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The two classes absolutely tell different unique stories, but I also believe that mechanical distinction is equally as important. If they get too close together I don't think it would be too hard to refluff them into a single class that encompasses both formal magical study and someone who can...

Under either of my proposals the sorcerer would have an avenue of getting the needed spell without needing a level up. And given that the sorcerer and wizard share more overlap than any other two classes I'd argue that preserving what makes each distinct becomes even more important. Otherwise...

Say the party finds out the next adventure they're going on is to a castle that has sunk to the bottom of a swamp so some form of underwater breathing is needed. Neither the sorcerer or wizard in the party has the water breathing spell as it is situational and no water exploration has come up so...

I've used 4e style skill challenges to good effect in my 5e games before. I think it would be a nice thing to add back into the DMG as long as they give it a better explanation for how to run them. I think the key to keep them exciting is to keep changing the situation. Add in factors that the...

Clearly the paladin and the cleric are colluding to power each other up. Cleric gets smite spells. Paladin gets Spirit Guardians. Eventually they'll just merge into a super class that has full progression spell casting, all armour and weapon proficiencies, extra attack, smites, and the ability...

My guess is that issues with D&D licensing is one of the reasons they are skipping over the first adventure that was streamed. Of course many will tell you it's because they don't want to include Orion's character...

I think with the fighter subclasses we've seen since the PHB that the designers themselves have realized that Battlemaster is imbalanced at level 3. It just gets too much making it a poor comparison when balancing future archetypes. Samurai is much more in line with the Eldritch Knight...

Huge size is actually an important break point in game play terms for enemy creatures since it is two size categories larger than medium and there are no large sized PC races. You can move through the space of any creature two size categories smaller than you. Giants get the ability to move...

Goblins are actually scary at low levels! They have a good dexterity which means they'll typically have better AC than the casters of the party. I take it you didn't have many dedicated front line party members? Also as mentioned above that if they're using their short bow they will not get the...

Yes, in general you will get hit more by monsters as you level up because the more difficult monster's to hit bonus will out scale your AC. There are typically ways to increase your AC a couple of times throughout a campaign such as by buying more expensive armour or by having a feature that...

Proficiency bonus is not added to AC. It is a bonus primarily to d20 rolls (attacks, skills and saving throws).

I'm actually not too familiar with the publishing business so I'm confused. Wizards already publishes their own RPG books. Is there a reason they would need to purchase a different company to publish novels?

Sometimes things just aren't for sale. A deal to license an IP for use and a deal to buy a company are completely different prospects.

I think rearranging the progression of class features to ensure subclass choice at level 1 should be fine. You do just have to be careful to resolve dependencies as DEFCON1 has said, which means carefully rearranging on a case by case basis per class. But there are some dependencies that you...

I wouldn't be surprised if they just had this studio pump out mobile microtransaction games for the next while. Those have a tendency to make a ton of money relative to their budget. Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms seems to be pretty successful so maybe Wizards wants to start collecting...

My last campaign that failed was because I thought I could handle GMing twice a week for two different games. Both D&D 5e with one set in a homebrew points of light style setting and the other set in Ravnica. Pretty quickly I found that I only really have enough creative energy for one thing at...

While the UA version of Elven Accuracy did trigger whenever you had advantage the Xanathar's version only triggers when you have advantage on an attack roll that uses dexterity, intelligence, wisdom or charisma. Because Xanathar's is "more official" I would assume most tables would defer to that...

I've had a samurai build in the back of my mind for a while that I haven't gotten to try yet that I think would be pretty competitive. If you take the Elven Accuracy feat at level 4 you now have a way to guarantee you will be able to use it 3 times per day with fighting spirit. You can then...

I would have it take away whatever that god was in charge of. So if Pelor the god of the sun ceased to be the sun would go out. If it was Ioun the goddess of knowledge then the drive to discover new things would be gone from mortals.

I remember reading your story hour a couple years back. I don't remember if I ever finished it, but I do remember that I really enjoyed it. I specifically liked the power level you presented where monsters couldn't be directly fought by gunning them down but also their mere presence doesn't turn...