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I voted Wizard, because I like having as spell list that's varied and tailored to the actual adventure I'm on, not having a super-generic list of spells that never changes. I like saying "Oh, we are going to be facing threat X? Let me go buy some scrolls that will help us and add that to my...

Man, I feel like 5E was the Edition made just for me, and it keeps holding to that. I'm really looking forward to getting this one. Thanks Mearls & Team (if you read this) for bringing this AD&D/OSR gamer back to the fold. Great job.

Yes, it does, because if you fail three death saves your Condition is no longer "unconscious". It's "dead".

For the Dragon Overlords, I think the key to really make them different is to focus on their Legendary Lairs. Treat the regions around their lair as being enemies in themselves. Each one would be unique, of course, but Malystryx's lair should spawn fire elementals and magmal entities. Maybe...

First off, I love it. I've been tinkering with this exact same idea myself. I like the Warlock's class design and it really could replace the standard spell slot table in Cleric and Wizard. Some thoughts on your design... Given how few Channel Divinity's characters have, the Divine Smite on...

Who said anything about locking them away into classes? I didn't. I just suggest they could boost some "stat-like meta skill".

That's exactly what I mean. But isn't that the whole point of this thread? Why? The entire point of the change (IMO) is to make the story half of the game more enjoyable and less offensive to my sense of verisimilitude. The very first thing I said was that I didn't have a problem with "the...

I like the math of 5E but understand (and kind of agree with) the people who dislike how stats become so important and optimizing "requires" you to boost them. There's the (strong) argument too that your stats shouldn't change that much over time. This is easily fixed though by having three...

I love both sub-classes and sub-sub-classes. Even though I understood people wanted some mechanical representation of how their fighter was different from other fighters, I didn't like the explosion of base classes in previous editions. The sub-classes and sub-sub-classes mechanics has two...

Is that more a problem with the "academic" naming convention. Would you prefer the wizard sub-classes were Necromancer, Conjurer, Alchemist, Fire Lord, Warden, Diviner, etc.?

I voted "Mechanics", but what I'm really trying to do is see what the group needs and fill a spot. Like I recently stepped into an Against the Giants Campaign that didn't have any healers, so I wanted someone good at that to fill the need, and while I wasn't in the mood to play a straight Cleric...

Volo's Guide = Monster Manual II Xanathar's Guide = Player's Handbook II So the question is, what does a DMG II look like?

I was playing with ideas about how to be a melee combatant with just cantrips, and I think I hit on a pretty good one. This isn't so much a build as a one-trick pony that's a really good trick. Take Nature Cleric and choose Shillelagh as your cantrip. Now you can make melee attacks based on...

I don't like it, thematically. I don't see the need for "balance". It's clear from the original concept of the Warlock that the Warlock "bargains" with the dangerous, fey, mostly chaotic, outsiders for power, and their sanity and soul is in danger because of this. That doesn't work with...

I like this a lot. Cutting it down to four rather than expanding it is probably the right way to go.

I feel like both Wisdom and Charisma are poorly defined. Wisdom is sensory perception, willpower, and empathy? Like, why are those all the same thing? Charisma used to be synonymous with Comeliness but is now morphing into a mix of confidence and force of personality. (So what's Wisdom's...

Repeatedly violating the Action economy. "I do this, and this, and this, and this..." Whoa there, buddy.

I voted "Other". I think D&D is really best played at a table, and that no CRPG (even Baldur's Gate) really captures the same feel for me. But I'd like to see an Age of Empires in an explicitly D&D world. The old Warcraft games were close to that, before them became WoW MMOs. I like "Master of...

Same here

Exactly. If we understand the objection we can make better suggestions. Just listing out 10 gothic campaign settings is stupid and a waste of time, without knowing what the OP is looking for. Analogy time: 1: "Can you recommend a car?" 2: "Honda Civic." 1: "No, I need room for six." 2: "Honda...