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I always loved the mimic and mimic-adjacent monsters, the lurker, trapper, to some extent the Cloaker. Nothing induces paranoia better than the entire dungeon environment trying to actively kill you.

I2 Tomb of the Lizard King was always a favorite of mine. I7 Baltron's Beacon could have been lifted from Lanhkmar.

Atomic Arcade sounds like a loader program like Battelnet or STEAM lite. I imagine they could easily incorporate links to D&DB and access to their upcoming digital titles. Until we see them actually talk about a beta for a VTT or an attempt to bring back an official message board, I think a...

Dark Sun, Spelljammer, and Greyhawk.

I am excited for this film. I like the standalone nature and its exclusion from the DCEU. It seems to take a lot from The Long Halloween. The cast looks amazing and the gritty feel of Gotham looks fantastic. Batman is a sociopath. A high-functioning sociopath with incredible wealth and a need to...

I guess I am neutral about them being relegated to folklore in D&D. It doesn't preclude me from having them in my home games if I so desire. I guess I don't understand why WotC felt the need to dismiss them in a sidebar at all. They may want to revisit steel and song dragons in a future project...

But what of those abilities scream 'Ranger'? I loved my ranger in 1E because he was a fighter, but better. The character type is iconic. The character mechanics are mushy at best. The community has more consensus on psionics than the ranger, but it sits in the PHB, taking of page space. What...

I am surprised the Dragon book took this long to come out. It is a popular book in every edition and half the name of the game. I definitely don't need it, but it may have ideas to mine for other BBEGs. Strixhaven has too much that I want to strip mine for campaigns. I am genuinely intrigued to...

Ranger. It is a class without a purpose. A warrior who tracks? A mystic woodsman? Buff Pokemon trainer? Ranger is a subclass to better base classes. The Spell-less Ranger is a fighter with an appropriate outdoorsy background. I am at a loss how a ranger is its own class anymore, other than...

A prehistoric wizard might, instead of memorizing spell formulas, build small satchels or effigies with spell components that are crushed or untied or undone in some way while saying a word of power. Wizards already have a built-in mechanic for 'weapon breakage', they have spell components...

Maybe a sourcebook/adventure set in the plane-spanning Illithid Empire before the Gith uprising? Or perhaps set in the Court of the Githyanki Lich Queen Vlaakith. An Empire of the Spider Throne adventure during the rule of Vecna and Kas would be fun as well.

I know that my desire for a new psionics subsystem is a pipe dream with the conservative design the WotC currently pursues. I still do not see many of the other components necessary for Dark Sun to be one of the settings except maybe the 2023 one. You still need defiling/preserving playtested...

This info is a mixed bag for me. I like the return to 4e monster layout. Having combat spells as actions, spelled out in the stat block, is a nice thing for running the game, especially as a newer player who may not have exposure to all the spells. I dislike renaming actions away from the spell...

There is a lot more they can do with 5e. The base game is sound, but the D&D Next playtest showed how much more there can be done within bounded accuracy. The Dials and Knobs have been installed so far with child-proof tampering. Time to release the helicopter development style. If they start...

Boo-ty is in the eye of the Beholder?

Boo teased. Miniature Giant Space Hamster means... Spelljammer Confirmed!

I think it will still be 5E rules but streamlined with the new racial rules and revised guides for Dungeon Maters like in Wild Beyond the Witch Light. They may incorporate some of the subclasses from the splats, but no real rules overhauls.

This thread didn't have much of a rail to begin with, so it is not surprising it has wandered off into the weeds a bit. Evil is not necessary to run a D&D campaign, but neither is combat or magic. The majority of campaigns are going to have them though. Alignment has been used as a...

Does D&D need Evil? No. You can happily play with complex morals and shades of grey. I think D&D can benefit from having Evil in play. A group of Harengon bandits can be brutal and cruel, without giving the Paladin a headache from the existential corruption and taint of their souls in the world...