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I'm much more worried about the moon druid at low levels than I am at 20th level. There is no question that he is extremely overpowered at early levels, that seems to balance out as the druid levels up but I'm not familiar enough with high level characters to judge when or if it evens out. At...

Moon druid wildshape definitely appears very overpowered at least at low levels. The CR 1 beast you can turn into at lvl 2 is going to be dramatically more powerful than anyone else even ignoring the fact that it gives you a 30+ hp damage shield twice, rechargeable after only a short rest.

Reading through The Horde of The Dragon Queen, I occasionally see references to things like NPC attitudes or states of readiness, as if they are supposed to mean something concrete. Given that the PHB does not appear to reference this in any way I'm going to assume (hope) that the DMG does in...

It's (10-4)/2=3. This is actually covered in the first couple pages of the PHB.

Also barbarians can use shields too, so the barbarian with bracers would be ac 21.

It's worth noting that at low level a boar's charge hits for as much as a 16 strength character using a greatsword, and has a decent chance to knock the enemy prone. That's very frequently going to be worth giving up your attack for. The constrictor snake might be an even better bet, it's damage...

If you don't mind another question, I was very curious if barbarian rage had changed. Specifically, does it still give resistance to all melee damage immediately at level 1.

Well the argument has evolved a lot since the original post, but I think the key question at the heart of everything is whether the Halfling naturally stealthy ability overrides the requirement that you can't become hidden against an enemy who can currently see you.

Looking at the basic guide, the medicine skill's description could certainly benefit from being fleshed out a bit. I don't think it really needs to be able to restore hit points on adventures, that seems somewhat outside of the realm of what a 5e skill should be able to do. But more description...

I'm not so much worried about whether they are required as what the assumption is in class balance and encounter design. A fighter with a magic sword, magic armor and a ring of protection will be much more powerful then a fighter without any magic items. It's helpful to know what the baseline...

I'm hoping that there will be some guidelines about this in the DMG, I know people say that magic items are more optional in 5E but I have a hunch that a high level fighter is still expected to have found a magic sword. At the same time a lot of items are much more powerful in 5e and even a...

From reading the rules I'm about 99% sure that mage armor and unarmored defense do not stack, both in terms of the RAW and in terms of their intent. Apparently there was an also an announcement saying that the multiclass rules were changed to require you have the stat requirements of your...

Hmm I don't really like it, just from a monster design perspective. It's got one really powerful spell which prevents me from using it unless the players have levels in the double digits. However it's not otherwise scaled for players of that level and has low hit points and weak attacks. That...

The tempest domain is basically the storm battle priest from first essentials book. I think it's there mostly to give people who are already playing that class in 4e an easy conversion. Although it looks like a pretty cool domain on it's own. An interesting point about it's place in the...

I think the key question is DOES naturally stealthy trump that rule. It's a reasonable interpretation to say that all the ability does is to allow you to hide behind your allies, but that all other stealth rules (i.e. you need to be unseen) still hold true. Honestly I think both interpretations...

I think your exaggerating a little there. The difference between a DM who rolls wild magic constantly, and one who does it never, is not so big that it would impact my decision on whether to play the class. Wild surges from spells will occur rarely even when the DM rolls for every spell so the...

I remember the same discussions being had around the 3e rogue, who relied on feats and multi-classing for his customization much more than the 5e rogue. You didn't have subclasses, you just had a basic rogue class with a small number of abilities. I don't remember it providing any mechanical...

This all changed in the alpha PHB, the monk extra attacks are all bonus actions. Obviously we will see what the final PHB is like, but I wouldn't expect that rule to change.

Nothing indicates that the monk's extra attack is off hand, so it appears he gets his full stat bonus on it. However, the monk only gets a maximum of 3 attacks because flurry of blows is a bonus action and so it the extra attack.

Actually, at least in alpha, the assassin appears to be the con man rogue. He has abilities that let him mimic speech, forge documents and assume the identity of either a specific person or a type of person. Nobody says you have to use those abilities to murder people :). The issue seems to be...