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That is pretty cool! I would like WOTC experiment with this format for stuff that might add value to the game as a whole but doesn't quite fit into their vision of the big hardback books.

I would go with either Dark Sun or the world of Birthright campaign setting (Aebrynis) seem the most ready for recent public and critical tastes in TV show. I think that the potential controversies with Dark Sun could be handled fine in a TV show. Of course, what is depicted in a TV show can...

They did mention that as an alternative. I think they liked "Spirit Points" if WOTC decided to keep the "Monk" name to keep a bit of a religious connection, but "Focus" would work better for the more general "Martial Artist." A couple of their commenters pointed out that Pathfinder leans in...

The Asians Represent podcast took a closer look at the Playtest 6 Monk and found it wanting. (YouTube) Asians Represent: "Has WotC Fixed the D&D Monk?" My takeaways of their main points (TLDR version): - They seem confused by WOTC's efforts to make the Monk non-Asian coded while trying to...

I am going to complain loudly in the survey about going back to the 2014 subclass progressions. Although I would prefer to have subclasses start at first level for all classes. They never really asked in any previous surveys about how we felt about the new unified subclass progression. I hate...

If they go back to unified subclass progression, I almost hope they would make the wizard "school" based subclasses (Evoker, Illusionist, Necromancer, etc) available as subclasses to all casting classes. It could be fun to throw Illusionist on a Bard, Evoker on a Sorcerer, Transmuter on an...

One of the issues with getting Wizard subclasses past the 70-80 percent acceptance hurdle for Unearthed Arcana is that a lot of people felt that any new subclass broke the symmetry by not being based on one of the spell schools. After "School of Evication," "School of Illusion" and "School of...

Given the current design imperative of removing "Mother May I" mechanics from player abilities, I think they are moving away from mixing and matching ability bonuses and skill bonuses to the point it may not even get mentioned as a DM option. I do expect to possibly see more things like the new...

"5e Essentials" sounds like an anti-aging body cream to me. Unless, it was a particularly paired down version of the ruleset, it also seems deceptive... at least for what I think a 5e Essentials should be.... a printed version of the Basic Rules with a bit more style and focus on teaching the...

I think the marketing folks at WOTC are going to ultimately push some different parlance other than the "2024 Players Handbook" at some point down the line, right now it sounds like a shiny new model car about to come out, especially when compared with the "2014 Players Handlbook," but they know...

I would probably run this by your lawyer before you go too far down that road. If you don't have a lawyer, you might want to start thinking about getting one.

They might have avoided some of the messaging issues if they released a "new edition of the book not game" DMG in 2024, a new Monster Manual in 2025 and a new PHB in 2026 all the while continuing to release "5e" content. Releasing all new books all at once, definitely has more the feel of a new...

Yeah, I hadn't made notes in advance and had been putting off doing the survey because I knew it was going to be such a pain. It ended up taking me three hours. And I didn't get around to saying much of what I wanted to because of the 200 word limit on a lot of the answers. I tried to stick...

I am having a real rough time with this survey. There is simply too much stuff in this playtest packet for me to process. I realize they are probably pressed for time, but my quality of feedback is way below what it usually is for these things and even though we are trying to actually playtest...

Those skills could then act as saving throw proficiencies as well. That would definitely help in streamlining the game. As it is, I feel like 5e has either too many or too few skills, and not the right ones, but I generally understand how they ended up where they did.

'We are releasing new editions of the books,” Crawford emphasized. “We are not releasing a new edition of the game. And so that, I think, is a really important distinction — that it is still 5th edition, but yes, we are releasing revised versions of the books, which anywhere else in the...

Ardling is officially dead as a 2024 PHB species. Though they hinted they may rexqmine the concept at some point down the line. I would love to some of the cultural backgrounds that you mentioned, but zi expect most of that design space will be explored through first level feats outside the...

It probably steps a bit on the toes of the Sorcerer's niche of being able to move around spell slots levels, but I like it, especially for a spell that leans hard into a particular class's flavor or mechanics.

If they think that a subclass choice at level 1 in a class is too much for new players, they aren't going to throw a list of 144 backgrounds at newbies. I am sure the 144 touted in the article is simply 16 backgrounds multiplied by 9 species. Someone looking for a marketing hook decided that...

The confirmed 9 races combined with 16 backgrounds also equals 144 origin options. That may be where that number comes from.