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Trying to read through all this. Wow. This keeps coming up: Discussing trends in an industry is part of being involved in a hobby. Criticizing trends that one finds troubling or harmful is not just reasonable, it is important and necessary. It creates discussion that, if it is valid, spreads...

Absolutely, which would be covered under DM fiat.

At the time that Paladins were human only, the entire system had a convoluted mess of racial class restrictions and maximum level limitations. Human only paladins were part of that, and they got rid of the whole shebang at once, as there was no lore/logical reason that other races couldn't be...

Thanks for answering all of these questions, by the way. Any meaningful bits on what has been going on with Dragonborn since their homeland went *poof*?

Sorry, I was getting it crossed with toujours l'audace. Pesky French.

Instead of the backstab, or in addition to?

Are there any changes to the swashbuckler from the UA version?

Wow, lots of misplaced hostility and spite. I am a Wizards of the Coast customer. I have spent a fair amount of money on their products (and on TSR's before them.) I've been deeply invested in this hobby since the 80s. I think it is reasonable to criticize a business practice I disagree...

Except that that is not what I said. I actually said that making special pieces for collectors is great. I just think that there should ALSO be some traditional choices for people who want pieces to play the game. As for market size, they are automatically limiting it by charging three times...

Boo. Hiss. This is a game. Game pieces shouldn't be double the normal prices with a limited run. It is bad enough that the only way to get regular pieces is via blind packs or third parties, but this is a terrible way to do things. Do limited pieces for the collectors - do them all day...

It wouldn't have been a bad choice, but it wouldn't have been the best choice. Pathfinder is a household name amongst pen-and-paper gamers, but it isn't amongst video gamers. They needed to have a well-received game or two to get their brand name into the video gaming market before embarking...

Absolutely not surprised. They were entering into an oversaturated market with an outdated business model that nearly every other competitor has abandoned. They were making a game that was 15 years out of date. In the era of Ultima Online, this could have been popular, but today? Few people...

Actually, the ancestral origin bit is rare. Most shaman did not pass their art down to family members unless their family members were also 'chosen.' An initiatory system following certain portents (visions and near death experiences were typical) indicating that the subject had been chosen by...

I agree that it should be its own class, but I really don't want to see 5E get bogged down with dozens of classes. Class options, yes. Anyway, 'shaman' is actually nearly as abused as 'witch doctor.' Technically only the people of one culture (native to the northern Asia/Siberia area) are...

As I think about it, the Warlock's ability to be in melee also fits the shaman well. Many 'iconic' shaman in history were also great warriors.

Starting caveat: I have not read or played an existing Shaman class from any form of D&D. I have, however, studied quite a bit about the cultural/spiritual practices of shamanism (or more accurately, shamanistic practices, unless you're in Siberia.) In D&D terms, shaman aren't really divine...

On the one hand, I'm glad to see that there is something out there. On the other, I'm starting to think that WotC has forgotten that the Sword Coast has a world attached to it.

TSR didn't do it. They attempted it, and now Wizards of the Coast has D&D.

32 pages is ~15,000 words. I used to get paid to write strategy guides for a certain gaming site. They word count was a bit higher, and I usually had two weeks. None of the content, however, needed playtesting, and it wasn't being made up from scratch. I also used to write manuals for video...

I did a few of my dice, and every one was off. I'm not too concerned, though. While imperfect dice would be a problem for a scientific study with tens of thousands for rolls, in gameplay it would be largely irrlevant. These aren't loaded dice with lead plugs, they're slightly off balance...