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They've done a great job. The Starter Set is great, the Players Handbook is great, the new adventure module is great. Looks like the Monster Manual will be great. And I'm sure the DMG will be great. I think your criticisms are not only premature, but very weak. You're assuming there's a wave...

That's a really cool idea. I like the idea of the legendary lairs expanding beyond those monsters. Now it would need a CR of its own of course because a lowly kobold can't afford the added abilities a lair provides. I think people used to 4e are surprised a lot of the pieces they are used to...

WotC is doing a much better job selling D&D than TSR. Remember when TSR wouldn't let E.T. use the D&D branding or call the game they were playing Dungeons & Dragons? Contrast that with Big Bang Theory and Community, not to mention the clebrity Audible giveaway, the celebrity game sessions, the...

Tropical island sandbox game for up to 12 rotating players, converted from Sword & Wizardry/LotFP. Right now they're on an island homebrewed with elements from Paizos Serpent Crown, KQs Wasted West and the pirates from Skull & Shackles AP. Depending on the players choices they could end up on...

Edit: I'm not 100% sure on the Exploding rules, but I'm fairly happy with them right now. The +4 bonus to attacks against heavily-armored creatures could be a big advantage, but since bounded accuracy makes damage more important than attack bonus, this isn't as big an advantage as previous...

What about +2 to a stat of your choice and +1 to all others? As it stands now, I can't think of anyone who would take the basic option instead of the variant option.

Oh give me a break WotC! You're telling me my players can make a barbarian with the guild artisan background??? /ragequilt

Or in the Spelljammer book that's got to be just around the corner???

Awesome, and a Charisma saving throw!

Oh I agree, and I think it's really useful to see these monsters. My assumption was that Steve Winter had access to the D&D monsters for some time for HotDQ, but it could be that he had to create encounters without seeing the final monster stat blocks.

In my campaigns most NPCs have fewer PC class levels. Without NPC classes right now I haven't completely figured out what to do at this point, but it's something to consider. I want challenges to exist, but I don't want a bunch of high-level NPCs cluttering up the place. I'm not certain even...

I'm not sure how closely FGG can mirror the language and format used for monsters. They are operating under the OGL and under general laws for rules materials, not the new license, whatever that will be. As a result, there may be specific terminology and formatting they can't use. Of course...

If you try it again, I recommend skipping part one about the creation of the world and get right to the stories about people. You can go back to the creation song chapters later.

Thanks for the comments Steve. Knowing how involved you are on this seals the deal for me. I've got nothing but respect for your major design cred. I'm gonna stop dragging my feet and go back this now.

I would always allow a player to make a character who is a heretic. :devil:

I hope to see this happen. Necromancer Games is currently looking at creating modules in rules light (S&W), rules medium (5E) and rules heavy (PFRPG) versions. It would be cool to see more publishers doing this so people can play in the system of their choice. I know Kobold Press did 4e and PF...

I really, really hope that 5e truly embraces some of their awesome campaign settings. Pathfinder Golarion and D&D Forgotten Realms seem somewhat interchangeable to me (though I'm sure fans of either will certainly point out the differences). I'd love to see new Planescape, Dark Sun, and...

I hope their conversions are as slick as the 1e to 5e conversion tool someone released. This alone lets me use the 1e Monster Manual and old modules in my game. I'm running a Labyrinth Lord --> D&D 5e Basic game now. It's two sessions into the 5e conversion and I'm using monsters and modules...

The 1e to 5e conversion was updated on 07/21/14 by the author. EN World doesn't let me post links I guess since I haven't posted enough comments yet. The link was on the EN World homepage on 05/22/14. Here it is in a format that I'm allowed to post: https : // docs . google ...

I like the openness and honesty Mearls has had so far in this process.