Yup, I watched Dungeon Craft's latest "D&D as we know it is over." video. No I won't link to it because I don't think he deserves the views.
He says a lot, and none of it is news or different. We can still play D&D with the newly released books. Online or offline. There are more people to play...
Category B still makes people think about D&D as if it is dying. Fueling disinformation just to draw clicks to a take that doesn't help anyone. He doesn't make the video because he feels strongly about the subject, he's making the video because he wants to make money.
The difference is in...
I won't ever give that kind of behavior a pass because of the damage it does to our community. We all know anger gets clicks, because outrage makes us stupid. Making videos to make people stupid, hateful and distrustful is one of the most toxic things you can do in our community, ESPECIALLY if...
I had the same experience with the 5.5e DMG. It was so generic that I just saw it as something I could steal some stuff from, but nothing more than that.
My hope is that there won't be a Greyhawk book released, but something like Keith Baker's stuff getting on DNDBeyond and DMsGuild.
More Greyhawk? I had hoped we had seen the last of it crammed into the DMG. There is nothing inspiring to me about the setting, and I don’t see any reason to be excited about the son of the guy who drove the original company into the ground.
They’ll release it and the same people who are...
I asked Chris via the Mastering Dungeons discord about international play:
There was a test in Burbank a couple weeks ago where they tried these pre-gens:
Well, those bastion protections didn't stop me in my current campaign. Still, I can see your point. That doesn't mean it's "DM Hostile". After all, it's the DM's decision to add the system or not. You're really making a big exaggeration of a story that just tells me you would be fine in your...
Some solid points! I'd even go so far as ask them to just leave the old settings to the people who already have the books. Those people are impossible to please anyway. Make something new!
But what about Bastions is DM hostile? The crafting rules, sure, but Bastions?
And Dance Bards really...
Dude, 3.5 is a different game. Everything about the game was different. Why should we compare them? Can you give me meaningful context on how strong PCs were, their to hit chance, damage and the like?
But let’s finish whatever this drag-out argument that won’t change our minds will get to.
3.5...
81 hp instead of 45 is one monster. Stop exagerrating. The average is still about 60. And we all agreed with the old encounter design things were too easy. I don't blame HP. They mostly just moved monsters to the average.
Below I made a table of all CR3 monsters in both 5e MM and 5.5e MM. For...
Try 5.5e, it's a lot better at the high levels. Plus PCs deal more damage, so that's not the issue. The problem is more all the added abilities used every bonus action, reaction and for free.