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Just going to say if you're looking for a swashbuckler type of character (be it the rogue way or the fighter way), I would not worry too terribly much about it. Also, no first level fighter is getting plate. Hell, no 3rd level fighter is getting plate. Plate costs 5000 GP. At first level...

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I didn't particularly care one way or the other, but I do like what the replacement was (I'm a tease!) better than the original perk.

Combines the verisimilitude of 3E with the rules simplicity & class balance of 4E, and is the most newbie friendly edition I've ran or played (3E and forward). Also pushes all three of the pillars more in the adventures I've seen so far. (Starting from MiBG) If it can add the modularity...

Based on what I've seen - I don't think (ok I'm reasonably sure) that's not what they intended to do as much as poor clarification on how the spell works. Think it's supposed to be a single dex save (succeed) or a single str + single dex (if you fail).

There's no swashbuckler option in the public playtest; so I'm not sure that's a fair comparison. I do think that most options should fall into the 80-100 range, and so far, from best I can tell, they do so.

As we discovered, you were playing a rather out of date ruleset of the game, even on a public playtest document level. :-p I wouldn't be so quick to jump to say certain parts of those statements are "opinion", seeing as I'm reasonably sure you haven't gotten to consistently DM the latest public...

Evard's has the same issue Web does - I am hoping all such spells will get clarification. I wouldn't worry much about Dominate. :D

Aye, based on the public playtest, I've voiced my concerns about the potential AoE action denial web has; but I think that has more to do with clarification of how the spell works. Polymorph is the other spell (what a surprise, right?) that based on the public playtest needs some clarification...

I can't say for sure, sadly. There are times where I've thought not much was done, and then the next packet had a crapton of stuff all dropped on us at once. Even the latest one was a massive jump from the previous ones, so maybe they do have way more planned. Thinking about it further, the...

Save DC is 8 + Casting Mod + Prof bonus (it says 10+ in the how to play document, but the actual classes file says 8 +). Because if I'm reading Web right, they get a save when it is first cast, and then a strength check if they do get hit. Also, if anyone hits the wizard (who, because they...

Relevant to the conversation CK ‏@A_real_geek Feb 12 Any word whether Aura of Antipathy (Enchanter lvl 2 ability) will be nerfed/changed? Horribly broken as is. @mikemearls #dndnext Reply Retweet Favorite More Expand Mike Mearls ‏@mikemearls 1h @A_real_geek I think it has...

Mark Cronan ‏@YetiMoose Feb 5 @mikemearls Damage On a Miss seems to remain the greatest source of fan tension. Can you tell us where you're at on this concept now? Reply Retweet Favorite More Expand Mark Cronan ‏@YetiMoose Feb 13 @mikemearls Damage On a Miss seems to remain the...

I have noticed in each successive public playtest, that the capabilities of casters have been dwindling. Not necessarily nerfing the spells, but the amount of spells known, or the amount of spells they can cast, is smaller, or the DC drops. I think that's an important trend to keep in mind...

Looking through Mike Mearls' twitter account; I don't think Damage on a Miss is a thing any more.

Based on the open playtest rules, I will second the "death rules are problematic" camp. They definitely need some more options on how to handle death, and spare the dying should either (a) be a full action or (b) stabilization only. I like negative HP equal to CON Score + Level personally.

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Ahh, k, I knew I heard that somewhere. Basically, as best as I can tell, the ways to be a playtester for all RPG companies (Paizo, WotC, White Wolf, pretty much every RPG company is guilty of this) a) be known online as a blogger / writer for the system b) live in the home city of the company...

1) Haven't had an issue with the first. Cantrips help the issue (casters don't feel as worthless going forward), and the "one rest every 24 hours" rule (IIRC) puts a damper on that. Also, the inability to layer spells successively (concentration) means that it's not nearly worth it to blow...

Thankfully the rumor is that they brought on the Magic guys for math tuning - so I pretty confident that the math will get finely tuned near the end of the process (this is just what I've heard living around Seattle). I also do know that in many cases, the options sent out in the playtest...