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I'm open almost as soon as the effect is in play. If a PC has an ability that negates my bad guy-ness, I want that ability used, not mentioned as a passing regret once the battle is over!

Deep, deep, deep into 3rd level.

Oh boy. 37 years. Two or three lunchtimes a week and most Saturday afternoons while at school. Twice a week at university. A long gap mid-life gap where it was one full weekend every two to three months. About once a fortnight for 3E, and once a week for all editions since then with some small...

I started with the red box a lifetime ago, and 90% of my roleplaying since then has been D&D in its various forms. I've played, run, and enjoyed dozens of other systems, but nothing does it for me like D&D. I've stopped asking myself why. Not every question needs an answer!

I've greatly missed UKGE for the last couple of years, but I don't think I'll be psychologically ready for the con experience until this thing is decidedly in our rear view mirror, which in the UK, it is not.

I'm very proud of my weekly group. We made the switch to online play after the first UK lockdown and have maintained our game since then. That said we'll soon all be fully vaccinated, and first week of September is our tentative back-to-the-table date! It'll be doubly special because we put our...

It's Reddit and YouTube that have replaced traditional forums, not Twitter, though the latter is really good for interacting with WotC and your favourite creators. I'm part of the decades-old crowd that MC talks about in the article linked above, and yet I've adopted Reddit as my default...

Sorry, I wasn't entirely clear. PF's reputation is exactly as you say. 5E, in contrast, is running with very few releases, 14 books since mid 2015. I'm wondering whether PF2 will see a change in release cadence as well, or whether their existing model can continue to be (I presume) successful.

Much more interesting than the rules changes, for me, is the question of whether Paizo will continue Pathfinder's product model, or move to a more 5E-like approach. WotC has proved that D&D can thrive with a focus on story over player options. Will the Pathfinder audience be open to that kind of...

Yes. What's more fun, the PC's scrambling to change their tactics, or a long fight with the PC's thinking, "Wow, this opponent sure has a lot of Hit Points"..?

Maybe, it depends whether the subscription ever brings any interesting benefits. I'll probably drop some money on the PHB and MM at the initial sale price, so I have a complete online browsing resource, since, as a compendium, the app has proved extremely useful during beta.

Integrating homebrew this early in the process is really cool...

I came to Dragonlance through a marriage of convenience. I was at uni, looking to DM something new, and my flat-mate offered to sell me his DLCS and a couple of the starter adventures so he could buy the Epic WH40K starter set he wanted. Since I *also* wanted to play the new 40K hotness, this...

Glad to see things are proceeding, as Beyond is now my go-to reference at the table. Also pleased to hear during the stream that Beta 2 -> Beta 3 will be much shorter than Beta 1 -> Beta 2!

There is no such thing as trivial wilderness adventuring in my game. Why would you want to waste such a golden opportunity for world-building, plot-building, or creating memorable NPC's? The journey should be *at least as* exciting as the destination!

I'm happy with it. For players from older editions, the Bonus action has often tripped them up (i.e. they're looking for Swift and Minor action equivalency and not finding it), but in general, it seems to work well.

I loved that one guy on Twitter: "I'm ready and formally asking for 6E." Get over yourself, pal.

OT: They do?!

You're in the minority I'm afraid. LMoP was brilliant fun at our table, and I strongly recommend it to the OP.

Thanks for doing this! Very candid stuff from Mearls there, good to see.