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This. There's no game I know of that has all things I like and no things I don't. This is true of the 5e playtest material as well. I'm not willing to write off the promised level of modularity as illusory just yet. I'll feel more entitled to such when I get ready to pay someone for something...

I believe I covered more than just bruises, accounted for any level of armor and failed to contradict myself in any way (bolded for clarity): I also provided an example where game mechanics (not even damage on miss, might I add) could cause the improbable "death" of a character in the case of...

I voted believable because I like, or don't dislike, the mechanic. As to the believability, meh. I think a lot of this comes down to how fast and loose you like the HP abstraction to be, and perhaps that's reflective of how you like your games to feel. I like my (fantasy) games to feel...

Sorry for the necropost, but I've been AFK for a while and was curious if there was any development on the post-kickstarter paypal contribution stuff? Just want to make sure I haven't missed anything in the last few months. Thanks!

Maybe I'm stupid. I read the first 4+ pages of this thread under the impression that you wanted a skill system thrust upon all players and those who preferred a simpler system like ability checks would just have to deal. I can't help but think I'm not alone in having read it that way. When...

Very nice work! I'm not a Witcher expert by a long stretch (having only played the second game), but I think this would definitely be fun to see in play, and really captures the feel (as far as my limited frame of reference) of Witchers.

Well, I was sold on this idea before I read this week's L&L. Now, I'm still sold. I, like Chris_Nightwing, am hoping to see the inclusion of a system for expanding and improving skills by way of studying, practicing, training, apprenticing, etc. that is independent of the level/XP system. The...

Good point. After all, 5e is supposed to be the super modular edition. No one said they have to be rules modules from a published source.

Actually, if anything, I think the "basic" set could stand to be released later than the "standard." While new players (the intended audience of "basic") are obviously one of their goals of 5e, odds are, potential new players are less likely to be champing at the bit for it on release day than...

I think that an important distinction should be made between what D&D is and what D&D can be. By this I mean, D&D is a set of rules and a framework to facilitate role-playing. It's fundamentally a sort of organization for make-believe (a favorite pastime for children). On the other hand, D&D...

Since it's your thread, I'll add my support for this sentiment without fear of derailing it :P DDI was a start but I think most will agree that it didn't live up to its potential or promise. 5 or 6 years hence, it's going to take more than an online suite of tools (that truly deliver). As you...

I don't think DDN is really taking an inordinately long time. It's just that the ratio of time spent publicly developing is greater than in the past. This is a bit of an experiment for WotC. As has been said countless times, it's pretty important for 5e to be good, both for WotC and D&D fans...

You and I think alike it seems. My aforementioned snarky thoughts included things like, Sword-guy having an internal dialogue about whether or not to nudge the dwarf off of the cliff so he doesn't have to keep sharing armor drops with him, or the dude-in-orange preparing to cross the streams (if...

I don't much care for the exclusivity thing either. Can't make GenCon this year, so I'm hoping that it will eventually be available in PDF for the unwashed masses. I'm not too terribly impressed with the whole "most up-to-date D&D Next rules" thing. Either this means...

I tend to agree with this. It's part of the reason I mentioned in a past thread about campaign settings that I would like for there to be room for quasi-historical adventures in DDN's setting. If some nebulous southern area of the world is very hot and sunny, while another area to the north is...

I dig it. I'll +1 concerns that 1-hour turns for long-distance, encounter-light travel could get tedious, but I think that it'd be easy enough to fudge something for those situations if need be. After reading the first iteration of exploration rules, my concern was the supposition that you...

1) I like this. I wouldn't run it/them as I'm just not that interested in grit. But as I've said from packet #1, I want the game and its modules to have all the things. It costs me nothing to ignore something, but for those who want a feature, it's more difficult to create it. 2) I also...

While I'd prefer an L&L that was slapdash to none at all, the eternal optimist in me takes this as a sign that we're going to see lots of interesting things in the next packet, and I can live with that.

I've been in full support of 5e since the first playtest packet. It's still got some fleas, but that's how alpha/beta tests go. I'm not in a position for a regular 5e game at present, but I'm certain, from watching this edition develop, that 5e will provide me with no less fun than previous...

I'm pretty sure we're talking about different things. I'm not asking for specific tips on being a better DM. I know there are always ways that I can improve (and I imagine most DMs would say the same about themselves), and I know that there are lots of resources to achieve those ends. What I'm...