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The guidance is contradictory only if you isolate two sentences out of the entire context. Look at the example: "For example, if a major villain shows up before the end of the adventure, the adventure should allow for the possibility that the heroes defeat that villain." Step 3 concerns the...

I initially viewed the introduction of Feats into backgrounds with dismay, as I very much liked that Feats were opt-in in the 2014 rules. I don't like Feats, and I did like how simple character generation was in 2014. It felt like a step back to the super-involved chargen of 3e and 4e. I am...

This has always been my one gripe about 5e. Even in the original playtest, every time they came up with a cool system for the fighter, they’d follow up by giving it to all non-casters. Eventually, Maneuvers became the lone system for the Battlemaster, but it would have been nice for the whole...

One thing I was glad to see was WotC out-and-out sponsoring the YouTube videos. Take out the ambiguity and set the right expectations. These are commercials for WotC. The content creators may be able to give some of their own critical thoughts, but everyone can understand the relationship...

The Azure Bonds cover was done by Clyde Caldwell, who was so devoted to the sexy in his D&D artwork, the cover to the sequel included a sexy halfling.

Crawford mentioned crit-fishing in the video, so it must be reroll-keep better. There is a question of whether Heroic Inspiration allows for re-rolling of dice or just a die. If the latter, then presumably one could use it to reroll the low roll of Advantage, in the hopes of getting something...

That is absolutely structure. It’s not plot, it’s not a story, but it’s the very definition of structure. Even a West March campaign has structure. The map with locations to visit, keyed dungeon maps and wilderness encounters. Timekeeping and recorded progression. That’s all structure on which...

Let’s look at Lost Mine of Phandelver. It’s got a story with a beginning, middle, and end. The dwarf Gundren has arranged for the PCs to come to Phandalin. Along the way they are ambushed by goblins. They follow the goblins to their hideout, defeat the bugbear there, and save Gundren’s friend...

Frankly, I suspect that a fair bit of rules mixing and matching will be completely fine. If one prefers 2014 characters, but thinks Weapon Mastery is a cool addition to the game, then it will probably be little work to import it into the 2014 base game. But, due the vast number of moving parts...

A little late to the party, but in my experience, this is the most salient difference: My original group started with B/X in the 80s. After 5e came out, we came back together to play again. To this day, the players do not ask me if they can do something they want to try. They tell me what they...

Kitiara never met the twins after Raistlin's Test, did she? Is there some prequel novel I'm forgetting?

I just have to say, whenever I read this thread title, I hear it in Jim Ross's voice.

Ah. So that.

As I understand it, he’s saying that the Weapon Mastery rules are essentially the same as in UA Playtest 7. No new Mastery types, and no changes from how they work.

Has anyone else had issues with this? I tried pre-ordering the PHB bundle, and first on Firefox it wouldn’t populate my cart. I’d click the bundle, get a pop-up saying it was added to my cart, but when clicked on Proceed to Cart, there was nothing there. So I tried with Chrome, and got it to...

Mearls talked about 5e PHB sales a bit, which I found interesting. No numbers, but he said the game did well out of the gate in 2014. In 2015, there was a 10% drop off, which they were pleasantly surprised by, since the expected drop off was 50%. Then 2016 sold more than 2014, 2017 sold more...

It was a different management regime by the time 5e development started. A new CEO in 2008, and Mearls replaced Bill Slaviscek in 2011.

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Not so heavily in the original Japanese. After explaining how to prime the bomb, Tachibana says, “Having done that,” or “After that,” and then they cut to the wide. The transition was very smooth. Having seen the German on the seat, I thought, “Perhaps ejection seat?” Possibly even that the...

I was just thinking this about a Rob Kuntz story about Gygax at the end of the latest episode. I can easily imagine that there are various particulars that he’s misremembering or conflating with some other interaction. And yet that doesn’t mean the story isn’t true. If nothing else, it provides...