The new Dungeons & Dragons Bastion system is a major selling point of the 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide, but there are a lot of reasonable concerns to have about the concept. As a specific framework for players to build and maintain bases, Bastions give the party something to be proud of at home even when they’re off adventuring. Although it’s not a totally new concept, anything similar to a Bastion previously had to be handled with campaign-specific rules or homebrew rather than any kind of universal ruleset.
