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That makes a lot of sense actually. I alternate between Eberron and more traditional settings like the Realms, and the 2014 drow statblocks only worked in the latter. I think this is why the new core rule books have been lighter on built-in lore, they’ll put that in the setting books—elf, dwarf...

That very well could be right, I have no clue. I saw the post from the teacher and it shocked me. But I haven’t interacted with anyone under the age of 20 in close to a decade, so I’m not a good judge. I suspect most of the old timers around here are also poor judges. I do remember how out of...

I really think a new setting needs to do something very different with the D&D paradigm. Nostalgia has worked, but they can't rely on it forever. Someone posted on a thread somewhere that they were a (middle school?) teacher and their D&D playing students had no idea what an elf or a dwarf was...

I think there are plenty of good ideas in here so far, and honestly, I wouldn't complain about any of them. But I think a lot of this discussion is backward-looking, which we've already seen plenty of over the past 10 years (with at best, mixed success--Eberron was well done, Spelljammer not so...

I guess I'm not clear what they mean by "automation" here. I've play around with Sigil a little, but not much (my computer barley runs it and sounds like an alley full of cats being tortured whenever I open it). I like the idea of 3D, but I found setting up maps about as cumbersome as using my...

Are there multiple Flumph entries? Dire flumph? Flumph of annihilation?

I'm not saying the idea that D&D's peak has passed it wrong, but I don't buy that the lack of supporting 3rd party products is a compelling proof point--the Monster Manual isn't even out yet. I guess you could put out an adventure that only included those handful of monsters that have appeared...

Good heavens! You do realize where you are, right? I think I’m coming down with case of the Vapors… Where’s my fainting couch?

Whenever possible, I buy from the FLGS. I can't say I've never bought a gaming book from Amazon, but it's pretty rare. I'd been going to the same gaming story for over 30 years, but less regularly since I moved to the other side of town. For the past couple of years, they've been making it...

I've adopted this system. If a character is proficient in the appropriate skill, they more or less automatically know the monster's type (Aberration, Celestial, etc.). If they take the Study action, they can learn more based on the check, which had Advantage if the CR is 5 or more lower than...

I have liked the adventure anthology books, and I like the idea of campaign length adventures (but in reality they have been hit and miss at best). I feel like it's time for something of a hybrid--some longer adventures that cover roughly a tier, 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, and 16-20, that you could mix...

So a random thought popped into my head. I was thinking about how odd it was that the FR book only has 8 subclasses given that they made an effort to ensure each class had the same number of number of subclasses in the new PH (even the Artificer appears to have 5 subclasses given the number of...

Except that a couple of weeks ago he announced that he was going to write another Eberron book (not this one— he had his patrons vote between a couple of topics). Sometimes people have reactions in the heat if the moment and settle down after a while.

I find the rationale for artisan's tools being part of the Knowledge Domain pretty thin. Blessing of Knowledge seems like a perfect opportunity to grant an extra language instead. I'm really unclear about why they are gatekeeping so much on languages.

Khoravar, "children of Khorvaire", has been the Eberron term for half-elves for a long time. Sounds like they will differ from the Half-elves of other D&D worlds in some way though.

One of my groups just got out of a Pathfinder 2 game after almost a year, while one (the guy who managed somehow to dominate in combat) enjoyed it, about half had lukewarm feelings about it and the rest despised it. The overwhelming feeling of being underpowered was a big complaint, but also...

I hope you are right. 4E had it's issues, but monster design wasn't one of them. As Fitz pointed out, the math need some work, but the ideas--monsters being built differently from characters, different roles, interesting abilities/powers, etc. worked well. I'd go so far as to say the entire...

That's a lot of good looking art! I'm exciting for this book!

I’m old enough to remember when society generally got outraged about actual social ills like war, crime, and poverty rather than game rules. Nobody got up in arms when they retired the wheelbarrow token in Monopoly! I feel like everyone just wants to be mad about everything all the time anymore.

I see a lot of laments about the loss of personality traits, bonds, and flaws... and while I agree in theory, in practice I cannot recall a single time in the past decade where one of my players actually bothered to incorporate those ideas into their character in a meaningful way. It's entirely...