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I don't want to debate the definition of a moneygrab, but for me 5.5E absolutely is one. They made very few real changes and are lying to people with their promotional videos: "we entirely redesigned this class!" No, all they've done is made tiny tweaks, to things that mostly already existed in...

That does not increase the complexity of the ENTIRE game. Having D10 for skills and D20 for attacks is incredibly easy to understand and it's beyond ridiculous that you're acting like it's some kind of thing that would push players away because of being difficult to understand. I did create...

Yes they do. You're not convincing anyone. It doesn't triple the complexity of the game whatsoever. It's just a die you roll, that can be written directly on a character sheet, which you are always looking at anyway to see your bonus. No different than weapons and spells calling for different...

There's nothing relevant to the story in the backgrounds. Forcing them on a player just reduces their own creativity. New players haven't ever had any problem with that part of character creation, if it's what they're interested in. If they are just in the game for the combat and narration...

The backgrounds don't mean crap. It's ridiculous to think all "farmers" or "merchants" are the same. These tags have almost no value in helping anyone to roleplay better, nor will GM's be riding on someone to act a certain way because of these templates. It's a superficial useless change that's...

Small differences matter. Stop saying it doesn't. No complex formula is needed whatsoever. +2 racial modifier is already meaningful, because it means people pick those races to get the best stat they can in the area they care about most. d20 doesn't need to be rolled for everything. You keep...

I'm fine with everything being considered spells (aside from Ranger abilities), the problem is it's all handled the same way. Each casting class should be very different, but they all use the same mechanics, right down to having exactly the same amount of spellslots for most of the major casting...

The next rules update will be in 2028, 5.5 is just a money grab to hold them over until they need to make serious changes in the face of rising competitors.

The entire point of the discussion is how things should change. Stop trying to strawman. First of all, if you read the rules I wrote, a halfling would not be higher than 12 STR, and likely an Orc melee character would be 20 STR, since having +2 STR bonus and assigning a base of 18 STR at...

The rules can change. That's the whole point of releasing new editions and having these discussions. It's ludicrous to say it's too complex to have non-linear progressions. You just look at the table in the handbook and write it down on your character sheet. Wow so hard. It does matter, any...

60 lb carrying capacity can absolutely make a difference, and there are rolls that involve strength and minimum requirements to achieve certain tasks. There's nothing to say those carrying capacity rules are how things must be either. It could be a non-linear progression, like 10 pounds per...

14 and 18 is a significant difference. Also, dice rolling for stats at character creation is bad, the player handbook should suggest every character having 80 points to work with, with only 2 stats that can go above 14 as the base, and only 1 above 16. Each race should then be set to a specific...

Ability scores should absolutely be racially modified. Halflings and Gnomes clearly have a lower ceiling for muscle strength than most other races. Ogres clearly have a MUCH higher ceiling. Humans are clearly more intelligent than Dogs, and other races can certainly be more intelligent than...