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I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you on the matter of sleep. As you say it was the go-to spell for magic users. One of the things WotC is trying to eliminate is that the idea that some abilities are "Go-to". We as players have been asking for more freedom of choice for years. By levelling...

I was able to get through on the Customer service page with a search of "D&D Next". I now have a number of PDFs and a letter from Mike Mearls.

Personally, I'm curious as to how they'll manage the Detect Evil aspect of the Paladin. It's always been something I've been rather uncertain about, both as a player who has played many paladins and as a GM. Primarily because so often it gets used as an "evildar": See evil, smite evil, see...

See no evil, hear no evil, be unaffected by Blasphemy. I can see where the idea is coming from, but I don't agree with it - to a certain degree. Yes, a blind monk will be unaffected by an illusion that requires sight, and a deaf guard won't be distracted by a Ghost sound, but these are things...

This is pretty much it. I recall playing a Dragonkin (custom savage progression) that had me as being large at 1st level. Wielding a polearm with combat reflexes and the shorten grip feat from Dragon I could AoO any square within 20ft from 1st level multiple times.

Female practically-armoured warrior being handed a chainmail bikini - "That looks like it chafes" Alternately, sending up the impracticalities of such clothing with another image later in the book.

In some areas, such as flavourful descriptions of objects, monsters and certain abilities: yes. In the vast majority of areas, no, though as has already been said being overly clinical should be avoided as well. It can result in a somewhat sterile tone which is one of the more voiced complaints...

Looks like a return to a familiar topic for us this week: What is the symbol of D&D? Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Secret Handshake)

IIRC, the Cleric was originally created as a holy warrior to be able to kill a particularly annoying vampire. Everything else came later.

EXCALAMATORY STATEMENT RESULTING FROM MISINTERPRETATION OF THE ARTICLE COMBINED WITH MY OWN SPECULATION!!! With that over with, it's a nice look at what's going on inside the design process. The fact that it's possible to build a sneaky cleric scout within the system speaks many favorable...

As has been said, the Spellbook is the one object that every wizard should have. It's a big part of their character. However, for depictions of wizards, I'd also favour a staff. LIke the pointy hat it's fairly typical of most classical wizards, and unlike the hat it still remains in use for...

The reason I stayed with/moved back to 3.5/Pathfinder can be summed up with an action I took in a game today. The party was being hit hard by a ghost. In desperation I decided to use my racial ability to cast Daylight on it, reasoning that if it was only able to appear at night this might work...

I think I'd most likely favour a point somewhere in the middle where the two are balanced. Overly stylised can be severely off-putting (and is one of the main complaints my friends make about video games like WoW and Team Fortress 2). On the other hand D&D is a fantasy game, and I want art to...

Personally I've yet to see any of this 4e hate from the designers. I suspect the vast majority of it is over exaggeration by fans of that particular iteration of comments the designers have made concerning flaws of 4e. I'm encouraged by this design document. While there's nothing really new...

As others have said, not for D&D. While I don't mind this sort of system, I suspect it would get in the way when I'm playing. I'll leave it for Riddle of Steel and the other semi-realistic combat systems. D&D I just want to be able to sit down and roll some dice with my friends.

I think you're being overly optimistic with this. They need time to compile and implement the data that they've gathered from the playtest at PAX. A week won't be nearly enough for that.

I used to prefer starting at low-mid level. (Then I took 1d8 damage to the knee) Of late I've found myself increasingly preferring the playstyle that accompanies starting at 1st level. It feels more like I'm developing the character in to a hero, rather than simply starting with one. It feels...

I'm inclined to wait until I see how the numbers work out myself. 10d6 is a lot of dice, and since we don't know what monster HP is going to be like yet, we don't know what proportion of the HP those 10 dice are going to shave off. Giving up the CA for the Sneak attack is an interesting idea...

Though I voted photorealism in the poll, I generally find myself somewhere between photo and fantastic realism. In short, I like my armour sensible, but with a touch of something to lend that fantastic element to it. However, as with Twin Bahamut, I wasn't overly fond of 4e's armour design...

I'm with you on Race and Gender, but why no restriction on alignment? Especially on a class which has traditionally been defined by (or defined) a particular alignment?