V5 in Development

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Today's preview touches on the epically debated topic of:

combat turns and melee rounds

Comments welcome...

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Today's public preview covers:

Movement In/Around Melee

Comments welcome!

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Today's fragment for public preview:

Spells and Missile Fire

This section covers how spell/missile fire is handled at the round-by-round (rather than turn) level of detail, and how spell casting can be interrupted. Comments welcome!

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Today's preview is the (reasonably uncontroversial) fragment on:

Turning the Undead

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Today's preview is DD5's (more controversial) render of Alternative Attack Matrix I.

See here: Determining Hits

For a relatively straightforward attack matrix, some nuance is required to equate the 3LBB "level bands" with CM fighting capabilities.

Moreover, we get Paladin FC for top-level DD-clerics, to parallel Wizard FC for top-level DD-M-Us.
It means that only DD-fighters ever achieve a generally applicable superhero FC, which is a thing.

Comments welcome

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Next fragment up for public preview is:

Determining Kills

A concise version and a detailed version of Alternative Attack Matrix 2 (Monsters Attacking), and dicing for damage.

Enjoy!

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Today's public preview fragment is:

Saving Throws

I'm planning to post item saving throws tomorrow to wrap up 2025. It's been a huge year in DD5 progress. More on that soon...

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Aaaaand today's fragment for preview is:

Magic Item Saving Throws

My coffee club members have access to the footnoted version, as always.

I'm thinking I can get one more fragment out before 2026. Stay tuned

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The final preview fragment for 2025 is

Magic Weapons and Armor

This post details how these advantages work differently in normal and fantastic combat...

For my final update of 2025 (tomorrow), I'll round up what has been achieved since May, and what is left to finish up the EPIC annotated Book 2.

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My 2025 wrap up post is here:

2025 Wrap Up

Some of the salient words:

DD5's book 2 (Delving & Exploration) organises gems from across the 3LBBs coherently, and fills the most obvious gaps with contemporaneous lore from Chainmail and Arneson's FFC. That's no small thing. Add a thousand footnotes to the annotated version. And then add brilliant art from Jim Holloway (yes) and Timothy Ide to the illustrated version. I may be biased, but I think it's shaping up to be something pretty solid.

Help me get DD5 done in 2026!