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I have been slowly working my way through back episodes of this. I have really enjoyed it. Its very heavy on the roleplay and light on combat so far (I am up to like episode 3.3 I think). While I think that may make it less effective as a showcase for N.E.W. (which I like and backed), it is...

My own anecdotal experience is limited to my own playing group. We have been playing D&D pretty much exclusively in a weekly game since 2e. We enthusiastically switched to 3e when it came out and did the same with 3.5e and 4e. When 5e came out, the response seems to have been a great big meh...

I tend to agree that the cleric class needs something and I like a lot of these ideas. In particular, I think you are on the right track with breaking your two archetypes into the traditional armored martial cleric and then more of a cloistered cleric type of caster. However, I think you...

My take away is that the obvious conclusion from the pie chart is that WotC should be making materials for homebrew games. Such materials would include short, setting-neutral modules; cruch books for class options; monster manuals; and magic item books. In fact, WotC has released almost none of...

I much prefer having the stat blocks in the adventure. In fact, I do not even like having to reference the PHB for spells (which is why I really liked later 4e monster design). Having to reference 3-4 different books just to run an encounter is simply too cumbersome. When we had the...

First, welcome to everyone coming over to EN World. I am a professional lurker and almost never post but this really a great community and is very well run. I think anyone new to this board will really enjoy it. However, Hasbro's decision to eliminate the forums reinforces the perception of...

This is pretty sad news. Personally, I do not really use the other social media avenues they reference in their announcement. Further, I do not think those venues provide the breadth and depth of discussion that forums so. This will result in the destruction of a tremendous amount of game...

As a fellow 4e fan whose group converted to 5e, I am going to join the chorus suggesting a bard. The bard always feels like it has something to do. Its a credible melee combatant, the best skill monkey in the game, and a full 9 level spellcaster. Then it has its inspiration dice to hand out...

I can't agree that this is a golden age of D&D. That was clearly either the height of its boom in the 80s under TSR or arguably during the high points of the 3/3.5 run. While I personally loved 4e, I am under no illusions it was a golden age in the sense that you mean. 5e is a successful game...

In 5e, Clerics really seem unnecessary. We have run 4 campaigns or so in 5e and have not had a cleric in any of them. It has not been a problem. There is so much out of combat healing and secondary healing from other classes that its not an issue. I also think in combat healing is almost...

I will preface this by saying I know nothing about how to make money as a game publisher. Still, I will go against the grain and say I think more is better than less. This keeps shelf space (even virtual shelf space) ever changing and engaging. It also generates interest and buzz in the...

I think it can continue to exist just fine. I mean there are plenty of people who play lots of RPGs which have very modest support. However, I think it will lose a lot of its drive and energy without more robust support than it is getting now. A steady stream of releases fuels the hobby by...

They have not created any products in house (not counting third party outsourced adventures) other than the big 3 books. I think the customers they are looking at is not consumers like me. After all, they have given me nothing to spend my money on. Rather, I think their customers are...

I am mixed on 5e but I definitely like some aspects about it. 1. Backgrounds are a good idea, particularly if you emphasize that the ones in the book are just a few amongst many potential options. This both adds to mechanical flexibility for characters (hello fighters who pick locks!) and...

Seems to be me your players have a pretty accurate sense of 5e from a player perspective. I do not think trying to talk them in to playing a game that they say they do not want to play makes a lot of sense. If they like Pathfinder or 4e or whatever, play that. There is more material for those...

I have a player in my game(s) who has played like 5 or 6 earth genasi fighters. He is almost always the most powerful combatant in the party (though he pays for it with few out of combat skills). Having a bonus to both Strength and Con pays dividends for a fighter right from the start and...

There are a couple in Races of Faerun as well. The Spellsinger is a casting focussed PrC for the Bard. The Warrior Skald goes the other direction and sacrifices casting to gain a better BAB and some new Bardic Music abilities. The Bladesinger also makes a decent Bardic PrC in terms of feel...

I have been running a group of four through Life's Bazaar and we have moved on to Flood Season. No deaths so far. Well, one death but that was a character that was insane from the beginning and decided to murder a local aristocrat for no particular reason (actually he role-played his going...