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This is very much a thread necro from a while back. I had some more thoughts on this issue and I figured I'd bring it back up now that I have calmed down a bit after the initial discussion. I still feel that people are assuming that their own personal styles appear to be the "One True Way" and...

You're assuming there will be officially printed supplements. I really get the impression with Mearls comments on "examining what support for the rpg looks like" and the lack of product announcements that they might be considering releasing ZERO printed supplements for this edition. Which is...

I run it simply as the book says. You make a stealth check as long as you have full cover from anyone you want to hide from and until situations change, you get to keep that stealth check. You compare it to the Passive Perceptions of everyone who could possibly hear or see you. They do not...

You made a reference to the tweet. You said "You can't cancel a product that isn't announced". Which is a clear reference to the tweet. Which is, indirectly, bringing it up.

I'm guessing that he's there to help with the next adventure which is their Alice in Wonderland inspired adventure. I could see Adventure Time ideas fitting well in an adventure like that. Plus, the adventure could start in the FRs but mostly take place in another dimension of some sort where...

You do not get advantage just for having 2 people adjacent to an enemy. There are some monsters who have an ability called Pack Tactics which give them that ability, but PCs don't get it. There is an optional rule in the DMG that allows you to "flank" an enemy and get advantage. But it's not...

I disagree. Mearl's comments above and in a couple other places imply that it is completely impossible to "turn off" passive perception. Part of what it represents is your ability to hear things. If you are searching through a chest of drawers, you aren't looking behind you and you aren't...

This thread just proves to me that NO one knows how Passive Perception works. Not even the people who wrote the books. My best guess is that if you asked all the people at WOTC how it works you'd get 5 different answers. It definitely sounds like the designers were assuming it works like 4e...

The section you quote is in the part of the book talking about exploration turns and the actions you can take during exploration. That section also says that exploration turns take hours. Notice how "search a room for treasure" and things like that aren't even on the option list. Your reading...

I got the impression from that section that it only applied when doing overland movement. That when you were travelling in "exploration turns" you had to declare what actions you were taking and making a map meant you weren't keeping an eye out for threats. Which makes sense to me. However, I...

If this happened, I'd say that Phlan would be destroyed. In the recent D&D Expeditions adventures, something pretty bad happened to Phlan and no one there was able to stop it. It would just require a couple of 12+ level people. No one seemed to be that powerful in town.

Just going off the Adventurer's League guidelines, you aren't allowed to buy any spell of higher than 5th level. This is likely a balance issue for the Adventurer's League campaign. However, that's about the limit I'd put on a city the size of Phlan anyways. The city doesn't look like it...

True, but I have a feeling that list is far from complete.

Not entirely convinced of this. The fact that the Starer Set bothered to mention the eruption of Mount Hotenow and the ash zombies were included in the adventure means SOMEONE at WOTC felt the need to reassure everyone that the lore from 4e still existed. Not actually sure what you mean here...

This is a little off topic but I keep seeing this being stated. Sword Coast Legends is not an MMO. It's a multiplayer game for up to 4 players and a DM. It is, essentially, a single player RPG that allows other people to connect and play the other characters in your party while having a DM...

They started referring to themselves by their old names during the same novels they came back to life. They only mention their old names to each other in one small scene and Regis tells everyone that he likes his new name and wants to stick with it. But, the rest feel like their old names are...

The schism happened at launch. It came out and half the people playing 3.5e at the time said "No way I'm buying that crap!". 4e made up for it by attracting a LOT of new people. Most of the stores I went to were filled with people playing D&D Encounters who had never played D&D before 4e...

WOTC has data that says it's a major problem. I believe them. LOTS of people get scared away from these products for this reason. You know how many MORE people would play Magic if they didn't look at the wall of cards at most stores and get intimidated? A lot. I know at least 20 people...

From what Mearls said, they ARE cancelling stuff left and right on a regular basis. He said they regularly come up with an idea for a book, write it up, give it to their publisher and then decide whether to go through with it after a while. Some make it further than others in the process...

I have no problem with people saying "I don't like that they cancelled the book! I wanted it!" Sure. You wanted it, you are pissed. Completely understandable. I wanted the book, too. I was very disappointed that it wasn't coming out. I was looking forward to some new class features. I...