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I can't find it now, but I distinctly remember one of his earlier WotC articles being about how much he loved open source. He didn't specifically say that 5e would be "open," but he did say something like he would really like it to be.

Not under RAW because walk and crawl are separate actions. But it's a sensible ruling, and I would advocate doing the same.

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (News on D&D Next) After so much came from his hiring, Monte Cook's departure blew my mind. I can't help but make up some crazy conjectures. Tell me yours. Or, if someone wants to ruin the party, they could explain this to me with...

These answers are mine, and I think they are RAW, but I could be wrong. If the moving character had movement left when the movement was interrupted, they get to use it, so continued. Yes. You can decide which square to move to next each time you move in to another square. Most DMs will let you...

I don't think the older monsters have been updated. Honestly, at this point, I'd be grateful if they just put what a standard role/[minion/standard/elite/solo] of that level should do at the bottom of EVERY monster statblock. Yeah, there isn't much material added in 407 and 406 either. I think...

And now they're there!

Oddly enough, they seem to have announced another update, but I don't see it in the compendium when I search it. Maybe they didn't push the update through at the time of this post... http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/blog/20120417#79819

Can you elaborate a bit on the design goal of this, and give an example of a power that might work well with this?

Themes and background benefits?

I've never played with this one, but I'd like to see it used: instead of monster attack rolls, make players roll defensive rolls. I see the attention of many players wander when it isn't their character's turn, and I wonder if this would fix that. For those who can't extrapolate what this...

This makes sense to me, and I can see the xp value of "group" monsters dropping dramatically if encountered alone. For example, if 5 kobolds are worth 50 xp, a single one might be worth only 2 xp.

These two, along with something to make sure every class has a decent basic attack, are core house rules for me. I would even give away other must-haves for free at some point: feats that increase striker damage, hybrid talent feats, and so on. Also, I would give ritual caster to every...

I have some confusion about this. Several instances (powers, items, creatures) use the same language: they don't draw an OA for moving into an enemy's square. Sometimes they even say that they don't draw an OA for moving out of the enemy's square. But they never (as far as I've seen) say that...

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Then it's not a melee attack. It's a close burst attack. Those are both range descriptors, and it's either one or the other. For example, the overused Iron Armbands of Power bonus only applies to melee attacks. It doesn't apply to any other type of range. So they shouldn't apply to Fhirling...

Shiny! Looking forward to the DM client. Can you mark powers as used? Recharge encounter powers only on slow rests? Track milestones and action points? Are item powers displayed among other powers? Some feedback, based exclusively on the screenshots. The equipment screenshot seems to waste...

Every time I click on the link it gives me a message that "all downloads are in use." Not really a complaint, but it seems that the thing is pretty popular.

I agree with much of the discussion regarding RAW, but I think keterys is making the better point. I don't necessarily agree with his take on RAW (I think the literal reading of powers that don't specify an action type are no action types), but his point is an excellent one. I believe that the...

The standard Opportunity Attack is a basic melee attack. But there's no rule requiring Opportunity Actions to be melee attacks. A fighter with Opportunistic Archer can make his or her Combat Challenge attack with a basic ranged attack. Also, Thousand Arrow Awareness lets you make ranged...

Agreed.