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I would love to see Eberron supported sooner rather than later by WOTC. Perhaps a players guide so that awesome things like Dragon Marks, artificers and warforged are officially presented in 5E . (That list is not exhaustive, if I have missed your favourite Eberron thingy then please feel free...

I had a long stint running 3.5, then playing 3.5. We are currently playing original Deadlands. In December I am running a one off 5e game. Therefore in sense returning. When the group and/or the GM tires of Deadlands I think we will be playing 5E.

I much prefer pen and paper to keep up to date with combat.

I hadn't really considered magic items on my list as I do not know a lot about them yet. However, the headband is a viable option. I like that the DM can make it's powers fade if proves too powerful.

I think that Southpaw79 is on the right lines mechanically, and pming is on the right lines rules and fluff wise. Now we just have to combine the two. Therefore a character can enter a prestige class at say level 10, and gains a prestige class feature instead of an ability score increase...

In my group it has become a tradition that I run a Christmas bash special. It has a different theme each year. For instance having so many levels to create a character to fight each other. One year I created a bunch of monsters as PC's and let them bash each other up. I did an Olympics one...

As both a DM and a player I tend to agree with Trippy Hippy. Don't get caught up so much in having to have particular roles in a group. Play what you enjoy playing. If there is a particular role missing in a group then it just means that other solutions to the problem have to be found. I...

Not yet seen a monk in action so it is difficult to say. My feeling is that the Monk is a little low on Ki points at lower levels especially. It can be argued that they have plenty of other class features therefore they do not need a lot of Ki. If you feel that a monk character needs more Ki...

Thanks Sword of Spirit & Paraxis. I seems I was overthinking backgrounds, or under thinking, or not thinking. Choose which you like.

Another thought about power gamers is that the area most open to power gamer exploitation is likely to be self created backgrounds. There could be a temptation to slip in items, proficiencies, etc. that gives the character a perceived advantage. Of course a alert DM will pick up on this and...

As a long time D&D player from when BECMI was the most advanced edition I have always tried to make m character as useful as possible. Each class and race has their strengths & weaknesses. When I create a character I try to make it a fun to play for me, and interesting for the group in general...

There is certainly a need for more subclasses, and backgrounds. However, it remains to be seen how these are provide by WOTC. I feel that these will be doe through world, and/or adventure arc booklets. Backgrounds should be reasonably easy to homebrew in discussion between player and DM. Of...

Yes, it would be nice to have more content on the website. However, I would rather wait a while longer and get interesting and useful content.

Yes it would be, and I wouldn't automatically give the chance. Just if the player requested. The characters in D&D are meant to be extraordinary, the heroes. Able to survive where others die. That does not mean that the characters do not suffer the consequence of the players decisions, or the...

Depending on how far the victim is pushed off a cliff I would allow a Dexterity (Athletics)/(Acrobatics) to grab the edge of the cliff, or a ledge or bush partway down.

When I run my first 5E game in December I will be using a hex grid. That is what I have been playing with for 30+ years. However, I can see the advantages of using square grids, and no grids. As has been mentioned I would be uncomfortable having no physical representation of who is where...

Great idea. Consider it borrowed.

This post summarises it for me. Whatever the characters may be able to do the opponents may be able to do also. A lot of creatures especially humanoids have character levels open to them. That weedy looking Kobold could be a twenty level character

I can see a lot of campaigns starting at third level rather than first level

Dungeonscape The Dungeonscape book is useful for underground settings.