Tactile Maps: Redux

Yesterday on r/MapPorn (a safe for work part of Reddit focusing on the enjoyment of maps), someone posted another example of tactile maps and how they would be used for navigation.

DMG Preview: Creating New Races

Today WotC published an article looking at a portion of Chapter 9 of the DMG, dealing with creating races, the examples being the Eladrin and a portion of the Aasimar. It looks like the guidance in the DMG will fall on the side of fewer powers rather than more, which makes sense since one of the main design principle of 5e seems to be the avoidance of powercreep.

In recent interviews Mike Mearls (head of R&D for Dungeons & Dragons) has said that instead of splat books WotC will be releasing two storylines/campaign settings a year. Some of these campaign settings will be accompanied by player's guides, which is where WotC is going to release rules for new classes and races.

This is a smart move, although it will annoy some who want to see specific races/classes now. Instead of a splat book dealing with psionics, psionic classes will be released alongside a campaign setting that focuses on psionics. Hopefully this allows allows us as a community to avoid published powercreep and instead give DMs and players the freedom to play with just the core three books without feeling like they are missing out.