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I'd encourage every group to discuss their character choices with each other before the game begins. More than that: discuss what you want out of the game generally, and get to a place where everyone's happy. If that's not possible, you may not be playing with the right people.

Paraxis: It's not hard to understand that you see it that way. I don't think the game's designers see it that way, though. So if you do think that their words more authority than those of third-party authors, will you accept that they're designing this edition with the intention that it is both...

The idea of the first is to set up as a hidden sentry, picking off any individual who comes too close, or sounding the alarm if the risk becomes too great. For the second, I'm thinking an epic performance or contest that includes various feats of tumbling and agility and culminates in shooting...

Ruin Explorer: I can think of plenty of situations outside of the standard "combat encounter" framework where a Rogue could shine more brightly than a Fighter as an archer: an actual assassination job, a running battle across the rooftops, a sentry position watching for pursuers, a performance...

Can you give us a non-spoilery rundown of the adventure in the Starter Set?

@Nemio: Nay, the Starter set starts at level 1 and uses pregen characters. Tyranny also starts at level 1, but you're going to want to roll your own characters by then, anyway. Use the Starter Set as a practice run. Edit: Sorry, I didn't see that I wasn't supposed to answer stuff. I'll stop now.

Paraxis: So you consider the large chunk of the DMG that consists of optional modules and advice on how to modify the rules to be core? But you just said you don't like house rules ... damn, maybe you'll have to house rule that stuff out...

A couple more thoughts: Kobold Stew: Mearls has repeatedly said that alignment will be easily removable from the game, and I don't think a single result on the Wild Surge table invalidates that. If you're not using alignment it's easy enough to either re-roll or treat it as an opportunity to...

A person's reaction to the Wild Surge table tells you a lot about that person. Personally, I've always found D&D to be the game of rather silly chaos, so I think it fits in perfectly. It's easy enough to replace a result if it comes up a second time, or make a whole new chart. Also, this is...

Whatever that is, exactly. As mentioned by others, rogues have hit-and-run and defensive capabilities that fighters don't get. They will do "archer stuff" differently, for sure. But I think you'd have to do a lot of playtesting to determine if they'd really be overshadowed, as such. (And I'm...

Ruin Explorer: I'm not arguing that 4E is worse for improvised actions than 3E, only that 5E already feels a lot better for them. And maybe I should have said "dozens of pages" - the powers are all detailed tactical rules. But whatever - I think we each know where the other stands now. No point...

Ruin Explorer: I ... think it's fair to say that we play very different games of D&D. I possibly shouldn't have said anything more about this, because I didn't actually want to read any more enormous maths posts. I'm not going to argue with anything you've said there, because I'm sure it's close...

@pemerton: On the issue of the tiers of play indicating appropriate actions for the players to take: this is not really something I've given much thought to, because I'm not really a fan of "superhero" D&D - I prefer a grittier game, which 5E seems to suit better. Perhaps 4E will continue to be...

@pemerton: I'm not in the business of telling people what their subjective experience is. I think it's great that people are being imaginative and experimental within the 4E system (and having fun doing it), but I but think the system tends to discourage it. Note that I've specifically been...

I stand by my summary of your argument, Ruin Explorer, but I will expand it slightly. You are taking a position based on a) your personal experience and b) an appeal to a small section of rules on one page of the DMG. Actually, you now seem to have watered down (b) even more to the "spirit of...

I get that. D&D is not even close to being my favourite RPG, system-wise - there are so many great indie games out there now. But I do have a sentimental attachment to it, and there are certain things that I think it does rather well. I write replies like this more for the satisfaction of...

I'm also very much down with the idea that the classes are balanced across three pillars of gameplay instead of one. It immediately gives importance to roleplay and exploration, encouraging players to conceptualise the game as something with a very different focus and scope to a tactical combat...

For my sins I just read through this entire thread. Well, most of it - I skipped some parts of the really long and nitpicky posts. At the risk of adding to an already long and tedious argument and flogging a horse that has already all but decomposed, I have to strongly agree with those who are...

The most interesting thing in the interview (from my perspective) is this part: It's fantastic that the focus is on narrative and roleplaying, right from the get-go. This is also the reason that they've decided to tie the whole thing into the into the FR. I don't love the setting, but after...

I can see hoarding being a problem with certain groups, although honestly the people I've played with most recently tend to the opposite extreme - using all their goodies at the first opportunity and then running out before the climactic encounter. N'raac: I like your idea, but it is more...