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I don't think this is the cover art. It's the full page art for the fighter class (in the Pax video, the image has fighter text on it) that is just being used as a placeholder for the PHB.

Had a weird thought when watching the video with how coy they were being with who is on the cover. My guess - Gary Gygaxx Would make sense to insert him as some sort of overwatch Power of the staircase, and obviously tie in with the 50th anniversary.

The more I think about Eve of Ruin and the PHB coming out on the same date, the more it makes sense. Especially if it's a level 13-20 adventure. WotC could suggest several ways to play in the marketing. Follow up the adventure of your PCs from a previous 1-12 campaign with the 2014 PHB...

In many ways, DDB is now a gaming platform similar to Nintendo, Playstation and Xbox. But let's not forget that the videogame industry was once dominated by Atari and Sega. The point being that when a product or service get's mass popularity, competitors will appear and just because you are...

The art looks incredible. Guess I need to get my current campaign moving so we can start the Vecna campaign with the new PHB on May 22!

Okay, my reading comprehension must be off. I read the first paragraph as being able to move without the difficult terrain penalty, and the second as what happens if you try to move through other creatures spaces. Panic averted!

Ah, I missed that they moved the exception from the Move section to the Attack section. Thank you! So now I just have an issue with being able to move through enemy spaces.

I don't think you can. The writing is the exact same as the PHB, but the PHB contains an entire other paragraph that explains that if you have multi-attack, you can move between each attack. Again, if they leave it this way, I'll still rule you can move between attacks (and that you can't move...

For me, it matters because the higher the cap, the more it lends to players choosing the ASI Feat over other feats, leading to more uniform character builds. And as others have mentioned, I love the idea of the cap being 18 until level 19, when it raises to 20, and then the capstone for...

Just finished a re-read of the entire playtest 8 packet, and I noticed a few changes to Movement that aren't called out but that I don't remember from a previous Rules Glossary in the playtest. I think both of these changes are terrible, and I'd certainly house rule them back to their 2014...

That's why I didn't suggest the riders also equal the Druid's Spell Save DC. With a DC12 those riders aren't going to be going off very often in a level 9 or higher fight. With the +4 to attack, the Druid is doing about 12 damage a round, with a +9, that goes to 19.5.

Tough for sure. Turns your likely +1 HP per level into +3 and lets you focus your Feats at later levels on Dex and Wis. Which, as a side note, I really hope they take away the increase on ability scores to 22 at level 19, and then reduce the Monk and Barb cap to 24 at 20.

I'm with you on this. Brutal should work any time you have advantage by giving up the second roll (with no way to cheese it by removing advantage from one source and still getting it from another). Reckless still means the Barbarian can do it anytime they want as long as they grant advantage...

If there was one tweak I'd make to Moon Druids, it would be to have their beasts use the Druid's spell attack bonus for attacks. If I'm a Moon Druid turning into a Giant Scorpion at level 9, having a +4 to hit is just way too low.

I've got to quibble with you assumption on the class fantasy for Moon Druids. I think the 60% adoption rate for the subclass isn't tied to the fantasy of the class, but rather the metagame knowledge that being a Moon Druid means you essentially have 4-5x the total HP of other players at your...

Completely missed this change on my first read thru. Gonna downvote the new version hard.

Deflect Attacks is a great example of WotCs playtesting philosophy of making something that's a new feature OP to ensure that it get's thru survey results. I'd be shocked if Deflect Attacks isn't reduced to Martial Arts Die + Dex mod for the damage reduction in the final version, and maybe add...

WotC nailed this Monk. Even with the inevitable nerfs in a few places, the overall feel of this class finally matches the fantasy of playing a master of unarmed and unarmored combat.

I like this version of wildshape and approve. I'm confident that the list of useable beasts in the PHB will be sufficient, and the Circle of the Moon, while very different, is still very good.

Oh my gods they fixed the Monk. Barb and Druid look ready to ship as well.