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Four words: GURPS Cinematic Core Rulebook

While I have no doubt that WOTC will keep the actual release format a secret until the last possible moment I very much hope that the Branding & Marketing people are working just as hard on 5E as the designers are. IMHO WOTC totally screwed the pooch on 4th in regards to rolling out new...

Ok, sure, just to clarify, I'm not advocating the one-book core here. I just mentioned it because that's what got my D&DN as GURPS model idea going. I'm fine with a 3/5/20 book core if need be. Well, maybe not 20. Although there is a polyhedral elegance to that idea. Dave

I started thinking about this after the 'One Core Book' thread popped up, and found myself REALLY liking it. The concept of having a solid, well designed, supported core set of rules that is the backbone of your brand. Be it set in Poland, Greyhawk, FR, whatevs. It's the default setting that...

I changed the title of the thread to draw more responses but don't believe it conflicts with the poll question as worded. If anyone thinks it does I can change the wording on that too, right? The good news is that so far 3/4's of us seem to think the new rules DO allow us to play D&D how we...

Thanks howandwhy99, Yora, and clevernickname. From the lack of responses despite quite a few views on this thread it seems we are in the minority regarding what we consider to be the most important part of the playtest. Mainly, do the rules adequately support the Three Tiers in the sample...

Not according to the opening paragraphs of The Caves of Chaos. They do want our feedback on this very question and so probably feel that it is answerable by the adventure, provided ruleset, and pregens. Allow me to amplify by paraphrasing specific suggested playing styles: - Hack & Slash...

I haven't seen this come up on the forum explicitly but my bad if it has. I don't want to cut-and-paste from the adventure so I'll paraphrase from the big highlighted text box on Page 2 of the PDF with the title "What is this Adventure Testing?" Caves of Chaos is playtesting how well the core...

Chew on this - How I choose to run D&D games of any edition at my table is my right as DM. Period. Guess what? Same applies to your table also. Chipmunk PC's who are Beggar Class and fight crime in the flying city of Here-Not-There? We don't roll dice because we don't like the randomization...

I think it absolutely does need a default setting but not in the expected manner. Somewhere upthread someone suggested adding a 4th core book to the traditional trio of PH, DMG, MM. Call it the Campaign Book (CB.) This is a brilliant idea. I play 4th Ed and I enjoyed it but it's approach to...

This. We bitch at WOTC when the design process isn't transparent but then we bitch even more when they show us how professional designers make games.

Actually it makes perfect sense - as I outlined in another thread it's actually essential (pun intended) that WOTC lock down the kind of adventures they want to present to 5e gamers. Especially if it involves evening-out the play action across all 3 Pillars (Combat, Exploration, Interaction)...

I just woke up so be kind and this is totally off the top of my caffeine deprived head but what if there was a XP price to be paid for non-magical healing and more widely a way to spend XP's in-game and not simply hoard like like Dragons until you accumulate enough to level-up. Thoughts? Dave

I want this on a T-Shirt NOW! Dave

Incenjucar, I simply don't care enough or have the time to respond on a point by point basis to someone who picks apart every single sentence I may write but I do appreciate that you took the time to read through my post and give heartfelt feedback on it! Obviously we can only guess at what...