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Absolutely. Great adventures are for RPGs what great exclusives are for a video game console. They showcase what your system can do and encourage people who might not be sold on the system to make that final leap. You're spot on with your Paizo example. The Adventure Path line is really their...

It obviously isn't needed, no. I mean, you can run entire campaigns without referencing a Bestiary, let alone all the ones you can run with just the books you mentioned. But I'm looking forward to getting Bestiary 4, mostly for the Mythic beasties. Cthulhu? Colossi? Demon lords? Grendel? And...

You misunderstand. I have run the game and if my group were to ask me to run 5e again, I wouldn't have any problem with that. I just don't think that having tried it is what entitles me to an opinion, because that's the exact opposite of how we decide things. I developed an opinion, which lead...

Stage 1: Assuming the cambions reveal themselves, rather than disappearing or something, after Stage 1, it'll actually be better for the players to kill them. Left over cambions, plus minions, plus succubus, plus portals will get pretty frantic. For stage transitions that are actually made...

That's the intent of the playtest, but playing D&D, as I'm sure you know, takes a lot more than just downloading the files and hitting run. You have to get someone excited. They need to go out and get their friends excited... in theory excited enough to also sign up for the playtest, but...

That's about the idea. Looks like Warbringer used something similar. I'd tend towards more than three base hit points, but not for power reasons. Con just needs something to modify. I'd tend towards just using Con Score, but even 5 + Con Mod would also work. The question of whether they...

If you wanted to make D&D a "one hit and you're done" system, my suggestion would be making hit dice be actual dice that you roll to dodge or parry, reducing damage from incoming attacks. Then, you have a static amount of meat hit points, probably your Constitution score, that take a long time...

I'm not terribly concerned with WotC sending out new backstories, as long as they're compatible with what came before. I personally like having a bit more lore than 3.x and certainly way more than early 4e. It is interesting to see, though, how far they've drifted since the minotaur article of...

I'm not sure "subclasses" is a great name, but I didn't even like "kit" back in 2nd. It does get across the concept of "a tool to help you build what you want" but that's a very broad description for something that's quite a bit more specific in practice. It also really draws attention to the...

Sounds good to me too. I'd pick that up, assuming any of my players were interested in giving it another spin. Cheers! Kinak

My rule of thumb is "only include conditions you're okay inflicting on the players." Action denial is incredibly unfun in my experience, whether it's locking players out of the game or locking the entire party out of the game by turning an enemy into a punching bag. So, I'd go for the...

I think you get close to an important point with this. Including disassociated mechanics is a trade-off. If the rule makes the game enough better, it might be worth taking some flak for disassociated mechanics. That said, I agree with you that damage on a miss isn't worth it. Particularly...

It's not so much a dealbreaker to me as lack of dealmakers. If I'm going to buy their game, they're going to have to sell it to me. I'm not just going to buy it because it has D&D stamped on the cover. So the dealbreaker is just... not being worth spending much on. It's not going to be a game...

Sent you a PM. Cheers! Kinak

If we can have this conversation without it devolving into edition warring, I'll be super impressed. Not because we don't do a good job normally, but because this is aimed right at the fault lines. That said, before I try to answer, I've heard several complaints about Essentials from the 4e...

It's a tricky effect to get right. I think it works best if you keep the focus on the victim. For example, if it can't be reused until the victim dies. Maybe if they get away, enough time or a ritual can clear the connection. Cheers! Kinak

Thanks for digging those up, it's nice to have the comparison. Cheers! Kinak

I think you're overthinking this. A lot of modern medicine works differently for different people. The stuff we get over the counter works similarly for most people, but that's why it's over the counter. With experimental drugs like a fringe scientist would be inventing, there's no way to know...

My favorite for this is actually lifted from some bugbear flavor in Pathfinder. Basically, they choose a victim and nobody can perceive them except the victim. To make it work properly for a PC, just make sure that it only works within a certain distance of the victim and the effect is broken...

I chose "Probably Not" in that I'd be surprised if we end up playing it, but I have bought a lot of roleplaying books just to mine for ideas. The apathy is pretty overwhelming, however. Cheers! Kinak