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I'm starting to think that this rule is a deliberate attempt to make stealth in 5.5 like stealth in a CRPG. You press the icon for "stealth mode", your character crouches and is now undetectable by enemies even though on the screen it looks like you're clearly in their line of sight. If you're...

It's absurd yes, but it's also the only rules for stealth and invisibility in the PBH. It's not a joke like the Peasant Railgun, it's something that's going to come up at pretty much every 5.5 table. Every DM will have to either use the absurd rule or come up with their own houserule for...

All these issues with the new hiding rules were readily apparent when they appeared in the UA, there were threads here on ENworld about how terrible the stealth rules were within 5 minutes of the UA being posted. I wonder why WotC decided to keep them virtually unchanged. Did the feedback not...

It could have worked that way, but it doesn't. Employers in these fields are used to checking credits rather than references when hiring, and they have no reason to change. There's no answer to your question other than "that's just how it is".

The blacksmith could pick up a feat that gives Tool Proficiency(Armorer) at some point while earning those 7 wizard levels ;)

The real "payment" is getting early access to the book, So that you can get your review up on youtube early and get loads of views at a time when people are really eager to know more about the new book and there are not many other info sources available. Views directly translate into ad revenue...

Giving US/Canada hobby stores a 2 week head start is just plain discriminatory against the rest of the world, where most people live. WotC needs to do better.

A Skill Challenge is a specific concept in 4e. Climbing a wall isn't a Skill Challenge, "get inside the castle" could be a Skill Challenge. The players's actions could be "I use Athletics to climb the wall", or "I use Diplomacy to negotiate with the guards". Not all actions will have the same DC...

I expect a lot of tables will go for simplicity and only play with 5.5 content. And of course new gamers will only have the 5.5 books and not know the older backgrounds existed. And some tables will deliberately ban the old background since they're not consistently designed and the features...

I know a guy who works as a sculptor for Games Workshop, and not only doesn't he get any credit from GW for the miniatures he makes, he's not allowed to publicize that he's sculpted a particular mini!

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"Railroading" in it's normal meaning is always a bad thing. I hope you realize that labeling a perfectly normal style of play that you don't prefer with this term can easily come across as insulting to gamers who enjoy playing that way.

I'm more worried about AI replacing me in my job without having any real understanding of it. Not only would that leave me with no income, it would also leave me wondering if all the time I spent on my career was in any way worthwhile if it can be done by a glorified calculator. The way...

It seemed like a lot of people were happy that the new license would allow WotC to revoke it for anyone producing "hateful content". WotC probably believed that this would appeal to the modern, inclusive-minded gamers, and that consumers wouldn't care either way about the business aspects of the...

We tried, but somehow we ended up back in this thread anyway... ;)

The "forcing" part of railroading is typically that any any action the players take that attempt to deviate from the pre-determined plot will either fail or end up back on the rails through DM fiat. Your definition of "railroading" is very different from the conventional one. You should stop...

An ostrich will always run faster than a human, regardless of how many skill points the human has put into Athletics. Is that racist?

After reading this article, I'm even more tempted to move to an all-human campaign world for any 5.5 games I run.

Railroading isn't planning out a story path in advance, it's forcing the players to stay on that path regardless of what actions the characters attempt.

Then D&D 5e is not the game for you.