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To be fair, a better magic item would be you could add 2d6 fire to your damage with any weapon as a bonus action for, say, a minute. Give it 7 charges, recharging per day and you're pretty good to go. OTOH, I find straight damage bonus items to be the most boring things in the game - and I...

I dunno about you, but, I can totally relate to this. The player builds himself a "face" character. Has fantastic skills in the talky bits. Then, all ready for some scintillating interactions, it just goes horribly wrong. Mr. Suave is anything but. I get why we have social skills and I 100%...

The problem is, what do you do with magic weapons? After all, a major element of a martial character is the magical lumpy metal thing he's picked up. If that Holy Avenger is going to break after a dozen attacks or so, then, well, I'm thinking that the players might be a tad pissed off.

It does put 5e's publication schedule in context when you look at this. I mean, it would be nearly impossible to collect all the books for pretty much any of the ones on this list - and for something like Forgotten Realms - it would be very difficult to even put a significant dent in the...

Good grief that's a ton of material.

... Isn't that how it's always been done? The PHB doesn't really discuss HP until after you make your character. This is how it's been done in every single version of D&D in existence? Why would you define HP before you need to know?

Wait. I'm confused. I don't have this set. So, I'm just going by what people are saying here. The OP talks repeatedly about how HP are not defined anywhere in the Basic set. Is that incorrect?

You do have a point. After all, there is something to be said for being very clear in instructions. But, in 2025, I really don't think anyone needs to define hit points. Anyone who has picked up a video game knows what those are. I'm now rather curious. I should try this in my ESL classes...

This is the original point you claimed. The save DC is in a honking big red box on the character board. IOW, it's on the character sheet EXACTLY WHERE it's supposed to be. That's where save DC's always are. On the character sheet. The save DC of a character's spells have been on the...

Again, what? It's RIGHT THERE on the character sheet in a big red box. Like... how can you miss that? You're telling me that five adults, looking at sixteen class boards couldn't find that honking big box right next to your attack bonuses? Seriously? That's not people badwrongfunning you...

Heh. Yeah, I wasn't really making a joke when I said the boxes were red or green. I haven no idea which ones are which - I see three boxes. 🤷 But, even with my color blindness, I can STILL tell that the three boxes are what you need for the numbers in combat.

Speed Boots save dead cleric.

I don't have the set, so, I decided to google the image of a the class boards. Came up with this one: Seriously? You're claiming you couldn't find the spell save DC's on THAT? Ummm, how did you miss that? I'm color blind and even I can see the giant red (or possibly green) boxes, all three...

BTW, @Echohawk, are you still doing the evolution of monsters thing? I ADORED those articles.

I think my jaw also hit the floor when I saw that there is a sale on the 130 DM's Guild titles just for Strixhaven. :boggle: Good grief.

I wonder if the drop also might have something to do with the fact that there are so many alternative D&D games on the market now, all drawing from the 3pp pool. Is, say, ((and this isn't flinging poo at all, it's an honest question)) a supplement for Level Up considered a "D&D" 3pp supplement...

sonovabitch! :wow: I... there are just no words.

Is it really that shocking that they're going to update/recycle older material? I mean, good grief, Tasha's is already 5 years old now. A new "complete Player book" every 5 years is not exactly a big ask.

Yeah, I'd echo @I'm A Banana . Have a premade or three and let her choose from them. Maybe just a paragraph background for each just to get a leg up. I'd add to the idea of "how does your character react" with "what do you want to achieve"? Maybe not phrased like that but, I think it might...