Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition

[Andrew Hackard]

Originally Posted by Anders

But will it have fifteen kinds of polearms and rules for different weapons against armor? :)

I'm sure someone will step in to fill that void.

Originally Posted by Astromancer

What kinds of Demi-humans will be availible? What character classes? What combos? And how do munchkins set up an ubergroober of their very own?

No idea. I didn't actually PLAY Next, I just read through the playtest docs -- and not super closely, either.

Originally Posted by ULFGARD

That said, AD&D has lots of clunky bits that could stand improvement.

Totally agreed. I think this version knocks a lot of rough edges off AD&D by selectively choosing ideas from 3/4e that worked well without adding complexity.