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I feel similarly unhappy about how they treat the Dark Powers in VRGtR. While they give a few options as to their exact nature, all of those options take for granted that they are some sort of multiple actual beings, which is too much to assume. Ravenloft could be a sentient plane, or it could...

And if I recall correctly the 3e dragonnel was a dragon-horse.

Not too different from what I was expecting. I'm slightly concerned about whether the new names for draconians is just a strangely unneeded re-naming exersize, or whether the name "draconian" is getting the eladrin treatment and being reused for an entirely different creature.

You’re right, there’s a lot of nuance I won’t know about until I have the full rules. My reaction is primarily based on my general dissatisfaction with how 5e has done medium armor. The 5e rules treat armor categories as being tiered in their power: you need light armor proficiency as a...

Kind of concerned that with half-plate moved to heavy the best + Dex mod light armor can give you a better AC than the best + Dex mod (max 2) medium (unless mithral’s high quality property deals with that, but mithril seems like not really an ordinary material either, so I‘m not sure that‘s a...

If there is a Level Up system that supports using 5e rules as well as content (like standard rules for Expertise, etc), and can use imported 5e material, that would be good at a basic level. The issue is that it won‘t be compatible with 5e mods, and while Foundry is solid and functional without...

What would be awesome would be a Foundry module that can be used in connection with the Foundry 5e D&D system to allow people to make full use of their ability to integrate and pick and choose which parts (or all parts) to choose. It would be messier having to choose to use one system and not...

From the current examples of the new stat blocks, they won’t. The best we can do if we would rather that stay (unless you‘re a personal friend of those in charge and call up and say “Yo man, what the crap? If you haven’t heard the issues some people have with this, lemme explain“) is to make...

Are you sure you're averaging right? The only numbers that you average together are the final defensive CR with the final offensive CR. The system for determining each of those CRs starts with one number and increases or decreases it based on other considerations.

Because of its unusual position in the role-playing game ecosystem, D&D has--to a greater extent than other games--created a phenomenon where many people playing the same edition of the game are not actually playing the same game in a very real way. There are many different ways to play 5e D&D...

The biggest issue for me is that it can be done just as easily without alienating people, yet they choose not to. Which is easier for the DM: -A list of 1/day spells where you have to jot down the name of each spell used so far, or -The MM standard list of spells known and slots per level where...

Except Level Up keeps the normal spell slot economy; they just include an abbreviated action listing for the combat spells that are simple enough that you don't have to look them up. There's nothing objectionable about that. I know you weren't really addressing this, but it's the way they are...

I think this sort of thing was shot down pretty hard in the Next playtest. I‘m not sure if they are thinking the tastes of the current demographic have changed or if they are just testing the waters to see what people will think. (Not a fan myself especially as a player, since I expect to...

Isn‘t ToA on a ticking clock? Doesn‘t the quest giver only have a couple months to live or such? Kind of cuts down on the fun of exploration when you know you don‘t have much time to do it.

Wouldn’t even need to go that far. The 5e DMG has tables for generating random adventure ideas, and an appendix for generating entire random dungeons. I used the appendix to create the starting adventure for my campaign and it worked out really well. After determining the original layout...

They don't do that. The designers follow the Proficiency + Ability mod math exactly in monster statblocks, which makes any anomaly stand out like a sore thumb.

As a fan of the original 2e eladrin, I can confirm this. The couatls CR is off. It doesn't stack up to the rules. In fact, the attack bonuses for its bite and constrict actually need the proficiency bonus to be +3 to add up! My personal opinion is that they initially figured it out correctly...

Well, there aren't any of the classic D&D fey hidden in Wild Beyond the Withlight or the Domains of Dread pdf. Here's what I see going forward. 1) We've just been given a Fey-themed adventure so there won't be another one of those in 5e's forseeable future. 2) We've also been given the Domains...

Hopefully the Great Wyrms preserve the differences between the varieties rather than replacing them. They might be some sort of template, but it's odd that a template would preserve the CR. It's probably more likely that it's a complete stat block that list different breath weapons and...

As a player I always like to make character choices in consultation with the other players so we end up with a more or less balanced party and everyone has their own area of spotlight. With a group of 4-5 PCs, even doing that means you will still probably have some situations you aren’t ideally...