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This info is a mixed bag for me. I like the return to 4e monster layout. Having combat spells as actions, spelled out in the stat block, is a nice thing for running the game, especially as a newer player who may not have exposure to all the spells. I dislike renaming actions away from the spell...

There is a lot more they can do with 5e. The base game is sound, but the D&D Next playtest showed how much more there can be done within bounded accuracy. The Dials and Knobs have been installed so far with child-proof tampering. Time to release the helicopter development style. If they start...

Boo-ty is in the eye of the Beholder?

Boo teased. Miniature Giant Space Hamster means... Spelljammer Confirmed!

I think it will still be 5E rules but streamlined with the new racial rules and revised guides for Dungeon Maters like in Wild Beyond the Witch Light. They may incorporate some of the subclasses from the splats, but no real rules overhauls.

This thread didn't have much of a rail to begin with, so it is not surprising it has wandered off into the weeds a bit. Evil is not necessary to run a D&D campaign, but neither is combat or magic. The majority of campaigns are going to have them though. Alignment has been used as a...

Does D&D need Evil? No. You can happily play with complex morals and shades of grey. I think D&D can benefit from having Evil in play. A group of Harengon bandits can be brutal and cruel, without giving the Paladin a headache from the existential corruption and taint of their souls in the world...

The blending of Lucifer, the Devil, and Satan the Adversary in Christianity is complex, millennia of myth and religion absorbing other cultures and reacting to the march of time. The Satan of the Book of Job is different from the snake in Genesis is different from the Devil's temptation of Jesus...

Definitely. There were plenty of terrible fantasy movies after 2001, Eragon, The Seventh Son, Prince of Persia... The expectation that fantasy movies were a niche market was broken. Fantasy was no longer Sci Fis little annoying brother. The interesting thing about Peter Jackson being given The...

The weird thing about the D&D movie is that it existed right before Fantasy movies became big box office. Within a year of its release, both the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings franchises would be launched.

The writers can write. Game Night is a good movie. I worry when actors stress how funny a movie is. Either they are covering up for the rest of the movie sucking, or they perceive that the movie subject is too strange for audiences. Given that Smith was in Detective Pikachu, I am not sure he...

D1, D2, or Q1 are an easy choice. So obviously we can not choose them. Lost Cavern of Tsojcanth is a great module that would benefit from the in-depth treatment Goodman Games gives. The Slaver series is problematic not for the Slavery, but because there is an omnibus edition already out by WotC...

Flight is a great trait. It is not comparable to the Fly spell. Flight is self only, limited to walking speed, and negated by wearing medium or heavy armor. It is great if you have it, but there is magic and items/mounts to enable the ground-bound races.

I don't disagree with your point, just it has no relevance in this thread.

WBtWL looks to be just enough whimsy for me, but I can see it pushing past a lot of people's whimsy threshold. The carnival itself is maybe about as whimsical an event horizon as I can stand. The glory of this adventure is that whimsy is contained in Domain (other than the Carnival) so I can...

There is a lot of badwrongfun posts in this thread. The OP posted an example of a campaign world where you play as the colonized instead of the colonizer. D&D is flexible to support lots of different styles of play. You want to earn some sort ENnie karma points for your type of play? Start...

The OPs world sounds like it would be fun to play a campaign. I love the concept of divine invasion and the fractious nature of the primordial alliance. I wonder if the tieflings would fare better as Aasimar allies serving the evil deities. The aasimar seem a little monolithic as the heavies of...

Both planes mirror the Prime, so there are many places where the veil is thin between the realms. There is no reason a powerful archfey couldn't have a Domain of Delight that draws in the Shadowfell as it falls into a depression to blend the two. Or a vassal of the Raven Queen who hoards a tiny...