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He won initiative and so was the first to act in the encounter, before the enemies. He had no way of knowing how dangerous the...

D&D is and always has been an exceptions based system. X is always this way, unless Y makes itself an exception to it. How the DM...

I have been very specific in what I'm talking about. I never said a character should be able to Leroy Jenkins and survive every...

Again ... if no one is in the front line everyone is in the front line. If you want a game where some characters can put themselves in...

If anyone wants a game that every obstacle can be resolved without combat, D&D isn't the game for them.

But much like "If everybody is special then no one is", "If everybody is in the back line avoiding danger then no one is."

Hmm. I don't feel like they bring back the feel of early editions (so much as we can generalize about them) so much as just plain tamps...

Just yesterday, I was running Tales of the Valiant (so pretty close to 5e). Unlike 2024e, they didn't improve healing. They gave the...

Weren't we just discussing with someone formerly from WotC how difficult it was to time the release of a product with a show/movie/game?

I wasn't expecting this, TBH.

Thats a good lineup and drop date to align with the show. Good to see them taking advantage of that for once.

B/X is great, Lost Mines is the best starter adventure, but Pathefinder 1e Beginners Box is probably the best of the list.

B/X Moldvay. Short and to the point. Excellent presentation and art.

My personal favorite is the 5E Phandelver set (prior to that, it would have been the B/X Molvay 1981 set). It is my favorite as 5E 2014...

Yeah, ultimately I think most of us agree that the contents of this box seem like good value for $50. But I'm not the target audience...