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It can just provide a general premise, as I asked it to write an adventure for 4 level 7 characters. It wrote something very similar to what you got, which is also similar to several Lost City adventures.

I think 5E pretty much had it right, except it didn't do a good job discussing how to up the difficulty to newer DMs. Personally, I'd really like to see the generic +X abilities largely go away. Giving specific items a bonus is cool, because it's just part of the item, but a +1 sword is just...

I think an adventure should include the worst case scenario, where the party fails. That way the character's actions have consequences, where at least part of the world is altered by their failure. Obviously this assumes the party survives, but it can also include when the DM continues using the...

It depends on the presentation. If it's from the perspective of their employers, then having the ideal solution and other acceptable solutions listed is fine. This lets the DM know how their employer will respond to the players' actions. If it's done from a moral perspective, that's problematic...

Teleportation is a common complaint about high level campaigns. The solution is to either utilize it, having the characters teleport directly/nearly to the site of the actual adventure (bypassing unnecessary travel encounters), or deny it by having the site be unknown, where the characters have...

I played BGDiA with a dwarf cleric, and we continued on to very high level (we stopped at level 18). Assuming you've got a feat to support concentration saves (Resilient or Warcaster), Spirit Guardians is by far the best option. Running into melee then Dodging is a solid choice, because you...

Microtransactions are unlikely to significantly impact the world of TTRPGs. They're pretty much designed around digital gaming, since there's no way to cheaply print a bunch of smaller products. Unless they try to move the game away from physical books, which will almost certainly meet...

I understand the idea, but I generally disagree with it. The notion that everyone has to start with a "simple" character (almost universally the fighter) is an overused trope IMO, one that I find insulting to new players. The fighter already has resources to track (Second Wind, Action Surge), so...

It depends on the group and maturity is a pretty big factor. In high school, I didn't trust my players as far as I could throw them, since I'd caught them cheating/exploiting rules every chance they got (tbf, I did it too). In college, cheating seemed less rampant, but exploitation was very...

I'm sticking to realistic here, since we know a lot of the stuff people want just won't happen (Warlord class). 1) Backwards compatible, in the AD&D sense. Someone could be playing a character built using 5E, yet still play in the same game. Some mix & match might even be possible, such as 1D&D...

Busting the bard down to a half-caster, along with an eldritch knight subclass is good enough for me.

Based on what we've seen so far in the playtest, it's very much yes. I've been running a playtest campaign since the second packet came out (Experts) with a mix of playtest characters and 5E characters, and there doesn't seem to be any compatibility issues.

I don't have much of an issue with Healing Word as is, but it would be interesting if it changed to you to spend your HD instead. Just costing a HD is way too much.

I'm assuming the OGL "playtest" took over the intended January release, since that's all anyone seemed to care about. Hopefully they'll release what they've got ready in February, which IIRC is supposed to be the Druid and Paladin.

While I've never been that interested in the encounter guidelines (my first campaign averaged Deadly x2), but I've found the quick matchup in Xanthars to be excellent. I've been using it during the 1D&D playtest, and I've had little issue.

Magic Armor and Ring/Cloak of Protection worked together in OD&D thru 2E, and most of 5E's magic items are based on that time period. Not sure where you're looking at the Bracers of Defense, but like Mage Armor, it doesn't work with armor due to providing a different AC option. Overall I like...

I didn't, I was just being snarky about the fact that WotC doesn't care about the realms outside of the Sword Coast. I'm glad Ed has been able to expand the post-Sundering Realms, which has been a concern for our DM who loves the Realms (I'm ambivalent).

I might object to Thieves Tools, only because it steps on the Rogue. Otherwise, I completely agree.

Thank god! Now maybe we'll discover some of the Forgotten Realms, not just the Remembered Realms (i.e. Sword Coast).

Sometimes I feel like the earlier D&D movie: GoT level villains, while the PCs are from Monty Python :rolleyes: