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As things stand right now, I think we're likely to stay with 4e, mostly because it is so easy to DM. (I think my players would likely be OK with any D&D variant.) If 5e moves more toward 4e, maybe I'd consider that. I don't have anything against pathfinder, but I spend too much time on DMing...

I hadn't thought of Avandra as being a halfling (or dwarf), but that's pretty good!

Honestly not sure what forum to put this in... but I'm looking for suggestions on a miniature for Avandra (or an aspect of Avandra).

This. Since it's easy to fix on a local basis by simply excluding halflings (or removing the offending increase in dice size), it's hard to see it as a major problem. I'm more worried about aspects of game design that can't easily be fixed this way.

The problem with this is that tools like the character-builder wouldn't be available. Other than the adventure tools and character-builder, I don't see any barrier, but lacking those will be a noticeable inconvenience, and their licensing prevents third-parties from filling the gap. Which, come...

Thanks, that's a great link, although the link title seems odd. For me, 4e delivers the following things: balanced classes -- all contribute, feel viable, no sense that only wizards matter at higher levels relatively resilient PCs, even at low levels (key for running story-driven games where...

Is there a case to be made for why fans of 4e will want to adopt 5e? So far, I'm not seeing the benefit to switching. Given that we already own a bunch of 4e materials, the onus is pretty much on Wizards of the Coast. Eventually, lack of support might be an issue, but I'm still not seeing much...

You could make exactly the same argument running the other way. Want more powerful characters? Use [some mod] that up's the damage per level. If you give me level 1 characters that can be killed in a single hit, it won't be an issue of starting at a higher level -- I won't bother with that...

This whole thing strikes me as a non-issue. Halflings need to be competitive to be a viable playable race. Having these rules lets them be competitive while using appropriately sized weapons. All the arguments about it not being realistic seem wildly out-of-place in a fantasy roleplaying game...

Great thread; the initial post does a good job of laying out the issues in a dispassionate way. As a "Dragons" player, the current playtest looks way too random to interest me. I'd be interested in a faster, more story-oriented "Dragons" campaign (with less on the detailed grid-mechanics), but...

That was my reaction as well. If a ranger is good but not quite as good as a paladin, and a monk is at best only as good as a fighter fighting unarmed, why have these other classes? To me, being best at tanking -- at absorbing damage and holding off the foes -- should not be combined with being...