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Arcane Eye doesn't really worry me too much given the presence of lower-level spells like Invisibility, Spider Climb, etc. Cast Invis on the Elven Rogue, and you've got a scout that moves much more quickly, can actually deal with doors, and probably isn't that much less stealthy. Heck, Fly is...

Just think of it as an extra type of action that you can take once per turn. A "minor" action, if you will. :) Sure they're only there if "granted", but then you could say that your regular action is only there unless it's taken away (by being stunned or whatever).

In the playtest, making unarmed attacks not light was a fix to prevent multiclass monk abuse. It's a bit gamey, but I was OK with it – for non-monks it doesn't seem sensible anyway to allow "dual-wielding" shortsword or whatever + unarmed, and monks get their own extra attacks through flurry...

The page 52 sidebar pretty clearly only applies to trying to make a living outside civilization. So if you practice your profession (say, gemcutting) nowhere near civilization, you eke out a poor living while doing so. Maybe you can do something with your product once you get back; I don't...

Tiamat could be behind it as a way of provoking greed and envy. Sehanine could be behind it as a way of aiding a forbidden love. Melora could be behind it as a whim of nature. Corellon could be behind it as an attempt at beautiful art (though it doesn't seem to have quite worked out)...

The bard/monk approach sounds very good, but just to suggest another way of doing it: I might go straight cunning bard, homebrewing all instances of "Int" in the bard powers to "Dex" instead. Since Dex and Int both boost AC/Ref you don't really have to do any other customization. Just build...

Am I reading the same playtest packet? "Typical" locks are DC 16, and the check can't even be attempted without proper tools. If a +0 dex bonus fighter is carrying around lockpicks and has enough free time to make 2-4 attempts, I'm totally OK with just saying that they can open the lock and...

Another good comparison is to a rogue (thief) with a shortbow. Basically every other round (at least) the rogue gets to attack with advantage and deal 3d6+Dex modifier on a hit. 7d6+Dex modifier at 5th level. Eldritch Blast starts out pretty good, but it doesn't seem to scale as well as...

I'm not really sure that the starting STR is worth it... buy an 18 instead and you've got 11 points to play with, which is enough to raise your DEX from 10 to 16 and bump CON to 12. Two-weapon Rangers are already infamous for having AC problems. Your attack roll is sky-high, would you really...

Specialties do bring at least one thing, if nothing else: they subdivide feats into categories. The full game is likely to have at least 50 feats, possibly close to 100. I do not want a big list of those in alphabetical order. Having about 10 categories or so to organize them is enormously...

Actually, what bugs me more than a Cleric in Dark Sun is this: you're presenting a sun god as some kind of source of life and fertility - on a scorched desert world. Now, maybe Pelor really does exist on Athas, and he really does support life and healing and all that. But your character using...

How? In classic D&D attack rolls don't even correspond to a single swing of the sword. So what is the creature doing, counting the number of attacks given vs received? What about creatures with multiple attacks per round? It can't work. At best, a creature that has engaged in multiple...

What I'm confused about is that "creatures' knowledge of the world" is up to you, and has nothing to do with whether OAs exist in the game or not. OAs are not real, just like hit points and turns aren't real. All a kobold can know is that sometimes they can run past the fighter, and sometimes...

The best tactical decision would be to have monsters that don't engage the party at all unless they have supremely overwhelming odds. If your goal is to kill the PCs then "rocks fall, everyone dies" is your best choice as a DM. Even the grittiest sandbox campaigns don't fill every dungeon with...

At first I really thought core needed some kind of OA rule to make melee stickier. But eventually I came around to the playtest's way of doing it. I think of it like this: OA rules do very little for the DM. If the DM doesn't want the kobolds to rush past the fighter to gank the wizard, then...

Well, this is an endurance match versus enemies with moderately low hp. It's practically designed to favor AC over weapon damage dice. Fewer fights vs higher hp enemies would probably favor the two-hander a little more. Also I think this matchup is kinda amusing, since in an open space a...

Yeah, this is my single greatest concern from the playtest. Heavy armor being borked, starting HP being a bit high - those are just numeric problems that can be dealt with. But the clerics seem to tread way too much on other classes' shtick. Sure, the Moradin cleric doesn't dish out fighter...

Elan have been in Dark Sun since 2004, so it should be fine. Specifically, they're formerly ordinary mortals that have been psionically transformed (by other Elan) into psionic, immortal versions of themselves. They're meant to be an intrinsically psionic, durable race created to fight against...

If the party is up against ninjas, the PCs may be deliberately setting themselves on fire to gain a big AC/Ref bonus. Ninjas can't catch you if you're on fire.

If your players are surviving, it's not a dick move, and it's totally legal. I have minions do this all the time (but then, those are minions). I actually would even have wolves do this; real wolves are definitely smart enough to hold off an attack until their packmates surround the target...