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And X1 has also gotten the update treatment from Goodman Games so there's a ton of new material for that - and it fits in with Saltmarsh, the Sags can easily be under the sway of the new evil race trapped on the island.

If you gestalt in a duet campaign, there is nothing wrong with combining spell slots from two classes. You just have more options & more casting power but action economy etc. stay the same and since there is no other PC there are no balancing or unfairness issues.

So what elements from the playtests do people like better than the final official version?

The Star Wars D6 game's Imperial Source Book is excellent for this, though of course it was pre-prequels and sequels so some stuff might no longer fit in the current continuity. But as an inside look into an intergalactic fascist military machine, it's hard to beat.

My problems with D&D 5e: 1) combat is BORING. And yet in so many ways the core of the game. Every fight I've been in up til now starts with the opponents doing major damage to the party (helped by a GM who cannot stop rolling criticals for the life of him :)), and then halfway through the...

They really should totally rewrite both adventures. The biggest problem with the adventure path is that you never, ever get to feel that the Cult is attackign the Realms in full force. The first book is a long chase after an underwhelming treasure. The second book... Well, all the major power...

House rules are BAD, Fitz! Even when they are used to fix obvious mistakes by the designers! The interwebz says so.

I think the Apple/Android comparison is relevant but only to a certain level. Apple rules the roost, overpriced though their products are, and so they can easily keep people 'captive' in their ecosystem. Or at least more easily. Paizo had a great run by taking up the 3.5 slack and put out a LOT...

Why does a Grecian elf use mothereffing NAIL POLISH???!!!

Has this kickstarter ever been done? I can't find any mention of the finished conversion guide anywhere and haven't seen it up for sale at DMsguild.

Both approaches work, depending on player preference... In Top Secret/SI, you rolled to hit and hit location at the same time. The system used percentile dice, and you reversed your to hit number to find where you hit... an elegant solution that keeps the tempo up. I admit that I like the...

So the man who designed the weapons vs. armor class table pretends he didn't care about unfun realism... When we tried Runequest back in the day, the use of hit locations was a real 'aha!' moment. We didn't like the world too much (sorry) but really enjoyed the more visual aspects of the...

And much, much more for international customers. Maybe they're aiming this at the celebrity D&D set from Hollywood?

Good article. One thing I'd like them to think a bit more about, though, is monster weaknesses. For instance, the hook horror uses echolocation to find its prey. This means it's blinded when hit by a silence spell, but also - are there other ways to blind or befuddle it? Use bard song, make loud...

Brilliant report. And it proves that less 'rules for absolutely everything' will make the players come up with beautiful creative options of their own. (arrowheads for caltrops?? genius) Whatever quirks need to be ironed out, D&DNext is currently headied in the right direction.

I really dislike In Search Of The Unknown. But the Blue OD&D set had an adventure in a cave complex in it which included a hidden pirate base, and I've used that very succesfully several times to introduce people to the game. You're very probably right about Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh...

The 'piecemeal' leveling is used in DDO, where you get small increments of increasing abilities as you earn more XP but haven't reached the next level plateau yet. It's effective in keeping the player feeling that the PC is growing in skill and power at a steady pace.

Tough times a-comin' for Paizo and the OD&D/AD&D clones... :erm:

Everyone seems to be overthinking all this 'actions'-stuff. One action/round is self-explanatory, isn't it? I ready my weapon. I close in on the enemy. I cast a simple spell. I leap down from the balcony. I hit him with my sword ;). I dodge the blow. I try to pick the lock. I push the table...

So what would be a good version of the feat? You get your normal number of attacks, +4 bonus, each hit autocrits PLUS you can apply the vital strike chain. But because you leave yourself so wide open for retaliation, the target creature gets to attack (sans bonus) you for free after you're...