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  1. ComradeGnull

    Things (i.e. Goblins) That Go Bump in the Night

    'Brighter' is subjective- the Light spell has the same radius as a torch in the current rules, but the lit area is the same. We only have Lit, Shadowy, and Dark right now to deal with in the rules, but I think that is enough complexity. As was mentioned, Disadvantage anytime they are in light...
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    Something That Never Made Sense: Light Radius

    The red cover is also there because it was long believed that the light sensing chemicals in your eyes were less sensitive to red light, and that using a red filter would preserve your night vision. There seems to be some doubt about how well this works, though. The cigarette thing is telling...
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    Something That Never Made Sense: Light Radius

    Light definitely does have a radius- take a candle into a closet and you will see all four walls; take it into a large chamber in a natural cavern, and you won't see anything out past a few feet. I do like the shadow/bright split that D&D Next has right now. As far as spotting light from a...
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    Scratch Ticket Stats Revisited

    There's also the fact that there are lots of existing methods to establish that roles are 'fair'- you can always roll stats through Invisible Castle or RPOL or something if fair, verifiable rolls outside of the DM's presence are an issue. Most games I see anymore either use point buy, or are...
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    Class list for PHB

    You're right- I was off about the old 1e style class. However, 1e Bards seem more like a modern prestige class than a regular class- since becoming a normal class in 1989 they've been single class and I don't think WotC is going to start requiring multi-classing to achieve any of the 2/3/4e core...
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    Class list for PHB

    Warlord as a title and Warlord as a class have nothing to do with each other. The name was fixed in 4e and might as well continue- I don't really see how it creates confusion without some intentional Abbott & Costello-style wordplay (Player 1: 'Warlord Krung is a level 10 Fighter.' Player 2: 'I...
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    Disciplined Hobgoblins

    It makes sense to list it under actions because marking the target is an action- just like the Mob Tactics action that a Human Commoner has. That would imply that a Hobgoblin can mark a target during its turn OR attack, but not both. However, the Hobgoblin ability seems a bit weak- the...
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    Class list for PHB

    I would hope that would be how they would do it, but the Assassin has been its own class in enough different versions of the game that I could also see them feeling compelled to create it as a whole class at some point- I would lean away from it coming in as a core book class, though, even if...
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    How many "subclasses"/builds per class?

    Good point about class size relative to 4e- if you take away the pages and pages of power options (many of which never got used), 4e classes were quite short. Pathfinder classes are more complex than the Next classes we have seen to date, and the PF core book manages to cover everything that we...
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    Class list for PHB

    I think pretty much everything that you list is going to be in the PHB if what we've heard to date is true, each as an entire class rather than as anything else. Assassin is the only one that there is some doubt for me; throughout the various editions, there hasn't been a lot of consistency to...
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    Let's say I want to use turns in my playtest

    I decided to collect together some of the suggestions GX.Sigma had with some stuff from Labyrinth Lord and old editions of D&D to put together a 2-page set of exploration rules and quick reference tables: D&D Exploration Quick Reference I also made it available as a PDF.
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    Settings - Advancing Timelines, Reimagining, Etc.

    This also describes WotC's unenviable position regarding the D&D Next rules as well. Pathfinder/legacy3e/OSR/OGL is the 'avoid change' option, 4e was the 'embrace change' option, and now they are facing anger from people who liked 4e at undoing those changes and people who like previous editions...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fanbase Next

    My memory of 3e is also of the 'community' being the strongest, but I have to mention that with a cautionary note- 3e was also the first edition where there was a 'the community'- prior to 3e, we had a lot of little, balkanized communities because the internet was not yet a mass phenomenon. Yes...
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    Pathfinder 1E Evil humanoids and the seven deadly sins

    Fun idea. My two bits: Pride: Hobgoblins. Racist, expansionist, militaristic. You can just see hobgoblins holding giant parades before marching off to slaughter anyone who has insulted them. Envy: I like SteelDraco's idea of goblins here. They want treasure, but not to work hard, so they steal...
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    D&D 5E (2014) I didn't see it coming (semi-serious speculation of what's next in Next)

    I'm torn as to guessing whether they will focus exclusively on building out the existing material or add completely new things. Anyhow: -A couple more sorcerer bloodlines, a couple more Warlock pacts -Wizard specialty schools -More CE options for fighters -Most likely classes: Warlord and one...
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    Climatology and world-building?

    I actually try and think a fair bit about this when world building, to the point that at moments I have had to remind myself to ignore it so that I can move forward with creating things rather than binging on Wikipedia. I remember a fair bit of 5th grade geography and landform discussions, so I...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Rangers in 5e

    Sorry, was directing my reply at the '2e had dual wield because of Drizzt'. Not sure how you were the one post-quoted there.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Rangers in 5e

    I think this has as much to do with the Ranger Follower's rules in 2e- Rangers and Druids could roll various magical and non-magical animals as their companions. Nearly everyone that I knew that played a ranger wanted one of the animal followers more than another dopey PC-type to follow them...
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    Class Stuff, Who Gets What (Take 42)...

    It is not the asymmetry but the feeling that a Ranger is different from a Paladin- that the latter is a vocation (in the religious sense) and the former is a set of skills that can be applied in a number of different ways. In other words, I distunguish between a ranger (wilderness-focused...
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    Class Stuff, Who Gets What (Take 42)...

    See, to me the 'defender of nature and civilization' is the boy scout role- it pushes the class into a particular moral niche, as reflected by the alignment requirements that some editions placed on rangers. I would want evil rangers who are bounty hunters and huntsmen for evil leaders, neutral...
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