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Thanks, I appreciate you looking. I accept that they fudged their numbers sometimes. I am not sure there's evidence that this was one of those. I think we agree, though, about the public concern for backwards compatibility leading to the rejection of this idea.

Do you have a source for this?

Once the decision is made to follow the 70% threshold (or whatever), then yes, it's on us.* I don't have access to the data they received, and only have the feelgood videos they made summarizing them, and I have no doubt that the numbers were fudged along the way. But that doesn't absolve the...

I disagree. It received exactly the same amount of discussion and explanation from WOTC as everything else in the playtest packs. We saw it for what it was. People on this board and elsewhere complained about needing to preserve backwards compatibility (among other things), and we all gave our...

I like the split between rare and standard languages. As a houserule, I can see allowing players to have one rare language for two standard ones, or two tools/languages for a skill with the skilled feat. -- I suspect that's what I'll do, if any player is interested. I find this pretty funny...

This isn't on WOTC, except that they listened to feedback. They offered us standardized subclasses and the fanbase rejected it, complaining about backwards compatibility. This is on the community.

I don't know what gives you Cleave, but True Strike won't work once you get Extra Attack at Paladin 5.

Whereas I believe all-in on custom backgrounds is the highway to optimization.

I see what you're saying, but this is a holdover issue from 2014. Those packages were always there, and most players did not customize. Flavour is free.

I'm not sure that's true. I think you can start with a background and build from there just as easily. Let's try: with Sailor as an example. Everything that's in the feat makes sense for someone who has spent time at sea (given the level of granularity D&D offers). and from it, and looking at...

I went to an all-boys school, and learned absolutely none of the skills or values that it was trying to inculcate. (except, arguably, that I use the word inculcate).

This is similar to what I'm thinking of for backwards compatibility: you can take one thing from previous books, but not a free-for-all. If you want an un-updated subclass, or Greenflame Blade, or to play a Satyr, you can choose one, but not more than that. I think that's the rule I'll hold...

"Are you guys okay?" asks Tommi, genuinely concerned. "You need to be careful. This place is dangerous." Tommi whistles, and Oh-Six emerges from the nook, hovering around the room. The skeleton in the corner seems to be shuffling away, but Tommi doesn't know enough about religion to understand...

Prompted by this video from Treantmonk, I’m starting this thread about the background system. I’ve seen a lot of complaints, but I think it might be pretty great: with the limited selection of backgrounds, players have to make much more constrained choices than they did before, balancing skills...

Are you sure this is what it says? Has this been confirmed? I am surprised that it removes any drawing/stowing restrictions. It all seems complex but reasonable otherwise.

When it happens, we won't see it coming.

FIND FAMILIAR: Here is one where I feel my feedback specifically has been heard.* But (according to the discussion here): Find Familiar no longer requires you to have a brass brazier to cast. Now you just burn 10gp worth of incense. (Here's me wishing for it just last month. Crappy use of a...

That's...pretty ideal. (I can see a case for n=knowing one uncommon language, but not more than that). I doubt they have gone back to using your int mod for languages known, but I can hope! :D

QUESTION: What's been said about Languages? I don't think they're in backgrounds or species...

Weird. I get nothin'. (or rather I get the review and the hypocrite video, but not the page-by-page.)