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One of the really nice effects of Advantage and Disadvantage is that they don't change what's possible. They provide a satisfyingly tangible alteration to your chances of success without actually changing the highest or lowest values your check can reach. A/D is, I think, one of the cornerstones...

Well, the playtest barbarian included a supernatural subclass...

... So archery gives you a +2 bonus to hit, now. That's going to make a real difference.

Yeah, it's a good alignment description. Actually, a thing that I've liked about all of these character sheets is that their alignment descriptions are all from the point of view of the character. I really like that as an approach - if the character generation rules in Basic provide some advice...

Not quite. What I said was I expect that most people fell on the positive side of apathy. I really don't think this is an important point for most people (and the polls done here generally seem to reflect up). However, if most people were on the negative side of apathy then WotC would have...

Right. But the analogy is inaccurately applied because it doesn't describe what's going on, here. It's plain to see that - to use your analogy - there is no one pizza that will really please everyone you mentioned, and any pizza that some people like will be one which other's won't touch at...

Best reason, definitely! :-)

There are decent reasons for a lot of the detail in this spell description. For instance, a very likely reason why they used the "At higher levels" block format over a Target: line is that this way makes scaling spells stand out more and frees up the actual mechanics of scaling a lot. The format...

Damn, I really wanted the "official" wounds system to use the Exhaustion mechanic. It's perfectly placed for it. Oh well, I'll have to keep using my houserule :-)

(I'm intrigued that the replies have basically been, so far, "do something else") So this is broadly similar to a character I've loved playing in 3e that I'm really looking forward to recreating in 5e eventually. He ended up being a Sorceror, because his backstory is that he went off to train...

Right, but maybe in testing the +2 bonus wasn't competing well enough for spellcasters against a feat. Pure speculation, of course. But consider - for a martial class, a bonus to the primary combat stat will boost attack *and* damage. For a spellcaster, it only boosts attack. Having a little...

Or they've brought +1 from the class back in.

... And an additional cantrip at level 4. That's actually quite a few changes to spell versatility, if not to the overall power level.

Interesting. "You can prepare a number of spells equal to your level + your Wisdom modifier" - This cleric can choose to prepare up to four spells at level 1, plus the two domain spells always available. No bonus spell slots (which is good for power levels), but it's nice that having a good...

Definitely agreed. It does make me think "I hope those potion bottles are unbreakable", though! Otherwise I know one dwarf who is risking a roll on the potion miscibility table at some time soon. 1% chance of a 6d10 (force) magical explosion!

Using the online tools will only get you access to a single slice of the D&D-playing community - those who decide to use online tools. What's more, it will give you a misleading view on that slice, since I'd be willing to bet that a large subset of those users - potentially the majority of them...

That's... better than I expected. They seem to be doing this quite a bit with the business side of 5e - certainly what we're getting seems to be a much more... cooperative? savvy? (I'm sure some people will think "indifferent", but I can't see that considering the money that's been invested in...

These days, I prefer to think of HP as not meat, but pain. Any time you lose hit points (unless there's some magic or drugs involved to deaden senses), it hurts you. This is works fine to me as a simulationist principle (yes, I'm sure that it doesn't work for others): The difference between a...

A few possibilities: 1) The map doesn't show the whole area, just a route based on common landmarks. Since the map was made, one of the landmarks - maybe a well-preserved statue - has been removed. The party may (before or after getting lost) find the new "owner" of it. Maybe it's been...

This is a thing I really like in 5e, though. The default is traditional, but with a bit of customisation... For instance, a Mountain Dwarf Mage with the Tough and Heavy Armour Master feats. They'd have the same average hit points as a Fighter, good AC and damage reduction in heavy armour. That's...