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Reminds me of my first D&D experience. I was somewhere in the 10-12 bracket. My friends and I were at Boy Scout summer camp, finished one of our merit badge classes in a couple days and had 3 more days where we had to show back up to that class. Lucky for us, that merit badge counselor was a...

Motorola, since Samsung wasn't an option. I think it's good for 5e. As I've said since I joined these boards at the start of the playtest, more options are better than less. But, there is a little twinge of nostalgic regret. It's just been so thematic to the class for so long. "Lawful stupid"...

I think nostalgia vs. hindsight is an important aspect of what's going on here. I feel like 5e is drawing on elements of past editions at a time when the community has nostalgia for those editions they loved, but enough hindsight to see the warts on all of them. For pre-4e editions, this makes...

Fortunately, the broken poll works for me now as I've only preordered the Starter Set. I'll definitely wind up with all of the above, after I fix being "employmentally challenged"

I definitely read this as a position for a liaison between WotC and 3rd party(ies) for digital tools. There's a broad pool of app and software designers out there; too broad to justify WotC trying to do themselves, IMO. Division of labor FTW. As to what those tools might be, we'll have to wait...

I respectfully disagree. I'd tend to try and emphasize the fact that the Basic game is capable of delivering as much epic adventure as Standard or Advanced. I want to make sure that grognards, OSR guys, fence-sitters and the generally uninformed all know that Basic is a stripped-down...

Some months ago, I'd advocated a Starter Set that acted as a self-contained Basic game with no level cap, rules-light, old-school appeal that could be the only D&D product you needed to play ad infinitum. Making it free is literally the only way they could have made me happier, and danged if...

This is what I want as well. And give it to me in such a manner that I can use it on my PC, my Macs, my iOS device and my Android devices, preferably all at the same time. The internet thing is something that people kick back and forth, and while it's pretty ubiquitous for most gamers, as it...

Not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere else in this week's threadsplosion, but the MM and SMG are sitting right around $40. $110 for the trinity (of 320-page books) isn't too bad at all.

For two Floyd references in one sentence. Also because I share your desire for a DIY-style DMG.

In the grand scheme of entertainment value, I don't see this as an outrageous price (especially since the aforementioned Mearls tweets). Let's say you have a 2 hour sessions every 2 weeks over Morrus' suggested 5-year lifespan, you've got 260 hours of entertainment. So, $0.58/hour to be...

And don't forget about the World of Warcraft movie that's wrapping up filming about this time. Despite subscriber numbers that have been steadily declining for the last 3 years, a very niche fanbase, and significant difficulty getting production going, Blizzard (who's subject to their Activison...

Also: "...then shalt thou count to three; no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out..." - Book of Armaments, Chapter...

I like the whole system really. I was always intrigued by the way 13th Age handled magical items (though I've yet to get to play with that system), and this seems quite similar. Not only is it a departure from the "magic mail-order catalog" of recent editions, but beyond making merely making...

Sign me up! That stuff is delicious. On topic, I think Iosue nailed it. Quality is the watchword of brand's future success. If they make up an accessible, generic fantasy story with a plot interesting enough for -and this is the important bit- the average movie-goer (which sets the bar quite a...