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    The Guards at the Gate Quote

    Only *you* can prevent forest fires.
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    D&D 5E Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition OGL?

    I think 4e would have went over much more smoothly had the GSL been more like the OGL. However, even if 5e went full-on OGL I don't think WotC would see much benefit to it. I think the divide in the D&D community is too wide to overcome, and Pathfinder has emerged as a major competitor. I think...
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    January Dragon & Dungeon Content

    I am irrationally excited by Warren of the Stone Giant Thane...
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    Iconic 1st level monsters?

    The ones that come to my mind: orcs kobolds goblins stirges giant rats skeletons zombies hobgoblins giant centipede giant spider About 10 or so minutes after typing "giant spider," that's what I got. :)
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    D&D 5E What needs to be fixed in 5E?

    I'd phrase it as "the skill system needs a lot of TLC," but I more or less agree. That's why I'm interested in the discussion of skills in L&L - how PCs and players interact with the imagined game world is really important IMO, and for whatever reason I don't feel like the 4e designers gave it...
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    D&D 5E What needs to be fixed in 5E?

    I agree. I think every stat should be useful for every PC. High Int and Cha should be useful for a fighter, if a fighter should happen to have high scores in those. A high Str should be a useful boon to a wizard, but certainly not required. Again, I think DA2 had a good approach - while some...
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    House Rules in the Character Builder

    While you can add new feats and powers, you cannot edit them.
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    House Rules in the Character Builder

    When using the CB, on the power and feat selection screens there's a little house icon at the top that you click and it adds an extra power/feat slot.
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    D&D 5E What needs to be fixed in 5E?

    From a game balance perspective, I personally don't think tactical teleport powers are any more overpowered than tactical flight powers. I've had an eladrin in a group teleporting around and a windsoul genasi hopping to and fro (played by the same player, incidentally) and neither mucked with...
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    D&D 5E What needs to be fixed in 5E?

    I do think heavy armor needs something to make it better than light armor. Personally, I think the most straightforward fix is to just let heavy armor grant a higher AC bonus than other armors and just add an attribute accordingly. So what if a fighter's AC is higher than the rogues - that's why...
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    D&D 5E What needs to be fixed in 5E?

    Some people will not like this idea at all, but I'm interested in investigating an hp system where, after you've had a chance to rest and catch your breath, *all* your hp's return to you after a fight. No surges or anything of the sort. I feel this system is the best for representing hps as a...
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    Fleshing out the essentials bard

    This is great follow-up to a great idea! I like how you can "augment" your songs with Crescendos and Finales. I kind of like how songs require a Standard action to initiate, and then are Sustain Minor. The Standard action clearly marks the start of a song and suggests it's a big deal, and then...
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    D&D 5E What needs to be fixed in 5E?

    One big problem I have with 4e is tracking conditions. Anything that can be done to streamline that process gets a big boost from me. On a related note, I also dislike tracking various fiddly bonuses. Something that pares this down will also be a welcome development to me. While 4e's skill...
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    Does the ardent make your head hurt?

    I played an ardent in an epic level game a little while back, and while I enjoyed it, I must admit that I pretty much only spammed one power over and over. While others will disagree, I'd like to see ardents get an Essentials style treatment that distills there various powers into basically...
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    If inherent bonuses and enchantment bonuses stack - what are the implications?

    +1 and +2 swords would be useful through an adventurers career, while +4 and +5 swords would be extremely powerful. The former could be more or less common, while the latter should probably be very rare, perhaps coming with drawbacks and/or being the province of artifacts. I don't actually...
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    Why didn't I think about this before?

    I agree, I believe that each monster role should have a base value for attacks, defenses, hitpoints, damage expressions, and the like, listed from level 1 to 30. Ability scores would be provided in case they were needed, but they wouldn't factor in to the monster's combat statistics. For...
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    Abjurer, a ranged defender

    For starters, I really, really like the arcane ward idea, and I think it's from there that the abjurer as a defender or leader should come. If you're going to make the abjurer as a defender, I think it has to have more abilities that encourage enemies to attack the abjurer over his allies. For...
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    Wizard powers compiled by school

    I agree that Evocation will be well-represented in HotEC, but as the EC is a plane of constant, roiling change, I can see Transmutation being in there. I agree! Because the Elemental Chaos is the wellspring of creation and some conjurations involve creating thing by pure magic, I could see...
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    Alt. Universe, PoLed Gods from...

    I'd make Eilistraee an archfey exarch of Sehanine, "Moander" another name for the demon Juiblex, and St Cuthbert an exarch of Erathis.
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