These screencaps were posted by GM Leigh (of Mage Productions) on Twitter after being showed on WotC's Twitch stream, presented by Kate Welch and Nathan Stewart. Note the old Saltmarsh trilogy references!
My experience might be different than yours, but I've found a few issues with large numbers of opponents in 5E. The creatures usually pose no threat and go down in a single strike and can't reasonably hurt the party. Or they completely overwhelm the party with their numbers. In either case, the combat turns into a slog.
Yeah, that's what I was saying. Illusionists don't exist from the very start of the game -- they weren't in OD&D, but appeared in The Dragon thereafter -- but have been in the rulebooks since the 1E PHB era.The U1-3 series was published a few years after the 1E PHB was released. The date on U1 is 1981. The PHB is from 1978.
Yeah, that's what I was saying. Illusionists don't exist from the very start of the game -- they weren't in OD&D, but appeared in The Dragon thereafter -- but have been in the rulebooks since the 1E PHB era.
You're going to have to go back and re-read my original post to see what I was trying to say, or just stop worrying about it.U1-3 were designed and marketed for for 1st edition AD&D. Illusionists have been present since the start of 1st edition AD&D. I don't see how the existence of a "zeroth edition" is relevant, since U1-3 was never designed or marketed for that edition?
Another Tales from the Yawning Portal, at least: since the text is from U3, at least the whole U series seems likely.