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This was the video that started getting me excited about Ravnica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPZ9hkRr9pw.

Generally, I try (obviously failing as often as I succeed) and stay away from discussions about literary theory over the forums these days. It is too much like work for me. Once in a blue moon, however, someone makes a post which is intelligent but woefully inaccurate about some specific detail...

Agreed. I am trying not to walk that path, even in the face of some posters' rage that I am not greeting the announcement with fanfare and joy. Hell, I am trying to become excited about Ravnica too. ...consider that idea stolen.

That is a fair attitude @MNblockhead. I'm trying to work my way from disappointed towards that. I'll be honest, I think this thread is part of my cathartic process. As I said, I have been looking into Ravnica, and there is a lot to love about the setting. I know I will be buying the product and...

I knew some element would be well outside my range of expectations. Ravnica fits that, I grant you. When you tell people that the overall set up will have 2 items that will appeal to hardcore fans, however, this overall set-up reasonably disappoints a lot of your fandom. Your newest setting and...

Interesting, @Elfcrusher. First, you disagree with the notion that authorial intention is dead, then you try and use deconstruction as a methodology to prove that my interpretation was not the only reasonable interpretation. Ironic. In any case, of course, it isn't the only reasonable...

The gnoll section took me by surprise too.

I’m too tired to debate literary theory, so I don’t plan to engage with arguments about how authorial intention matters, but that is a bologna analogy Elf. It’s more like they wrote Shark Steak on the menu and I’m upset I’ve received a, albeit delicious, cut of Turkey. I didn’t expect their...

I wonder if, to some degree, Ravnica is also a paid playtest for Planescape ideas... just a thought. It might be wishfull thinking on my part.

I don't want to make predictions just yet. Ravnica has been a surprise curveball. To some extent, I bet it is a product test. Same for Eberron, to be honest. What a future release schedule will look like will depend on how well those two products sell. I hope Eberron does very well (and have...

It really doesn't matter, Mouseferatu. When studying literature and other aesthetic fields, there are a couple general rules of thumb that apply here: what the designers intended is irrelevant compared to how an audience has actually received a text; if enough of an audience happens to share an...

I want to be very clear: Ravnica is a damn cool setting. The more I look up information about the setting, the more I think to myself, "huh... that would be a pretty cool environment to DM." I'm probably going to buy the setting and give it a whirl. The D&D team has earned a LOT of credit from...

Um... eeks. Accidental double post.

Between the way expectations surrounding the Magic/D&D crossover were horribly mishandled and the idiotic statements that were just made about D&D and e-sports, I feel disheartened today. I think Mike Mearls and company love the game and are doing their best to keep it alive and well. I think...

I get your concern Iserith. Personally, I find that I have the most fun when I manage to both a) have a game that requires tactical consideration but b) keeps out of character talk to a minimum at the table. There is no way to have tactical consideration without providing the desire to say...

I actually have a rule at my table: talking when it is someone elses turn uses your reaction. Talking for more than 6 seconds (DM judges) uses up your next action.

I love it... it is much better than what I had. I still want to make a few adjustments, so I think I will say something like this: Flanking Use the flanking rules from the DMG, page 251, with the following caveat: a creature standing adjacent to an ally who is no more than one size smaller...

Yea. I don't know that I like it myself. It is fiddley, which I don't like. By making it less fiddley, I will make it too complex. I'll probably toss it without even giving it a try at the table, to be honest. That being said, however, you are wrong that surrounding an enemy should not make it...

I would rule yes, but I see your point.

Hey everyone. I want to add a little more tactical depth to character positions in combat. I don't, however, like the existing flanking rules in the DMG. I was thinking of using this instead. I would appreciate some second opinions... Flanking and Overcrowding (Failed Effort) If two allied...