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I predict a late Summer release of the PH. I strongly believe there will be other playtest docs. Maybe only 1 PH doc? But what PH content is left other than spells and maybe one final pass at the druid? Another pass at Feats? Clarifying the hints we've seen for some basic rules, like how...

You really are dooming and glooming. Yes, the big toy companies took a big hit last year. Hasbro is at $48 today and Mattel is at $17. The last time Hasbro was this low, before the pandemic, was 2013. Go ahead and Google their stock. If people decide they don't want to buy games this year with...

I disagree about both nerd culture going away, and about Wizards and D&D failing. Assuming the world doesn't just fall apart from war and other BS, nerd culture isn't going away. The world is becoming more remote and digital, and as long as nerdy entertainment can be distributed, its popularity...

In Hasbro and Wizards, there is no "corporate" non-human entity with absolute power. There were actual people who were behind those efforts, who made those decisions without input from other internal teams and the public. Even if they have the same level of influence/power in 2024, they won't be...

I am currently playing a Level 10 Twilight Cleric. It is indeed strong. But I've learned that there isn't a lot of variety in how the fights go. When in the fight, my spell list is effective, but limited in scope. The buffing is the priority, and that feels passive, so you don't feel like you...

Wizards got their butts swatted after their OGL shenanigans last year and they know it. Remember that it was not the entire company driving the change, only a small faction of high-ups. The designers and other teams were against it. I think there would be too much internal pushback for the...

I think the shock of the difference between the playtest and the 2014 rules was a big factor in the overall downvote. The main complaint was that people wanted to use the special abilities of the forms, like a buffet or a toolbox. They wanted to feel like that beast. The first draft of the...

Because the rules have players roll their Intelligence checks (and Wisdom (Perception) checks), the players always know how well they roll, so I always give my players some basic information the public thinks is true, even if it is affirming something they suspect. The lower the roll, the more...

Not every class design needs to contribute a solution to every aspect of character functionality, as this is a team game, not a solo game. D&D is also steeped in magic, and magic items are valid ways to enhance PCs in ways their classes aren't designed to offer. "Martial" does not mean "avoid...

That works. The thing is "Half-elf" doesn't need to be human specific. The species rules has elven qualities, as it should, but Skill Versatility is generic/non-specific enough that the skills chosen can reflect the other parent's origin if you want. Otherwise it's just a cosmetic choice. I can...

They are indeed popular, even with me and I don't like the term half-elf. I just call them Elfkin in my home campaign setting.

Tree Blight from Curse of Strahd is a CR 7 Huge plant with a Grasping Root ability. Assassin Vines are smaller. Hangman Trees existed in older editions, and I've linked a DDB homebrew search.

One of my legendary villains in my old 2E FR campaign was an evil high elf archdruid who was also a were-winter wolf. He was an elf-supremacist, despite being a monstrous boogeyman who liked the taste of human prey. His druidic "Circle of Winter's Teeth" was populated by his pack, followers, and...

This first paragraph of questions is for 3rd party publishers/designers who plan on adopting 2024 changes to their future 5E design. Are you also planning on revising/updating your pre-2024 mechanical content (subclasses, monsters, spells, magic items) to more closely conform to the 2024 rules...

In 2024 and beyond I'm going to continue to use the term "5E", when talking about 3rd party compatibility because those products will be compatible with the 2024 ruleset (at least as compatible as A5E, or ToV, or other clones with their own differences). If a 3rd-party 5E-compatible product was...

Rime of the Frostmaiden is pretty high up there.

This isn't real life data. That isn't what data means. You're just guessing at numbers that feel "right" to you, based on... height and 2 body types? Most power lifters are shorter and stronger than basketball players. Assigning strength to newborn humans based on swimmer and bodybuilder...

Yeah, I see no reason to continue this conversation. We are from different universes on this.

You're saying that players don't roll for DC10 checks because the outcome is not in doubt? And there is no meaningful consequence for failure at DC 10? What about DC 11? DC 15? Where is the middle ground between where DC 10 is an automatic success that you don't roll for, but you roll against DC...

Agree to disagree. I interpret the first paragraph to use natural language to state that a PC can keep rolling and should be able to succeed with time, unless the natural circumstances for failure prevent that from occurring (the example for the second paragraph gave a reason why the player...