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This thread alone show how important it is for WotC to thread the needle between people who want Short Rests to die a fiery death, people who want Long Rests to die a fiery death, people who want Vancian recharge mechanics to die a fiery death, people who want one or multiple or all of these...

Ummm… I think we have different goals in mind. :0 To that end though -- it is IN the game. It's something we can use, and they thought about it enough to include it. It's just if we want to fix the balance of characters' major abilities recharge times and stave off situations where some players...

I'll be greatly surprised and very very happy if so. I wouldn't be surprised if they had 3 alternate plans each for Goliaths and Ardlings in December 2022: If over 70% of respondents like the species as part of the PHB, include in 2024 PHB. If over 70% of respondents like the species, but...

Emberashh, you have just changed my game for the better. I didn't know about Tension Dice, or AngryGM at all. Thank you, thank you!

They already did… what were Per-Day features are now Per-Long-Rest. There are optional plug-in guidances in the Core Rules and Rules Expansions for changing up what as Long Rest means. It may not be outright stated, but you could easily redefine the time-lengths of rests based on the game-play...

One could easily imagine those sorts of quests working if say, the Witch of Winter had transformed the entire Nentir Vale into a Domain of Dread (or a Winter Court/Gloaming Court Fey Domain of Delight; I don't recall the thematic underpinnings of the adventure and it's not particularly...

If it's in the DMG, it's not as popular an option for Players and it's not what the game is balanced around, though. It's an optional plug-in, and the PHB is the base-game.

Honestly, I like the Ardling a lot, but not for a PHB. I kinda wish it was being stealth-playtested for Planescape, in the same way the Owlin, Hobgoblin, and Kobold were stealth-playtested for MP:MotM alongside UAs for WBtW and FTD. I would love Ardling to appear alongside the Glitchling, the...

Yeah, Spell Points might be an answer if we wanted to get rid of LR recharges entirely. I just don't think D&D will abandon Vancian Magic for Spell Points as a default.

Fine. You miss out on Archery / Interception fighting styles, then, but gain 2 cantrips. I.e., Blessed Warrior and Druidic Warrior Fighting Styles.

I'm not sure I love the idea of 9th level spell slots recharging on short rest, though. I think there's a role for long rests and very long rests (extended downtime), but it all needs to be very very carefully balanced. I think some guidance in the DMG of # of Encounters / Short Rest, # Short...

Right, hence why short rests exist at all… Just because the game is broken in favour of 5MWD doesn’t mean you get rid of the incentives to not 5MWD… I’ve been so frustrated by the push to replace X per Short Rest features with Proficiency Bonus per Long Rest features… this packet actually...

That’s the 5MWD. Some players feel entitled to it, and are angry when the DM doesn’t let them go back to sleep after nova’ing all their spells in one encounter. Far more problematic than short rests is the urge to long rest between every encounter.

Huh. I’ve had far more short rests than long rests in my games, because my players were use to short rests between encounters from when we played 4e. AEDU and all. Just made sense.

Like Archery can and should be a part of the class. But a Ranger Ranges. They’re the masters of movements, especially across long distances. Ranger base class should try to emulate Breath of the Wild style exploration and stamina features as much as possible.

Maybe the Magical Discoveries feature from College of Lore could be gimped by all Bards? I do think part of the reason for not giving just all from the get go is to avoid options paralysis but Lore exists for those who just can’t wait for 10th level…

I love Jack of Trades. I don’t like having to push back on Bard abilities I think are great. I also think the Ranger could get more — more of their Link-esque stamina exploration features, and earlier. I think the solution is broaden Deft Explorer, not narrow Bard spell lists. The...

I think we should all just discuss whether this is a new edition or not elsewhere or else we’re going to get the thread closed very quickly. :(

Sorry, guess I showed my privilege and spoke for too many people. :/

Furthermore, Ranger Spells =/= Primal Spells. Rangers have access to the Primal Spell List, but they also have bonus spells specific to the Ranger. Primal, Arcane, and Divine, are just collections of spells that fit those Power Sources’ shared tropes, to give a shared identity between Druids...