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I think we can all agree that it doesn't actually matter. In terms of continued product support, the question isn't whether the PHB will be profitable (though it seems like it probably will); it's whether the profit margins of the brand as a whole happen to hit whatever arbitrary goals Hasbro...

Whoah, wait a minute. I think you buried the lede here: 3e was "fiction" but 5e is "nonfiction." This time we get to use real magic! If only Jack Chick knew how right he was...

I think we can all agree that it doesn't actually matter. In terms of continued product support, the question isn't whether the PHB will be profitable (though it seems like it probably will); it's whether the profit margins of the brand as a whole happen to hit whatever arbitrary goals Hasbro...

Whoah, wait a minute. I think you buried the lede here: 3e was "fiction" but 5e is "nonfiction." This time we get to use real magic! If only Jack Chick knew how right he was...

Hi Shanna. Numenera is a very cool setting, and presumably like many people, I first heard of it because of the upcoming Torment: Tides of Numenera game. Has the development of that game impacted the PnP RPG much or at all? Since the game apparently takes place a bit off the map of the campaign...

Because most other classes get static damage bonuses to every hit at high levels, meaning they already get a more significant benefit from TWF than fighters do. In fact, I'd probably leave rangers off too. Build the extra offhand attack into the level 11 fighter Extra Attack ability.

So this effectively ruins dual-wielding hand crossbows, BUT with his caveat "unless it’s magical or a gnomish invention." If I had a player who wanted to jerry-rig auto-loading hand crossbows, I'd probably allow it, especially since there's no actual mechanical benefit over just using one. More...

If the potential problem is an imbalance between GWF/SS and other weapon style feats, the obvious solution would be to boost those other feats. Especially since neither Dual Wielder nor Defensive Duelist is particularly optimal as-is. DW lets you dual-wield non-light weapons (effectively +1...

The favored soul looks like it will be incredibly powerful when built carefully. Just considering Twinned Spell with the War or Life domain, there's a lot of room for powerful buffs and heals there. (Double-targeting Cure Wounds seems awesome, unless I'm missing something.) Ironically, this...

My personal theory: While Next was in open playtest development, almost all "communication" with fans was deeply intertwined with the game development itself. That means that you wouldn't want a PR guy handling it - you'd want someone like Mike Mearls, who's fairly plugged in to the latest...

This post and the OP's title both seem pretty obviously flawed to me. Nothing can be "overpowered by design," because "overpowered" typically means "more powerful than intended." Every class is awesome at some things and relatively weaker at others. Monsters are tough and effective to match...

Why the heck did you try to slip this in there? You can't have the level 10 champion ability (but better since barbarians don't already get a fighting style) on top of the normal level 3 totem warrior abilities. That's overpowered.

The whole Twitter interpretation about the transformation being "purely cosmetic" just makes me more curious, really. So you turn into a thri-kreen. You've got extra arms that give you no new stats or abilities. Can you move them? Can you carry stuff with them? If you turn into a merman and...

That's the thing, though. If I were playing a changeling, it would seem perfectly appropriate to turn into a mermaid if my ship sank or something. The document doesn't even give you enough fluff details to suggest whether or not this should work RAI. I mean, CAN Eberron changelings grow wings...

It was disguised as a shifter. >.>

So here's one of the racial abilities for the Changeling race in the new Unearthed Arcana article: Now, at first this seemed kind of nice and elegant to me. Good for disguises, etc. Then I thought of the "onion druid" problem. RAW, you might think the term "polymorph" suggests this works like...

I too feel for the people who lost their jobs, but from a strategic standpoint I don't think this is a crazy idea or bad news for 5e. First off, on the PF vs. D&D numbers: it's 25 working on PF versus 13 working on D&D. Some provisos, though: 1. Just in terms of accuracy, that's counting the...

Yeah, I think the goal is to see if any classes are consistently rated high or low. It specifically says in the survey that the classes you compare are randomized. I honestly was probably a bit random on that one. I picked bard over barbarian but then picked fighter over wizard. My basic...

I think you're right. In 4e you could (I believe?) just pay for DDI every month and get all the classes and feats and stuff from books that came out without buying dead tree versions; maybe they figured out that growing the brand is more important than getting 10 bucks a month from a few...

OP left out one aspect of 4e warlords that is missing: any use for the Intelligence stat. Rally and Inspiring Leader make use of Charisma, but apparently you don't need to be clever to be a master tactician.