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As you said yourself: they have said that some characters will be better at combat, expl., or roleplay, not some classes.

I definitely do. Wizards will be able to do so from 5th level onwards, at least. Fighter at high level should be able to kill 5 or so puny orcs with a turn worth of attacks. Maybe, I don't know. I mean I don't think he should be limited to what you want of him. I've always seen the fighter as...

Aren't they enemies for last level or two? I could see the need for them, but not in the core books, but rather in a year or so after the base game is published.

I don't think that you do. Remember that STR 17 means that you automatically succeed at STR checks with DC 17 or less. IMO STR 17 means that you roll 1d20+7 for skills.

No modifiers from ability scores? I'm getting that they are same as in 3e and 4e, but only thanks to the mace entry. And it states attack bonus but not skill bonus. Also, there's no need to put a skill list, if they are listed next to abilities. Or if you have to, at least put the bonus next to...

The perfect D&D game should have 3 races: dragonborn, dungeonborn, and the ampersandlings.

It is my understanding that backgrounds grant skills and skills only. But in your post you write them as granting spellcasting and other special abilities as well. Is that intentional?

using magic missile to attack the darkness

Wouldn't it be better if that spell was called birdform or something and allowed you to choose what kind of bird (or bat, or pterodactil or whatever) you assume the shape of? As long as you stay within certain size category of course. As for other spells. Hallucinatory Terrain Illusion - Glamer...

Really. What do you mean by "full-blown"? Does a spell need to be of certain length to be considered a proper spell by you?

I agree with you on all counts. Magic missile is one of the simplest spells in the game, and it stands to reason that its writeup ought to be also one of the simplest. In other words, change this: To this: (1): name (2): school and descriptors (3): classes that can access the spells and at...

You could just have sharp and blunt. For simplicity.

Like emily blunt? I don't know of any.

WHat's with the word bludgeoning. Blunt is simpler and easier to pronounce. Yet they stick with this...archaic unnecessary variant.

One serious problem with your write-up. We already know that spells will not get better as caster gains levels, so you have to remove all indications of that mechanic from magic missile's description. After that, you have to decide if you want to add some sort of augmentation mechanic. If yes...

I don't think it will be as compact as you're proposing. Taking force magic, for example, IMO it will be closer to something like this: Force Missile (level 1) Fire a magic missile at someone Level+1: One extra missile (at the same or different target) Level+1: Missiles hit automatically...

True. However, I'd like if healing spells were removed and instead clerics* got class abilities that heal damage. That way cleric would not have a dilemma whether to cast a spell or sacrifice a spell to heal. * and other classes that had healing magic in prior editions.

Agreed, I like this setup. That's true. But lets not forget one thing. All (I hope) spells will be scaleable. That means as soon as a wizard reaches level 3, he will have 12 choices of what to put into his level 2 slots. 6 will be level 2 spells, and the other 6 will be improved versions of...

Let's see: Wizard 0: Detect/Read Magic (probably better as a skill/feat), Mage Hand, Message, Prestidigitation Wizard 1: Summon Monster, Feather Fall, Magic Missile, Sleep or Color Spray, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Identify Wizard 2: Melf's Acid Arrow, See Invisiblity, Darkness, Flaming...