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Like others having stated before, this isn't railroading, it's starting things in medias res, which is often a great way to get the the players immediately active and involved in the game. Sure, it's a bit cliche, but not more so than starting your game in a tavern.

As a DM I'd allow it, depending on how fantastic and magical the campaign setting it. If it in any way fits the setting, I'd allow it. The main purpose of the game is to let the player do awesome things and riding a giant bat is certainly one of them. But also think of the many story seeds...

I'm happy they said that they aim the new edition to be "accessible to new players". I am less certain of what they are saying about changing the setting to 2016 and bringing it into the modern era. What can this mean? If it means thematic changes, to better reflect the general 'spirit of the...

I am a huge fan of Onyx Path and the White Wolf product lines. I am a bit conflicted about whether a new edition is really necessary. V20 was sort of perfect, really. The setting was already updated to modern nights in V20 and the minor rule problems were solved. Vampire games are supposed to be...

So, I guess this means we can expect to not get much player options out for this? (Not that I am unhappy with what we are getting now in Unearthed Arcana. I'm very happy in fact.)

I like the quality of these articles. What would the chance be of ever seeing a compilation of these published in a hard-cover book? Maybe called... Unearthed Arcana?

I also don't think the Favored Soul is overpowered or really that much stronger than the standard dragon heritage sorcerer. It is more flexible, but not really stronger. Like others have mentioned, it trades raw (mostly range) damage output for a slightly bigger list of known spells (mostly buff...

I really like this a lot. First thing I'm doing when I'm back to my books is check for interesting domain options for the Favored Soul!

I want psionics. I'd be happy with them working as sub-classes for sorcerer and wizard. Hopefully, also one for fighter (psychic warrior) and I would also like to see a soulknife, maybe as a sub-class for monk or rogue? I know we are never going to get it, but I loved the 3.5 Binder class...

I'm excited to see this, but I am a bit disappointed as well. In general I love it that they are adding more races and I'm very happy to see the Goliath and Genasi return, although mechanically of all races only the Goliath really excite me. The Deep Gnomes seem a bit underpowered to me. I'm...

We mostly do long sessions (from morning to late in the evening). Most adventures last only 1-2 session and the adventures are usually only very loosely connected. It's far from ideal, but it still is fun.

Our group plays once every 3-4 months. Wish it were more often, but he, you can't have everything in life. :)

I understand your fear, but I don't think it will hurt that much. If anything it will help the brand and might get more people into D&D. People have limited time. That is true, as you say, but think of Game of Thrones. There is a television series, there are the books and there is even one...

I learned that I actually enjoy playing non-spellcaster character more than spellcasters. Fighters are awesome.

I am very happy to see them doing this. They might lack the resources to produce a lot of new books, but this gives players the minimum support needed to play the game with their favorite campaign setting. About the actual rules: I have mixed feelings. I understand why they hesitate designing...

The products I'd release.... For the actual roleplaying game: 1. First of all, the amount of products of course depends on how much one can produce and how many writers you can employ, but I think the primary focus should lie on publishing a series of small short adventurers, not linked into...

This. 100%. I am not sure how others play their game, but in my experience I too prefer both running and playing adventures that can be resolved in a few sessions. Maybe other groups play more often than we do, but I can't imagine actually having a steady group long enough to finish such a path...

Tabletop Roleplaying games like D&D are never going to get mainstream popularity, even if the brand of D&D is becoming more well known and popular (through movies and computer games etc.). Look at what happened to Marvel. Even though their movies are in almost every way a huge success and...

I have played a lot of Vampire: the Masquerade (both as a player and a game master) and, as other have mentioned before, it is full of factions. The difficulty is such games is often that, while faction are great in that they automatically link the player characters to the world/story and what...

That's a good one. Goliath were a very popular race in third edition and were also in the second player's handbook of 4e. Not counting the Shifter race (as it is very Eberron-specific), it would mean that all the races are available that were in the first two player 's handbooks of 4e.