouble to give these higher ability scores, and different skills or tool proficiencies.
@LordGrimmie
Жыл бұрын
Chris says that most people these days get their first exposure to "what a DM is" via KZitem. My first experience was watching him lead the Robot Chicken writers on a merry little adventure, and for that I'll be forever thankful. I've been playing since 3.5e and went immediately into the DM role after buying the books off ebay and convincing my friends to play. I love D&D, and I love seeing Chris at the helm, continuing to make the role of running the game engaging, accessible and exciting ♥.
@fitnessandfandom
Жыл бұрын
For all the new books, please invest the time in creating, editing, and iterating comprehensive Tables of Contents and Indexes. I have purchased all the core books and several expansions since I started playing and DMing last year, and this is obviously an area that needs work. Some books don't even have indexes.
@JJV7243
Жыл бұрын
Please ad more TABLES to the DMG. It should be a reference guide - and people remember/can utilize tables much better than block text in many cases.
@Blandco
Жыл бұрын
A lot of this stuff is common sense but it will be a tough task to come up with some sort of "common lore" index. Commonly used terms can come from more than 6 settings, each which already has it's own lorebooks. I can't quite grasp how they are going to pick which people, places, things ect are going to be included in that. Kinda seems like a personal preference thing but I guess this means that the forgotten realms might not be the sole setting focused on in this new book?
@johnberry5296
Жыл бұрын
I hope there’s a section on solo play at long last…..
@FellVoice
Жыл бұрын
This update will go on my shelf right next to my 4E D&D books, the ones that don't exist.
@jefry6782
Жыл бұрын
Another thing that the old DMG lacks is some magic weapons for other archetypes. Therw are almost no magic bows, any crossbow between other examples. I think the worst problem is spread and variety (The same that wappened with PHB amount of subclasses and now is fixed or what your trying to do with monster types and CR spread)
@SIZModig
Жыл бұрын
I've yet to see a good "introduction to DMing at the DM screen" video. Surely there are some basics that work for all tables instead of all these DMs that show off their tailored setups? I need me an image with labels for the Basic DM Screen which you can modify later
@RichGillis
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully they will include Alternate character designs Such as Gestalts, Tristalt ( taking three classes) Partial Gestalt( ( getting two classes at levels 2, 3, 4, 8,12,16.19.20) and Take Three System where players can choose between making characters wiith two species or two backgrounds)
@Sir_Edusu
Жыл бұрын
This red dragon art is just 🔥🔥🔥
@Wertbag99
Жыл бұрын
I was going to say the same, that art is one of the best looking dragons ever. Wonder if you can get that image in decent enough quality to use as a desktop background?
@thegeneralthomas2645
Жыл бұрын
I would really appreciate exact costs for magic items. I can always change them to fit my world, but it would be really handy to know more eact pricings than just "somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000 gp". That could also be an indicator at first glance of how powerful a magic item is.
@Edino_Chattino
Жыл бұрын
Also, some basic guidelines for really expensive stuff, like buying property or maintaining armies, stuff that was discussed way back in the AD&D2E days.
@drmirabilis
Жыл бұрын
I’d LOVE to see some ideas on “gated DCs” vs “sliding scale” failing forward for standard rolls like Perception checks, Stealth rolls, and Lockpicking/Athletics to open doors. Making a system that is explicitly “fail by 5 or less” = complication that moves the plot forward with examples of guards being alerted, monsters noted on scene that the PCs fail to see in the meta, or losing a chance at a surprise round. Allowing people to just brute force reroll at the table for these checks until there is a success halts the game - and other RPGs with partial successes handle the story components perfectly that One D&D can now reintroduce and feel totally natural.
@valeri0n38
Жыл бұрын
Restructuring the DMG is an amazing idea. I get tired of trying to find things that aren't where I think they are. One thing I how gets addressed is creating monsters. I have been trying to use the system that's currently in place and it gets difficult to figure things out sometimes. New Monster Manual! Yes! Are there going to be critters from Mordenkainen's Monsters of the Multiverse added in? Even if they aren't, I'm still looking forward to seeing what's new.
@svenk5221
Жыл бұрын
Everything he mentions sounds like very solid improvements. Can´t wait. DnD One or whatever it´s gonna be called sooner or later sounds very good to me when it comes to rules and stuff.
@sillvvasensei
Жыл бұрын
Forgotten Realms lore deserves its own book, or series of books. Haven't seen much about Thay, but plenty of Thayans.
@thedicetomato
Жыл бұрын
We can't have Thay anymore with modern storytelling sensibilities. It's too "triggering" or some other newfangled humanitarian politics bs
@ShadowmancerLord
Жыл бұрын
@@thedicetomato what in the world are you talking about? They literally just had Thay as the main villains in the movie and they've been in multiple 5e adventures
@razzelmire2008
Жыл бұрын
@@ShadowmancerLord Thay is heavily based on slave economy, and since companies like WotC and Paizo stupidly want to keep slavery far far in the background, we’re stuck with not Thay lore. Except for older lore which is better anyway. This is also why we don’t have a 5e Dark Sun setting.
