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I'll wait until I see the full class to make a judgment, but I really didn't care for bringing the Cthulhu-esque "Far Realm" into psionics.

If Mike Mearls wants to change the 'flavor' of psionics, I would rather see a pseudo-Asian mysticism flavor rather than a Cthulhu-esque flavor with all the mentions of the 'far-realm'.

Considering the fact that we took 2 sessions to make Shadowrun characters I'd hate to think how long it would take to make HERO characters. Granted because of kids, school, and/or work we only have about an hour and a half per session. Also, because there's only one copy of most of our gaming...

What are some games / settings that you are itching to play but can't because they wouldn't work with your group? For me there are three: 1. Planescape - I've tried running the Planescape setting with my group but it didn't work. My players couldn't get into the weird urban fantasy setting...

No the flavor of psionics should not be altered! I actually like the quasi-scientific names of the powers. The traditional names make the powers easily identifiable (most people could see psychokinesis or precognition and know what the powers do). Also, I can see psionicists in a fantasy...

I've been a fan of psionics for a long time and I hope to see psionics make an appearance soon in 5e soon. This leads to a question of how psionics should be handled with the 5e rules. Each previous edition has handled psionics differently. Back in 1st edition they were extra add-ons that...

Did the sundering change the map of the Realms back the way it was before everything changed in 4e? (i.e. substituting Maztica with that dragonborn continent? Flooding Luiren?)

Am I the only one who is a little concerned that we'll see major revisions in the next few months that will essentially invalidate large chunks of the $50 PHB? Sure no one will "force" anyone to buy the updated PHB, but all new supplements will assume that you are using the revised rules.

I lived in Japan for three years and never personally met any D&D gamers. I know they must exist because they had translations of the 3e and 4e materials and the university I taught at had a tabletop rpg club. Probably the reason that traditional gaming is not as popular in Japan has to do...

I must be a minority. I actually like the halfling art in 5e. I always hated how halflings were drawn in 3e and 4e. The 3e and 4e halflings were proportioned exactly like humans, so you could never tell if the artwork was supposed to portray humans or halflings except when another character...

I don't mind so much if variant classes were printed in a book like the 3.5 Unearthed Arcana so long as they are clearly a different take on the core classes (e.g. an urban druid, a non-spellcasting ranger, a paladin of slaughter, etc.). However, if they are just 'rebalanced' versions of the...

I see that Mike Mearls is already talking about D&D as a "living rules system". "The process will begin with playtest surveys much like the ones we did for the core game, to allow us to see if the game has issues and if so where." I'm not sure how I feel about this. Although in an article...

So, if they're bringing back Bhaal and Mykrul and getting rid of the 'returned Abeir', does that mean that they are hitting the reset switch?

Does the Sundering bring back Maztica? Are the dragonborn still in the Realms?

I find it interesting that fans complain when books aren't coming out fast enough, but then when the production is rushed to meet expectations the same fans complain about the number of typos and errors in the book!