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4e was accused of simply "filling in boxes in the spreadsheets" when it came to power sources and roles, which wasn't true, but this is...

I know this is heretical, but, I do actually like the 4e cosmology better than Planescape. From a design perspective - ensuring that...

And that's exactly the type of downsizing that I think the Great Wheel could use! Rant about redundancy below. I'm fine with planes...

Honestly my biggest hope with the upcoming revision is more tools to make DMing smoother. For all my issues with 4e, it did make...

With apologies to Billy Joel... What's the matter with the dice I'm rolling? Can't you tell that you always want to roll high? Maybe I...

It's definitely a generational shift, but it's not like all of those 9 things were brand spanking new with 3e. 1) Tactical movement on a...

It felt like the same game to me with simplified math and some more concrete options. I guess I don't understand the point though...

Maybe I don't play 3.5 or 5 enough by RAW... (1) doesn't feel like it changed that much for me, but I could be misremembering (4) and...

No, I just bought a D&D book a week ago. It is still very much alive and kicking. Some might say stronger than ever!

But I can write a list of similarities twice that length. I really don't see it like you do. Levels, classes, hit points, AC...

A few brief notes- It's more accurate to say that the "original lineage" is: OD&D - Holmes Basic - AD&D (1e) - 2e There was a...

This is what I love about exploring Eberron (from keith baker, on the DM's guild). Not only it gives a lot of adventure hooks, but...

I think you could consider Phandelver a micro setting

I was going to say LMoPhandelvar, but some may not consider that a setting. I have gotten a lot of mileage from that and the Essentials...

Eberron. Though it's not a hard choice - the only other one I have is Ravenloft, and I really didn't like that one.