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#1) Gritty healing should not mean a complete lack of inspirational healing. You can absolutely have gritty healing and non-spellcaster healing. (I have no idea if this is being done or not at any level, but the two are not mutually exclusive). 2) People should really read into the context...

The irony alert is that I know first hand at least two of the developers that are quite old school / slow as hell healing lovers. I've heard second hand that one of the games being ran is a Dark Sun game where healing is several levels of insanity lower than typical old school. But in the...

While there have definitely been differences between what we got and what the final version is shaping up to be; lets just say many of the threads and posts made by people who are absolutely sure XYZ is happening may or may not be looking rather..foolish by the release of the PHB. At this...

But, but, of course it would break the game. How couldn't it???? :D There were heavy amounts of sarcasm in my previous post. ;)

I sort of feel like magic in as of itself is a pretty blatant display of power. :-p That said, I feel like one of the two bloodlines mentioned will have 90% of what you are looking for off the bat. Call it a hunch. ;)

If only the edition were really versatile and robust such that it could take those kinds of modifications and not break the game.... :D

Was running the kids game one week; was trying to describe infrared vision, my exact comment was "it's like the predator from the movie"; chorus of kids respond in unison "what's a predator?" Felt. So. Old.

No replacement option for second wind != alternate versions of second wind. Second Wind with THP Second Wind that does something else completely Second Wind that reduces damage etc. Hence my statement about "wait till the dang game comes out before freaking out commences." :-p

Per the playtest data; most people don't actually mind inspirational healing. There are some that do, but many of those folks are not inclined to go with 5E for a variety of other reasons as well. That said, I don't have any in my game, so take that for what it is worth. Can we have a...

To put it in perspective, I only let my younger players play either sorcerers or warlocks due to their simplicity. (Kids + preparing spells = AAAHAHHAHAHA they never finish)

I'd hold your horses before you make any assumptions about how Sorcerer subclasses play out. :-p

With regards to 3E and C&C not having dissociative mechanics; if you ever pop 3E, 4E, PF, and 5E in front of a group of 12 year olds who have never played a TTRPG before; they will point out all the completely dissociative mechanics that are involved in 3E / PF / C&C as well as 4E and 5E that...

So far from my experience this is true; they may "replicate" some spells (IE, super similar effects), but they don't use the actual spell very often; this way you don't have the law of unintended consequences come up if they modify a spell for PC use.

EDIT: Not worth it.

Ran the Starter Set as a test for a group of 10-12 year olds and they really enjoyed it. If you have any specific questions feel free to PM me; but don't be afraid to let zany stuff happen (like acme anvils) and don't be afraid to reskin characters (the wizard ended up as a Titan from...

I wonder whether those advantages of playing in person are why WotC is pushing down this road. IMO, the main advantage a TTRPG has over a CRPG or a video game is you do have a human arbiter who can make decisions to cover the corner cases with the spirit of the rules rather than the letter of...

Victory is yours! :D

Do we know what Cure Light Wounds actually does in the final version? Why do clerics only count as having 4 spells at level 5, as opposed to the 9 spells I see on the character sheet for a 5th level cleric, or the 2+spell level additional HP healed by each one his healing spells didn't count...

Wait, so if you were camped out in the forest for hours, waiting for the fighter to heal, and the DM decided to roll wandering monsters, you would all quit over that? The players do get to choose what to do; but the DM decides the consequences for doing so. You sit in a forest for 3 hours...

I actually am pretty sure that is how they would go about it should a whole class be flat out broken. Probably change it in Basic (it sounds like eventually much of the game will be in Basic as time goes on) and release a "variant" in the appropriate book.