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I was recently listening to a Podcast by Mastering Dungeons about the Playtest and they had a few interesting points. The one that got me thinking was in regards to new players and character creation. They pointed out the confusion of having a new player pick a Class, a Race, and then build a...

I know people have strong feelings of Streamed D&D or Live Play shows but I am wondering if anyone has heard chatter of a group they enjoy watching doing playtesting. I enjoy reading others posts and my own groups playtesting but would love to see others approach to the new rules. Just looking...

Out of pure speculation and best guesses which new rules survive the Playtest from Packet #1 to become part of the new core rules. Not asking which ones you'd like to see but those you believe will. I intentionally did not include every possible option, just a handful that feel big. Also only...

Reading the Origins Play test, Unarmed Strike allows you to knock an enemy prone on an attack action as an unarmed Strike. The Martial arts feature allows the monk to sub Dexterity for Strength using unarmed strikes. With these these rules would you allow a level 2 monk to make an unarmed attack...

I have read a few posts about PDFs for D&D and WOTC's choice to stick with printed books. I was under the impression that younger generations preferred digital books (e-books or PDFs) over physical copies, however I recently stumbled on this article... granted it is old, roughly 3 years, but it...

After reading some of the ideas in the DMG I found one very intriguing... Success at a cost on pg. 242. It was a blast but after a more attentive reading I realized how badly, I had it screwed it up. To begin I read rolling a 1 (critical failure) instead of missing by a 1 or 2. It allows the...

I ran a short series of 3.5 adventures for my nephews and houseruled no multiclassing as they were new to D&D at the time. I am likely switching to 5E soon and having them create new characters. I will likely rule multiclassing out to hold down options until they are slightly used to the feel of...