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This survey still gives me the impression that when they're asking about my first book and boxed set purchases, they're trying to ask me about WotC 5e purchases but I'm actually telling them about my first 2e purchases because of the way the questions are worded. I feel like these surveys still...

Where have they said that the book they just released is based on a core rule book that hasn't been written and will be released in 2 years?

Man, I feel like I get bored with combats pretty fast when they're on Crit Role or Dimension 20 but when I'm playing I often can't wait for some players to finish talking to every NPC and get to a fight.

I think that the most elegant way to make half-races work in a system where subraces are going away and races are not designed with consistent level of power or number of features is to give each race an associated feat that other races can take to get that flavor. Want to be half-elf? Pick the...

It's funny that the longer the edition goes, the more the devs realize that 4e had it right the whole time.

They make as much sense as the base classes and options that are already there though. You have a 1st level wizard that can shoot magic all day, the guy with ancient dragon blood, an aasimar who is descended from God, and a guy who's made a pact with Satan. But the Arcane Trickster using mage...

I realize that but imagine a game where 1 and 2 were "real" levels that you got to fully enjoy as part of the average 1-10 game instead of being skipped over?

"Builds" aren't much in 5e compared to 3e and 4e but my big gripe with class design is that most games don't go past level 10 and yet you have to wait until 3rd level to start getting a trickle of unique stuff. 3rd level feels late for the Eldritch Knight to start getting a drip of magic, and so...

When I do homebrew worlds, I generally leave out half races anyway. I've always felt that half-orcs and half-elves water down the races in an unnecessary way by highlighting the idea that everything is just a human with star trek make-up. Half-dragons or demons have a conceptual space because...

It's literally the exact essence of DnD. Catfolk, lizardfolk, mantisfolk, minotaurs, frog people, etc, etc. Fairies and animal people have been a basic part of the game for over 40 years.

I guess if you literally just started playing DnD and never saw any of 4e or 3e, maybe this would almost, almost make sense. I remember Savage Species coming out over 20 years ago and letting people play furries and fairies, as well as anything else in the MM. This whole trendy to decry...

It's sad how this book is getting review bombed on Amazon because it's a collection of Volo's and Mordenkainen's instead of all new content. People on the internet these days try really hard and dig deep to get offended over nothing.

Not sure if you're making a joke about 90s bands sounding the same. lol.

Its impossible to vote earnestly without there being an agreed upon definition of "power creep." 90% of the time on this site, complaints of power creep are not actually power creep, IMO.

In the mini campaign I ran I allowed all of it and in the games I've played in DMs allow all of it. I don't see why I'd ban any of it going forward with the next campaign unless it's purely a thematic decision. I feel like the calls of overpowered-ness or power creep are extremely exaggerated...

I see this all the time in 5e too though, with people using powers under the assumption that they'll get a short rest and then getting vetoed by party members without short rest recovery who don't want to stop. It's a point of party friction that didn't exist in 4e and becomes a potential issue...

I mean, 5 minutes of rest worked really well in 4e. Too long to do in combat but short enough to not mess up pacing.

I did a survey awhile back regarding the average number of combats per day and the those who said that their table averaged 3 or fewer combats per day were more than double those who said they averaged more than 3. Every other online discussion I've read regarding the number of combats that...

Changing the short rest to one hour really mucked things up, from my experience. Things were relatively smooth in 4e, when it was assumed that everyone would just get their encounter powers back and eventually everyone would benefit from a long rest. Now, it's common for the party to argue...

I think 5e is sort of headed in a direction I like but it's not quite there. I like the concept of magic items being optional but as long as you have monsters with resistance to mundane weapons and characters with +3 armor, a +3 shield, and a +3 weapon changing the math of the game, it's a...