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I don't think anyone can dispute that the creation of Pathfinder, the greatest competitor of WotC's brand of D&D, was fully in line with the OGL's clauses. I also don't think we can dispute that, in hindsight, making the OGL the way we know it proved to be a bad financial decision on WotC's...

I think every DM learns to deal with that, sooner or later. Thing is, if it's a problem we can solve directly in the game mechanics (and we can), there's no need to make the DM learning curve steeper than it needs to be. One of the reason I appreciate 4e over 3e and 5e is that I managed to be a...

If I recall correctly, they restored all spells for spellcasters, and a piddly, pathetic fraction of hit points for everyone else (including casters). So yeah, not ideal and/or balanced.

Of course, I'm not disputing that. But I cannot, in good conscience, fault WotC if they thought it ended up being a rough deal for them. Again, I'm not at all excusing them for the horrible, devastating mess this leaked OGL is.

Yeah, that's a common complaint with AEDU, and one the devs tried to address with the 4e Essentials. I really like AEDU and see the 5e Warlock as the best designed class of the edition, but obviously YMMV.

I think this idea has merit. Sometimes, as a DM, you'd really wish to grant the party a rest to regain a portion of their HP (besides what HD and spells can do, ofc), but also don't want them to regain all of their long rest abilities and spells because that would allow them to destroy the rest...

I understand. You see, that's not a bug to me, but rather a feature, if handled sensibly. I do want the high Cha characters with social proficiencies to engage more freely and liberally in conversation, because they built their characters to do so, and I don't want low cha characters to yoink...

The 5e warlock might the closest to a 4e AEDU class.

Just a minor disagree here: a normally optimized mid paragon 4e party would absolutely crush any encounter if they went in nova with dailies. Especially if they had a controller or two, holy crap.

To be honest? If the only difference between the old OGL and the new was royalties (fair royalties, that is), I would support it. I know it may sound harsh to some people, but the way Pathfinder exploited third edition D&D to actively compete against 4e while paying no royalties whatsoever to...

As someone who has played and DMed 3e, 4e and 5e extensively, it really wasn't. The biggest difference was the language used and the mechanics > fluff approach.

I agree with the first 2 points fully. They are non-negotiable. Now, to further elaborate on the third point, how could we make their new license appealing, or at least usable? they can keep royalties (maybe a lesser or more incremental amount) and revenue reporting absolutely no way for WotC...

I do not ascribe any malicious motives to anyone who wants to use or uses Variant Ability Scores. I do believe their use can engender niche invasion and favour the crafty, persuasive player to an unfair degree. Taking the example of Dex (Athletics) to scale a wall, is it "realistic"? Potentially...

Yeah, I understood that your issue was with intimidation, specifically, rather than a general thing.

Because I don’t like it 😄 More seriously, I believe that ability scores should all provide some specific, exclusive value. I am ok with creative strategies making tasks easier (especially when teamwork is involved!) as I described in previous posts. I am less ok with ignoring the penalties of...

Nah, I'm fairly sure most of the actual gamers at WotC are ashamed right now. This is a corporate move.

You're right, evil isn't accurate. They are being lawful evil.

I'm not saying animal handling shouldn't work here. If you are strong enough to lift the horse, you are strong enough to lift the horse, and you roll a Wisdom (animal handling) check to see if you can keep the animal calm while doing it. But I think this is the kind of situation where teamwork...

Yes, I provided some examples myself in a previous post. Oh, I'm sure there are plenty of smart players out there with very persuasive (heh) arguments for why they should be allowed to use any stats for Persuasion and Deception, too. Thing is, I enjoy creativity, and I reward it, just not in...

Ok, Then I read your position correctly. There's nothing necessarily wrong with allowing creative players to use their best stat for everything (or a lot of things), but it's not my cup of tea, and I wouldn't like it to be the 5.5 RAW for intimidation or anything else. Easier? Sure, but I...