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I'll just echo support for the swarm druid, though if people are really hungry for it and wizards doesn't deliver, Kobold Press snuck a swarm variant under the rogue Tosculi entry in one of their race supplements. I doubt companion druid is in the cards, it's hard enough balancing the pet on...

[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana] uh, are you being serious right now? Monster math in 4th edition was so tight by the MM3 people can and did fit it on a single card. Of all the many faults you could lay at 4th edition's feet,convoluted monster design was in no way one of them. By...

I have a general dislike of these on the whole, so I'm definitely looking forward to when feedback is made available. Forge is the most innocuous of the bunch, though. I'm getting tired of the constant presence of heavy-armor clerics, it makes some sense for clerics of battle/war etc, but I...

Well, first it would help to decide whether we’re talking about mounts or animal companions, since they’re very different beasts. Most of the discussion so far is around companions though so we’ll start there. If you want the companion to be an option early and scale into late with the same...

4 out of 5 rating for Tome of Beasts Disclosure: I backed Tome of Beasts during its kickstarter run, receiving both PDF versions and print. Tome of Beasts is a huge 400+ monster resource created by Kobold Press, for those few who might not have known those things. When I backed the project it...

First off, props for the opening statement presentation, it’s probably one of the best I’ve seen here for a long time. Second, I’m going to join the cadre of rule breakers because I honestly couldn’t decide between the two which was more important to me. 1) Monster actions and diversity...

"Player's Handbook: Still no Warlord"

First off, I would love to hear exactly which races are analogues for real world ethnicities, because I deeply suspect that any examples you might give will be quite the stretch. Secondly, with all the races and creatures present in D&D, I think you would be hard pressed to make the argument...

Moderately interesting read, I liked your observations on cultural exchanges around hubs like Calimshan, it’s something I’d like to see in more works in general and definitely helps breathe life into a setting when you can see the slow shift in mannerisms and customs. Trade in general is often...

You mean the privileges that by-and-large don’t exist in D&D? Ever since 3rd edition at least there have been no stat differences or class restrictions based around gender, and certainly in the more popular campaign settings (Forgotten Realms in particular) women are shown to hold great...

Pretty happy with this announcement, I liked the UA ranger quite a bit so I hope they bring more of that to their new offerings, and the weekly release will hopefully get them more feedback before the inevitable product launch. I do hope that they push the design envelope some, since now would...

I’ll probably be repeating this several times, but the 50% is just that, 50%, and could well be higher based on combat round count and player luck/accuracy. That said, Fury of the Small is also suspiciously good, doubly so when coupled with goblin’s nimbleness. Will probably disallow them at my...

Nimble escape could give regular advantage for a small number of classes in certain conditions, it’s by no means a guarantee. Even if it was (and would be too good as such) the limited scope inherently makes it less disruptive than the fallen Aasimar. After that you just list the variant human...

As written from that posted image I agree, and it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of room for interpretation. As such, I’d ban this in a heartbeat, that firepower amp is insane. Even at third level it’s basically doubling your modifier to damage in most cases, and while it doesn’t synergize as...

So, is anyone else irritated by the inclusion of so many humanoid/class templates? By my count there's about 19 of them, since I wasn't sure if the warlocks listed were generics or no. Most of the examples of such in the MM average 2-3 per page, so that means at best 6 pages of generics, more...

Not at all a fan of stat penalties. Haven't had time to dive into the meat of the rest, but that one irks me on several fronts. First, I thought playtest and surveys found people generally didn't like them, so their inclusion is a little weird. Second, it heavily shunts players of said race into...

This preview actually does make me tentatively more excited with Volo's, it's really nice to see big enemies like the flind that can have a multitude of powerful attack options without resorting to giving them a laundry list of spells. The Annis hag in one of the other previews was solid as...

In a single word? No. Cultures have borrowed from each other since the dawn of time. It’s fundamentally one of the ways we grow as societies and people, and in my opinion anyone screeching about ‘Appropriation’ should be summarily ignored. This definitely applies to the racial/sexual spectrum...

Unless it actually details how the character options and monsters fit in to those particular settings, then no, it is not a generalist book. If they include mentions of Goku and Krillin that doesn't make it a Dragonball​ supplement. At the risk of misrepresenting you again (though I hope I...

My mistake then, reading comprehension fail.