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At the beginning of the playtest, the game designers thought that the fan base was very divided so they told us that 5e would be very modular to cater to everybody's needs. "Module" was the solution to everybody's problems. After the first iteration of the playtest, Mearls came out and told us...

I feel they made the major design choices early in the playtest but you're welcome to disagree.

There was a lot of online discussion during the playtest that Wizards of the Coast pretty much ignored :). They started with a lightweight version of D&D with streamlined rules, few character options, no tactical combat, and average math and the polls told them that was good enough to make...

@Dungason: I can give you many links to free adult websites if you need to scratch that itch :).

Most of my players snore whenever I start describing something. I can't even read a 3 line boxed text without them checking their smartphone. I'm not sure you're bad at introducing monsters. Your players just want to see the cool illustration in your Monster Manual and roll for initiative :).

The OGL only says you can't use PHB, DMG, and MM. You can still use "Monster Book", "Player's Book", and "Game Master's Book". Everybody will understand what you're referring to. To keep it safe, I only reference the SRD. In theory you don't need to use the OGL. You can even say "This...

The logic is that random treasures are fun! They're even better when you let the players roll. Having powerful magic items on the list and not so powerful items is also part of the fun. It's kind of like gambling in Vegas :). The idea behind having multiple tables is to (randomly) give items...

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@OP: Some people want feats and others don't. Having to choose between ability score increases and a feat isn't a bad solution. You probably could solve your problem by lowering the cap on ability scores and having it increase with level. For example, at levels 1-6 the cap is 16, at levels...

I agree with the others. Player actions should matter! But that doesn't mean the PCs have to die. You could simply have the bag guy brag during the encounter "You can't defeat me. I'm indestructible mouhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!". It's tacky and cliché but at least your players will...

I think it's great to have a computer geek and a D&D fan at the head of Wizards of the Coast! I hope we'll get dozens of D&D computer games like in the 90s.

That's the idea! I was also thinking about mini-crawls that the PCs can find on the side of the road (like in Skyrim) or other very short adventures ("find my cheating husband please - oh wait, that tramp is a succubus!"). If you have any other ideas, feel free to share them! I'd like to avoid...

You just provide the writing! We take care of the editing, the layouts, and the art. The difference between a pro and a semi-professional is how much content editing and copyediting your writing needs. A content editor reorganizes your ideas to improve clarity and asks you to fill the missing...

It depends on what you're looking for! If you want a mystery adventure, you could try the Ghost and the Peddler on DriveThruRPG (it's free). I like it but I'm biased. If you feel in a helping mood, I'm looking for a couple of people to playtest a site-based mystery I'm working on for the DM's...

This looks excellent! Is there an index of the monsters you converted?

Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in playtesting an adventure I wrote. The adventure is a mystery/investigation for 2nd level characters. In normally takes places in the village of Womford (Forgotten Realms) but it’s pretty much self-contained so it shouldn’t be too hard...

I'm not a lawyer but I would say no! It says copyright Wizards of the Coast in the Player's Handbook.

It's still active but I'd like to finish the two adventures I'm working on before I buy more. It shouldn't be more than a couple of months. Feel free to send your adventure in the meantime though! You can also send a pitch if you prefer.

An e-book is a written product. That means people actually want to read what's in it! I'll be honest, I didn't read the adventure because the PDF is painful to read. 1) The text appears to be one big blurry image. What program did you use to make the PDF? You might want to try Word, Publisher...

Did you try the D&D Facebook group? It has 13,000 members so unless you manage to start a conversation about your product, your post will be flooded after 15 minutes. You could try smaller regional D&D Facebook groups (like D&D Wisconsin).