Recent content by RoboCheney

I dunno, maybe I'll wait for the inevitable mid-edition reboot. Edit: Let me add, I really like 4e, but what makes me lose trust are factors external to the core system: bad proofreading / lots of errata, the aforementioned x.5 / Essentials reboot of the core books, and of course accelerating...

I like a lot of his 3rd edition stuff, but his L&L columns added to my mounting concerns with 5E. I'll have to run a playtest game or two though. Maybe he's working on Pathfinder 2E now? :-p

And . . . open playtests on May 24th! That's double the big news in one day!

Designing D&D 5E is about the most prestigious spot an RPG developer could be in right now. So it must have been something pretty significant, maybe disagreement over the direction or some feature that we won't find out about for months. I could see this relating to the OGL, as keener...

Color me interested . . .

For me it rides on how easy or hard it is to bring back characters from the dead. Parting with some loot to pay for a ritual is kinda lame from a story perspective, but right when characters regularly live-or-die by the dice and you don't want mortality to slow down the game. I guess I prefer...

I see this Stats instead of Skills being especially problematic for rogues. Specifically, their role as a skill monkey is pretty much obsolete. If Wisdom is used for noticing things, then the cleric is the one who searches for traps. Maybe he finds one, and calls the wizard to go disarm it...

Meh. Mage hands and floating discs are fun, non-combat abilities that spellcasters should get for free. Burning a feat on these mild spells would sting. I also don't see much merit to Vancian magic other than its historical roots in the game. If D&D never had this type of magic, and someone...

I'd like to see some acknowledgement of realm management in the core rules, even if the stronghold / mass combat / follower rules are in another book. It seems like it would be a lot of fun, and a nice break from the usual dungeon delving. The players have certainly earned the right by level...

That's a clever implementation! I could see a scenario where the players have some options to move behind foliage or through water to evade the sniper. With the skill challenge, maybe step 2 (find your position) is an optional step that would give you an attack bonus. Too many sniper...

This is getting nitpicky, but making that small group of hardcore fans happy is crucial. To be successful, a game (and this applies to board and video games too) needs those diehard fans to talk about a game, create buzz, and evangelize it to the masses--especially with the growing role of...

Granted, there's not a lot of concrete information, but there is something--the high-level design goals, dev Q&A, L&L columns, and playtest impressions. For me, these things don't paint a good picture of 5e. Making a rules-lite version of D&D isn't something that I was aware people were asking...

One more for not wanting multiple attacks to make a comeback. I've seen too many power characters built on layering damage bonuses with extra attacks. It also runs counter to 5e's goals of faster combat. But then so do opposed rolls and critical confirmation rolls. So there's that. As other...

Like 'em, they add some color to D&D, but can't say I care too strongly either way. Now the 15 min / 1 hour / 8 hour rest mechanic in that one thread would make a sweet poll topic ;-p

That's a cool campaign idea! Two quick thoughts: -Early on, let the players discover a stash of residium / rare incense so they can cast a Tensor's Floating Disk without setting their expedition back 2 weeks. Or give them an alternate way to cast rituals without burning through their gp...