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The bard should be its own class. But I have to agree with some others that a martial archetype for fighters in 5E would be neat to see. There's even a few potential ideas, such as one who's performance as a combatant might be how they inspire, or one that just borrows some features from the...

I like class as a thematic package of abilities that also impart something about what the character is. There's just something about the implementation that I don't like and I'm having trouble putting into words. Classes typically define what your character is for the rest of their career...

I don't think there'd be much terribly wrong in balance terms about considering it a light weapon for TWF but I think from a design perspective that this is the Monk's "thing" and they probably didn't want to step on that.

I wonder if replacing Vancian might be one of the optional systems in the Gamemastery Guide. At the same time, don't some of the classes in PF1 have spell-casting that works a bit like 5E? (Oracle/Witch?) I hope there's an official variant but if they don't bother, surely someone else will.

Being able to CTRL-F is the biggest pro of PDFs for me. I do prefer to have the actual books when I'm at the table playing, though.

16 pages? 1 page is long enough, I think.

I LOOOOVE that Paladin, particularly Mighty Deed. That is going to be a lot of fun. Glorious Defense is also interesting even though it comes so late. The Bard is interesting. I like the Inspiration dice being used for a social pillar ability. I don't love it being used for damage and healing...

If you make it an action where they prepare to counter something, I'd consider letting them keep their spell slot if the opposing spellcaster doesn't cast anything or giving some other benefit if they don't actually counter anything. I hate the idea of it doing nothing and still costing a resource.

Is this referring to the one on D&D Beyond as a way for the Storm Boomerang to function? It's not been printed in any books yet, right? I'd hardly call that official. That said, this book might have it working exactly the same way and making it properly official. Or it might just be another...

This is a house rule for older editions but worded differently it could work for you. The problem is that in the edition this rule was written for, characters announced what they were doing at the start of the round and then those things would happen in specific segments of time. If you altered...

I think if you remove reactions, you should add some other actions that cover some of the same places that reactions live in. I think you want to avoid off-turn attacks but I'd suggest adding an alternative so that a melee focused character be able to do stuff. For instance, if they want to be...

If you consider 4E, try looking up "Monster Manual 3 on a business card." It's perhaps not perfect but makes it much easier to spin up an impromptu combat encounter if things go unexpectedly. I found it made running even easier, and 4E is already pretty easy to run. Other than that, I rather...

Are we going to get official rules for boomerangs because for that alone, I am interested.

I'm kind of hopeful that any change from here is iterative rather than significant. Basic rules stay the same but the structure of character build options might change. I've seen some others saying this would be more like how Advanced Dungeons & Dragons changed the game from the previous edition...

Have to agree that keeping the rolls on that ogre hidden is a good idea. I also find it kind of surprising that they even suggest adding more monsters to that fight for more players. Maybe you could have the ogre just try to trip people a lot as a fun way to change up its tactics.

One of the reasons I really like the flavor of the 5E Paladin is their devotion to a cause rather than to a deity (realizing after I posted my comment that this was posted in the PF forum where this sentence is somewhat irrelevant). I was in a campaign as a paladin with the civilization oath...

Title of the thread and title of the poll itself have slightly different answers. I didn't play D&D as a kid. I started with 4E around 25 or 26. I loved it and hated it about equally. Now I play both 5E and Pathfinder and find that I also both love and hate each about equally. Somewhere in the...

I wonder if a society that worships their ancestors as warriors who protect them might see necromancy as part of their culture. Perhaps even to the point where remains are seen as tools of defense and not sacred as they are in many other cultures.

Significant reflavoring of necromancy would be needed in many fantasy worlds for it to not be so bad, or as some have mentioned above, the view of undead by the society in that world would need to be different than what we're currently used to. I could see a world where necromancers first speak...

So, is 4E fighter at 20 really only doing 50 damage a round? It's been a long time since I've looked at 4E DPR math and never really played at that high of a level. Would it make more sense to compare to a level 30 fighter, and of porting stuff over to flatten levels down from 30 to 20, or is...