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My experience is that in 5e is that the death save system is somewhat gentle - because fights are quite brief in contrast to 4e. However, if you take damage (which counts as a fail) then it can get pretty harsh very quickly. But my issue with death saves is that in every edition of D&D I have...

I am playing low level 5e and a high level 4e campaign (we are 30th level) with different groups. I like the speed of 5e. I like the low level play and danger of 5e. I like the focus shifting away from encounters. I have got used to mixture of saves and attack rolls (despite thinking 4e is a...

Aside from the math and swingy combats, I cant help but think there maybe another supply factor here. The supply of spells and monsters seems to me be roughly templated off the Basic/Expert rules, ie Sleep is a first level spell, Fireball a 3rd level spell, Orcs have 1 HD, Ogres 4HD, Hill Giants...

Agree. 4e was tricky at higher levels because fights went on for so many rounds (and monsters had interrupts and reactions) which made for so many chances for things to go horribly wrong (despite the buckets of healing from the PCs). 5e fights are so short - most of ours are done within 3 rounds...

I agree with both your points: the spell makes sense from a magic logic point of view and its pretty powerful for its level. I would much prefer for this to be cast within 2 rounds rather than a minute. One other thing to note is that the spell does not have the Raise dead penalty on rolls till...

I dont agree with this. I like 5e and despite having enjoyed 3e and 4e, I was not a pure power gamer in either of them. But I do not feel that 5e support a wider set of playstyles in practice. For good and ill 5e plays like 2e with cantrips. And the problem is that the playstyles in D&D have...

I think new ideas are desperately needed for D&D modules. But I would out in another vote for the U series. I also think expanding the H1-4 Bloodstone Pass series could be a good series with large scale battles to boot for characters levels 14 upward. Or they could redo N2 The Forest Oracle!

I think it will be widely remembered for its simplicity of play for new players and pre 3e players (whether it does continue to bring in new players, I am not sure). While I enjoy 5e, I ultimately want more. So I think I will remember it for the lessons/good elements of 4e that were ignored. I...

I enjoyed 2e back in the day primarily because of the settings. But I do like the idea of "forced creativity" pming The rules did have a sense of openness which allowed/required - which I did enjoy at the time. I remember having a discussion about 4e (which I really enjoyed and still love)...

I am hoping that within the tomb there is a fountain that showers the PCs with healing surges. One can live in hope!

I guess the DM's guild is the answer to this question. But I agree. I would like to see more options with regards to backgrounds and some subclasses for some of the classes. I would also like to see more dramatic additions with regards to more complex martial characters. Probably more monsters...

Sorry, my question was somewhat rhetorical. I just meant that I dont understand why D&D has a different systems for melee attacks and spells/spell like effects. I think 4e is the logical extension of just choosing one system and making it apply universally. It was certainly elegant and simple...

But the thing is why not have saves against physical/melee attacks then? Why are magical effects dealt with in a separate system? The thing I liked about 4e attacks against defences is that the agent that decides to act always rolls the dice. The 4e system is elegant idea and the idea of...

Sign me up. But I think any petition should be aimed at opening up the Guild to ANY non Forgotten Realms stuff ASAP. I love POL and would love to see it fleshed out but it but one setting which needs 5e support. I can see they want to see if the guild idea works with a narrower set of material...

Looking back at my over 30 years of D&D I realise the immense influence of various editions on my gaming style/preferences at various points. From the old school dungeon crawls of 1e D&D when I was a kid, the detailed worlds of my very long 2e campaign, crazy character customisation of 3e...

I should have prefaced this by saying that I play 4e and I dont use the online tools! We are currently 30th level so our character sheets are extremely complicated - the fighter in the party uses a two sided A3 sheet and mine is in danger of requiring a microfiche reader to read. What I meant...

Aside from a new monster manual, I would like to see new magic items, including more consumable items (they just seem to important given the restricted take on proper magic items in 5e) and more character options (especially more involved melee classes/ options). Oh and any setting other than...

I have always seen the need to have online tools as a problem of 4e. If the game is so complex that it needs a computer program to set up your character - well, for me that is sign of a problem. While it is hard to disagree with the latter point, I still think there are particular elements of...

Agree. I like to see some options that take the basic elements of 5e and twist them either thematically and/or mechanically for smaller audiences than the broad fanbase of 5e base rules. For instance I would really like to see someone develop more detailed tactical rules and options for melee...

5th-9th, say it isnt so! At what point does the term "sweet spot" really mean "design flaw", if so many games are unable to get past half of the games content! Anyway, I really like high level play. I liked the upper levels of BECMI and 4th edition - both which worked really well and I am...