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I like what I see. I'm personally not a big fan of the Eladrin as the Elves++ race, but I think I'll refluff and use them to model the Star Elves in Faerun, if a player ever asks to play one. They're basically elves who spent so many times in their fey-ish demiplane they're not quite of this...

Rangers pets' have some nifty attacks in their statblocks, IMO. They may not be killer attacks, but having a critter trip your opponent and then using your other attack to hit him when he's on the ground is nothing to sneer at.

Ditto. After reading the Ranger entry in the PHB I was kinda "meh!" (especially because I expected Favored Enemy to work like in past editions), but when I hit the Ranger spells in the last section of the book I changed my mind. They're really good, IMO.

I hope this is their plan. I love setting and multi-purpose books, but overly specific books bore me. I'd rather see thematic supplements for character options, and the Elemental Evil Adventurer's Handbook got me excited about this, so I'm hoping they'll eventually cover different themes such as...

My guess is the adventure itself will be only PotA and "Elemental Evil" will be the brand they'll use for the greater multimedia event- Neverwinter's new module, comics, minis, etc

Warlock Genie Pact, hands down.

Yeah, that's how I see it. Grapple+Attack and that models grabbing someone and then squeezing the hell out of him. The thing with grappling in RPGs is that, while IRL its a bad-ass combat tactic, it's not much fun if grappling is OP in the system. I've seen this in quite a few games, where...

I'm definitely talking about the official D&D Coconut Sorbet. It wouldn't make sense not to make it!

I still stand behind my prediction of a FRCS on the last quarter of 2015.

Get the PC an NPC companion or two. I've successfully ran games for one player in absence of a group, but not without running backup party members myself. The problem with only one character in the party is that most encounters will be overkill, but if you tone them down for one PC they'll be...

I'm very hyped too! Go 5th edition! ;)

Or maybe 5.5! ;)

The DM Screen listed for January is up on the products site of WotC: http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/dungeon-masters-screen Not crazy about the art, though.

That is my interpretation of the rules and I think it was meant to be that way, so that a Cleric must choose between melee combat or combat casting. (unless he takes the War Caster Feat, of course) If that's the intention of the wording, it's probably to avoid the all-too-famous "I buff myself...

Thanks, man! I found this part particularly exciting I hope they deliver!

What I glean from Mearls' statements about future supplements is that they'll thematically fit with the "Adventure Path" being published in the same quarter, (e.g. the "Elemental Evil" adventure path will be published close to the supplement with Genasi Races, Elemental-powered Classes, and so...

I'll welcome sporadic online updates to some of the core content, as long as most of the published books do not need extensive errata. Hell, I'd even buy a revised PHB in three or four years if that makes edition last up to almost a decade. That is probably just wishful thinking, though.

If I were to houserule these stat-boosting items, I'd do the following: "[Item] of [Noun] gives you a bonus of +1 to your [Ability Score] rolls. You can only benefit from one such item at a time." The purpose behind not having buff items is something I agree with, (i.e. stacking bonuses like...

FR, Eberron, Planescape, Dark Sun. Maybe Spelljammer and Greyhawk.

I roll with it unless it's too blatant- I don't mind meta-gaming about monster-specific weaknesses, but I do about the specifics of a setting or adventure a character shouldn't know. Either way, if I'm uncomfortable with meta-gaming, I'd talk to the player after the session instead of...