More snippets of 5E information

[Mortellan]

Too funny! I love it.

 

[Achan hiArusa]

Hilarious! And a great idea.

Behold the PLAYTEST REPORT GENERATOR:

Sample output:

• Just escaped Scourge of the Slave Lords. My fighter Charmed a swarm of downed mimics with a critical hit, much to the chagrin of the despairing paladin.
• Playtested in In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords. My eladrin sniped a bunch of wights, humiliating the prone paladin.
• TPK in Labyrinth of Madness! My dwarf just defeated a Portuguese man-o-war with no help from the helpless paladin.
• Playtesting in The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga. My shardmind killed a nitwit illithid, but it was too late for the stinking paladin.
• Played in Expedition to the Barrier Peaks. My eladrin just pwned a skeleton. That was the end of the swallowed paladin.

Repeat until the new edition has been entirely revealed!

That reminds me, I haven't downloaded ProgressQuest on my current computer.

 

[Riley]

Hilarious! And a great idea.

Behold the PLAYTEST REPORT GENERATOR:

• Playtested in Queen of the Spiders! My vicar slew three troglodytes by accident, much to the chagrin of the contemptible paladin.
• Played in Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords. My Scoundrel just critically missed two storm giants who killed the poisoned paladin.
• Playtesting in Scourge of the Slave Lords. My vicar just critted three illithids by accident and then gave a stern lecture to the player of the nitwit paladin.
• Game night: White Plume Mountain. My barbarian headshotted a ghoul to save the confused paladin.
• Playtested in The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga. My specialty priest just used a daily power on a goblin, humiliating the useless paladin.

Thanks, Rex! I can hit refresh on this thing all day, and just keep on laughing.

 

[Aeolius]

Looks like Lawful Stupid is still a Paladin prerequisite.

Yes, but in 5e paladin rhymes with Aladdin.

 

[Lord Rasputin]

Skills al la Tweet

Check out this Google+ thread. Apparently, Over the Edge is akin to Risus's skill system, or the wildcard skill option in GURPS Dungeon Fantasy.

 

[Rex Blunder]

Check out this Google+ thread. Apparently, Over the Edge is akin to Risus's skill system, or the wildcard skill option in GURPS Dungeon Fantasy.

Is Tweet talking about D&D, or his own game that he's about to announce (I know he's working on one)?

 

[Morrus]

Is Tweet talking about D&D, or his own game that he's about to announce (I know he's working on one)?

His own as far as I can tell.

 

[buddhafrog]

Love these short, quick 5e updates. I hope they continue as they are an easy way to find the new info trickling out all in one location (I imagine they also are/will be good in getting people to your home page instead of straight to the forums).

I enjoy the podcast links you've included, also.

Great job, thanks.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Looks like Monte Cook is saying people will be able to play with different character options AT THE SAME TABLE.

I'm really curious to see how my first-edition-style-fighter can play with your third-edition-style Wizard, but I really REALLY hope they can pull it off.

 

[buddhafrog]

Looks like Monte Cook is saying people will be able to play with different character options AT THE SAME TABLE.

I'm really curious to see how my first-edition-style-fighter can play with your third-edition-style Wizard, but I really REALLY hope they can pull it off.

I assume most people are very surprised by this. I don't know how it would be possible... I can't see how this is possible. More power to them. They might strip down the overall complexity a little and well as make even less-optioned Essential-type characters. Not sure, but this is good news.

I for one am extremely excited about 5e.