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I'm disappointed, sure, but not despondent. It's totally possible they're just trying to lock down what the "core" tiefling looks like for branding purposes, but will release possible subraces and alterations with upcoming splat and campaign guides. Same way a Dark Sun book would presumably...

I gotta say, I was hoping for a subrace that was more variable in appearance. I never really played much Planescape, but I like the idea of perhaps a more chaotic demonic rather than lawful devil breed, one that may or may not have a tail, etc. but still bears some obvious signs of infernal...

But yeah, I'd probably rule that True Resurrection worked on undead. If zombies are intelligent now though maybe that affects things. It would depend on whether the DM is ruling the soul of the zombie were a willing participant of what gave the zombie intelligence, or if some other animating...

I don't know. I think a lot of the omissions in spell text were intentional, but can't say for certain in this instance. For instance, I was concerned at first glance that Greater Invisibility had less text than regular invisibility and was unable to be cast a higher level. At a closer look I...

I think the solution is simply to make sure the classes are built correctly and aren't broken. In no situation should you be able to get a Con and Wis save from the same class. You get a "good" save for spell effects, such as Con, Dex, or Wis; and then a "useless" save for those incidental...

Also, the Nothic has a picture and more text! The edition is not a failure!

Picked up the Starter Set at midnight. Opened the bag of dice... ...and rolled a one. I think it's broke. Other than that I'm very excited! Didn't really look over magic items too closely during the playtest, but I'm really liking how charges in wands and such work.

Oh, yeah. A few drinks in and I didn't read the text closely enough. I was just following the logic of cutting it down until there was nothing left. Gaming it to maximize xp was the last of my thoughts; it just seemed like it'd be a fun story to talk about the time you were stuck fighting...

Moving on from Nothics and Ogres. Here's a question, or two, because I don't really want to do the math. More as a fun thought experiment rather than anything, but it'd make for an epic story later if I actually went through the trouble to do this in a game session. The ochre jelly is immune...

Sounds like a fantastic product for O.L.D and N.E.W. !!

Well, we know the character sheet is laid out intuitively enough. But for a monster block, is it ok to ask that the DM controlling monsters be little more knowledgeable about scores and where modifiers are derived from? Will it be overly confusing to have the ability score to come before...

Agreed. There were very few feats in the playtest that seemed to be useful at all for casters. It'd be nice if they added some of the stuff like the necromancy feat back in...

I don't know, in the escapist article Mearls mentions "what are the typical fantasy monsters like orcs and ogres, with a few adjustments for power curve" as being what they'd include in Basic D&D for monsters. I could see them just putting in "iconic fantasy" tropes and holding out on product...

I think they went out of their way to not put things like expected x encounters per day because a perceived backlash against strict encounter breakdowns in 4e. They want to be able to say "it depends on what kind of game the DM is running" without proscribing anything. I'll admit, it does make...

Yeah, I could almost see it working if you had an electronic aid, where at the beginning of combat the DM has everyone's default initiative modifier and weapon speed inputed into an app, and instead of every player rolling each round the DM simply announces the next character's turn in sequence...

Well, you can play the adventures that make up the encounters program at home, and earn items that was actually mentioned, you just can't "trade it [certs or "items" presumably] to another player." The degree you could port a player from Tyranny of Dragons to a convention "Epic" is up in the...

According to a tweet. Looks like the DMG will also have an optional point-based magic system. I expect that'll also make some folks happy.

Can't say for sure, obviously, but it looks to me like they'll be encouraging home games that want to participate in the Adventurers League to buy the published adventures, and from there you can earn certificates for items and such, and then take those characters to other Epics or Expeditions...

No, I can see the logic of his point of view, even if I might not agree 100% with the extent of latent sexism I can still respect the opinion, especially if we both agree this cover is a step forward. Sexualization is a pretty fluid concept. There's no proving opinions, otherwise we're all...

Glad to see this. But... Organizers (and I presume public play game sessions) are only allowed to be in stores or conventions now, huh? I mean, most probably are anyway, but what about places or people that don't have easy access to a game store or convention? Those are pretty much locked...