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Message: <blockquote data-quote="slobo777" data-source="post: 6011834" data-attributes="member: 6694877">I doubt they are, it's not WotC's normal M.O., and it looks to me like 5E is a step away from the kinds of rules that can be fully automated (compared to, say 4E). Computers are good at rules, bad at rulings.Of course, I still think it would be nice to have the dice/hits/bonuses etc side of the game built around a solid understanding of game stats.But what a computer can never tell you is whether the game is fun to play. Realistically that quality will sell more books than any amount number-crunching for balance. Balance issues not caught in manual playtests will make it into the published game, but will be house-ruled away, errata'd etc, and probably won't do too much to spoil anyone's fun.Despite that, I do think in any modern game built around chance and/or large numbers of player choices, that some test automation done early in the process would be a good thing. It should be a reasonable player expectation that the basic numbers in a game are already good to go.</blockquote>