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Is there a plan to add some more factions or refine the existing ones?

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Comment Hello Mr. Mearls, is there a plan to add some more factions or refine the existing ones? I feel like the 4 AL factions are very boring compared to factions in other games and the only 2 that really have development are Harpers and Zhents. I really enjoyed the way Planescape did factions so possibly look into that setting for inspiration.

I really like Eberron and wish there was some official support in 5e. Would you consider opening some of them up for DM’s Guild? I know Keith Baker said he was waiting for Eberron to be open and I would LOVE to see more stuff from my favorite setting.

Anyways, I love 5e. Thanks for releasing such consistantly awesome products and bringing together all the tables I DM!

mikemearls16 points20 days ago
Touched on Eberron elsewhere.

The FR factions are fairly underutilized. We’ve talked about a revision to make them all as interesting as the Harpers and Zhents. Nothing specific to talk about yet. from discussion AMA: Mike Mearls, D&D Creative Director.

What tips you could give for world building. How would you go about creating a setting?

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Hey Mike, glad you’re doing this ama! It’s always exciting for me when I actually catch them (somewhat) early on. Anyway, I was wondering what tips you could give for world building. How would you go about creating a setting? Where would you start, draw inspiration from, etc

mikemearls9 points21 days ago
For me, a setting is people. In my re-imagining of 4e’s Nentir Vale, I treated the gods as mortals who recently ascended to divinity in order to defeat the primordials who rule the cosmos. They were each powerful sovereigns, and while their empires fell in the war against the primordials they still scheme/plot/struggle against each other.

That personal conflict is what drives the world, and it gives a human face/emotion to what’s happening. To me, that’s what drives an interesting setting.Comment from discussion AMA: Mike Mearls, D&D Creative Director.

Who was your craziest/weirdest character ever on a roleplayingame?

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Comment from discussion Hey Mike, cheers from Brasil! Random question: Who was your craziest/weirdest character ever on a roleplayingame?

mikemearls158 points19 days ago
In a LARP, I played a god who had lost his memories. As far as I knew I was a random madman. The GMs would come to me with questions I needed to answer from the voices in my head. I thought they were just using that to reflect my character’s madness. In fact, they were prayers and divinations from the priests of the various faction in the LARP. We figured it out just in time for the priests of the various temples to restore my mind and banish a demon lord. It was huge fun.AMA: Mike Mearls, D&D Creative Director.

Why won’t you let me Gnome Barbarian?!

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Comment A question on Small Races and the Great Weapon Master Feat:

RAW, since a Small Race can’t wield a 2H weapon properly, they can’t utilize the feat to its full extent. This is frustrating to me, since while I understand the weapon size limitation, it seems to make sense to me to allow a Small Race to benefit from the Feat if using a Versatile Weapon with two hands.

Did this factor into the design consideration at all? TL; DR Why won’t you let me Gnome Barbarian?!

mikemearls24 points21 days ago
It’s purely a flavor issue. You can ignore it and nothing breaks, probably the kind of thing that would disappear if we were building the game today. from discussion AMA: Mike Mearls, D&D Creative Director.

What sort of self-published content would you and the team be most excited to see from creators?

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Second question, which I’ll put in a separate comment: What sort of self-published content would you and the team be most excited to see from creators? What would catch your eye and put someone on your radar?

mikemearls5 points21 days ago
Really, anything that excites gamers in general will be the kind of thing that gets our attention. We all play the game, so don’t try to think specifically of what we might like. Comment from discussion AMA: Mike Mearls, D&D Creative Director.

Given the chance to change Superior Inspiration or Archdruid, would you?

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Comment Hello Mike,

I love, what you lot are doing with the edition. It truely is a homebrewers paradise.

I was wondering, what kind of reasoning went into the design of the capstone abilities for the classes like Superior Inspiration or Archdruid. Given the chance to change them, would you?

mikemearls18 points20 days ago
We wanted them to feel broken, to provide a real reward for hitting 20. I don’t know if I would change them yet – not seeing enough play at 20 to get a true sense of it. from discussion AMA: Mike Mearls, D&D Creative Director.

Has there been any monster that you really wanted to add to 5e but you didn’t get the chance to?

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Comment Has there been any monster – either an old one from previous editions or a new idea – that you really wanted to add to 5e but you didn’t get the chance to?

mikemearls41 points20 days ago
I’d love to do some of Eberron aberrations – the dolgrim and dolgaunt were fun, and had a fun origin.

I also would like to bring back Torog as a demon lord, along with the wrackspawn. from discussion AMA: Mike Mearls, D&D Creative Director.