D&D Dungeon Master's Guide 2024 lore glossary was a fun but slight "pain in the ass," say devs
Oct. 25, 2024There’s a lot of history to trawl through
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“There was some pain in the ass, but it was also just a ton of fun to dig into this stuff, to surface the characters that we thought were important for every D&D fan to have some familiarity with,” senior game designer James Wyatt tells us when we catch up ahead of the book’s launch. Seeing as this rogue’s gallery includes characters who’ve appeared in recent books (such as Bigby and Fizban) alongside some particularly deep cuts, it wasn’t a small task. Still, it’s one Wyatt and the team ended up enjoying despite the headaches – and now it’s a resource everyone should be able to get something out of.
“I really tried to get broad representation from all of D&D’s 50-year history,” Wyatt adds. “So [there was] some pain, but it really was fun, because I mean, D&D’s history pretty well overlaps with mine. So it was a walk down memory lane for me too.”
“The joy of including [the Lore Glossary] here is it ties so strongly into the 50th anniversary,” says creative director Chris Perkins. “Because we have a multi generational game now, as James said, there’s a lot of fans who started with Fifth Edition who just don’t know what some of these things, some of these places and characters, are.”
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