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Well you can think that but the printed books that people consume these days say otherwise, and so the conversation proceeds as such.

When it comes to looting enemies, I use the rules in the attachment, which I wrote for an upcoming project I'm soon to release. My players have loved them in the two long-term playtest campaigns I have, as well as in my one-shots. And they have built in mechanics that make you run-through or...

My setting of Scavenger might be perfect for this, though with a unique flavor. Akara is a mid-apocalyptic Bronze Age setting experiencing a massive extinction event with four major city-states left. Any of those city-states could be taken over by a tyrant, and in fact we have one in-built into...

Mearls is doing this for spells now. It's great.

Yes. I mean, we got Avernus at 5th level with DiA, and we got Spelljammer at level 1 as well. So, the groundwork has been laid + examples have been established.

The planes provide a lot of inspiration in terms of what magic is, where power comes from, what happens when you die, and so on. Look at Baldur's Gate 3. They give you planar action in that game for level 1. The Planes are no longer reserved for high levels, we are being told to intermix them...

Wow, and here I thought my rules were unique. Indeed no idea is. I love this because it's very similar to a method of Speed Tiers that I'm overall working on creating for 5E for theater of the mind stuff.

Can you describe them for me?

Let's reference some things that WotC officials have talked about. Crawford has mentioned in previous interviews that games tend to last 3-4 months, and that they are generally bound between Levels 1-10. There are enough games outside this paradigm happening to make Levels 11-20 worth keeping...

I expect different eays of running games to be bundled with adventures, like how ToA had a hexcrawl, Saltmarsh had sailing, etc.

Has Mearls' Odyssey project been mentioned here? It's this exact idea, @Sacrosanct.

I agree and disagree. I think potentially killing 1/4 characters is good for a High Damage creature. I'm not sure if this actually does that though; there are lots of resistances and temporary hit point pools at high levels, so you need to hit significantly harder then you think you do to...

Bardiche of the Feral King is some great Dark Souls item-making right there. Unironically love it.

I consider this a win for me, and no one, not even you, can tell me otherwise

A "Judgement" effect that replaces a smite's damage with another, more pronounced, longer term effect. Maybe flex them towards a "Saint" and give them more ways to spend Lay on Hands points, such as ending spell effects on players and eventually bringing back the dead with a touch. Perhaps...

Honestly Empyreans and Fiends sounds cool af. Going to make that my new headcanon lore.

There's a lot of really cool things in the 2024 books. I'm going to use this space to talk about what I've liked. First and foremost, this may seem shallow, but the art is phenomenal and that matters a lot. For what feels like the first time to me, D&D art isn't just self-referential, it is...

Love this, and this is how I think. I moderate it by having big disasters naughty word up the world and stall or reset progress every so often.

The books are good, get them.