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I wonder if, like with the bladesinger breaking out of the sphere-specialist mold, we might see any cleric specializations defined differently than by the sorts of domains that we've seen so far..

Honestly, 1st edition Psionics WAS intensely flavorful, generally being the "Age of Aquarius"-style 1970s pseudoscientific take on ectoplasmic "reality" that permeated prog rock and Marvel comics through the decade. When I'm rereading old comics from that era, I get screwy flashbacks to trying...

As with the 3.5 books, I'm guessing that this is the version reconstructed for the anniversary edition (done for the Gygax Memorial fund), as those files would have created in a version (XML?) specifically compatible for a processable and searchable PDF file. I even recall that the specific...

It's curious that those who argue "these obvious aren't tested and should be lambasted in the next survey!" are now doing so...before testing them themselves... While some of the previous UA articles would get more use from my PoV, I don't see what's wrong with this one. This is basically a bit...

The alignment issue is one that I agree with others on, but that's a matter for a DM to (like with all characters) keep an eye on. As for the idea of using a Cleric chassis instead of a Wizard chassis for the caster part of Eldritch Knight? I actually looked over that one point when pondering...

I can vouch for the Knights of Columbus sword worn with formal wear. It's also a valuable lesson that drawing and sheathing a sword from a baldric-hung scabbard can be tricky when wearing a cape – bank vaults aren't the only problem that cape-wearers need worry about!

Given what Mearls has mentioned about using Adventure Paths to introduce mechanics, psionics is specifically what he spoke about (that's the same conversation where I believe Crawford first brought up the "Alice in Wonderland" concept that we'll soon be seeing too), so seeing a Far...

While it would be nice to have all three out at once, having these PDFs in proper form and the best condition possible makes them the best possible "evergreen" product (even if it takes an extra few days for each to be proof-read and touched-up at WotC's end). The fact that they're converting...

Somehow, I'm envisioning the solution to all this being the drow firing away with two hand crossbows while his familiar sits on his shoulder, loading the crossbows for him with its own object-interaction abilities, in-between shots, like the loader on an artillery piece... ;)

Throw ball bearings at the enemies blocking the escape route, then long jump over them while the foes are prone?

Part of the question is the issue of labor. Dragonscale strikes me as a hard material to work with without ruining much of it. As a DM, I wouldn't want to ruin the work that PCs put into slaying a dragon and actually thinking of doing something with the corpse besides moving onto the next...

In the ELEMENTAL EVIL example, I think that it's fine to determine a means of retraining an existing cantrip (I'd determine a story reason, as DM, if it came up) if the game introduces a new cantrip that the player prefers for the character, the issue there being that the cantrip didn't exist...

In regards to the iOS/Android question, I'd imagine that it's the same reason that many apps like this release on iOS slightly earlier. Because iOS has less versions and interfaces on the market, it's often said to be easier to send out the first version to iPhone/iPad users, where the smaller...

Use this one. It's brilliant. Keep in mind the details of the dryad's Treebound quality: Imagine a dryad's tree was cut down and made into the mast of the ship of a man she loved – perhaps she even allowed him to do so. Of course, once that happens, she starts to suffer, she goes mad. The ship...

I agree with everyone that this was an excellent piece. It did a great job of consolidating history in a short summary while never losing sight of its theme (and the game's theme for the planes): letting players and DMs make use of the Elemental Planes as a fun resource in their games beyond...

As a man whose caster back in the day once broke a Great Wyrm's back by summoning a whale and proving that the Laws of Gravity top the Laws of Magic, I can only say YES, YES, A THOUSAND TIMES YES!!!

While D&D has the three Core books out, that doesn't mean that this next quarter will be a drop; lots of folks who will buy them haven't done so yet. Think of folks joining up at tables and picking up PHBs or those fans of the rules who merely haven't gotten the books yet for time and/or money...

Huh. In 28 years of playing — including mostly with folks introduced to gaming with 3e, 4e, or RIFTS, I've literally never encountered anyone choose stats first versus race/class/concept, short of the few times that we've rolled every piece of the character randomly for fun. The idea of...

Publishing projects being cancelled before any announcement – or changed from printed books into online materials with a change of formatting – is de rigeur, regardless of the industry. Some of that comes from the author's end in terms of how material is written or compiled, while some comes...

Alternately, go for a Forest Gnome / Arcane Trickster / Urchin. Have grown up on the streets as a thief, using the mice and rats as your eyes and ears — as well as your distractios for your urban legerdemain!