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Serendipity. The game proved easier than the designers originally intended, and that was popular, so everyone kept quiet about it.

Well, this exactly: I don't think WotC views it as a problem if people play D&D and have fun even if encounters are easy and the Classes...

I would say that “easy mode” was the secret sauce that made 5e so attractive to casual gamers. They wouldn’t have taken up D&D if they...

You mean, like, through role playing quirky adventurers? I mean they could husband all of their resources for combat situations, but...

Yeah, it doesn’t have the words starter set (or synonyms thereof) on the box, nor is it described that way in any of the official WotC...

Lost interest in D&D mid 3e, looked briefly at 4e and bounced off, and was was completely unaware of anything D&D until I was...

Sure, hindsight is wonderful, and making mistakes is normal. Admitting to them leads to growth. I was simply responding to someone who...

Yes it is. And Mearls admits it himself in the original article.

And thats the best it gets. Its all downhill from there. As I said a lvl 1 MM spell in 2E is bad.

Its not a short rest problem. Its RAI vs how people are playing. 4E is in same boat here. Due to longer combats in 4E its 1 encounter...

Hit point totals are much higher in 5e than they were in 2e. 2e goblin would average 3.5 hp, so a 2e magic missile would most likely...

I associate the seelie with spring and summer, and emotions like passion, confidence, love, lust, jealousy and impulsiveness - not...

Yeah, BG3 lets the caster get away with shenanigans that a human DM would never allow! MM was good in BG1 and 2 too, for interrupting...

My perspective: The Seelie and Unseelie Courts aren't about moral alignments nor political factions, they are expressions of the eternal...

There is a dead phaerimm in RotFM. There were phaerimm in Myth Drannor in an earlier edition adventure - possibly 2nd edition boxed set?