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WOTC had to meet the GenCon debut. They knew they wouldnt make all three books so they made the best of it. Launching all three books over a period of time keeps the game more relevant longer at those high-profile places. And the fact is the PHB is selling like hot cakes... and sales will...

I think the playtests were 5E's beta phase. The current lineup is what would be considered a "soft launch". Once all three core books are out, I expect the marketing to ramp up. This launch is for the fans, the hard launch come January will be for everyone else. That is when we are most...

A D&D character showed up in my local bar one night, and proceeded to get drunk and rant on about how we have this great modern technology but haven't even figured out the basics of arcane spellcasting, let alone travelling the multiverse.

So it comes down to who has the better players/team? I'm OK with that. Holy Schneikies... But devils advocate, how much of that was profit from services? After overhead, server costs, author costs, payouts to failed products, etc...

Eberron 5E?

Pathfinder was a hand-off and essentially went into the business with the perfect storm, pre-generated fan base, good company history, and really bad image problem at major competitor. They could have put a turd on the cover and sold books. But they did it right, at least as right as WOTC...

I think you misunderstand the 15mwd dilemma. It is not about granting multiple long rests within a 24hr period, thus allowing multiple spell recoveries in that time. I don't know where you picked that up. Also its not an exploit. No where does the game rules state "you need to adventure for...

Kid's these days have it too easy... why in my day the 1st Edition DMG was akin to a calculus book that mated with a statistics and probability manual with a healthy helping of Advanced Economics and it read like molasses through a tube in winter. In all seriousness, a free supplement is the...

Additionally... if DM conversion is too high, where are the players... which means your player base is also the DMs. Anyone who has ever DM'd for a group of DMs knows the feeling.:-S

Also gives a reason to have a monk or druid in the party!

Methinks he should've waited for the DMG. While its true Wizards cant market for crap, that falls more onto Hasbro crippling advertising budgets and combating negative press/brand image from the 80's. Angry is basically chastising WOTC for making a product that doesnt sell itself... but it...

Just awkward wording. It means the antennae make the touch, and they have a 5ft reach.

Most of the time I hate flipping as well. Usually I run initiative off a post-it, and put the init order descending on the left, with monsters # and HP on the right like : Bandits - 1: 14 AC 15 +5 1d6+2 2: 14 _3: 15 Nothic...

Devastatingly brilliant.

If one reads through the official twitter responses, a vast majority of them are "Whatever the DM feels makes sense." Hope that puts some peoples fears to rest. Now granted there are players' valid concerns, discrepancies about the PHB says this on pg 112 but contradicts it on pg 118... but so...

Not if we used glass as paper! Make it so.

I play in a group of five 30 & 40 somethings that all use iPads at the table. They got them specifically for Pathfinder (where they are practically required). Tablets are now a part of the tabletop landscape, much as minis became for many, and battlemats before that. Not everyone will use...

I am sure there will be an official FAQ put together when they get a chance to breathe. In the meantime ENworld has a listing of some questions as does thesageadvice blog.

Pretty moot points anyways, the short rest clearly states "A short rest is a period of downtime, at least 1 hour long, during which a character does nothing more strenuous than eating, drinking, reading, and tending to wounds." Its clear that, even with a longer duration than 1 hour on the...