D&D 5E DoaM is officially gone [edit - no it's not; I missed a joke]

[Morrus]

Direct from Mike Mearls. It's gone.

"To quell the arguments that have consumed forums across the 'Net, I hereby declare that we are removing damage on a hit from D&D Next."

 

[Lanefan]

Direct from Mike Mearls. It's gone.

"To quell the arguments that have consumed forums across the 'Net, I hereby declare that we are removing damage on a hit from D&D Next."

Errrr ... damage on a *hit* is gone?

That's either a typo or April 1 is running about 5 weeks early.

Lan-"and all this time I thought I was hurting people when I swung this axe"-efan

 

[Morrus]

Ooops. Looks like Mearls was having a joke and I failed to notice it. Don't I feel silly.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

 

[pemerton]

But it's good to learn that Mearls is being more sensible about this than some of the hyperbolic net commentators!

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Is this argument on other forums? I haven't seen it, but I only visit about four D&D forums regularly.

 

[pemerton]

Is this argument on other forums?

And if it's not, what's wrong with them?

I think we need a poll for whether other forums need more threads about DoaM!

 

[Ichneumon]

This can be summed up as "There's no more DoaM ... uh, DoaH!".

 

[EnglishLanguage]

And if it's not, what's wrong with them?

I think we need a poll for whether other forums need more threads about DoaM!

The DoaM discussion comes up every so often(read: The same 2 or 3 people trying to force it into almost every topic) on WotC's playtest forums and so far that's only about 3 or 4(well, 2-3, then one guy with about 7 different alts that rotate during bans) who are actually against it rather than neutral.

The vast majority of people(myself included) are neutral on Damage on a Miss. I personally argue in favor of it though because I prefer more options over less options.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

LOL. Mearls' stock just went up a couple of points in my book.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

He followed up:

"To clarify earlier tweet: Damage is only when you really miss a target, pining for it and wondering where it is and when it'll return."