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From an in-universe perspective, we don't know if warforged age or not. The oldest is only like 30 years old. That's still the prime of their life for many humanoids, and early childhood for others. Maybe the wear will accumulate and they'll break down after 100 years. Maybe after 300 years. Or...

Not really. But some people want the things like loved as kids to grow up with them. Just... not always in a good way. I mean, this comic is nearly 20 years old, and it's still relevant.

Oh gods, Azure Bonds. I barely remember the details of that series, but I still remember the contortions the story went through to justify that armor. IIRC a villain was planning to ritually sacrifice the heroine, but for Reasons she had to be in full combat kit for it, so they dressed her in...

It's not a matter of rating. Of the female players I know, having chainmail bikinis in the book would be a major disincentive to buy for many of them. Not all, but many. Horny 14 year old boys (in body or in spirit) are competing with them for setting the tone, and it's clear who's winning.

Doing this way is a little more complicated, but there's two things gained. One is thematic identity. The other is the opportunity for counter-play. Thematically, the Rage being something the Barbarian has to maintain instead of just a passive buff is an important part of the class's identity...

To put it in existing terminology... Barbarians are using primal magic, and Strength is their casting stat. So just like Blade Pact Warlocks can use Charisma to make weapon attacks because it's powered by their magic, Barbarians can use Strength for Stealth and Survival and Intimidation checks...

I'm kind of not surprised that he had a brainfart and crossed "using Intimidation for social situations" and "Perception is a word starting in Per-" and got "Persuasion is on the list". That's what I was suspecting that as soon as he said it, because it's an easy mistake to make.

The advantage to attaching it to Rage is that it combines the effects into one use. Say you're in a fight, and one important foe tries to flee, then you're already Raging and have those buffs to Survival and Perception for the pursuit. Or if you activate Rage to enhance your Stealth and...

With the staggered release, I wouldn't be surprised if the heavy promotion for them is put off until closer to their release dates. The marketing people seem to have firm ideas about what the optimal lead time for this sort of thing is.

If you prefer the 2014 version, or are working on your own variant, more power to you. I just beg you not to turn into one of those hatewatchers who has nothing better to do than show up in threads about new books you'll never buy to complain about how nothing is the way you want it and...

Not only is it a useful quality of life upgrade in combat, but it's an absolutely necessary change to enable the out of combat uses of Rage. The former is good so you don't have silly things like Barbarians punching themselves to maintain Rage (yes, I saw that in actual play once). The latter is...

Revised 5e is what's on the official branding, so that's what I'm using for now.

Berserker and World Tree Barbarians sound pretty much like the UA7 and UA8 versions. The Wild Heart animal features are a little different, but more importantly you're no longer locked into one choice but can pick different ones at different times. Zealot has a bunch of changes, from Fanatical...

True to a degree. But if we look at something and immediately say, "What were the devs thinking, this is obviously under/over powered as heck!" then it's a sign we may be missing important context. Not always, certainly, but my experience is that the most wild examples in both directions turn...

A good point to keep in mind. We can only evaluate these fragmentary previews in the context of the old book, and that context is very often outdated and wrong. While it's fun to get our paws on shiny new things it's easy to make a mistaken evaluation of how good or bad they are. Though it goes...

It's a tempting idea. And Oath of Glory was just made for a hot blooded shonen hero. It just bothers me that there's no Mastery trait for Unarmed Strike. Monk doesn't care because Monk doesn't get Mastery traits, and has its Martial Arts features to fill a similar role. But a Paladin or Fighter...

No, they were terrible. That's why they all work like Divine Smite now and are used in response to landing a hit. It means the Paladin has a real tactical choice between the pure damage of Divine Smite or a bit less damage and a special effect from all the rest. And Paladins get most (not all)...

Most Smites have no duration because the order of operation has changed. Instead of being applied ahead of the attack and triggering on the next hit, they get a special timing where they're cast in response to landing a hit (but still costing a Bonus Action). So now most of the Smite spells work...

Indeed. Divine Smite already cost a spell slot. There were already other Smite spells in the Paladin's arsenal. Rectifying things by making Divine Smite a proper spell is just bringing it into line with how the class already worked. It's not like the other cases where shoving a class feature...

Not specifically. He did talk about a general wave of changing "power-up state" abilities from Actions to Bonus Actions or entirely free activations as part of another action. But the Lay On Hands change was not specifically mentioned. Keep in mind though, this is a preview video. Not an...