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While I love both Spelljammer and Planescape, unfortunately, I don't see this as anything to get excited about. It's clear we're not getting setting books. They make it pretty clear with the CoS comparison that any fleshing out of the setting will be minimal in nature, and that it'll be rooted...

5e has been name-dropping things left and right, but none of it means anything. We're getting spelljammer because of skullport? Yeah, and tell me the one about the reptillians colluding with the illuminati again.

I have no problem with it, except that I run a homebrew setting and the mechanical aspect of it doesn't fit with my elves. My elves reach adulthood (apparent age of 20) in 40 years, and then they appear to age 15 years for every 250 that they're alive. When they hit an apparent age of 80, they...

Nothing? As in no entry barriers? Really? I didn't know I could get anything I wanted published for free.

While fantasy heroes and heroines are (in general) notorious for being exceptions from the norm, I think a gentle reminder is needed that very few characters break every norm. Even the aforementioned loud, drunken, pyro she-elf might wear flowers in her hair (or not, that's just something elf...

I've been considering the facing rule in my game because my setting has centuars who can spend a reaction to kick a foe that passes behind them. Maturally, you'd need to know where the centuar PC's equine behindus was facing to make this realistic. After a bit of thought I came to the...

Sounds like it's a return to 3e's era where psionics are substantially the same as magic, only inferior. If so, I'm not interested in it at all. I can already just use a wizard, sorcerer or warlock and call it psionics. And if the psionics will have a fireball, only with d4s instead of d6s...

There is no blanket answer because it's so conditional on cultural norms, both those in real life and those that come from the game. In my setting I have one culture where a feminine trait is left-handedness, and another where baldness is feminine and the women in that culture shave their...

There's nothing inherently wrong with a character of any gender being in a relationship with someone of the same gender (or any other gender for that matter). The problem arises when a character seems to have no real personality, goals, or ambitions outside of a relationship (generally sexual...

I'm female and I'm comfortable with cross-gender characters at the table. I've played male characters, female characters, intersexed/hermaphroditic characters, and asexual characters. As the one who usually DMs, I'm responsible for all the NPCs regardless of gender anyway, so this isn't really...

D&D has also done a ton of setting books in the past, as well as books for each individual race and class. But, with WotC's current limited release format, the suggested adventure would be too focused on a single race to hook a diverse party, especially since that would be one of only two or...

It sounds too focused on a single race to be an adventure than can hook a diverse party.

So their size is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Sounds fine to me. Sure, you threaten more spaces, but that also means more spaces from which you can be attacked, and more enemies with traits like pack tactics that can surround you. Sure, you have trouble climbing and squeezing into or...

So their size is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Sounds fine to me. Sure, you threaten more spaces, but that also means more spaces from which you can be attacked, and more enemies with traits like pack tactics that can surround you. Sure, you have trouble climbing and squeezing into or...

My method in the OP doesn't include a character's DEX at all.

Where did I ever say that was my reasoning? Not a great way to open a post you expect someone to take the time to read. Maybe you had some kind of insight in your response (I don't know, I stopped reading after that opener), but god you buried the lead. I assume, for reasons. Whatever they...

Occasionally? Or as a consistent thing? Frequency matters. Occasionally: no problem. Some monsters might be fully aware they can't reliably beat heavy armor with their weapons. Or they might go after other PCs for other reasons. For example, animated dead might mob the rogue who opened a...

I can't speak for jgsugden, and I won't try to. However, his post really sums up my opinion on the OP's question. Therefore, I feel at least partially compelled to answer your question. Perhaps my answer will be similar to that of jgsugden, since his post really resonates with my response to...

I do hope so. I don't intend the rule to be penalizing, just to encourage better cooperation. The 1d6 applies if you declare that you're going to move. You aren't required to move if you declare it, but you can't move if you don't declare it. So the 1d6 really does apply to the option to...

Unless I'm mistaken, losing your action is part of the weapon speed variant in the DMG. This is just an alteration of that variant, so I kept that rule. Also, if your chosen target is gone, you can switch to a new target with no problem. As long as you're doing the same thing (e.g. moving up...