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Yes, the speed. Lots of rpgs over the years that didn't release 3 full size hardcovers per year. In most other hobbies it would be considered extreme ie; a video game with 3 full size expansions per year, board games with 3 expansions per year, etc. are all on the extreme end of the spectrum...

Honestly, I never really cared much about the "niche" nature of the hobby, a lot of my interests are not shared by most people and it doesn't make much difference. And yet, seeing a D&D book continue to be one of the best selling books in the country is pretty darn cool. Just went to look what...

I think the alternate cover made it an especially big success for FLGS's, but it has done well on Amazon too.

Almost forgot about this thread, just noticed the PHB was sitting at; #6 in ALL books in Canada!?! #66 in all books at the .com is also crazy. Volo's #51 in .ca, #328 .com SKT #297 in .ca, #5600 .com? Tales from the Yawning Portal (not released yet) is at #83 in .ca, #863 .com

This a very reasonable attitude, unfortunately a few people in RPGs will simply refuse to enter into a reasonable discussion on these subjects, instead they will just try to shout it down with cries of "edition war" or "badwrongfun". Interestingly, these same issues regarding mechanics have...

It doesn't seem like you understand how it was implemented. Attunement doesn't mean they can't pick up the weapon and use it, it just means they can't instantaneously gain it's abilities. A magical bond has to be formed with the wielder for it's true power to be manifest, and a person can only...

Yup, once you round the corner you are only 50ft from the goblins ambush, they are aware of you by sight or sound so aren't going to be surprised. Wait, is the house rule that it will be discussed out of session, because RAW and RAI the GM just makes the call, end of story. It's great to have...

Lol, I came here to mention all the plot hooks but the very first post already went there. I love when PCs dabble in something like that. I would very likely have something be discovered in the mine eventually, monsters, ruins, an item, something. Also, there is a good chance that one of their...

I am not much of a "grognard" (IMO) but I started decades ago in basic and never really liked "modern" D&D (3.x, 4e). That being said, one-shots are things that haven't ever really worked for me. I don't know if it's just personal preference for more developed characters and stories (I almost...

That's awesome, I think as long as you roll with it the starter set will work really well, I hope you guys still had fun. This is where I think things went "off" though, at 50ft away where the adventure starts, the goblins are already aware of the party. So, sure the halfling can sneak ahead...

Please don't take this as any sort of criticism or even advice, just about the way it was "intended" to be run. The adventure starts with; There is nothing wrong with backing things up a bit, but it actually starts the characters already only fifty feet from the horses, on the road in plain...

For me they tend to most of the time, usually because the players (or GM) want to delve deeper into particular aspects of the game we usually gloss over such as resources or encumbrance or stronghold/domain management. It isn't so much that those rules don't exist in the game when they aren't...

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by session based rules. At first I thought you were referring to rules that use "session" as a measure of time such as "session based leveling" or the way other systems such as Fate have things that last or refresh on a session based schedule rather than any...

Ok, that's weird isn't it? That seems weird to me but I suppose it's all relative, and we are talking about D&D here. :) I honestly though it was probably some famous magical object that everyone knew about but me.

That's really good to hear, and matches what I am seeing as well. Boardgame stores here are getting more and more behind D&D products.

What's he holding anyways? I feel stupid.

The post you pulled that from makes it clear that I am not debating taste with you, not sure why you would try to characterize it as such.

Battle masters have a cool extra resource to manage for utility and damage, if that appeals to you for this character then it will be a great choice. The damage will be very good. Champion doesn't have that resource, they have very little on their sheet but get some neat always on abilities...

If it's "innovation", the UA have it. The Artificer is a fundamentally different class from what has come before, for an example among many. Many of the subclasses have particularly innovative aspects. The UA feats demonstrated innovation as well, they introduced new mechanics and completely new...

Mike Mearls and Jeremy Crawford are unimaginative and should be replaced? Nope, not buying that for a second. I have seen plenty that proves they are both imaginative. And replaced by whom? There has been plenty of design work done by non-Wotc people and there isn't much there that people will...