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Curious what you think that is. I didn't see anything in that first playtest that seemed like a fundamental change to how 5E works, and certainly not one that would wipe out old subclasses, but maybe I just overlooked some key sentence somewhere.

I just want to make clear that it was my own speculation on what's happening based on what I've seen, and what ultimately makes most logical sense to me. I certainly can't speak to what Kobold Press's actual thinking is around any of this. :) I don't know what sort of audience they're going...

I get the feeling that Black Flag is going to be more backwards compatible, if not 100% backwards compatible, with 5E than One D&D is. The goals of the projects are quite different in that One D&D is less about making something that can actually work with old sourcebooks (the compatibility is...

How does the idea of separating biological from cultural feel? Is the specific approach they used good? How about the details of the traits themselves? Do they make sense? How do people like the particular talents they designed? I'd definitely rather get a bigger chunk at once, but there's...

Isn't that just Dungeon World...? ;)

It looks like it's trying to capture that scene in the trailer where she leaps at the mounted enemy. Agree that it's a strange pose to put on a miniature, especially if owlbears in your game don't leap around like Mario stomping a Koopa.

It should be noted that the board games at that price point include unpainted minis made from a different, more "bendy" material using sculpts from the considerably older series produced by Wizards of the Coast before WizKids took over the business. However, you may be able to find the...

Can it really be a spoiler when fans all over the Internet pointed out its appearance on the movie poster months ago? :) I mean, granted, the hooplah was all about how it was the Pathfinder version of the art, but still... cat was outta the bag a while ago, no? ;)

Adventure CDs? Heck, people don't even have DVD players anymore. Maybe adventure MP3s, but even something like that would be pretty meh these days since we'd be talking a very limited scope of usability. I'd rather they commissioned awesome looping tracks that we could use for combat...

I would be very surprised if it were anything near 30% of the market. Millions of people play Dungeons & Dragons. Granted, it's not millions who buy Dungeons & Dragons stuff, but I'm skeptical we're even looking at double digit percentages here. On Roll For Combat a week or so ago, Ryan Dancey...

Agreed. The overwhelming majority of DMs and players had no idea about any of this, and undoubtedly many of them wouldn't care even if they knew. It was a very loud and vocal minority of the market that protested this and forced Wizards to back down, but ultimately it was still a minority. Don't...

If I generate a basic CR 8 monster, it has 135 HP. If I choose the option to reduce its HP by 10% in order to increase its AC by 2, the monster's HP comes out to 13. If I choose to reduce its HP by 20% for the +4 AC boost, the monster's HP becomes 27. Finally, if I go for -30% HP and +6 AC, the...

Oh, never mind. I had no idea that the "standard" vampire only got a single legendary action per round. That completely took me by surprise.

What's the difference between that and how legendary actions already work? Under normal circumstances, a creature with legendary actions already can only take one legendary action after any given creature's turn.

One Elite monster with the Blood Frenzy ability is the Elder Vampire. The ability says that the creature can take 3 legendary actions instead of 1. I just wanted to verify that what this means is that the creature is able to use more than 1 after another creature's turns, so if it had 3 actions...

Not the right link. :)

I don't see why they would ever do that, given how much they officially lean into the notion of "make D&D your own". And really, when it boils down to it, what would be the actual benefit for them to be officially exclusionary in any campaign setting? Why would they aim to shrink the modern game...

The key there, though, is that it's a direct sale by Wizards. The real question is whether they're going to find a way to do that for FLGS and bigger retailers...

Yep. Got the Binaltech and Masterpiece series mixed up all the time because they were all basically collector grade fully die cast awesome Transformers. LOL I never got my hands on that one, so I can't say from experience. I'm actually more upset at myself for not pulling the trigger on Hot Rod...

It sounds like in your case the subclass did its job pretty well, then...? Maybe a little too well? LOL