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Very cool! I always loved Jeff Easley's art

5e added "bounded accuracy", a design principle which is supposed to keep numeric bonuses to d20-based rolls from skyrocketing. I think - and hope - that 6e is going to expand upon this by adding "bounded mortality". This design principle is meant to prevent hit point bloat, but also raise the...

It's interesting how there might be a divide between player interests and GM interests when it comes to this. One of my favorite parts of Dragonbane - as a GM - is that there is no hp bloat and that the player characters don't get so powerful that it turns into a fantasy super-hero game. But if...

Do you think Dragonbane lends itself less to campaign play compared to Shadowdark? I don't really see any reason why

I want 6e to keep most of the stuff from 5e, but I want it to reduce the hp bloat.

Wow, very surprising! I genuinely thought it was a no-brainer to use Daggerheart, their flagship game.

Online gaming / VTTs was already resurgent after Covid, and this might give it even more wind in its sails ...

0.5-editions don't generate as much excitement as a brand new edition (see D&D 3.5). Fifth edition has been out for over 10 years. The virtual table top (Sigil) was hyped, but failed horribly. Wizards' release schedule for the 2024 edition might not have been aggressive enough (why is there such...

How are the magic items in the new DMG costed? A specific sum or a range based on rarity?

Just 5 years ago (before the pandemic) I would have jumped at buying the new player’s handbook in paper. In 2024 I ended up buying it at D&D Beyond and Foundry.

I’ve been a player and DM since 1993. Now I’m a dad with a demanding job and a big house. I want D&D to be simple and easy to play. My friends are in the same situation as me. We like 5E because it’s easier to play than 3E and 4E.

I predict the changes to buying and selling magic items are not going to make people happy (no gold value per item, only per rarity category). I wish they went the PF2 route for the groups that want to have stores selling magic items (as an option).

How do you download books from D&D Beyond? I thought they didn't allow for PDFs or anything of the sort.

Cool cover, but looks more like the cover for a Monster Manual than a DM guide (IMHO).

I'm definately looking forward to it. I paint Age of Sigmar-miniatures and love diving into lore of the worlds I engage with. Age of Sigmar had a difficult / mismanaged launch back in 2015 and one of the things people didn't like about it was the lack of any real lore or background information...

Scott, you shouldn't feel like you are asking for charity when your price is higher than Amazon. Nor should you feel that Amazon outcompeted you fair and square. Amazon and other online retailers, but particularly Amazon, are often said to have outcompeted bookstores all over Europe...

I don't think anyone expects the D&D film to provide cinematic art. If only they could make a well-crafted fantasy blockbuster, that would be amazing. But I have my doubts.

I LOVE that White Plume Mountain-map. It has such a wonderfully fairly tale-flavour to it. As a DM who thought the adventure campaigns are really cool, but ultimately doesn't really fit into my way of running games (too large, too much prep), Yawning Portal will be the perfect companion book to...

I wish the class was called "psionist" instead of "mystic". The latter just seems so generic and could easily encompass other classes. Couldn't "mystic" easily also include "wizard" and "cleric"? Psionist is a lot less generic. I hope they keep the flavour of the Dark Sun psionics.

Yes, I think you have a very good point. I need to try to figure out special maneuvers that are powerful, thematical and yet not overly complex. I'll give it a shot. Now I understand why WoTC hesitate so much creating new feats :)