Dungeons And Dragons 5th Edition Announced!

Oh really? Well I'm up for that! Who else is interested?

Oooh, so they did change it. Good for them! Their obsessive team of ninja lawyers have needed to lighten up a bit for a while now.

I have the playtest material - not really to actually playtest, but to answer Wizards' polls or to discuss it online. I might playtest it if I have the time or means.

My favorite class concept is the Monk, but I've heard disappointing things about the 5E Monk.

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So, would you guys be up for a Skype troper game? If so, we only need to figure out who'd DM, and we'll be set with a three-man party.

I set up Skype, now I hope if I figured out how to use it.

I'll pass. I quite simply don't have the time for another game.

I would love to try as long as its not on Monday Thrusday or Friday.

I've got a Skype account. Oh although getting a agreed-upon time is gonna be difficult. What time zone is everyone in? I'm GMT+10.

Mountain time aka as I post this it's 8:34 aka GMT+6

edited 8th Apr '13 7:35:17 PM by Saya1

As my posts indicate, I live in New Jersey, with Eastern Standard Time.

Heh, I'm from the future.

Who's willing to take the responsibilities of DM? I'm willing but I haven't much experience with the system.

I would be ok with D Ming as well as i have the latest packet too. Though I am new as well so I would prefer to be a player.

edited 8th Apr '13 11:40:03 PM by Saya1

Well, of course we are all new to this system. That's kind of the point of playtesting. Taking a look, though, it looks a lot like 3.5, so if someone has experience with that system, it would probably work out.

I don't have much faith in my own DM skills, but I'm willing to take the spot of no one else does, since I started this and all. I wanted to practice so I could run an effective game for my friends anyway.

edited 9th Apr '13 1:02:03 AM by Kayeka

Lots of experience with 3.5 which is why I would be OK with D Ming. Unless someone out right says they want to DM I am willing to be the DM.

edited 9th Apr '13 9:33:15 AM by Saya1

Great lets do this. Shall we run one of the test play adventures?

That would work best. When 5th is actually released I could make my own game with it. but the test adventures would work best for now.

Yeah I would be fine with running a test adventure. The question is which one.

Of the 4 we have

Caves of Chaos for levels 1 to 3. Isle of Chaos for levels 3 to 7. Reclaiming Blingdenstone for levels (They did did not say.) and The Mud Sorcerer for level 14.

edited 9th Apr '13 7:11:42 PM by Saya1

Well, looking at the character growth tables, most classes appear to be more or less "finished" by the time you hit 11, so you'll have a good idea what a class can or can't do when you start there. However, it might also be a good idea if we started a bit low, if only so we can get properly used to the basics before diving into the more complex stuff.

We might want to start a proper thread in the RPG forum, btw.

Actually can someone start the Thread for me as I have no clue were to put it.

edited 9th Apr '13 8:08:39 PM by Saya1

created one right here.

It's just the sign-up, though. We'll create a proper discussion thread once we got the game actually going.

edited 9th Apr '13 8:30:54 PM by Kayeka

So, what's a general list of changes?

Do you mean from 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons to 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons?

I kinda thought Pathfinder was supposed to fill this role?

No. It's from a different company and made by people who hated fourth edition.

I just mean, what has everyone loved and hated so far?

That's always a good place to start.

Honestly I don't follow the online fandom so all I can tell you is my personal experiences. But it's moved dramatically towards the more rules lite less combat focused style of second edition AD&D. It's got a distinctly of school flavour. Something I honestly don't really care about