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It's only nonsense if I claimed the advantage of surprise was reduced to nothing. Which I haven't. It doesn't reduce it to nothing, but it sure reduces it to very little indeed. Again, it feel like a better solution for you to simply abolish the concept of surprise from your games, and keep a...

Obviously they would say that. And equally obviously: my table, my rules. So, yes okay.

Official charsheets are nearly always mediocre. I haven't looked at it but I expect to have to find another.

Why not then remove surprise altogether? Much better would be to feature ambush rules with actual teeth, and then presenting those as one of the optional (opt-in) rules.

As far as I'm aware, "alpha strike" refers to going all out no holding back with your initial assault. We're discussing surprise here. That said, I have trouble thinking of a ttrpg that rewards either as little and weakly as D&D... Maybe you labor under the illusion 5E used to feature decisive...

I thought Rick Moranis retired?

Okay. Personally, I think the options provided by the PHB should be plenty. For the first post-2024 campaign, that is. Adding in lotsa-other-stuff can come later. It's much easier to get a feel for the new ruleset if you keep things clean. Also, the risk of inadvertently adding something...

Thanks. Yes, that is the best solution.

Speaking for myself, I am going to assume only rules content published in 2024 onwards will be used by my players. (The plus spin being: Meaning they will have to discuss with me beforehand if they want to bring in some type of legacy feature. They can't just assume everything works unchecked...

Yes? Doing all that prep and risking being noticed just isn't worth it if all you get in the end is just advantage on Initiative.

"it will be used" why the passive voice, aren't you saying YOU will keep using it as-is, or am I missing something?

After the third ep I realized it's not for me. I don't think it's a good show, but I recognize how it can still have value for its target audience. Its also not worse than other mediocre SW shows. Just to preempt the "woke" angle: No, I'm not some MAGA incel. Obi-Wan and Boba Fett featured...

Do you have a rules link to how the weakening works?

Also remember 3.5. They didn't just replicate the 3.0 content. There's no reason to expect the Tasha and Xanathar content (that didn't make the 2024 PHB cut) to just be republished. It will likely be rehashed into a brand new set of content options. (Hard to keep the "plus" spirit running...

Well, fumbling your ambush is certainly a thing. Though I would have preferred it if this was decided by your plans and your stealth, rather than your luck at rolling initiative. Anyway, who hits first isn't what I had in mind. D&D is a game that goes considerable lengths to minimize the...

Why assume WotC will put it all in just 1 book?

Not sure how I can phrase this as a "plus" post, but let's try... Those books are, like every other 2014 rules supplement, pretty much obsoleted by the 2024 rules, if not officially at least in practical play. (Which, of course, is a big if not the main point of any rules revision) Here's the...

A great summary!

Being surprised should be punishing.

First off, we can expect WotC to care more for balance now. That is, we should expect 5E to be as balanced as 5E subclasses - obviously not perfect, but way better than 3E prestige classes. The main flaw of 3E prestige classes were IIRC the notion you had to earn then was never enforced or even...