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That assumes that they got the desired effect. As Azzy said, the classes that did this didn't feel distinct. Nor did their powers feel interesting or sufficient enough. (All IMO, obviously.) They didn't feel like their own thing; they felt like a poorer, more limited battlemaster. If a class...

With apologies to those who liked the fighter scout, I'm good with this. I didn't care for any of the "we use superiority dice and are basically a more focused/more limited battlemaster" subclasses. I'd prefer the either avoid superiority dice completely when building new subclasses, or at...

Heh. Thank you. ;) I can't speak to Tomb of Annihilation in any way; I own it, but I haven't read it yet. What I can speak to is my view of Acererak, based on prior publications and on what we tried to do with him in the 4E Tomb. Yes, Acererak is mad, so there's some validity to the...

Ugh. That's not a comment on Veins of the Earth; I haven't read it. That's a comment on the link. What an awful, awful review. I have no respect for any review that spends so much time bashing another product, or (especially) the people who like that other product, as a way of trying to build...

So, just out of curiosity, what'd you end up going with?

This. While I'm fine with UA being used to playtest possible new examples of "standard" material--subclasses, feats, spells--I'd really love to see them get more out there. These are free downloads and pure playtest stuff. Go hog wild. See how far you can push the envelope in a dozen different...

This. While I'm fine with UA being used to playtest possible new examples of "standard" material--subclasses, feats, spells--I'd really love to see them get more out there. These are free downloads and pure playtest stuff. Go hog wild. See how far you can push the envelope in a dozen different...

I hope these players find what they want. But me? I want general, more abstract rules. I want rules to aid in the actual RP of running a domain, not brick-by-brick prices or economic tables with a thousand-and-one modifiers. I want tips on how to run characters at...

Interesting. I like the concentration mechanic as-is, and most suggestions I've seen to get rid of it would overbalance the caster classes. This is the first house rule for allowing concentration on more than one spell that I might actually consider allowing in my games.

Fair enough. I stand corrected.

Grimlocks. Troglodytes. Goliaths. Skum (trading on behalf of their aboleth masters--with some hidden ulterior purpose, of course). Driders (not knowing why drow aren't okay, I don't know if these guys are, but I figured I'd throw it out there). Skulks.

On a D&D forum? Perish the thought!

*shrug* As I said, anything's possible. But I'd want to know whether the original poster knows it was Salvatore, or simply assumed when he found out that someone wanted it taken down, before I took my bet off the table. What I can say with certainty is that the process normally doesn't work...

It's very unlikely that Salvatore had any involvement with this decision whatsoever. Almost all of the communication with distributors, channels, etc. goes through the publisher, with basically zero author input or consultation. Now, Salvatore's a big enough name that it's vaguely possible, if...

Or anything else, for that matter. Erin is one of the best FR novelists of recent years, and criminally underrated/unknown.

Most of my campaign worlds only use bits and pieces of standard D&D lore. I already mentioned that I'm not a fan of the Blood War. I tend not to use the Great Wheel cosmology. And for all that? I shudder at the thought of a purely generic planar book, and I am far more likely to buy this than I...

I assume it's inevitable that there'll be large swathes of text devoted to the Blood War. But I'll buy the book anyway. :p

This is a little bit off-topic, but not entirely, and the original question seems to have been answered, so... How have people's experiences with the horn of Valhalla actually been in-game? I've always been very reluctant to hand them out. I've always been very worried that adding so many new...

Please feel free. I'm more focused on fiction than RPGs these days, but I still keep a hand in, and I definitely still consider myself part of the community. :)

I loathe most magic item shops. I don't mind if the PCs hunt down a specific individual or collector, as an adventure unto itself, who might--might--trade for something. And I'm willing to make exceptions for, say, Sigil or the City of Brass. But otherwise? No thank you. I do, however, wish...