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While I am excited for the new books, I gotta agree. DC20 ability check to make it through the year relatively unscathed.

There are too many cool, unique abilities for the 13 classes for them to be limited as subclasses of only 3-4 basic classes. If your idea of a barbarian is just a Fighter that has rage, I want no part of it. What about all the fighter abilities and the barbarian abilities? How does all that fit...

For those of us that love D&D beyond the game itself, what are your favorite D&D-branded/themed items you've acquired that are not necessary game elements? Things like posters, art prints, figures, weapons, bags of holding, etc. Here are just a few of mine: I love my "Battle over Sharn" canvas...

What is your favorite unnecessary geek swag?

Um. I want D&D swag. D&D is my thing. I like my Tiamat coasters. I like my mimic dice pouch. I like the grins strangers give me when they see me wearing my D&D t-shirts. I like to collect my geek stuff! And so do most people. They may just have different geek passions.

They are creating great content for the base. An even larger base than an adventure can touch. I think the UA showcased a lot to be excited for. No adventure excites me as much as this project to refine the core rules. Because I like to make/adapt adventures to my own stories.

Who is to say that they won't have the old SRD still up because it is a reference document that supports the older products created with that old SRD? Do you know something we don't? Or just saying that the sky is falling?

I'm not re-buying the whole game because I have to. If the revised books give me value, they've earned my business. But we can all still play 5E with our current 2014 books. And every new adventure going forward will still be able to be played using the 2014 books as well. Sure, new...

Agreed. Plans that are both profit-driven and community-focused for long-term growth are not the same as short-term cash-grabs.

Wizards has been soliciting feedback for years, via polls, and at live events at conventions. Remember the polls asking about the 2014 books, where we learned how poorly people thought about certain design elements like the Ranger? They have ratings from the players about the 2014 elements. They...

Sorry for not clarifying, I'm referring to older editions that such expectations were set. 5E has broadened roles for classes, and the UA revisions seem to be making that clearer and easier.

Live play. Also, I've seen others run numbers on how long a monk lasts against enemies. It rivals the other "tanks." Deflect Attacks is huge for damage mitigation. Being able to Dodge and Attack on the same round is crazy good (Patient Defense). They can't be pinned down if they get into trouble...

There are going to be at least 5 class art pieces for each class (Chapter art, and 1 for each subclass). There are 4 more wizard pieces we've not yet seen. Perhaps they will show a variety of themes?

Perkins seems to understand my preferences. I want a refined 5e that lets me use all my 5e (plus 3rd party) content. I don't want a completely new D&D from Wizards. If I want something different, I'll buy from someone different.

Classes are not reduced to only one role anymore. They can be built any number of ways. But the monk will be able to tank or DPR. Just like the barbarian can. Just differently.

When looking at party structure in modern games, one theme that pops out is a "dodge-tank" that avoids damage, as opposed to preventing or soaking damage with High AC or High HP. If a monk can go toe-to-toe with the big bad and not be splattered at the end, they did the tank's job, no matter how...

Almost every wizard I've seen played has the Prestidigitation cantrip to keep themselves clean and crisp. This totally fits that feel. Educated and erudite and a whole lotta class.

@Morrus I don't know if this is appropriate to ask here, but would you be interested in your LevelUp content being available on DDB? Or would you prefer to stay separate? Or do you consider it just different enough that it doesn't fit?

If I want a serious or slapstick meatgrinder, I will participate in a specific, short adventure for that purpose. Those can be fun, but only in that context. I don't want a campaign to be actually super deadly all the time. It's so frustrating when every player builds a background and story and...

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