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To be honest, though I've bought most of the Eberron books and have gotten a LOT of use out of the Eberron races and some of the other crunch, I've never actually run or played in a game set in Eberron. That said, what I'd really find useful in an Eberron 5e guide is a starter town ('cause who...

Yes. This seem pretty obvious to me. And a suggested fix: If you say that on a 1 you deal no damage, even with Reaper, then you still do no damage. That would give folks who can't handle "can never miss" some peace of mind. Another suggested fix: Set the minimum HP of all monsters to a...

I'm ambivalent to the inclusion of a challenge rating system in DnDN. Here's why: I ignored the challenge rating system in 3e, and I'm perfectly happy to ignore a CR system in DnDN.

This is a distinction without a difference. If you start at Power Level X and later reach Power Level Z, then you've earned Power Level Z. You might as well ask, "Why do 1st level character start out already knowing how to use weapons or cast spells?" You're not making a broad argument about...

Character survivability was a need/desire AND A REALITY for plenty of groups playing 1e and 2e. This idea that every group played charnel house D&D in the 80s is not accurate.

Two thoughts: I do NOT understand what happened with skill rolls in 4e that freaked everyone out so much, but I gather it had something to do with scaling DC rolls based on levels. So the DC for climbing a rope keeps going up and up and up. Which is idiotic. In this week's column they joke...

I'm upset that there's a No option.

Perhaps me am stupid, but I'd love to see a cover to the Player's Handbook that featured: A dungeon. A dragon. Some player characters. I'd be OK with "tome-style" too, but I think 3e proved they can't maintain that for an entire edition. But to be honest, I could care less (but only a tiny...

It's flatter math. Not flat math. WotC has already gone on record that To Hit will scale up. Just not within the first three levels.

Only 2e? 2e wasn't the edition that presented a Monster Manual worth of gods to beat up. The difference, if one wants to draw a line, is maybe about the progression. I'm sympathetic to the previous poster's point that even in 3e, your first level characters were still barely more competent than...

Wait. How much damage does the miss damage do? Isn't it 3 hp? If the kobold takes 3 hp of damage, that takes him down to 0. Is there no death's door rule in the 5e rules? Surely, the kobold should be incapacitated but not unconcious (and theoretically able to attack once before taking an hp of...

What I'm getting from this thread is that there may be a value in defining both a basic and a more advanced version of the game. Hmm. That sounds oddly familiar...

I just had a vision of a crowd of 20 adventurers huddled over a Where's Waldo book.

Nor has anyone suggested that they are. The original poster simply said that it would be in WotC's self-interest to reach out to Paizo and try to convince them (presumably by offering them cash or a superior business model) to support the new edition of D&D. While I agree that this would be in...

Charisma. From the Greek khakis a, meaning "favor, divine gift." An excellent idea.

I'm generically for this, although I think 5e is approaching "named categories that you choose between" saturation. I understand the utility of picking a background instead of feats or picking a theme instead of feats, but at a certain point, you should just say "Here are some options you can...

I think that over the past two editions, Wisdom has really morphed into being "Observation". I'm actually all for this, as I don't think there should be a stat to measure how clever a character is. In my grognardish view, cleverness should be a function of the player's problem solving ability.

The GM's approach has been the default assumption over the better part of the history of D&D and even in 4th edition, I'm under the impression that there's no default assumption that PCs will be able to buy magic items. (That's why 4e treasure parcels include magic items.) A good middle ground...

I think I'd be happier with a straight Sorcerer style approach. The way I see it, Clerics are performing miracles in the name of their god(s). The idea that they could perform a certain miracle yesterday, but can't today because they didn't plan ahead seems to go against the fluff. "Dear Zeus...

Out of curiosity, why 8? My assumption is that (if they apply bonuses at all) it'd be every 4 or 5, so that players who only make it to 12th level with their characters still see a couple of raises.