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Because if you were an evil emperor you would want to pick a name that would instill trust and hope in the people and help them overlook signs of oppression. What better name than "Christian"? You'd never pick a name that could be linked to an actual dictator in history where people might...

I don't think 5e works for this style of play. eSport D&D should probably be based on a revised 4e, and be sort of a tabletop version of Overwatch, that pits party against party in arena style dungeon maps with interesting terrain effects and traps, or against a DM running monsters XCrawl style...

I'd also like to a deluxe core book treatment. I'd pay the premium price to get an enhanced set of core books with all errata, higher quality paper, binding, etc. and ideally a Sage Advice inspired FAQ appendix at the back of the books.

I agree that changing the PHB significantly would be bad juju now. But you can incorporate errata and a new index. That won't disrupt anyone's game.

To be fair, Mearls said "We are nowhere near that now" in referring to a new edition. My biggest issue with 5e is the lack of self-contained stat blocks. Monsters and NPCs with spells I have a look up is just poor design, IMO. I'd love to see a variant Monster Manual with self-contained stat...

I would pay for a good DM if the rates were reasonable and the game was good, and I had some input into the type of game and the levels we played at. I rarely get to play anymore and when I do, the DM can't sustain the game, or they don't want to run the type of game that I want to play.

If there is a subscription option that includes all content, including periodic updates with new content as WotC releases books, then that's fine. I'm on board with that, even if its $15/month, which is more than Netflix charges and more than 4e DDI charged. But a base subscription plus...

This. I have the old ones and it would be easy to convert. I don't want rehashed material. However, I'm going to be ending my subscription soon as I no longer play Pathfinder. If they released a new AP using 5e, I'd strongly consider purchasing or subscribing to it.

Thanks, Frylock! You addressed my single largest gripe with 5e design. Seriously, monsters not having entirely self-contained stat blocks is just asinine. Now I just need a complete Tome of Battle conversion to 5e and my second biggest gripe will be addressed. :)

As someone who played both extensively, there actually isn't much Tome of Battle in 4e at all. Yes, like ToB, 4e offers martial classes with a rich panoply of diverse mechanical options (an area of design that 5e should have borrowed more liberally from), but that's it really. 4e's structure and...

I want a 5e incarnation of Tome of Battle. Basically I want maneuvers and stances for martial characters, some of which are distinctly supernatural but are not "spells". And no the Battlemaster doesn't cut it. Frankly, I think the Battlemaster is totally underwhelming. There should be an...

Wow, I've never seen such a total domination by any one company! 5th edition appears to have really resonated with a ton of fans. Good job, WotC! :)

Damage dealing cantrips do scale with level and have no daily casting limit. So you should never need to use a dagger as a 5e wizard. Can you provide an example of where you feel you need to pull out a dagger as a wizard?

Its cool to be a Paizo fanboy, they are a well-run company full of great people. But if we're going to compare numbers, Paizo had 45,000 downloads of the Pathfinder beta. WotC had over 170,000 downloads of the 5e playtest. Its not even close. WotC even had higher numbers of paying DDI...

Love the cards, Nebulous! Do you mind sharing? :) And thanks Fabio for the idea! Its brilliant! :) My suggestion for a base "deck" mix, would be 4 for each PC class (two of each gender), plus maybe 2-4 of each monster type (Aberration, Dragon, Undead, Giant, etc). That's what? Maybe 60-80...

Mentioning it? No. But indicating compatibility with "Dungeons and Dragons" by name as opposed to the generic "Fifth edition of the world's more popular RPG" is a straight up violation of the OGL. Not including a copy of the OGL with his materials is also a violation. With the OGL revoked due to...

Chris Pramas is writing Fantasy AGE and Jack Norris is the line developer. If Kenson is involved, he likely isn't the principal. We know he's been working on Freedom City 3e and the Cosmic Handbook for M&M 3e, so one of those two projects is probably what Pramas is referring to for what...

You could use the basic adventure structure from any prior edition module except maybe 4e, but you would want to dump the monster stats and magic items and use 5e equivalents. Also, 3e has a tendency to require skill checks for way too many things, and I'd tone that way down. Pre-3e edition...

So its taking the best of 4e, 5e, and 13th Age (and other games too, of course). Great! Reading about it is actually getting me interested in playing Pathfinder again after getting totally burned out on it. :) They still need a 2nd edition, though. :p

In addition to 5e wands and staves having their own powers and regenerating charges, they can also be used as a spell focus ala 4e. Using them as a spell focus allows a caster to cast a spell through them and forgo the need for material components that don't have a monetary cost. 5e casters can...