D&D 5E Guidelines for D&D Next playtest/adventure discussion here at ENW

Sir Brennen · May 24, 2012

Ichneumon said:
I'd love to have a Barista on hand while I'm DMing ... (sigh)

Nah, if I had that then I'd have to stop the game to go pee too much.

Chris_Nightwing · May 24, 2012

Barista is a new type of Devil right?

Astrology is built into the system. As well as race, class, theme, background, favourite colour and blood type you have a star sign that determines your character's abilities.

Ichneumon · May 24, 2012

Chris_Nightwing said:
Barista is a new type of Devil right?

Astrology is built into the system. As well as race, class, theme, background, favourite colour and blood type you have a star sign that determines your character's abilities.

Did D&D become the Elder Scrolls while I wasn't looking?

Sadras · May 24, 2012

Morrus said:
Astrologer*
Hit Dice: d14
Starting Skills: Navel Gazing, Bad Science, Self-Delusion
BAB: +1
Starting Money: 11d7 gp

Damn the astrologer is not going to just have the best hit points but his starting monies is through the roof, considering the economy is gonna be rewritten using silver as the common currency.

Chris_Nightwing · May 24, 2012

Sadras said:
Damn the astrologer is not going just have the best hit points but his starting monies is through the roof, considering the economy is gonna be rewritten using silver as the common currency.

Yeah but he only has a Base Astrology Bonus of +1!
That's only +1 more than the other classes, and this is the whole class schtick!

Tehnai · May 24, 2012

Chris_Nightwing said:
Yeah but he only has a Base Astrology Bonus of +1!
That's only +1 more than the other classes, and this is the whole class schtick!

Well, you know, flatter maths...

Goonalan · May 24, 2012

You can multiclass Barista & Astrologer though... right?

For that special brew.

Sunseeker · May 25, 2012

hafrogman said:
It's probably more of a 'do not redistribute in whole or in part' kind of clause. Nobody is supposed to see the mechanics except people who have agreed to their EULA (or whatever it ends up being).

Which makes no sense in the slightest since we're supposed to hand these out to our friends who likely didn't sign up, and play a game with them.

hafrogman · May 25, 2012

shidaku said:
Which makes no sense in the slightest since we're supposed to hand these out to our friends who likely didn't sign up, and play a game with them.

Except that you are explicitly NOT supposed to do that. You can, nobody can stop you. But you're not supposed to. They're supposed to sign up and get their own copies.

Sunseeker · May 25, 2012

hafrogman said:
Except that you are explicitly NOT supposed to do that. You can, nobody can stop you. But you're not supposed to. They're supposed to sign up and get their own copies.

Considering that not everyone who signs up will get a copy, I find this a silly and pedantic idea. Sorry my best friend John, you can't play with us because Wizards says I can't show you the playtest. We'll just shun you for the next few months because we'll all be talking about the playtest stuff, and we can't say it around you.

Yeah, people are gonna play with their friends, not the like, 2 people in town who might have signed up and might have gotten a copy. I live in a small town, there are maybe 2 or 3 D&D groups in the whole town, and some of them have repeated members. I'm gonna play with the folks I know, not sit around wondering if I'm breaking some NDA.

Wizards woulda been better to just make this public.