Went to my FLGS today to pick up the new D&D 5.5 edition of the Dungeon Master's Guide.
It's a big book at 384 pages. Love that my girl Skylla made the cover!
Certainly aimed at new DMs there is still a lot of neat things in this tome.
There are some cool tracking sheets that look like they would work with any version of the game. I hope they release those as PDFs. Granted many of these can be done on just plain notebook paper.
I can also see a world where both this and the 2014 DMG are used together. The 2024 has new and updated information, but I wonder what is not here from the previous one.
The art is great, lots of the magic items get illustrations. Even the spirit board from Ravenloft makes an appearance. Plus there are nice cameos of many familiar NPCs.
The coolest addition in my mind is the 30 pages dedicated to Greyhawk; both the Free City of and the world of Oerth. Including a fold out map attached in back of Oerth on one side and the Free City of Greyhawk on the other.
The Lore Glossary at the end is a lot of fun. The D&D kids, Bobby, Diana, Hank, Presto, Sheila, and Eric are here as The Heroes of the Realm. There are entries here from all over the D&D multiverse of the last 50 years.
Honestly I am more excited about this book than I was about the new Player's Handbook.
I'll have to spend more time with this one. But that will wait till next year I think.
On a lark, I purchased this today.
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I’ll write my own impressions in a day or three; haven’t even cracked the cover yet. But, my what a cover!
(yes, I am as silly for good art as anyone)
I have not gone over it much except for the Greyhawk material. I do like the large map in the back.
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