I know I barely post but I feel the need to weigh in here.
I think most of us are looking at this from a player/DM perspective and not a Corporate build a brand perspective.
Its going to be:
Dark Sun
Dragon Lance
Some mash up of Spelljammer/Planescape
Dark Sun is always in the top for the...
The Paladin lost a huge part of its identity when the Lawful Good requirement was abandoned.
I'm not saying it should go back to that, but the champion of utter goodness with the Holy Sword and Special Bonded Mount and tithes to the local Good Church was slightly different than the Cleric...
This criticism sums up 5E imo. There are good and noble ideas and a commendable approach to making the rules accessible, and as simple and robust as possible, but unfortunately I think WOTC dropped the ball on the robust part. A seemingly tiny thing like finesse rapier has lead to a game where...
I think you are spot on here.
The original D&D Cleric is now far better represented by the 5E Paladin than any 5E Cleric. I would argue the 5E Paladin is so far from what the 2E Paladin was that it makes more sense to erase the 5E Cleric and make the Paladin into the...