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I know the alpha test stuff was all fully covered by the NDA, and that is still in effect. I don't know about the Beta agreement, which wasn't actually an NDA.

Perhaps your DM could arrange for the party to encounter (be ambushed by) a group of baddies, at least one of which is wearing a set of Darkvision Goggles, or they could be carrying the loot from a previous encounter with someone else who had worn the goggles.

Legendary monsters and their lairs in the Monster Manual are quite exciting. Actually the MM as a whole has a lot of great ideas in it.

Until that character tries to floss, and ends up shooting his mouth off. OK, I'll go away now.

Just carefully stand up, then disengage from that gaming group. Gobsmacked is too mild. And I thought I'd heard it all.

It would be unfair for me to complain about that if I agreed to play in your game knowing about your restrictions in advance (kinda sounds like Harnmaster). It would also be unfair for me to complain if I ignored you informing me of your restrictions. It would be unfair for you to spring those...

Since the setting proper has not been release for 5E, should the DM run it just with the PHB and MM rules? Or should he wait a year or 5 until WotC releases 5E Ravenloft? Seems like the DM is taking some initiative to try to present a different type of setting than just Forgotten Realms with a...

Strangely, this seems to be what some people around here think about DMs.

Mordenkainen's Sword is close to how it was in previous editions, noticeable changes include It is missing the line about hitting and damaging ethereal and incorporeal creatures. It is now a concentration spell. It did not require an action to attack with it, only to move it or change the...

I will agree that the DM should have informed his players before character creation about his house rules. We don't know that he didn't. Perhaps he did, but the OP somehow missed the information (didn't get or read the memo, wasn't there yet or dozed off when it was explained, whatever).

Perhaps the DM doesn't want to make resting as difficult as what the DMG may offer as alternate resting rules for grittier games (short rest is 8 hours once per day, long rest is weeklong rest in town as has been discussed in other threads.)

I assume after a successful save normal fatigue recovery rules apply?

I am really a fan of the point-buy. Players can custom build their characters, but relative power level will be close between all in the party. Much easier for me to provide challenging but not overly deadly encounters for everybody in the group. After first level we roll HP, but a player may...

Since they start with no weapons or armor, I would say all the martial characters, except monk, are gimped pretty severely.

Sorry, my choice is none of the above.

Some of us are still restocking these books!

If the spell requires an action to dismiss, the death (or other condition) of the caster would not end the spell.

But...but...The Monster Manual disclaimer says mind flayers DON'T run the D&D design team, and that comes straight from Illithids of the Coast, I mean Wizards of the Coast.

Taken as they written, Druidcraft/Prestidigitation/Thaumaturgy are first choice cantrips for me. I love the possibilities. I would like to add one effect for Druidcraft: You instantly make a flower blossom, a seed pod open, a fruit ripen, or a leaf bud bloom.

The sound of a rattlesnake right behind someone could be very distracting!