@ShadowmancerLord
Жыл бұрын
@@razzelmire2008 once again, they literally just put Thay as the main villains in the movie, and then released a whole infodump on the site on how Thay works and how to include the Red Wizards in your campaign. And, spoilers ahead: Valindra is in Tomb of Annihilation, Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle was one of the original 5e adventures that featured them, so did the Tyranny of Dragons stuff, Scourge of the Sword Coast/Dead in Thay, they are in the board game released this January, they're literally the first enemies you fight in the Neverwinter MMO, and they were in two MtG sets last year. They are probably the biggest villain organization in Faerun lore and there is zero chance they're getting rid of them. And with Vecna being the BBEG next year, Thay will almost certainly get involved because they absolutely hate any necromancers not working for them.
@thedicetomato
Жыл бұрын
@@ShadowmancerLord That doesn't change that until more so about 15 years ago slavery has been a foundational linch pin in Thayan society. However lore writers as of late have either been discouraged from or are simply not writing about any of that foundation beyond the Red Wizards predeliction of general necromancy, zombie turning and conquest to have the world indebted to them.
@ajax_dm
Жыл бұрын
It may be too late in the planning, but I’d like to see MAGIC ITEMS in a separate book, with School of Magic and Suggested Price for each item. I think this would be appreciated by both players and DMs (and maybe sell more books).
@CellarSinger
Жыл бұрын
I know this isn't exactly the best place to put it, but in the players handbook, either in the index or under the druid details. Could you put an index of creatures for shapes change?
@didyouknowthatcashewscomef9425
Жыл бұрын
FYI, they probably will if they decide to keep it as "choosing from creatures" instead of using Generic Stat Blocks in the future.
@dennismoon6693
Жыл бұрын
I realize that there is a long history of a trifecta of core books for each edition of D&D: Dungeon Master's Guide, Player's Handbook, and Monster Manual. I also realize that they've started doing Starter/Essentials boxed sets aimed specifically at new players, but they have the downside of being sealed, preventing a person from flipping through to get a sense of what's involved. Maybe they should consider a basic "Intro to D&D" book that gives a general overview of what's needed for anybody (player or DM) playing the game. Just the simple basics - what dice you need and why, an overview of the general mechanics a handful of races and classes, and just enough skills, feats and spells to get those classes up to 2nd or 3rd level. A handful of monsters and a simple adventure, possibly written in a way that includes the thought process of a "typical" DM that can serve as a guide to the new DM.
@Comicsluvr
Жыл бұрын
Cheers for changing the organization! The current DMG has piles of data but much of it is hard to find. Taking the DM through the shallow end of the pool first is a good start. I REALLY want a magic item crafting system! It doesn't have to include every item but SOME sort of guidelines are needed, especially if the Artificer is going to be better! Magic items need more parity! DOZENS of melee weapons and like 3 bows? REALLY? We also need more weapon and armor options! A main gauche should do dagger damage and count as a small shield for a +1 AC. Despite some of the kerfluffle that's happened this year, I'm encouraged by the DMG if nothing else.
@joshuazemanek5809
Жыл бұрын
with a decade of Sage advise, will any of it be used to update the DMG?
@afictionate
Жыл бұрын
One of the biggest things I want (only halfway through the video) is stat blocks for npc adventurers. I don't want to have to build a sorcerer character, or whatever, to quickly get the stats I want. I love the wizards and warlocks in MotM and I'd love to see more
@lonniusmaximus3836
Жыл бұрын
This sounds really great! The Lore Glossary? Great idea! I've played D&D for years, going all the way back to the 80s, but I didn't have access to all the stories and lore, especially from The Forgotten Realms (apropos name, since even the stuff I did know I've since forgotten!) As someone who owns the current DMG in DnDBeyond, it would be nice to get an "upgrade" price, but I'm not counting on that.
@pedrostormrage
Жыл бұрын
11:35 "It's now increasingly common that DMs learn by watching other DMs [...], they watch Critical Role [...], I think a lot of DMs think 'I can do that, but I'm not sure I can do it as well' " It would tickle me to see a line like "You don't need to be Matt Mercer" in the DMG (Matt's dedication is clearly deserving of that kinda acknowledgement)
@StabYourBrain
Жыл бұрын
Which would really not be fair towards a lot of great Dungeon Masters who are just as dedicated to their craft but simply less well known. We don't need to call people out like that and i think Matt would absolutely appreciate to be left out of a statement like this.
@robertstryjak1973
Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate all the changes discussed in this video and especially the insight into the process behind the original 5e DMG. I can't wait to see/hear more about those revised books.
@FablesD20
Жыл бұрын
I also recommend in the lore glossary to add a timeline to give lore and time a visual guide.
@proseusr
Жыл бұрын
You're saying everything I want to hear. There is a wealth of wisdom about the craft of DMing that has been mostly oral tradition for decades, but it can and should be communicated in this book.
@ravendaee
Жыл бұрын
It's always a delight to hear Chris . I look forward for the new books
@pallenda
Жыл бұрын
I have huge hope for this DMG. For me it needs to have a much bigger focus on characters and roleplaying, preparing a game, and exploration. My biggest hurdle is fleshing out NPC/villains. Tables for inspiration is nice, but I hope the DMG help treach me how to get better with specific examples. I have done 80+ sessions, and making great characters and role-playing them is by far the hardest still. I hope lore takes less space than actual helpful specific examples.
@valerievalise
Жыл бұрын
I'm new to D&D and almost right away jumped into DMing - it's the role I was born to play in this game. It's exciting to hear that there are updates coming to the DMG, which I've struggled to get through beyond referencing as needed.
@theophrastusbombastus1359
Жыл бұрын
Whatever you think about corporate entities and their motives, I've still always believed there are guys in there with boots on the ground that really want us to have great experiences playing d&d
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