Recent content by schm0

I ask because in past data analyses they had basically gone down the list of most popular subclasses and they were all the ones from the SRD. In other words, folks chose them because they didn't have anything else to choose.

Can we presume that they are not (and reasonably, can't) removing the vast amounts of low level characters created for campaigns outside of D&D Beyond or for expirmentation/fun from the data set? Of course most characters made on D&D Beyond are going to be low levels. Also, it's a bit of a...

Yep, they have been a super helpful guideline for me to gauge how much combat to throw at my players, and how to adjust published and homebrew adventures. "Vibes" based adventure design is not something that is very helpful to me.

My understanding is that these are encounter based, not daily XP totals or number of encounters per day.

Terrible idea to remove the adventuring day guidelines. I am desperately hoping someone can reproduce them once the MM is out and we have all the information for balancing the adventuring day available. I depend on those guidelines to run my games and design content for my players.

Similarly aged players.

My restrictions are as follows: No MtG books. (I do allow the subclasses, though) No Wildemount books (spells, races, etc.) I typically don't allow third party homebrew. Homebrew is like smelling farts. I prefer my own. It'd have to be some really awesome homebrew for me to get behind it. In...

This is the most accurate comment in the thread. It should be apparent to anyone reading the Lifestyle Expenses section of the Equipment chapter that the second person POV is meant the player character, not for NPCs.

They also just released Ravenloft and Rime of the Frost Maiden, two very bleak and dark books. I don't think the tone is lightening as much as you think it is.