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On the note of this panel specifically, One of the things Mearls mentioned (somewhere in the Q&A session) was a complete revamp of the mass combat rules. He talks about how for the most part it's been given a level of abstractness, with the idea of the PCs serving as a spotlight to certain...

I've gotten it to work, but it's a very odd solution. Effectively you cannot use the spacebar if it's the last character in a block of text, but if it's not the last character, it will register. So put a period down, and start inserting your text before the period. As for the bard colleges...

Then pay a bit more gold for a lantern. A lantern is much easier to conceal the light of without extinguishing it entirely. They're a great tool for sneaking around with reduced (but not completely eliminated, yes) risk of exposing yourself. EDIT: Does Volo's guide say anything about...

I can think of one reason for players to use it, though it wouldn't be a common situation. Namely, in your combat as war scenarios, that sounds like an excellent means of disrupting the industry of an enemy city. Evil, probably, but effective.

For those curious, this reddit thread is relevant as to why D&D won: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/52me37/vote_for_dnd_to_join_the_toy_hall_of_fame/ It was no contest once the internet knew this was happening.

It's really only meaningful if you're attempting to make travel and getting prepared for long expeditions the important part of your game, and even then your bigger limitation is container capacity than carrying capacity.

It's there literally for flavour/encouraging you to play to type (even if I think those could be handled in ways that don't use penalties) Aggressive and Powerful build are not going to break the game if you have smart orcs, while kobolds are just built weirdly. I'd rebuild the kobold entirely...

I'm suspecting in the future wotc will look towards their already established partnerships. I remember sometime last year or earlier this year hearing about beamdog hiring more writers for some reason. Odds are for a game/expansion to an existing game. I haven't heard if this was for a D&D game...

Explained in VGM by the fact that the Mind Flayer uses a distributed network of memory storage. You'll have a mind flayer that knows everything there is to know about human metallurgy, while another is unmatchable in their knowledge of obscure board-game rules.

Are you proficient with the weapon you are using? If so,t hen yes. Add it to the to-hit.(And just as a reminder, though you may know this already, but your proficiency bonus is never added to damage.)

It was one of the official previews as well: https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--2MJq2lab--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/aywcfloykwrhn6g7hrjw.png

The name they're teasing us with, "First major mechanical expansion" will become the official name of it. That's what I expect.

The Culinary Secrets of Womford.

According to the DMG, perception finds doors, investigation opens them. In context to traps, I would translate this to be "certain tiles seem to be dustier than others, while numerous small holes open down the side of the left wall." Investigation would be: "Judging by how ever so slightly...

The solution I've best gotten for the zealot while talking about it on reddit is to play up the aspect of being a pawn in its flavour. Perhaps they don't even know who the god giving them favour is, all they know is that they channel the energy needed to keeping fighting even when an ordinary...

I'd like to see a few more examples before I take the plunge, but if they have distinct and memorable personalities it might be worth it.

I still have a little concern over the overlap of the zealot and the cleric, but I don't know if that's a failing of the zealot or a failing of the cleric for being too AD&D in its flavour (holy warrior who channels divine energy) but without the priesthood elements to fall back on (as they seem...

I'm not sure what to think of the flavour of these, (I have minor concerns that the zealot path is starting to tread on the toes of the Paladin and Cleric) but rage beyond death seems like an amazing Path capstone.

While in its mist form, a vampire cannot take actions. That includes dashing. Yet another instance of where playing strictly by RAW makes 5e more complicated than simply ruling by what makes sense.

Thank you. I keep forgetting minor things like this that could do such a thing. Doesn't help that Strahd is limited to a 20 foot movement speed, with no actions allowed to speed it up, and thus no outrun your wraith. (Killing a Vampire with a Vampire Spawn feels weird, though.)