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Excellent point regarding new players. I am new to D&D with 5E, and have no real clue as to what tying psionics to the far realms even means, neither will my payers. LOL! I suppose, that just makes the fluff easier to ignore, as we can read it and disregard it as completely irrelevant to our...

+1 to this. Eventually, there will be a wall of books. It may take several years to get to that point, but it will get there. I think some people want that wall now. I will say that I absolutely to NOT want that wall to be built any faster. The slower the wall of books is built, the longer the...

This looks really cool, and I'd like to get in, but am (admittedly) somewhat confused. Is there any pledge that gets you physical books of all the material? I am not too hyped on PDFs, but would buy in if we get everything in a hard copy book (or books). Additionally, when you buy in at...

Being that 5E is my introduction to D&D, I have zero problems with the current release schedule. Maybe it's being a n00b, but I can't see ever running out of things to play. We have the starter box + adventure paths to keep us busy. Plus reading the MM alone gives me a boatload of inspiration...

Excellent idea. The printing costs (on a large scale) would probably be low enough to make purchased copies less than paying office max or whatever to print them out. If they could keep the cost at $12 or less, these would be great to buy stacks of to hand out to new players, or even potential...

Perhaps this will be an unpopular thought ITT, but I LOVE 5E. What's wrong with the game simply continuing on as it is? I have a feeling that if 6E were to come around and be vastly different than all previous editions, then it would cause another "splintering of players" much like 4E &...

As someone with severe social anxiety (I have to take meds daily, and still have my really bad days), I feel I must chime in on this (very) interesting topic. Anytime, not just gaming, I am in a room with a lot of people (especially ones I don't know very well or at all), I will "clam up" and...

I voted for using minis as I always have. Having said that, I would love to go full TotM, but am not really sure how to run combat that way. Can anybody point me to a good youtube video that shows 5E combat scenarios without minis? I REALLY want to see how to properly handle it.

Thanks for the link, I will have to check these out when I get home. At work now.

That is a good idea though. Track it myself, digitally, after the game. That way I can essentially have the best of both worlds. I have to admit, I don't like the idea of extra work though...LOL! Lazy DM, I am!!!

That's one route that I had considered. Simply make an excel spreadsheet for easy tracking, but to honest, I really want to discourage any type of electronic devices at the table. There is (IMO) way too much distraction IRL with electronic devices, that I want to remove that from my gaming...

Hello all, I will be moving shortly, and therefore will be starting a new group of gamers in a 5E campaign (well, as soon as I can get players anyway). The group I have been DM'ing for were all new players and I was new to RPGs and DM'ing as well. For a lot of "small stuff" I just sort of...

MerricB, thank you for the great write up of the history. Very cool! Obryn, thank you for the detailed break down of the boox set releases. It's a bit more of a "mess" (for lack of a better word) than I had imagined. It's interesting to see what happened to the product line though. IMO, it...

I had thought about Vicious Mockery, but wasn't sure what would be most helpful in game play. Will switch it out. Thanks! Uh Oh! You're right, not sure how I didn't cath that. I will remove the shield and adjust AC. I was really tired when rolling him up...no excuse..I know. :p

This statement has me confused. Were these box sets different variations of D&D then? If so, what are the sets that are compiled into the RC? Holmes, Moldvay, Cook, Mentzer, or a mix of all of them? If my online research has not failed me, the RC is a compilation of the boxes done by Frank...

^^^WOW...just wow...^^^ I have been fortunate in the fact that I have really only ran across relatively "normal" players, or have known them for years prior to us gaming together. Glad to see that you found a way to making your overall gaming experience better though. It sounds like the...

Well, to be honest, I bought it for this romantic notion that at some point I would like to learn & play all of the different editions of D&D. I read stories on here of old adventures/modules, the various systems, etc. and I have no idea of what those games were ever like. So, I decided to try...

Very good to know! I am liking this book even more now! HAHAHHAHA!

Ah, VERY cool then. That explains the popularity of this book then. It really is all the same system, but just advances as your characters advance. Thank you for the clear explanation. Much appreciated! :)

Is it then (essentially) an edition on it's own? Sorry for the silly questions. In looking at the introduction in the book, it essentially states the book is aimed at people who already play D&D, and just acts as a handy resource to reference rules in. Although it goes on to say that it is...