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I like opportunity attacks. But I can see some adjustments. In 4e more PC's have meaningless opportunity attacks than monsters/NPC's. As such, it would be interesting to make "opportunity attack" a class feature, and a monster trait (call it "threatening reach 1" if you will). For instance, all...

I think skills are very important. They tell me what my character does when he is not fighting, which for our regular play style is a lot more than combat. So I appreciate a solid skill system. Let's assume I'm a monk. I want to be able to differentiate between several monks I might play. I...

Cleric Fighter Rogue Wizard Paladin Ranger Druid Sorcerer Bard Warlord Invoker Barbarian Monk Illusionist Warlock Avenger Runepriest While I haven't played a swordmage, I did play a Fighter/Mage that transitioned from 2e to 3e. The class I have played the least is probably fighter. I can think...

I'm with the "ditch roles" crowd, but probably for somewhat different reasons than some. While I'm a 4e fan, I thought roles were one of the worst straight jackets for class design. It seemed like when they slapped on "leader" role, they had to have a twice per encounter healing mechanic, when...

I voted low. I don't want any element to overwhelm the mechanics of a character. And I don't want too many mechanical elements from race selection. There are mechanical elements coming from lots of other sources too, and if every element is mechanics heavy, the system will be overburdened. I'd...

Yes, sorry, I don't actually worry as much as the internet makes me sound like I worry. Even if I end up hating the end product of the next edition, many more doors will still be open, I can explore other systems, different games, etc. When I said I'm disappointed, I didn't really mean I'm blue...

I had a longish post about it here. When I read other people's reviews, it seems they mostly had awesome DM's and somewhere between great to decent experience with their playtest. I was bored and disappointed. I think we need more DM-agnostic reviews of just the system, rather than, how much...

The seminars at DDXP, my playtest experience at DDXP, and conversations with the DM during the playtest, all felt like D&D next, is 1st/2nd edition AD&D with some house rules. Everything about the system, the game, the combat, felt rigid. I did not see an ounce of what I'm looking for in a...

Whatever... They are likely stopping to cater to me, and starting to cater to others. It's fine. I had a good run with 4e for as long as it lasted. I'll probably figure out something else to do when support for 4e ends. I'm good for another year and a half at least. Then, if my friends want to...

Sure, if it gives them a free attack when you heal them, it would be awesome. Otherwise, the healing needs to be as much as all the damage the PC took the previous round, plus all the damage he will take in the next round, so that you can do something awesome next round like a flame strike...

All of the above. But most important is not wasting actions on heals.

Dirty bandana around the wound doesn't bother me in the least. I like that Jack Bauer can take 3 bullets in the chest, be tortured, waterlogged, drugged, get punched around, fall from a construction crane, get run down by a truck, and still be able to chase down terrorists on rooftops before his...

I like skills. I don't really care if they are 3.x style or 4.0 style, but I like to have a list, and I like the option to train them or not, and I like that my training could have an impact on mechanical aspects of the character in and outside combat. Voted 4.0, but 3.x is also just fine. I...

I don't care what the recovery resource mechanic is, as long as the game mechanics don't steer us toward a 5 minute adventuring day. I think healing surges are fine. I think another mechanic would also be fine. As long as there are good reasons to continue adventuring, and a balance of good...

4e increased racial emphasis with racial utility power swaps, and racial paragon paths. From the sounds of it, it looks like they have the 3e approach to multiclassing, so Monte's Arcana Unearthed/Evolved is probably a good example of how racial progression might work in D&DN. You can be a level...

I'll start with the caveat, my words will be harsh, but I understand they are in the early stages of development, and many things can change. My first impression is, we already have this game on our shelves (or in my case, a cardboard box in the crawl space). Its pages are a bit yellower from...

We start at 1st level. Most games I've been in, by the time the game hits somewhere between level 9-10, the DM starts looking into ending the game, which happens somewhere between level 11 and 14. Level 1-10 is easily the levels I've played the most. Actually when I look at the poll graph, I'm...

I'm not entirely sure what the conditions of the NDA will be. What I am sure of is, when I get back from ddxp, my friends are going to drill me to find out what they can about 5e. I can be a jerk about it and say, I can't talk about it (and risk being subjected to chinese torture devices). Or I...

Other/5e. I don't want it to look like any previous edition. I want it to be a step forward, not a step back or a repeat of things past. As such, I would like to see the new version build on previous experience, but be new, and have its own character. I don't want to look at it and think to my...

I pretty much just run homebrew, so extremely important. I change things, even if it's just names. I renamed Thri-kreen to Killik in my world (technically they were in my world before Thri-kreens were in 4e), and changed their appearance a bit. Even when I ran Forgotten Realms 3.0, the only...