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I believe this is even an example in the Improvised Weapons section of the PHB - swinging a dead goblin. (though I'm unsure it's not in the "if the improvised weapon resembles a normal weapon, give proficiency" bit)

Charizard, is that you? :p

There are plenty of ways to limit non-casters from using scrolls, I bet the DMG is full of ideas/variants, like imposing disadvantage, upping the DC, only if Arcana-trainned, or using different skills for different "power sources"... But the most interesting one I'm sure we'll get is the "d100...

You know what this change also brings? It opens up the possibility of spells that aren't on ANY class list - the earth shattering, plane wreaking, god slaying stuff of epic awesomeness... and instead of relying on DM fiat, there are actual rules to use them now! And no munchkin wizard can copy...

I agree that humans need something... No one considers using the currently useless "sub-races" of humans? You know, make them count. I mean, you've got 10 entries and zero mechanics to distinguish them, while every other race gets at least one interesting benefit from their sub-races. So...

All this talk of necromancers and their hordes of undead being able to kill the tarrasque makes me wonder why don't they take over the world already? Oh wait, they keep trying to do that!

Truly, an amazing tool! It only could be improved with a one-line description of the spells (a la 3e). But... what does the 8th level Telepathy spell do? Because its listed as an Evocation. Not something I would have imagined...

well, even Wolverine opened a school, so... :uhoh:

Ha! So I'm not the only one!

* It's too anime for my tastes... * Not enough anime for my tastes... /ragequit

Exctly. The word people should be considering is "CORE". Unfortunatly for some, the Basic game makes some assumptions and forcefeed you a bit of fluff. See the Human race entry and check all that wasted space on Human Names and Ethnicities... As usual with any RPG, change what you don't like...

Ah, that's right! This feature will "clean up" the spell list real nicely!

Pardon my ignorance, but are any of the 2nd level wizard spells from the Evocation school? No direct damage spells on 2nd level "again"?

But are these suppose to be the ONLY backgrounds available in Basic? That's what I got from the L&L article. Isn't that... too few?

I only wish they would give the first block of information (HP, AC, Speed) a little better formatinng, like they did with the ablility scores block. I know this isn't the Monster Manual and all, but I miss an entry about what the monster looks like.

Great to hear this! It's almost like D&D will become itself an old-school rules lite RPG, like the thousands of retro-clones out there. So what exactly will be in it? I don't suppose we'll see many Feats - IF there are Feats at all! If adventures can be played right out of the box, with only...

There you go. ;)

I think Skills are broader in scope, while Tools are used only in specific tasks (you can't forage food with a compass). Each describe the "how" you accomplish the task (like the difference between an architect and a construction worker). Some tasks may require either tool OR skill to get the...

I think I'm in love. Feats you can trade for a simple +1 to ability? Yes, thank you. Prestige/Paragon stuff rolled in? You mean like the first playtest specialties, like the Necromancer? Am I in Heaven? Skills reminds me a lot of 2e (even if not my favorite edition), with proficiencies being...