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Yeah, I still don’t think they’ve quite gotten that one nailed down. I do think the new PHB is better at it than the 2014 version though.

It's the "confused player during character generation" element that IMO really has to go.

Those Force manipulation powers are more common than you think.

I have been thinking about it, and when we talk about a simple casting class, the spells should be looked at more than the class...

I guess I look at simplicity in TTRPGs a bit differently. I said earlier that I’ve watched my kids tackle video games and card games...

It depends on the game - For example, Call of Cthulhu often has your investigator getting eaten or going insane at the end which is...

IMO, that’s a roleplaying aspect that I wouldn’t try to burden a new player with unless they really wanted to go there right away. I’m...

I’ve never been fond of the idea of whole classes being designated simple. All classes should be designed to be simple at base and scale...

I’ve found with each of my kids that I had to help them through their initial choices regardless of the class. I think the simplicity...

One simple sub per class (each class). A blaster wizard, healer cleric, buffer bard, elementalist druid, sniper warlock, etc. But to...

I think just as there is a Champion subclass for the fighter that really gets a new player going quickly with a decently powerful...

Fleshing out everything with Keraptis and the surrounding region (which I gather may have been tackled by Return to White Plume...

And I think from that standpoint, what he’s proposing sounds workable for me. A PC wizard would still feel plenty powerful, the change...

Rule language at the table can definitely be an issue. I was playing a Shadow of the Weird Wizard game and while I do like the system, I...

I’m neutral on the idea here but I also don’t know that I’ve ever encountered the problem described at the table. I have seen people...