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Should the eventual downtime rules not cover it, I would probably treat such things like I do secondary skills in 4e (stuff that was covered by the old 3e craft/profession skills). There's no real hard cap on how many you can learn, but they don't generally duplicate existing skills. If you're...

I think I see sasquatch in that first one. <squints> Maybe. Nope, just a Mountain Dew stain.

Thirded (Fourthed?)

"The silent majority." of RPGs. I have two primary gaming groups. One is mostly newer-school who love 4e. The other is mostly older-school who preferred 1e and 2e but are happy enough playing 4e. That group may make the switch to 5e. Maybe I'm lucky but all the people I game with have engaging...

I don't put much stock in names. It's the mechanics that matter. Though the english language is a sprawling mess, there's only so many synonyms to mine.

"Yes"

It could just be that references to things beyond 5th level were cut for space since it's not relevant to the starter set. Edit: Seems Sir Brennan already mentioned this.

OT: Wow, is that a reference to Hong Ooi? I think I remember him from my Usenet days, or very-early ENWorld.

BLASPHEMY! (j/k)

A little surprising for traditionally long-armed monsters like the troll and hook horror.

I really like the nothic's chunky list of abilities. Feels just like the 4e version. And yeah, surprised at the ogre's short reach. 4e ogres have a reach of 2, but not threatening reach (can't make OAs or flank at range 2).

Can't say I'm a fan of the "wait for the DMG" answer which I'm seeing a lot around these parts. People are playing games now, and the DMG is a long ways off. Personally I'd probably use something based on the 3e rules for damaging objects until something official arrives to supersede it.

Wizards wants to do their part to combat illiteracy by making kids read more. :p

Some good food for thought here. Since proficiencies of all kinds vary so much in their utility I wonder how much sense it would make to draw up a grand skill list which includes actual skills, tools, languages, and other similar class-agnostic proficiencies, each with a weighted cost. Say your...

Reducing falling damage: Playtest rules mention that you stay standing after a fall if you avoid taking falling damage, but there doesn't appear to be any way to do so other than magic. Acrobatics doesn't mention it. I'd probably rule it a Dex save with Acrobatics skill proficiency adding...

CR 1/2 likely means below-level-1 creatures, like a common skeleton or zombie. Myself, I'd rather see turn undead's outright destruction based on something other than HP. A giant animated skeleton might have a boatload of HP but it should be easier to destroy via turning than a lich with fewer HP.

4e Neverwinter campaign setting. So many competing factions, lots of political intrigue mixed in with dangerous adventuring locations. It does have some crunch for 4e, but the character themes are all associated with different factions and the mechanics are easily ignored.