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I must be unusual. I've run several combats/encounters where the target can't be seen. If it makes some sort of attack roll, the attacker has to specify a 5 ft. square in range. If the target isn't in that square, it's an automatic miss. If it is there, the attack is still made with...

Just as an aside, another potential abuse could be the spellcasters crafting scrolls for the non-spellcasters - or just for each other. By the rules, it would be way cheaper to scribe your own than go out and buy them - and depend on random chance at that. Wiz: "Hey, that heal spell is pretty...

I agree - the 2E edition itself wasn't the problem, it was all the things going on behind the scenes (and unrelated to the published game) at TSR that was a problem. Now, I'd be willing to agree that the rerelease of the 2E core books in the black-book format was probably a bad idea; in...

What are your thoughts on creating non-human countries, akin to the Elves of Alfheim, Dwarves of Rockhome and such? Do they have to still be based on some real-world analog fantasied up and is their origin still from off-world?

Humans and their ilk are always great antagonists. Warlock NPCs with Pact of the Genie as opponents might be appropriate - a "hit" team specifically gathered to thwart the party or their antics being the reason for the early summons. Counter-elementals (i.e., A Water Elemental in opposition to...

I'm just starting to take a serious look at A5E, and I'm trying to get a print copy (I use a lot of PDFs these days, but when doing "relaxed" reading, I like to have the physical books around). I don't see a POD option for the books on DriveThruRPG, and otherwise getting a copy in the US is...

I have a quibble with this; part of the issue was 2E was allowed to run too long (MtG was kicking its ass as well as other behind-the-scene company issues). It's like calling the Atari 2600 "unsuccessful" because of the Game Market crash, when the console itself was successful for quite a...

One of the wilds things I was just looking on Amazon to see if 5E 2024 had any numbers there showing for ranking or sale volume, which it doesn't seem to show. Conversely, 5E 2014 is showing that it sold over 700 copies for the PHB alone in the past month (Core 3 had 100+ sales). I'm shocked...

I was a little hesitant when you first mentioned it, but I think it is a nice addition. I'd also consider breaking it slightly to different skills - Arcana for Wizard and Sorcerer spells, Performance for Bard spells, Religion for Cleric and Paladin spells, Nature for Druid and Ranger spells and...

I'll give the survey a shot. Music/moodscapes are very important to my gaming.

I too have dumped the edition treadmill and have been voting against 5.5 with my wallet. They've had about 8 editions to get this right and if they can't be happy with that, a 9th isn't going to fix it.

Down here in Mississippi, there's Leaf Paper Mill not too far from where I live, so I have a feeling the South US could be used (Louisiana to Alabama, up to Tennessee). The question would be sustainability and cost difference mostly.

I'm in the camp Backwards Compatibility is key. There's no reason to invalidate hundreds of dollars worth of content I already have; this isn't a video game console they are selling. I'm sicking of buying stuff I already own because someone wants to try something slightly different. Just...

That so little changed from the half-baked bastion rules to what we got in the DMG, I think WotC was gaslighting the public rather than the other way around. I don’t think there was any honesty in listening to the fans this time around, and at best the squeaky wheels were listened to instead of...

Beyond the tone (which I despise), it only accounts for a modern enterprise-like business. As I recall, you couldn’t use it to make a church/sanctuary, thieves guild or even just a manor house or ship the PC owned.

Too bad there wasn't any comment or breakout on the 2024 D&D books - would have been nice to know.

@jgsugden, you're coming across as forcing your playstyle on others. Some people do not see (nor want) the inability to stand against a foe as compatible with their style of play. They may simply consider it unfair as it is the choice of the DM to set up these sort of conflicts and the players...

I've looked over that book and STRONGLY disagree.

Hopefully it is a case on bastions that they're going to sit on it a short while (possibly to see what sort of feedback they get, possibly so they have exclusive on the rules for a bit), and then we'll see them appear in an updated SRD a little further down the road. Personally, I intend to be...

A lot of that is to gate-keep the more powerful monsters out of the reach of lower level characters, honestly. Generally things like demons and devils are "high-level" foes, and by making them immune/resistant to non-magical BPS is a way of saying "wait until you're more heroic/higher level to...