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Your approach seems like a good way to introduce dynamics that might otherwise be absent from the game, such as the risk of a loud-mouthed party member starting a fight, or a cowardly player encouraging the players to run from a fight that could be too big for them. I like it!

I do remember those unpopular DM rulings, as well as the ensuing wheedling. I agree that those situations were no more fun than the rules lawyering. I had a friend back in the AD&D days, who was reluctant to DM for fear of too much questioning of his rulings, which were usually quite reasonable...

It's interesting to note that in both of our groups, there's a strong desire to focus on the fun and enjoyment of spending the gaming session telling a story together. The intensive rules and character optimization are interesting from an academic perspective, but not what I want out of the game...

We seem to zoom out to a market view and back down to the individual player level in this conversation a bit. Here's another observation from the player level: This morning I shared the elevator with, among others, one of our grad student assistants. I'd heard he played D&D after forming my...

I had an interesting conversation with one of the players in my group regarding the DM running a character in the party. I'm a newbie DM, so please forgive any ignorance and/or obviousness. My first thought is that the DM should refrain from running a character with the party, primarily because...

I understand, and appreciate you sharing that you believe the quests will take place in your Lost Lands setting. Can't wait for the information you guys will start sharing on August 1.

I'm most curious about what's coming in Quests of Doom. I would be most interested to hear about the following: 1. Levels of adventures 2. Are any of the adventures connected (could you run through the whole book as a linear campaign)? 3. Irrespective of the adventures being connected to one...

We had our first game on Friday, as planned. Some observations: 1. Having a few copies of the Basic Rules helped. We're all new to 5E, and some of us haven't played for many years, so we spent a bit of time looking things up. 2. Playing to the personality/background/bond/flaws resonated. I...

I raised the question because I noticed that some of the writers and artists working on Tyranny of Dragons have previously worked on Pathfinder. Also, one of the reasons given by Necromancer Games for starting their Kickstarter project so early (before the core rules for 5E are out), was to...

As was mentioned earlier in this thread, most of us only have time for one game. For me, it will be 5E. It's my understanding that WotC plans to focus on adventures and diversification once the core rule books are out, and that it intends to make a smaller number of high-quality products...

Your post captures my sentiment well. I don't want to play something else (Pathfinder, etc.). I want D&D. As long as WotC has learned its lessons, and will continue to support the franchise as they appear to be doing now, listening to feedback, focusing on quality over quantity, I'm in. I must...

I'm going to reserve judgement until we hear more about what WotC has planned for its digital presence. I'd be fine with an approach that put everything inside Project Morningstar, for example. I'd also be good with Kindle or iBooks versions sold separately from the physical media.

Fantastic! I look forward to your full guide.

Thank you so much for the clear and detailed response, Remathilis. Your steps will give us a great place to start. The player has a significant investment in this character. I'm really happy we can (with your help) preserve it as we move him to 5E.

Thanks, jadrax. We will look at this approach. Doing it this way makes sense. I'm sure it won't be exact, but I think the goal is to get the character to "feel" in 5E like it did for him to play it in Pathfinder. Maybe we'll take a stab at it, and then adjust and fine-tune after he plays it a bit.

We have a couple of folks in our new 5E group who came from Pathfinder. One of them asked this evening if he could convert his character over to 5E. There has been no talk of running both systems. I know of another group that will be dropping Pathfinder in favor of 5E. I only intend to play 5E...

Sorry for the newbie DM questions: A couple of the guys in my new 5E group have characters from Pathfinder that they would like to convert. Does anyone know of any good resources for doing this? Are there specific aspects of conversion that could be particularly challenging or require...

Agreed. One of my goals upon returning to D&D, is to document and share all the ways I come up with to make the game more accessible to the blind and visually impaired. I'll post about it in these forums soon.

I'm returning. I played and DM'd AD&D in high school and had a brush with 2E in college. After a long hiatus, I'm excited to DM and maybe play 5E. I considered returning last year. The combination of bitter criticism of 4E and the impending release of 5E, combined with my busy schedule at the...

I hope you guys are right that there will be electronic versions of books and supplements coming as part of Project Morningstar. As a visually impaired player/DM, I have a much easier time magnifying content on my Mac or iPad than reading print under optical magnification. I know it's a...