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While I commend the spirit of your post, it's incredibly wide open and difficult to answer. I'd have a look around the forum, there are a whole bunch of threads that, while a bit more specific, have lots of advice on DMing style. Most, not all, but most of the posters here are DMs, so it's a...

I already have the 13th Age version of this, and while it's cool beans, I sure won't be springing for a 5e book. I wonder if there's some way to discount the pdf for previous backers. If you bought a book in the previous KS, you got all three (PF, 4e, 13A) pdfs for free. Not looking for that...

Peanut butter and cucumber is a great combo. Sticky sweet with some juicy crunch, less tangy but more fresh tasting than pickle.

The wizard in my group likes using his dagger. Granted, it's +2 and does an extra 2d6 fire damage on a hit, among other things, but hey, wizard with a dagger. :)

And that's a $50 bag. The $20 bag in the OP isn't likely to be very sturdy, either...

And even then, one might be surprised what capable players can do. My players were a level behind the adventure's expected level when they took on Scarlet Moon Keep. It was tough, but the managed. They then went down to the fire level of the temple, now 3 levels behind expected. They talked...

Well, I'm happy for the people that like psionics in their D&D. Personally, I'm as excited about this as I would an article on how to convert F.A.T.A.L. to D&D 5e. :p Looking forward to the August article, it can only go up from here. :)

Just like you don't focus on the dull parts of a walking through a dungeon, neither should you do so in civilization. Personally, I don't think of the party being in a town as "in between adventures." Then again, I don't really delineate the beginnings and endings of adventures in a campaign...

I expected it. They said this was what they were doing for support before release. I remember the threads, a number of people applauded it, others didn't like it or didn't believe them ("it's WotC, it's in their nature to spit out dozens of books per year").

D'oh, I missed that. I checked None of the Above for the classes, and wrote in the notes that I'd rather see them as archetypes than new classes.

Personally, I wouldn't buy anything else, so that suits me fine. I have shelves of material from past editions that I can use with 5e, if I need it. Tidbits from UA every month is good enough for new stuff.

PotA made the cut, but HotDQ was what was nominated? Huh, whodathunk?

I had this problem a few years ago. 4e came out, we played it for about 6 months and one of the players really didn't enjoy it. So I switched to Hackmaster, as the new version of that had just released its basic rules. A different player didn't like it. So I asked what they could agree on...

Check out one of the heavy hitters in the MM. Their power is so great, it infuses into the environment. Honestly, my favorite thing about 5e is that everyone in the group loves the game. We have someone that doesn't like 4e, someone that doesn't like 3e/PF, and someone that isn't a fan of...

I never said it was a bad weapon. It beats a brick of cheese in the I'm-going-to-hurt-you department. :) Just saying, there is a reason for the proliferation of swords prior to the industrial revolution. A hand axe should be a feasible weapon, but it needn't be comparable.

Realistic? Moving about while fighting is more akin to real battle than standing next to one foe, and he to you, for the entire fight. And like CapnZapp said, it costs you and action to just move and ignore OA. Rogues and fighters might still be able to attack after using Disengage, but...

My D&D players like using minis, and while I don't quite have Curt's collection, I do have hundreds of minis, so I might as well use them. My Savage Worlds game, on the other hand, has no minis or grid. And it works fine.

Are we talking about weapons or tools? They're two different things. An axe is a great tool, but not exactly the perfect weapon.

2.5, actually. That's the scale of the other two Sword Coast maps that it hooks up to. Someone at WotC messed up when they told Mike to make it 10 mi/hex.

You could do it that way. But the temple is a single temple, built by dwarves. The fane was built beneath it by drow. Nothing wrong with changing that up, but that's how it was written.