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Based on what we've seen so far in the playtest, it's very much yes. I've been running a playtest campaign since the second packet came out (Experts) with a mix of playtest characters and 5E characters, and there doesn't seem to be any compatibility issues.

I don't have much of an issue with Healing Word as is, but it would be interesting if it changed to you to spend your HD instead. Just costing a HD is way too much.

I'm assuming the OGL "playtest" took over the intended January release, since that's all anyone seemed to care about. Hopefully they'll release what they've got ready in February, which IIRC is supposed to be the Druid and Paladin.

While I've never been that interested in the encounter guidelines (my first campaign averaged Deadly x2), but I've found the quick matchup in Xanthars to be excellent. I've been using it during the 1D&D playtest, and I've had little issue.

Magic Armor and Ring/Cloak of Protection worked together in OD&D thru 2E, and most of 5E's magic items are based on that time period. Not sure where you're looking at the Bracers of Defense, but like Mage Armor, it doesn't work with armor due to providing a different AC option. Overall I like...

I didn't, I was just being snarky about the fact that WotC doesn't care about the realms outside of the Sword Coast. I'm glad Ed has been able to expand the post-Sundering Realms, which has been a concern for our DM who loves the Realms (I'm ambivalent).

I might object to Thieves Tools, only because it steps on the Rogue. Otherwise, I completely agree.

Thank god! Now maybe we'll discover some of the Forgotten Realms, not just the Remembered Realms (i.e. Sword Coast).

Sometimes I feel like the earlier D&D movie: GoT level villains, while the PCs are from Monty Python :rolleyes:

Not overly fond of APs, since they overall remove a lot of player and DM agency for sake of the story. Oh, and Queen of Spiders was not a particularly well written AP, as I ran it for 5E. I modified quite a bit to make it all work, substituting The Forgotten Temple of Tharzidun and The Lost...

It's actually a common trope for a party to be given a stronghold, but it's currently occupied. In a 2E game we needed to drive out drow from an abandoned dwarven outpost because one of the PCs won the title to the property. What's funny is when we found the wine cellar, one of the players said...

Expertise is the only thing that breaks BA though, and even then it's not usually a problem until level 11+ (where most people complain about other issues). A level 10 Expert has a +13 modifier, which allows an untrained character with no modifier to still win occasionally. Even against a DC...

Bounded accuracy should keep the DC creep out of the equation. If the DC keeps pushing up, this is because the DM is being antagonistic, forcing a treadmill where only the best person can succeed. This was exceptionally common in 3E, but this is not the way 5E is meant to be ran.

It gave a wide margin of no modifier, but not as much as AD&D. IIRC, BECMI had the following 3...............-3 4-5...........-2 6-8...........-1 9-12..........0 13-15.....+1 16-17.....+2 18............+3

No moreso than attacks and saving throws are. This mentality (along with #3 below) leads to skills being gated, as what happened in 3E. This was done in the playtest, but apparently too many people complained. DMs asked for an ability check, and players offered skills they felt appropriate to...

I actually called it stupidity at the time, but I argued for the Wizard to owe the group the difference. He wouldn't get any treasure until he paid the party back the difference, but 2 other players argued against. IMO it's always better to keep items whenever they're useful, since you sell for...

I found it much easier to break things down into obvious vs. non-obvious hazards, both being different travel activities. You use perception to find hidden things that are obviously hazards, such as tripwires and hidden creatures. You use investigation to realize that some obvious thing is...

While it had some issues, the monster manual for Rokguan back in 3E was pretty good.

Played: Curse of Strahd Ran: Ghosts of Saltmarsh w/ Tales of the Yawning Portal adventures

Correct by strict use of RAW, which is why I generally consider RAW rather stupid. Expect your DM to rule nothing happens, since by RAI the Demoralizing Strike obviously cannot affect someone immune to fear.