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The math here is super easy, right? For advantage, just calculate the miss chance. For disadvantage, calculate the success chance. And just multiply the percentage chance for each die: 1 die: 50% 2 die: 25% (50% x 50%) 3 die: 12.5% (50% x 50% x 50%) So if you were rolling 3 dice for advantage...

That's the problem I have as well. I tried registering a new account, but when I submit my new info it just takes me back to the login screen without creating the account. Beh.

I do this as well, and I know a bunch of other folks who do as well. In discussions around XP right here on Enworld, I've gotten the impression that a sizeable number of gamers ignore XP. (At least 10%, maybe much higher.)

Beh. I reject your notion that any of the emotions or motivations we experience are uniquely human. All that sci-fi clap trap about humans being more adventurous or compassionate or adaptable or war-like always struck me as bunk. But I totally agree with you on tentacle monsters.

I basically want what I had with 3e (a range of wondrous items plus a toolkit that helps DMs create new items), and they can include some guidance for DMs about naming magical items and attaching lore & plot hooks.

I don't know. If you're talking about level appropriate challenges, shouldn't you ALWAYS be doing OK? Isn't anything else a reflection of the opposition, as opposed to your ability? If you want that kind of trajectory in 4th edition, throw 5th level threats at players for 10 levels, then repeat...

I'm hoping they include the theme from "Shaft." It won an Oscar after all.

Given that the goal of 5e is inclusion, I expect you'll see a lot of "the thing that most players do is the default, and the thing that a lot of players do is a module, and the thing that a few players do you can work out for yourself as always." That said: D&D is the biggest tabletop RPG...

What problem is this trying to solve? Are there people playing D&D games with DMs who are confused about this principle? What specific examples of this problem can folks provide?

Homebrew IS the default setting of the game. Wizards provides setting details in core, but with the assumption that DMs will rewrite or ignore.

Potential spoiler: I heard a rumor that one of them will be a 12!

Because my first level fighter with 10 hit points will not have a +16 to damage. There is no chance that this will be in the playtest rules on Thursday.

Anybody who's opinion is "I don't want other people to have the options that I don't want" is both (a) being selfish and (b) doomed to disappointment. Particularly if we're talking about options that a third or more of the customer base support. If you don't want a Lawful Evil Dragonborn...

My objection is that the Paladin's job description overlaps too heavily with other classes. If I had my way, Paladins wouldn't be able to do clerical work.

Well, not ALWAYS, right? You just need to do 10 extra points of damage. I've fudged plenty of rolls for my players over the years so that the ogre would "only" take them down to -7 or -8...

But there's a nuance here, right? There's a difference between "Nentir Vale is the default setting" and "every other campaign setting must be re-written to be more like Nentir Vale." Nothing about "there's a core setting" REQUIRES other settings to be re-written. (All of this will be moot if...

This is an initial playtest only. Absence is not evidence of exclusion.

I don't understand that kind of thinking. People wake up from being unconscious without bed rest all the time, both in real life and heroic fiction. (Particularly in heroic fiction.) Why would you want a recovery system that is both unrealistic and undramatic?

Here's why I don't like this: Imagine a scenario in which a DM is creating custom Themes for his campaign. Per your preference, he's creating a "topper" ability for each Theme. Now imagine that one of his players come to him with a concept for a new Theme. Does he get a topper ability or not...

Great interview. Looking forward to the playtest! You should include a byline at the top of articles so people know who's writing what.