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D&D 5E Errata

Jaracove

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We've just finished a successful enjoyable Lost Mine of Phandelver campagin and we all want to continue with more 5ed in the new year

Before I commit though (I'll be the DM) I'd like to know what errata has been found and compiled before paying out quite a fair bit of gold pieces. I'm a bit wary of errata due to the amount found in past editions.

It wouldn't be so bad if the pdfs were out there because they get updated, but they aren't.

Any idea?

Thanks all
 

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Check : http://thesageadvice.wordpress.com/ for official responses to questions. Sage Advice column will return in the new year on the D&D website in an official capacity. A formal FAQ/Errata is possibly in the works to be released.

So far, there are very few, if any, glaring errors that effect balance. Most of the errata will contain missing page references, or faulty page referrals, or omitted information in some cases, mostly minor stuff.

Do not be afraid. Buy with pleasure!
 

There is no official errata out yet. They will be taking surveys come the new year asking for feedback, and if certain things are considered broken or a problem by a huge percentage of the gaming populace, then they have said they will probably put out an official errata document on it at some point. But I personally wouldn't expect it until the summer of 2015 at the earliest.

There currently *is* a section here on ENWorld that has compiles a list of tweets from the D&D designers that give their personal decisions on certain rules that many people find unclear or not specific enough. But in most cases, they preface what they say with something along the lines of "If I was DMing this, I'd say..." Thereby making the point that the tweet is not "official errata" but merely what they would rule at the table at the time.

And that's how much of what all these "official rulings" are about. Many rules being written generally enough to give you a format for how they work, but not so specific that it takes three pages of documentation to cover every single facet and corner case. And that it's up to every DM to make their own ruling on those facets and corner cases if or when they come up.

If you want to play 5E... then either buy the books or just use the Basic rules from the website. There will places in both where you're going to say "Hmm... this rule's not completely clear to me, how is this really supposed to work?" and then make your own ruling on the matter. But if you want to play 5E... that's one of the cardinal tenets of the game-- "Rulings, not rules" that you either accept as the price for playing, or you don't.
 

It wouldn't be so bad if the pdfs were out there because they get updated, but they aren't.

Any idea?

Thanks all

Basic D&D is free from WotC website and is a PDF (in both fancy and printer friendly versions). I personally expect the errata to amount to spell corrections and updating internal references that are incorrect rather than outright changes to the way things work.
 

And that's how much of what all these "official rulings" are about. Many rules being written generally enough to give you a format for how they work, but not so specific that it takes three pages of documentation to cover every single facet and corner case. And that it's up to every DM to make their own ruling on those facets and corner cases if or when they come up.

It was a stroke of genius from WotC marketing department to convince the customers that it is their responsibility for fix faults in the product they spend money for and even made them praise it.
 

I believe that errata is more likely to cover errata and typo's rather than be about rules per se.

It seems about the only rule that is firm is roll a d20 and the higher you roll the better. Even then ice rolling is discouraged unless the outcome is in doubt such as in combat.
 

It was a stroke of genius from WotC marketing department to convince the customers that it is their responsibility for fix faults in the product they spend money for and even made them praise it.

Thank you for your positive and relevant contribution to this thread, as with so many others.
 

"Rulings not rules" is all well and good, but HotDQ has some egregious errors that can utterly ruin the adventure if the DM isn't savvy enough to catch and correct them.

An errata page is needed, and it will have to address more than just typos.
 


Not sure about just typos, I hear there are spells titled but no description

Trap Soul for one?

Trap Soul is a function of a different spell. Its likely an issue that the name of a spell was changed (or rolled into another one) and the original reference didn't get changed. There's a paladin spell like that, its fairly obvious which one, but the names don't match. I can't recall off hand the names in question, but somebody else will know for sure.
 

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