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Looks like there were a number of relatively minor changes. No more "Worn" or "Critical" properties of weapons. Flail is Martial. There are different damage dice for great club, mace, quarterstaff, great sword, maul, pike, trident, longbow and the hand and light crossbows. Spear is versatile...

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I think the crack of a whip would make one hell of a sneak attack (SURPRISE!), but that's not the point. I don't want to use a whip unless it fits my character concept, which it does not. If I want to attack something 10 feet away with 1d4 damage, I'll just use a throwing knife (dart) or a...

Thanks for the advice, but with all due respect, the metagameyness of using a whip just to get sneak attack damage with reach makes me throw up in my mouth a little. I loved Halfling Weapon Training, and I'm loathe to let go of the sling/ dagger/ short sword combination, even when mechanical...

I'd be interested to see how the Rogue stacks up.

I gotta be honest, it sounds like your character concept is just not the same vision that WotC has as they are developing a Barbarian. It sounds like you're trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. And I think it's unfair to blame WotC for that.

I'm playing a Rogue for the playtest, and I really agree with the bow/crossbow assessments. On a slightly broader note, it seems like I'm being pushed into using Rapier/Hand Crossbow, or pushed into using Two-Weapon Fighting, and I don't like that.

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For what it's worth, I like the idea of the game rewarding good roleplaying, I'm just not sure how to implement that in D&D. I played an extended World of Darkness campaign many years ago, and at the end of every session, I was subjectively rewarded for good roleplaying with a few experience...

I think the current method is the right method for this system. No slots, common sense, and attunement make a simple system. 5e is trying to balance coolness with simplicity, and I think it's working as needed for magic item use.

I hope I'm able to play D&D with my daughter when she gets older. You just have to scale back the content to their level. There are fairy tales designed for kids with a splash of violence here and there - slay the dragon, fell the black knight, what have you. And kids' imaginations are...

It's pretty tricky accommodating both systems. I agree it's important to keep the same DCs, though. Even altering them on the DM's side could cause complications that I believe could be resolved with a proper system. I think the best way to handle the difference is to start from the point of...

I'm wary of codifying this because I think it will lead to some campaign restraint on the part of GMs. If it is included, I would much prefer an optional module. Some campaigns are quite long, and intend to be so. But some will try to keep the action going as the team follows the trail of the...

I'm of the opinion that Barbarians should be subclasses of Fighters. Perhaps it's just a naming thing, but I doubt that's it. For the record, I've hated the name "Fighter" for many years now (doesn't the Wizard fight, too?). But if we assume that Fighters are the class for the masters of...

I'm actually hoping they keep the ability score-based saving throws and do away with "Willpower" as a concept. As has been argued, different situations could be split appropriately into different ability-based saves. The will to resist charm could fall under Charisma, the will to resist...

I meant unpredictable in that you can't rely on it phasing you into the material plane every round. Perhaps a stipulation that you must reserve up to 10 feet of movement in order to take advantage of the teleportation would solve the dilemma.

That would defeat its purpose as a low-level, unpredictable teleportation spell.

I'd support it, though in Next at least, there's currently no such thing as Willpower. Certain arguments can be made that Willpower could be represented by Wisdom, but given my traditional understanding of the two Abilities, I don't think I could give a full representation of those arguments. I...

Should cantrips be more powerful than 1st-level slots? I guess that depends on a number of factors, some of which might ultimately boil down to opinion. For example, I think spells should scale with caster level. One underlying assumption I try to make: If Cleric Allen is more powerful than...

I think part of the problem comparing "Wizard" with "Archer" is that "Archer" is not a class. A Rogue has Sneak Attack, a Fighter has Expertise, A Ranger has Deadly Strike, etc. I think different people may be comparing different classes' stats. Maybe different bows, too, I don't know. I don't...