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I am not exactly raging here, but I had hoped they prioritized other material. Tools and options for the DM would have been my choice. I can see, from a short-term monetary view that they are going the right way. I don't quite see the difference between a level 1-15 super adventure and five...

I am tired of the splat book train and will skip the book entirely and am a bit disappointed that they are already going down that path. On the positive side, I think 5e did a splendid job of creating a PHB that actually feels like a complete set of options for character creation. I was hoping...

My issue with subscription services like this is that rpg's is something you play for a long time. Say, ten years. A price of something like 6$ a month, ends up being 720$ over that period. Pretty darned pricey. And that's basically only for an application that organizes the data I put in...

I tried the 5e character builder, and it had some pretty big design flaws in my opinion. Like not being able to change parts of your build (for instance background) after selecting other options. This doesn't work for me since I go back and forth as I try to create the character that works. If I...

The problem was that the Dragon was flying most of the time, with higher fly speed than the single character who had been cast fly on. The fly spell fizzled when the wizard failed his DC29 concentration check vs 59 damage from breath weapon. Basically, they party couldn't get anyone in melee...

Smaug did, to demolish those pesky barrel people down by the lake. I don't think anyone would have stood a chance in his lair. ;) One thing my party has started doing in 5e is actually waiting. After they found the goblin cave, they don't enter it and try to strong arm their way in, they put it...

Zardnaar that kind of explains it. Healing word does get a pretty hefty boost when cast by a Life Cleric. Might it just have been your wording that was a bit misleading in your first post? In other words, you were talking about amount (disregarding casting time) the whole time? I wondered if...

Zardnaar some good information, but I don't think I agree on your conclusion? In your original statement, you talked about triple rate of healing, but it seems it's more about triple the amount of healing? Preserve life can't heal anyone up to more than half maximum hp, so it's not like having...

Triple? I would like to see the math on that if you could supply it?

No healer = volatile combat No damage dealers = combat is slow as f.... No defensive classes = volatile combat My current 4e party only has one good damage dealer, the rest are semi-tanky and we don't have a healer. It's a miserable combination that combines the two first options above into...

I don't think I came across very clear here, so let me try again. In a typical four hour session in 4e, I could probably run 3 combats (1 hour each) and 3 role playing intermissions (20 minutes each). In 5e I could run 5 combats (28 minutes each) and 5 role playing intermissions (20 minutes...

I would just make judgement call when I gave away a magic item.

I have played BE of BECMI, AD&D 2e, 3e, 3.5 4e and 4e essentials, so I wouldn't say I have started with 4e by any means. I have run several good 4e campaigns though, and am in the middle of running one now. I must say the response to my 5e game has been really good. I think they only thing they...

I checked, and the dictionary you used had that meaning, while for instance http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dissent had the meaning Morrus was using. To keep on saying that the single dictionary you are using is the correct one is a bit strange. The other meaning for instance: "to differ...

Sauron, to take over the world.

-2.5 in attack is often closer to -25% chance to hit than -12.5%. Example: +6 attack vs 15 AC = hit 10 out 20 times. If you have +3.5 attack vs 15 AC = hit 7.5 out of 20 times. You're only hitting 75% as often! For the -5 to hit/ +10 damage to be good, you are at break-even if the attack...

Actually, my point about flatter math isn't that it's easier to calculate to-hit/defenses, that's just arithmetic, just as you say. My point was that you can use a wider range of monsters. In 3e, the to-hit/defenses scale pretty steeply, so you want to avoid using low level monsters because they...

Got a mail from amazon, I can expect to have the book delivered by January 13th. That's what you get when you are a cheap ass! :D I just love the art in 5e btw, it really reminds me of the art from AD&D 2e who until now had the best D&D art.

I have only tried low-level 5e, but from what I have read, I think going from 3e to 5e will mostly seem like an upgrade. I played several campaigns that ended at 11th, 12th and 18th level and all of them struggled with combat speed/buff time. 5e looks to handle this quite a lot better. You also...

I like your review style! :)