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That is not a given. As to the OP, yeah for me class bloat is a significant issue, and lack of Multi-classing would not help that. As an aside, even though I typically run without any multi-classing, removing it from the game system as an option would be a terrible idea. Many people love...

Not "worn out" but "defective" ones, such as binding issues from early print runs. I have seen this endlessly online if you search, even heard it on the official podcast. They may replace books that have worn out, but that is not the intent. I "break in the spine" on hardcovers just out of...

The hardcover version of TOH for 4e is not "faithful" to the original, it is a reinterpretation based on the original module in the same way that Curse of Strahd is based on the original Ravenloft modules (of course Curse of Strahd is a lot bigger). Wotc did release a relatively faithful 4e...

From what they have said recently they are staying very true to the original modules. If you check the page count on the original dungeons, these make sense. They haven't indicated these to be "more fleshed out" versions (at least not much), or at least that's not the impression I got.

PHB is @ #45 in all books @amazon.com, #15 in all books @amazon.ca, crazy or par for the course at this point, both I guess. Something I never noticed before, not sure if it has changed or not, "Wotc D&D Team" is one of the top 100 "authors" on amazon.com (#96 ATM). That seems pretty...

I see players doing it constantly, both in person and in every actual play I have seen or listened to. There are many reasons and most of them have little to do with what's optimal. Obviously there is the fact that known spells may be a limiting factor, especially when a character goes heavy on...

I am fairly certain that there were less players of 4e than 3e, though I agree it is hard to measure and don't want to get into unconfirmable hypothesis about DDI subscriber numbers and what they mean. I am sure we can at least agree the books weren't selling amazingly well. What I was mostly...

I never like to ignore any facts, but everything I recall having seen contradicts that idea. By the end of 4e we were completely out of D&D and the local stores stopped carrying the books entirely. The playtest made some minor waves in the local stores (not for us), but when 5e was released...

Well, look at the trends of product release for those editions. How many books were released during those periods? If Wotc can buck that trend why wouldn't they buck the new edition treadmill as well. Almost all of the major changes mentioned in this thread ie; feats not being completely...

I don't think we could really agree on it being simply better though. To me, typically reading a thread where someone comes in and makes 15 consecutive posts isn't the greatest whereas it obviously suits your preferences.

It would probably have been best for everyone if the GM had not mentioned the obelisk afterwards. No immersion would have been bothered nor curiosities raised and it isn't as if the adventure would have been any less fun without that obelisk or with that obelisk in another location, or if you...

5e provides the option in the DMG.

Pretty sure that is pointing people towards illegal PDFs, which I don't think is allowed here. ETA; fixed.

Definitely consider picking up the starter set, it even comes with a set of dice. Ideally you would pick it up locally, but; https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Starter-Set-Roleplaying/dp/0786965592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487029030&sr=8-1&keywords=starter+set

The hooks and "side quests" make perfect sense with the pre-gen characters, they tie in very organically for a published adventure. If running without pre-gens then you can incorporate some of the backgrounds into the characters and it will work well. Otherwise, I certainly recommend not just...

I was going to suggest the UA rules as well. I think if you follow those rules then by default the PC wouldn't know "Giant X" because they know "X". Sure, you can rule either way, but I think it can be just as much fun to follow those rules, especially if the player buys in.

It is entirely possible that he worked on this one, or their schedule got rearranged though. We still don't know exactly how the adventures are tied together, and I wouldn't doubt they do it with "story" aspects. AFAIK, we have a location, a key NPC, and the other locations involved but we don't...

I don't remember them saying he worked on "the next" adventure, IIRC it was "an upcoming adventure" or something to that effect.

Many times I have drifted away from it, but in 3.x we made a pretty conscious effort to get out. We returned for 4e and tried and tried (not really sure why in retrospect) but just couldn't get as much fun out of it as other systems. 5e made me return because it is one of the best games I have...

Which is the point really, there is plenty of things to spend you dollars on, even in rpgs, even in 5e with DMsG new content and older content becoming available. Wotc isn't concerned about capturing ALL of your TTRPG dollars (and they shouldn't be because that strategy often ends poorly...