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Aside from how you can just use the stuff you like, there is also a thing called "schismogenesis". I won't get in to the whole theory on my phone, but my point is: It is often nice to have an example, if only so you know what you don't want. If there is a particular thing that you don't like...

I opened Nov 1, 1993 - 32 years ago Today! I was 19 at the time. Now my kids work here (when they are not too busy with college).

The only time I've ever played 5e above Level 11 was here on ENWorld, when we ran a Level 20 playtest to see if we could beat the Vecna statblock as-written. (IIRC, we lost, tried again, and stomped on him, having figured out what we did wrong). I was surprised that I didn't hate it, but it...

I've found that generally my players avoid any spell that feels like a total waste when I roll high enough to make the save. Somehow, my players feel that "missing" with an attack somehow feels less disappointing than a save-or-suck spell being successfully saved against, even though it amounts...

Pretty much any location can be seen as a "Dungeon", even if it's not literally a dungeon. The same could be said for Dragons, but I don't think I agree with that comparison in the same way. I like to include Dragons where appropriate, but no where near as often as Dungeons. OTOH, there were...

Not at all. I just disagree with you on that point. For example, what does it matter what world a quarry filled with cultists was written for? It's pretty easy for them not to be cultists of Bane, or whatever. Does a Purple Dragon Squire background change if you scratch out Purple Dragon and...

Pretty much all of the crunch is easily refluffed for any setting. Pretty much all of the Adventures could be placed anywhere. Pretty much all of the fluff could be remixed or used as a basis of comparison ("My world doesn't have THAT, it has THIS instead!") So... Pretty much all of it? YMMV.

The former is wetter than the latter.

It's so obvious, too - if they feel the need to change the name (I can't really fathom why) then the obvious name would be... Warrior of the Brew Master. That was cooler when I typed "Way of the Brew Master" before I remembered that they already stopped using "Way of..." Which is also weird, IMO.

I'm still gonna call it the "Dronk" or "Drunk-Munk".

Yes! I'd hope that they'd also draw from older sources, in particular in ways that they skipped (unless it really should be skipped) when creating the material for OoA. They could do a zoom-in for Menzobarranzan, Gracklestugh, Blingdenstone, and throw in some stuff from BG3 or something new...

My count has it at 1:35 minutes, I think. So he's got 25 minutes, which should be more than enough for the hydra, I suspect.

Does everyone, pets and NPCs included? How many targets are we up to?

Ooh. That'd be cool. They love to reuse stuff that's appeared before, so they could start with the material in Out of the Abyss, and expand outward from there.

Thanks guys. I don't remember much of this (who has potions, etc) myself, and didn't want to have to look. Let's just say that "I concur with what is being discussed here".

They all are. I think the 2014 core will not recieve another print run, but there's still tons out there, and I'm not even talking about used ones!

No, it's not. The whole point of backwards compatibility was to keep selling existing books only the core 3 are oop, with Xanathars and Tashas on their way to it soon. MMoM will be in print for some time to come.

Yes. Looks like. But you could "Ready" helping the primary, if you go first and are a secondary caster. Helpful, but not necessary.

Honestly, looking at the full rules, I quite like it. It's power creep, to be sure, but it encourages cooperation in a nice way. It's actually rare that they introduce new subsystems that don't feel half-baked (I'm looking at you, Bastions!) It's nice to see one that works for me.

I'm not at the store now, but if people are interested, I could look up lifetime 2014 PHB (or other books) vs current 2024 PHB sales. Obviously, it won't reflect the industry as a whole (but then again, my store is generally pretty "average" - for a tiny store in a Canadian suburb).