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Agreed! So what I want to know is, what, exactly, is it about the image you posted to start this thread that says WotC is engaged in "an endless chase of growth and profits for profits sake". Other than, you know, selling books as they've always done? I really would like to understand what you...

It isn't praise to accurately describe a situation. WotC sells books. They've been selling books for decades. Now they also sell books online. It is neither praise nor criticism to say that. If someone wants to claim that this is the start of a slide towards some capitalist hellscape, well...

If you think extra backdrops and picture frames on a DDB character sheet are driving people's purchasing decisions, I think you're vastly overvaluing those things. And if WotC doesn't want people to buy books, then... why do they sell them, in stores even, where you're free to ignore any future...

That is NOT what's going on here. As a customer, you have decisions to make. Do I want the digital version of a book, the physical version of a book, or both? Do I want to preorder the book or wait for it to come out? Do I want to preorder all three books, or just one? There are no tiers. There...

What, exactly, is the problem? It makes me feel a little crazy that several people have already posted and seem to agree on the existence of some problem, but no one, including the OP, has clearly expressed what that is.

Then I guess it's a good thing that stats for any deities aren't provided in 5e.

Isn't this taking things too far as a general rule, though? I've seen plenty of modern Indian fantasy that references Hindu deities, plenty of Chinese fantasy that references figures still present in modern-day Buddhism, etc. Assuming the involvement of knowledgeable cultural sensitivity...

Er, the Monstrous Manual, Skills & Powers, Expanded & Revised Dark Sun, Tome of Magic, etc., etc. might have something to say about 2e products that were "nearly all new material".

I literally posted earlier in this thread about how a typical run of Lost Mine of Phandelver resulted in game days with 20-30+ rounds of combat. It's far from "no one".

When DMing Queen of the Demonweb Pits in the 1e days, the player of the magic-user was facing Lolth alone by the end. He made a valiant effort, but was down to his last hit points, and decided he had nothing to lose by breaking his staff of the magi. BOOM! Killed Lolth (who fortunately only had...

As someone who's played D&D for over 40 years, and 5th edition since it was still D&D Next, this sounded odd to me. So I went into my D&D Beyond records for Encounters I've run there, specifically for Lost Mine of Phandalin. When my group raided Cragmaw Castle, there was a total of 21 rounds...

If you're saving your slots to smite on crits, then you'll only be using your PA/TWF bonus actions... 95% as often as anyone else. Calling them traps seems excessive.

Then why is Vecna even there in the cave, expending so much effort that he's lost his divine power, instead of chillin' in some totally hidden and impenetrable place, enjoying a beverage while the ritual finishes without him?

is that how you would run it, as DM? The PCs waste Vecna, he turns into a puff of smoke, which dissipates, and then you'd say, "Somehow the ritual finishes anyway; you all lose, and the multiverse is screwed. Thanks for playing!" While the encounter text doesn't describe what happens if the PCs...

Same.

The stat block is also clear in that Vecna becomes a disembodied spirit if dropped to 0 hp, with the strong implication that he's at least relatively harmless while in that state. And I don't get how the ritual would continue without Vecna there. He's clearly expending a lot of effort to keep...

I was actually hoping for better with the Spelljammer adventure. For one, it's not really a Spelljammer adventure at all, it's an Astral Sea adventure that happens to contain a broken spelljamming ship. Which is fine, but I have some issues with the map. For one, the midsection of the ship is...

Ah, I see. Yeah, that seems like a mapping error, but... does it matter? From what I can tell, those two chambers serve no purpose. In fact, I'm doubtful about the whole setup; all this stuff with the walls and the doors feels kind of pointless. In play, it seems like the PCs will eventually...

I don't see a meaningful difference in the two outcomes. If the PCs kill Vecna: However, if they "achieve victory" by using the Chime to banish him to Oerth: You have to assume he's coming back in either case. If you kill him, at least you know you've got a year to prepare, if not more.

I haven't actually gotten to this section of the adventure yet, but I was curious about these criticisms, so skipped ahead. What do you mean? The text says this: Yeah, that's weird, and likely an oversight as @MerricB said. I guess you could play him without that feature if you're strictly...