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I've pretty much gotten to this point. Many games don't hardwire modifiers, anymore. IMO, it's a hold-over from rolling dice for stats. That's about the only way to promote racial archetypes/stereotypes with random generation. When you're doing point buy, it doesn't matter -- and is actually...

There's definitely some overlap between Barbarian and Ranger. Personal opinion: most of the Barbarian stuff should go to either the Ranger or to a "Berserker" Fighter subclass. Funny enough, some of the newer Barbarian kits make a good argument for having a Warden class that lacks rage, but has...

I picked it up on DDB. It's a nice collection of new toys. Some of the DM content is much better than I anticipated (I had pretty low hopes, so YMMV). Funny thing about the whole "new toy" part: I've been listing to Savage Worlds podcasts and digging into Fate (including running a one-shot a...

Ranger. And by Ranger, I mean the idealized Aragorn badassery that is Ranger, in my head. Or something. I only GM, so it's not like it matters, anyway. I'd probably be happy to play any of them, though -- well, besides Barbarian. I love a good Barbarian like you love a good Paladin. Which is...

Definitely agree. If you're playing Spelljammer, it makes sense that it'd include the existing worlds and use flogistan (or whatever) to explain travelling between them. In Planescape, it's a similar idea, but the settings are probably alternate primes. Your Oerth might have a crystal sphere...

I didn't say that setting products should be opinionated. That is, as you say, the point. What I'm saying is that the core rules shouldn't be particularly opinionated. I'm also saying that I don't trust the current staff to know the difference between the two. I'm really not sure what the...

It's not so much about Eberron -- I'm cautiously optimistic that they can pull that off, in a limited scope. It's more that they seem to be letting their "we're all in the same multiverse" idea get a bit out of hand and have a hard time setting boundaries. I haven't used the Great Wheel since...

Agreed. I'm a bit nervous because the team seems to be so intent on explaining everything. That runs counter to some core Eberron concepts. Even more, though, I think it runs counter to having distinct setting flavors. The bit about the mind flayers controlling most of the prime material...

Well, the "living errata" of polymorph* was one of the key reasons I started to get dissatisfied with 3.5E and didn't stick with 4E (the digital tools for which were, at least initially, supposed to incorporate errata and rules updates). Something like improving the index doesn't bother me and...

I'm actually OK with this. The Greyhawk base was kinda split between the red & gold box, Greyhawk Wars, and From the Ashes. The options available to WotC are to pick one of those or add yet another option that satisfies no one. Personally, I'd be happy with a higher production value, hardcover...

Not to be flip, but I'm not sure D&D works well for that, mechanically. The spells just aren't divided up right. You could build some Wizard subclasses and create new spell lists for them. I'd be more inclined to just talk with your players and say, "Hey, this is what I want to do. Can you guys...

This. 1,000 times this. I tried to play with a gradual reveal and mystery about what was going on. I don't think the game ever did recover from that and the whole group (me included) opted to just drop the adventure because it was so slow. I'd gotten to a point where I'd gone back and radically...

That's part of my objection, too. While I don't like the abstract beholder-like image, I don't mind the black and gold aesthetic. I wouldn't pay more for it, but I would have zero objection to that style for all the "generic" 5E books. I'd just prefer if they did different central images. I...

I dislike beholders, in general, so neither one really wows me. Beholders are part of the D&D lore, though, and the standard cover is probably the best picture of one I can remember seeing. It looks like the same art style as my other D&D books and would feel like part of the set, on my shelf...

Did not know that. Now, I can never un-know it. Thanks for adding a peeve to my farm. This is one of my top peeves, as well. Unfortunately, I have seen it in a couple of rules books (not RPG or wargames) as well as in at least one video game that made a big deal about having dice visible, on...

Oh, like Excalibur, Durandal, Naegling, and Mjolnir?

I think it's funny that the very first response to the question is the 180 opposite of my position. They only get to stay if they share space with something else, and I happen to think feats is the perfect partner. My bias, like lowkey13's, comes from "growing up" with AD&D, et al. Having any...

If we're going pie-in-the-sky, I'll actually one-up you. Make today's primary casters into 1/2 casters. Put out a PHB2 that details levels 21-40 and extends the spell tables through 9th level spells. "Name level" in 1E AD&D was pretty much epic level. The system did OK above that level, but it...

Depending on my mood when starting a campaign, I'll either go for something that sounds right to the ear (i.e. make it up) or just accept that most ancient cultures named things pretty simply. Sounds right: * Kheptu * Tennek * Hordi * Garro * Ran Ho-bin Simple/untranslated: * Khep's Seat (the...

Casually? Loot. More formally, I'm going to go with: Liquid commodities (or liquid treasure). (Definitions from dictionary.com) Liquid (adj): in cash or readily convertible into cash without significant loss of principal. Commodity (n): an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as...