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I'll second that. To me, the map in the alchemical chart style nailed what I want out of the Great Wheel cosmology: a reality that evokes the occult phrase, "As above, so below." I don't want the Great Wheel to feel like a bunch of spaces on a game board or island resorts the PCs can add to...

You raise good points. I do think it would have been cleaner to just say rage last 10 minutes, then add a sentence saying something like, "Your rage ends early if you choose to end it (no action required) or if you gain the Incapacitated condition." But that's just a minor quibble.

Oops. Never mind.

Crawford said the word "aasimar," and I thought, "Cool. Now I know how it's officially pronounced." Then Crawford said the word "acolyte," and I thought, "Never mind. I know nothing."

I can see your side of the picture, and I don't necessarily disagree with all of your points. You're certainly presenting a reasonable explanation for what Intelligence means in D&D. At the same time, I can see other ways of interpreting Intelligence. Your argument seems to hinge on...

I should have used a better word than "lifestyle," but I couldn't think of a good real-word term for what D&D calls "origin." I meant "lifestyle" as a placeholder for whatever the non-fantasy equivalent of "origin" is, not the degree of physical or mental activity in one's life. Poor word choice...

I'm not saying this to dispute or detract from your well-reasoned post, but... I'd be totally onboard with a greatest hits Player's Handbook whose every illustration was a selectively-chosen 'bad ass sword and sorcery adventure' piece of artwork from a previous edition of the game. Just sayin.

Too late. Upthread, I've already broken down one of these backgrounds and used it to highlight something awful and negative to justify changing the way ability bonuses are assigned... And frankly, I don't regret saying it. I find it absolutely absurd that D&D continues to use mechanics which...

Wouldn't dwarves cooking and smithing be a perfect illustration for the new crafting rules? I mean, that's two different sets of artisan's tools being put to use in one scene.

I've heard a rumor that Rick Moranis once proposed a sequel called Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II.

On this point, we agree. I've had several friends and coworkers who've been unhoused for portions of their lives, and I suspect they wouldn't define themselves by that experience. However, if we're going to attach a game mechanic to the street urchin trope from literature so we can play it up...

You're right. Intelligence is knowledge. For example: knowing which gangs operate in a particular neighborhood; knowing where you can sleep in the park without being harassed by local law enforcement; knowing which commercial kitchens are willing to hand out leftovers; knowing which locals hire...

That's not a palatable justification for anything. It's promoting a narrative that the economically disadvantaged are incapable of learning from their life experiences. That's literally one step removed from saying, "Orcs are nomads with no formal schooling, so orcs can't be as smart as...

I just noticed something. Without custom backgrounds, the only two wilderness-themed background options in the Player's Handbook are Guide and (possibly) Hermit. Now I miss the nice, generic Outlander background, where you could have any of at least ten wilderness-themed backstories, only one of...

Sadly, this has happened twice in two days of video previews (once with ability scores and backgrounds, and now again with fighters and weapon mastery).

It would be kind of weird if the Player's Handbook content in Beyond includes more options than the physical Player's Handbook. If anything, I'd be a bit annoyed if there were Beyond-exclusive Player's Handbook options that aren't in my hard copy of the book.

One of the problems with background customization appearing in the 2024 DMG is that background customization appears in the 2014 PHB. So the designers have stripped a customization option that appeared in the 2014 PHB out of the 2024 PHB, making the default character creation rules more...

So custom backgrounds are no longer the default, and we lost at least three backgrounds from the playtest (assuming wayfarer is just a new name for urchin). That seems a bit regressive.

Or by the passage of time. No one should be able to hold onto their IP forever.

On Fish, Shellfish, and Inline Citations Until recently, I hadn’t set a deadline for the project mentioned in this thread. (Don’t try this at home if you’re trying to actually finish what you’re doing.) The lack of time pressure has given me plenty of chances to go down all sorts of strange...