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As you say yourself, it's always been the case that a group can keep using the older version of a rule. So how is this a substantially new approach? Significant rules elements are still getting overhauled. As Mearls says, things that get overhauled are things that are seriously problematic for...

It seems like I might be the only one who has serious mixed feelings about this. For one thing, I think some posters didn't read the article carefully enough. In other words, Mearls is distinguishing between two different kinds of updates: the "simple and easy" kind, and the "greater...

Mostly good stuff that I'm very excited about. I'm gonna talk about the stuff that I don't like, though, because hey, this is an RPG forum. I don't like Drow in the PHB. Evil races don't belong in the PHB. If they're retconning the Drow so that they're not generally evil, that's dumb. And...

The existence of the Basic D&D PDF makes the buy-in for 5e very flexible, with a whole spectrum of price points, since even the core rulebooks don't really need each other to function. An experienced player or savvy consumer can download the Basic D&D PDF for free. Buy-in: $0 A new player...

And by the way, do we know yet if the Starter Set comes in a real box with a lid, or a flimsy box that opens from the end? Honestly, that's a huge deal for me. I actually think it makes more of a psychological difference to me than the presence or absence of character creation. A sturdy box with...

That would be perfect for anyone buying the starter set in a FLGS, sure. In your proposal, what would be the solution for someone who doesn't live near a store and has to buy the starter set online? And just out of curiosity, why would they give out a Player's Guide with every starter set, but...

I'm sympathetic with the people who call the starter set crippleware. Character creation is absolutely fundamental to a tabletop roleplaying game. I don't care how basic your set is supposed to be or how inexperienced the target audience is: any set of tabletop roleplaying game rules with no...

"You will not need [...] the PH or Starter Set to make a character." That suggests that the character creation rules will be online in some form, and not included in the Starter Set box. That's disappointing, but not the end of the world. Here's hoping the Starter Set will include very clear and...

In language, words can be used analogously for effect. And $50 for a 320-page book released by Hasbro is ludicrous when far smaller companies without economies of scale manage to release similar books for the same price or less.

Any chance the books will include PDFs somehow? Damn, that price is extortion.

Damn I sure hope they get this right this time. If this is another "levels 1 and 2 only, one crappy adventure, no character creation rules, and plenty of errata" debacle like almost every other starter set Wizards has ever made, I will be genuinely depressed. I tend to get excited about starter...

I care about class balance in combat, so I'm going to disagree. First, XunValdorl, your examples of experiences that led you to believe that few people care about this issue are the Pathfinder Society and conventions. I don't think those are the best settings for making the judgment you've made...

Copy the Pathfinder Beginner Box beat-for-beat. It's basically perfect. Or some do's and don'ts: DON'T think of the starter set as nothing more than an advertisement for the full game. That will just make it limited and unappealing. DO think of the starter set as a full game that a group...

P1NBACK-- When I said lunacy I didn't mean rolling for stats in general, but rather the various ingenious ways that many stat-rolling D&Ders (maybe not you and your group!) find to avoid playing characters with bad stats. I also genuinely didn't mean "lunacy" as an insult. That probably sounds...

Good to hear a negative playtest report; always more useful than a gushing one. As to his own character's power, I blame the dragon sorcerer for that one. He is overpowered and needs to be toned down. On the other hand, I love how eclectic his character sounds. As to the banality of the...

I'm always in favor of more, and more useful, mundane equipment.

Yeah, this is pretty close to me. The thrill of rolling is fun. Even playing a suboptimal character can be fun, as long as it's for one night only. But point-buy is really what I'd rather have. As a few people've already said, it really is astonishing how often even staunch advocates of...

Hey, wait a second. There's this site, let me see if I can find it. It's, like, D&D 3rd edition, online. Ah, here it is. The Hypertext d20 SRD (v3.5 d20 System Reference Document) :: d20srd.org Wait. Hold on. That looks... no, it can't be. Pathfinder_OGC Holy crap. Did anyone else see...

I already said in my most recent post that some RPG companies support multiple systems at once. They do it with very small staffs which only make a few of the most lucrative possible supplements for each system. So certainly it can be done, but that system is nowhere near as stable or as...

Surprisingly, I'm actually with you here. If Wizards is going to do the "ability checks are what the game is built on them, but you occasionally get a +3 bonus to them due to your character's backround," I'd rather they did it all the way. As the playtest packet stands now, they're 90% of the...