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Pretty hit and miss so far. As you joked about in the opening post, it's weird that so many of their proposed options have fallen into the same niche themes over and over. That said, the ranger and fighter revamps have been great, and that's a big plus for me. The monk UA was pretty bland...

Well...without getting into specifics, you'd have to wonder if it would even resemble anything near a conventional human city. Roads and bridges exist so that we can have a path of clear, safe travel for both ourselves and the goods that need to be transported from distributor to market to...

Been a while since I read the oathbreaker bit, so yeah, you're basically correct, although I would prefer it be clarified as a paladin of evil powers rather than also dabbling in the "fallen paladin" bit. I think if a paladin fell for story reasons they might not immediately go full grimdark, as...

I hope if they make an evil-themed blackguard type, they actually just make it about being a true exemplar of darkness. They've given blurbs warning DMs about the monster races in volo's being unbalanced, I can think of no reason why the same couldn't be done here on the subject of theme/party...

Pretty disappointed with this offering, which is a bummer since the fighter (barring the arcane archer) was pretty great on the whole. The Kensei seems both incredibly bland, and also incredibly dependent on a bunch of RAW/RAI distinctions, which is always a huge recipe for trouble. They badly...

I don't think that's what he's getting at. IIRC in 2e after players hit level 9-10 ish they didn't roll for HP anymore, instead receiving a small static bonus based on their class. This is probably what RCanine is going for; the idea that there's a compression in the difference in effectiveness...

They definitely seem more in line with modifications, as neither of those are really a 'buff'. As levels increase bonus actions become more and more in demand, which crimps the effectiveness of the tower shield, and the wording you have on the buckler is confusing. Am I inferring correctly that...

My main pet peeve is when people try and argue against/for rulings on account of realism. It's almost always argued either in player's favor, or against martial characters, and it has in my experience been a largely unproductive slowdown at the table. As a result, my players have learned (and...

Completely false, in my gaming experience. Players that are unfamiliar with the rules, intentionally or otherwise, instead waste time haranguing over the possible choices, because they naturally don’t want to be a detriment to themselves or their team. Once the player has a firm grasp of the...

I was saddened to see the No Man's Sky suit go in their favor, and I wonder if the complaints were allowed to include interview footage where the devs out-and-out stated there would be features which are provably absent. I didn't buy into the hype (thankfully), but I empathize with those that...

Yes, if only because it's both how it should have been done initially, and also because it might herald other settings getting printed, most of which cannot survive on a book with as little content as SCAG. Small chance of either happening in the short term though.

Well well well, it’s finally here. I’ll admit this is one that I was really looking forward to, to see how they’d handle expanding one of the classes I’ve been most critical of. There’re some clear hits and misses here, so I hope feedback can craft this group into a winner. Now, on to my own...

Not going to go into in-depth analysis, but off the bat, this seems wildly overpowered. You basically have a moon druid's wildshape progression tied to a ranger-pet analogue, and then it receives huge buffs after that. Assuming I'm reading this correctly, it gets an additional hit die every...

Like: Bounded accuracy, and tighter math in general. There're a few hiccups (looking at you, saving throws) but overall it's done a pretty good job of making character growth meaningful without rendering 90% of the MM obsolete by level 10. Having large groups be dangerous even if they're low...

Session zero is probably one of the more consistently stated pieces of advice, and it's a good one. However, it's one that applies as much to players as it does to GMs, and this is a thread for GM advice, so mine will focus solely on that particular objective. For my two coppers, my number one...

I prefer miniatures in most situations, as others have stated I grow tired of having to constantly track and reiterate where people are. Additionally, if I'm using VTT (which is the norm these days) I can whip up some cool looking tokens, which is generally viewed as a plus from the group.

yeah, I love picking a themed subclass and not actually being better at that theme! It's just the best. Look, if I play a necromancer, I expect that I will be better than mages who are not necromancers at the creation and control of undead. Having that not be the case and being told "you can...

Well, what I want is something that I'll have to ultimately homebrew, something along the lines of a more modular Book of Nine swords approach. What I wouldn't be surprised to see is the filching of ideas present in other franchises like 13th age, where fighters can activate different effects...

Overall this one's a dud for me, especially with giving dice pools to full caster classes, seriously Wizards, what are you smoking. Even worse is that the number of dice given is roughly comparable to classes like the Battlemaster. At 20th level you'd need two short rests for the BM to overtake...

Snuffbox of Odor Intensity When you inhale a pinch of snuff that has been stored in this box, you find that your sense of smell has been sharply enhanced, enabling you to discern even the faintest presences and undertones of nearby objects and creatures. For one hour you have advantage on...