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Not as new as you might think. I just quit in disgust a lot :D

Serious narrative inconsistencies if her helmet won't fit! I know, I know ... it's a magic hairpin that grows to whatever size looks good in art! Or, or ... it's a weapon that she throws in her opponent's eye before she puts the helmet on! (What? How can you truly be bothered by anything as...

I've no idea if Hellhounds cause fear saves or not. But I'd say anyone with this Trait who bravely/foolishly followed through on it (and managed not to run, whether by choice or via a good roll), should be getting Inspiration.

I'm also in Australia. Here's my tale of "woe": I recently (last week) moved out of the Sydney CBD area, and back to the Blue Mountains (where I grew up). Knowing that there aren't any game shops up here, I ordered from Amazon, and was pleased when my Starter Set was shipped in the early...

I'm not offended by your point of view. It's just completely off-topic for this thread, and could easily trigger the kind of negativity-producing arguments I was trying to get away from. And as Evenglare said, you yourself acknowledge that what you said could be seen as negative. So please have...

Let's keep the negativity out of this thread, please. There are plenty of other threads for that, and I started this one as an antidote to them.

I wish I cared about anything as much as you seem to care about this. I'll admit that in an extremely rare instance where the DM is intentionally being a dick, this issue could be annoying enough to maybe be seen as a problem. There's a simple solution: don't play with dick DMs On the...

I was just responding to someone else's unsupported claim about genre norms, but now I'm referring to lower-level Hero's Journey archetypes. The Hero overcomes Challenges with help from Allies, that kind of thing? Yes, he traditionally has to face Death alone, but that's in a story where he's...

I just wanted to take a moment out of the low-level grumbling to thank the D&D 5E design team for putting together what's looking to be a fantastic game. For some of us, this is the version of D&D we've been waiting for for a long, long time. For others, it's not quite what they were hoping...

No, I don't read a lot of fantasy these days, so I can't think of specific examples. I also don't particularly care. It certainly fits the particular situations D&D produces, and feels like something that resonates on an archetypal level (via thousands of movies, at least). I agree that the...

Never mind - I found it. They should really remove that old link, though.

How does one even get to the WotC forum these days? Following the link to the D&D Next forum takes me to a "page not found". I assumed it was because they are implementing their new forum structure, but it's been like that for several days now.

Correct. However, the initiative bonus is something I'd missed. That's quite handy.

Now this is the kind of rules discussion that I actually enjoy reading - real discussion of rules as seen in actual play. Cheers! Looking forward to playing, myself.

Is it really inconsistent with genre literature for the heroic warrior to fall victim to the wizard's magic, before then breaking free (often with the help of an ally) and slaying them? The fact is that drama *requires* failure before success in order for that success to mean anything. So called...

Cheers. Apparently I have a short memory. I think it would be good if it was also mentioned in the "donning and doffing armour" section, but no great tragedy.

The armour table in Basic doesn't include an entry for "Unarmoured", and I haven't come across the rules anywhere else yet. Now, you and I know that unarmoured characters have AC 10 + Dex Mod, but a new player doesn't know that. An oversight, or have I missed it somewhere?

I haven't had a chance to read it in any detail, and the proof will of course be in the pudding. But basically: it's wonderful. They done fixed D&D :D

They've promised that there will be.

"Realistic" has nothing to do with "interesting". The DM should be pointing out noteworthy features in a given location. The player should be interacting with them on the level of the fiction. BUT (and this is important), these things should only happen if the DM has given the player an...