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    Has Wizards of the Coast Given Up on Sigil?

    From the OP article we're all commenting on (emphasis added):
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    Has Wizards of the Coast Given Up on Sigil?

    This really seems like the best summary to me. It's clear that the project suffered from unclear & regularly shifting project scope + overpromises by corporate execs + misalignment with what the community actually wants. Combine that with a frankly embarrassing live demo with very high profile...
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    D&D 5E Question for folks who use D&D Beyond: How well does it work with the new rules?

    They finally added Rage huh? After all these years I was beginning to think it was a deliberate omission 🙃
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    WotC 5E Designer Mike Mearls Talks About The OGL Crisis

    Sure, but does anyone think there is/was any real risk that WOTC was actually going to sue Paizo over the babau demon (etc) after what happened with the OGL controversy?
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    WotC 5E Designer Mike Mearls Talks About The OGL Crisis

    As someone playing Pathfinder a ton over the past 3 years, IMHO the de-OGLification through the Remaster has been a complete pain in the neck, especially the renaming of classic D&Disms like magic missile. I'm not even sure how much of it was even necessary, once WOTC put everything in...
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    WotC 5E Designer Mike Mearls Talks About The OGL Crisis

    I remember seeing WOTC defences that "This is just about video games and movies" at the time. I also remember that not passing the sniff test at all at the time. I wonder if Mearls simply heard that defence from colleagues he liked personally, and thus trusted it as at least basically true. As...
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    Level Up (A5E) Curious About Level Up: Advanced 5E But Didn't Know Where To Start?

    How long are the 3 adventures in the Starter Box?
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    EN Publishing & The OGL

    Not just solidarity but it's highly likely to be exactly what ENP are looking for. ORCs Unite!
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    D&D 5E One-session modules for new players

    I played SKT but we only went to the Hill Giant's lair. It was fun, although I've heard others are better, and have actually wondered about using them as Tier2 standalone short adventures! Which of the others would you say are the best in this kind of context (ie. as standalone assault missions...
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    Level Up (A5E) Making a Warpriest

    If you want to optimise that build a bit better, drop your strength to 13+1 (in 5e and a5e, even numbers are where the modifiers go up). As per Venerable Bede, you could then switch the 13 from Cha to Con, and then use that point [technically, those 2 points] you took from Str to make it 14...
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    D&D 5E The Bible Is A New 5E Setting

    At first I thought (as a Christian who loves playing D&D) "oh no, what a train wreck!", but I have to say it's growing on me. Certainly those behind it are. A couple of people have commented on the Spartan choice. FWIW here's the designer's response about including them: And here's what they...
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    Level Up (A5E) Spells: Winners and Losers

    Tiny Hut has always been a ritual spell in 5e.
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    Level Up (A5E) Cultures & Cantrips

    Scanning for cantrips in the Origins chapter in the updated v2a pdf, I pulled up: HERITAGE TRAITS AND GIFTS Gnome: minor illusion Orc (optional gift): resistance Aasimar: guidance Tiefling: produce flame CULTURES Deep Dwarf: resistance Dragonbound: choose from cleric or wizard; and a second...
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    Level Up (A5E) Barbarian: Enhanced Vitality is....pretty bad.

    looks like you'd definitely want to take Wisdom!
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    Level Up (A5E) List O5E subclasses which need Action Surge

    Eldritch Knight doesn't have any abilities that key off action surge until level 15, and even then it would be a simple matter to give Arcane Surge as a 1x/SR ability (2x from level 17).
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    Level Up (A5E) Is Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition compatible with D&D 5E?

    Eldritch Knight would require a very minor tweak at level 15 (if you ever get to that level) as the Arcane Surge ability keys off Action Surge. I'd just change it to 2x/SR (1x at L15 and 2x from L17 if you want a perfect match to o5e) and perhaps that it has to be combined with an Attack action...
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    Level Up (A5E) We could really use some DTRPG reviews!

    Y'all made me go read the reviews just so I could read his! What I have found over time is that all 1 star reviews can be ignored. It's the 2 and 3 star reviews you want to focus on, because they will have positive and negative things to say and often reveal plenty about a product, whereas all...
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    Level Up (A5E) A great review of Level Up

    I just read this review and I think I agree with every single thing he says! The only thing I'd add is the design of the heritages, cultures and classes really shows some great ideas and love for building characters, not stat blocks.
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    Level Up (A5E) What are "Subtle Changes" in LU?

    Not sure if this counts as a 'subtle' change, but Dragon lair actions are GONE. Replaced by "lair features" which are more about DM encounter and map design. But those features don't impact on action economy, for example.
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