D&D (2024) True Polymorph now confers permanent muteness

[Charlaquin]

Right. Yes. ~10 relatively minor issues is a major screw-up!

EDIT: The only big screw-up for me is the ranger. It still boggles my mind how they managed to make it both better and worse at the same time!

Technically more effective in combat? Check. Less evocative and interesting? Check.

 

[Demetrios1453]

the problem is that none of the rules had any proof reading. If you play raw, this happens. So many of the 5.5 changes REQUIRE rai because they ignored all feedback. The goal was to push out a reason to buy new books, not well thought changes.

If none of the rules had any proofreading, how did we only end up with like the dozen or so errors that we're discussing here? If they ignored all feedback, how did we only end up with like the dozen or so errors that we're discussing here? Shouldn't the book be in total disarray instead of being around 99.9% correct? You're demanding perfection in an imperfect world.

(If you want to have real fun, find a copy of the 2e magic item encyclopedia, where someone must have carelessly clicked a button to replace "mage" with "wizard" throughout the entire text, resulting in things doing 2d8 "dawizard" and the like, and no one caught it until after it was printed, despite the error appearing multiple times on virtually every page. Now that's something to complain about, not a number of errors that you can count on your fingers and toes.)

 

[Nikosandros]

If it was a mistake, it hasn't been corrected (yet).

That being said, the sentence about the spell ending early if the target runs out of THP is now back on DDB!

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OK, it seems that it a somewhat poorly written spell. Should it ever make its appearance in one of my games, I would have to evaluate some changes to it (assuming it is not subject to errata in the meantime).

 

[Kobold Stew]

No ifs, ands, or buts. Polymorph a dwarf into an elf, or a dragon? Still no talking or spellcasting.

On the plus side...

Characters can now learn sign language.
Works as intended.