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So true! That last little bit doesn't apply to all of you. :P "Truly, lawyers are just bards with a cultured facade of usefulness."

Unless the basic set is all of what you can get in the core 2024 books, people aren't likely to ease into play using it when they have the full 2014 version on hand that works perfectly well.

They want to make money. There are far and away more existing 2014 players(in the young demographic even) than new players coming into the game. They badly want people to switch over. Not that they don't also badly want new players.

This line of discussion is about those kids who already have the 2014 hardcover books. ;) I agree that there will be people who do use the free basic PDF, and that new players would be foremost among them. Try out the game that way and look to buy the books later if you like the game.

I think ranger magic should be more in the realm of rituals than on the spot spellcasting. Take some time to rub mud on your face, mix in some magical herbs you foraged and 10 minutes later you are magically camouflaged for an hour or more. Longer spellcasting would also get rid of...

I wouldn't call how 5e does things bad. They simplified the rules(in my opinion oversimplified) and with that simplification came some necessary changes in how things were done. Those changes cause issues with those who want more complex rules to cover classes and other areas of the game.

Yes, but those stemmed from his bloodline(Human, elf and maia), not his being a ranger.

Aragorn used herbs to heal wounds quickly and slow the poison in Frodo. He also had supernatural abilities as a Dunedain. Gygax brought those out as class magic and it has stuck. And yes it is a point. The existence of people who want a magicless ranger doesn't mean that all those who do...

I thought that distinction(at least according to others) belonged to the Sorcerer. And the Ranger has a greater identity than the Rogue. The rogue's identity is essentially, "I am a scoundrel." The ranger is at least the nature/beast wanderer/tracker.

They don't fill the same niche at all. I mean, nature/wilds focus vs. urban focus makes them opposites, even if they are both skill experts. That's like saying that because Clerics and Wizards are both spellcasters, we can get rid of wizard and just use cleric for both.

Sure, but how many kids doing sit down games do you think will run the basic 2024 rules over the 2014 books? I wouldn't. The books are far superior to the free basic versions that I've seen released.

I fixed it. Thanks for the correction.

Sure, but when you already have the books from 2014 that still work perfectly fine and your $80-$100 a month has to be split between eating, dating, clothing, video games, concerts, etc., re-spending $50 $150 on new core books might not look appealing.

As soon as you figure out the magical spell to get kids to save money and not want to eat fast food, I'm sure the rest of the country is going to want to learn it. And you'll be rich! :P

The entirety of the midwest is 67 million. California has 40 million. 12 states have a bit more than 50% more than 1 state. Add in New York and it's 59 million to 67 million. You're doing it again. You are including all of California which is the same mistake as including the midwest. It's...

Feats are needed in the same way that fighters, clerics, wizards, etc. are needed. They aren't. None of them are needed, but they do make the game a whole lot more fun. This was very table dependent. The games I played in had the players choosing feats to match their character concept. They...

100%. Yes. Even if only 10% of games reach 10th level or higher, that's 10% of millions, which is a whole lot of people who need that sort of thing in the game.

And yet rents have gone up waaaaaaaaay more than 36ish%. Our electricity bills are also around 40% higher than the national average. And so are our gas prices. The average price per gallon of gas in the US is currently $3.64 per gallon. I filled up a few days ago for $5.39, which was a bit...

12-18 year olds spend allowance money, which doesn't cover a D&D book until they save for multiple weeks, and said D&D book competes with pokemon cards, fast food, video games, other games, clothing and much more. Most high schoolers don't work. Somewhere around a third of high school kids...

Okay. So the median income value according to those sources has dropped around $100. The inflation value doesn't really show spending accurately, though, and includes the midwest which brings down the cost of living for the entire country, despite most people living in the denser more costly...