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The two stone cold classics in the 5E period are Curse of Strahd and Wild Beyond the Witchlight. And both of them have the strongest authorial voice. Coincidence? Maybe not.

That damage scaling seems fast. I don't have direct experience with a 2024 Ranger but what I've seen on YouTube suggests that the Ranger is powerful in Tier 1 but fails to keep up at higher levels. The target switching idea is really interesting. I wouldn't remove the ability to switch targets...

Because this is the internet.

...shocking amount of positivity in this thread...

This video shows footage of the actual set being previewed at the New York Toy Fair. (Hopefully this link previews OK.) This Starter Set is totally unlike anything WotC has released before. I love it. You might hate it. But it's not for us. It's obviously meant for people who have...

Yeah, I think the canon is kind of weird and I don't put much weight into it in my campaigns. However, the flavor text in 5E says that goblins often serve the barghest in hopes it will not devour their souls. So there's some good opportunity there for intrigue between the barghest and the...

I believe so. AC 17, 90 HP, damage resistance, telepathy, blindsight, and spells like dimension door, pass without trace, charm person, suggestion, minor illusion, levitate. I'd probably give it multiattack and perhaps 1 or 2 legendary actions to be a capable solo monster.

You might be looking for a barghest. It's a shapechanger that switches between a goblin and an oversized wolf (could be easily reskinned to a worg). It's CR4. There are online stat blocks for a greater barghest if you need more of a challenge.

For me, the game starts to get ultra gonzo around level 13, when 7th level spells come online. In future campaigns, I'll talk to the spellcaster players and see what we can do to make it all a little less absurd. At higher levels, combat dragged with 5 players. With 3 players, it never dragged...

I too have run a 1-20 level 5E campaign and this tracks to my experience.

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Love your blog. But I don't think it's fair to say that 2024 and 2014 are not backwards compatible because of a single encounter in a 3rd party adventure which modifies a creature from the Monster Manual. I'm still open to the possibility that there are bigger issues with compatibility, but this...

It's the same game. There's a few corner cases (which players will exploit) but that's true for any game and any edition.

The conventional wisdom emerging among YouTubers and the like is that Rangers work just fine in Tier 1 and 2, but their damage output fails to keep pace above 10th level. The emphasis on Hunter's Mark also creates friction with Concentration spells and bonus actions. I have what I believe to is...

Scheduling.

I've played three 5E campaigns. One reached level 13 before the group fell apart, another reached level 13 and came to a natural end, and another ended at level 20 with 7 epic boons. I like 5E in Tier 1 and Tier 2 and Tier 3. Tier 4 is difficult to challenge PCs, but it goes by really fast --...

I'm the OP. When I started this thread I was hoping to have people engage on the question of if, how, and why 2024 D&D has adopted some 4E-inspired elements. Looking forward to continuing that conversation!

I got a lot of use out of the drow stats in D&D 2014. In fact, when I started playing 5E, I thought drow were kind of lame. Tryhard edgelord stuff. But thanks to those stats in the Monster Manual, I warmed up to them. Now I think they're cool. So I'm glad to see old school evil drow returning in...

When 5E came out in 2014, some people bemoaned that the best parts of 4E hadn't been brought forward. Well, it's now ten years later. And guess what? Bloodied is back. Martials have weapon masteries that give them at-will powers. Many monsters impose conditions on a hit. My hot take is that...

I hope this doesn't turn into another 4E edition war thread. Don't we have enough of those already? Regarding how many levels the game should cover? It's an interesting topic. Reasonable people can disagree. My take? It's arbitrary. I've played 13th Age and Shadow of the Demon Lord. Both go 10...