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I fully expected them to get many accolades this year. They really earned it.

I'm digging the description of "Focus." I just need a succinct way to describe it. Where you generate resources while in combat, instead of starting combat with a set number of resources to spend, or even start off with an undefined number of resources that decrease under certain circumstances...

Well that rules out everything other than the Echo Knight, and I really doubt they are going to do the Echo knight.

Brute failed because it was the platonic ideal of a big dumb fighter, a niche people that people assumed to belong with the Champion. The Champion is instead intended to be the newb class, and people simply didn't understand the distinction. The Brute is, perhaps, the greatest argument...

I think the biggest reason components aren't used is due to the occlusion in the rules for S/M components and how they require free hands, unless you are using both of them at the same time. For instance, if you have Somatic component, but not a Material one, you have to drop everything out of...

The imbedding is broken, so I edited the post. It should link to a bunch of videos, not just one. But it should show up if you copy/paste the link. Works in an incognito tab at least.

Well, they still exist, for now! https://www.twitch.tv/search?term=mike%20mearls%20happy%20fun%20hour&type=videos You are going to have to manually copy/paste that link, the auto-imbed is breaking it.

This seems like a case of "you wouldn't actually know who they were unless they went by that name, as they have no face otherwise." Which would be an important thing in a press setting. For example, if I ever went to a Convention, you couldn't possibly know who I was if I used my given name. In...

Yes. And being a martial or a caster is already purely voluntary.

The Cleric was created to fix a very specific problem. Later on, they were revised to fix a different problem, namely the problem that natural healing took too long. Now that both of those problems are long gone. There really isn't any advantage to keeping the Cleric around, it only serves to...

That's not the real issue here. WotC simply does not have the time to waste on revising anything more complex than a simple tweak here and there. These playtests have effectively two results you can vote on : Throw it away (and keep the 2014 rules), or Use these new rules (basically) as-is...

The problem with that is: If something is a good idea, but needs work, you are just SOL. Giving something a "4" means the item in question gets significantly above the approval threshold, and it's shipped as is. On the flip side, giving something a "3" translates into "throw the idea into the...

The entire point of me buying a book of monsters, is so that I can do less work prepping or running a game. So to that end I want: A place in the world for the monster. Like seriously, how do these things exist, or even why do they exist? Novel tactics for monsters beyond "They move and...

4th of Zarantyr, 998 YK. Afteroon. Room 203, The Vice House, Southshore, Metrol, Cyre. The warm stew and relatively relaxing nature of a friendly bar allowed you to unwind after a long morning. Shortly after your meal, you head up the stairs. The interior of the room seems rather, mundane, for...

Does having a niche mean that nobody else is allowed to do anything with that niche ever?

The wizard's unofficial niche is to take the heat for all balance issues in the game.

Hexblood Liniage (Tabaxi) You have a climb speed equal to your walking speed (handy for urban games) You have proficiency in Perception and Stealth (great for investigators) You can add Disguise Self to your spell list and cast it once per day for free. Your Eerie Token power can be used to bug...

Most of the Wizard Subclasses weren't particularly popular, largely because the statistics were split 8 ways from the start of the 2014 PHB. The main problem with the Necromancer is that it doesn't feel like a Necromancer until level 6. When you get improved undead minions. And even then the...

I honestly doubt they will even use the MM for wildshape statblocks. If anything it's going to be a curated list of animals in the PHB. And from there, it's just one step further to add dynamic level scaling.

So all they wanted was a name? Thats easy to palliate. Just make a template called ursine spirit and let it scale, without the baggage of being tied down to monster stat bock.