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Am I alone in not understanding this framing? Do I need more coffee?

I agree with this, to a point. I think there needs to be some vague macro-level balance, but trying to fine-tune it much further runs...

I don't think 5E is intended to have NPCs with PC classes, at least not PHB PC classes.

To the bolded: that's a connection I have a hard time seeing no matter how hard I squint. DCCRPG is, if anything, somewhere between a...

Reading this makes me feel far too old, given my current campaign started about 4 months before 4e was released. Thing is, in order to...

I'm not in the program myself (though some posters here are or have been in the past), nor are there exact numbers, but it is...

I see "UA" and think Unearthed Arcana, which probably isn't what it means here. So what is it here?

A measure of success-failure might be how many people are still playing it today as their go-to regular game. I'd expect, if success...

Draw Steel is close to 4e. Proof that 4e was a style that a noticable part of the community wanted. It was just too early and lacked...

I think there should be more gates between different spellcasting classes, as part of a multi-prong effort to further differentiate...

Any idea how extensive and-or diverse in playstyles-experience-preferences this "private playtest network" is? Or is it just the...

For starters one can remove damage-inflicting cantrips...

Isn't that just shifting the problem? Now all your mysteries etc can only be solved by magic? I'm not sure how that is "better." The...

And yet that houserule document, if widely distributed, can still help inform others about that hobbyist's ideas and what worked and...

Anyone can roll 1000 on 10d% when it comes to a skill or talent, and then be lucky again by ending up in an environment where that skill...