@Acr0ssTh3P0ndSo, with that new Mad Max film out, any chance of some kind of Dark Sun conversions stuff in an upcoming Unearthed Arcana?
it's a little tricky, because it requires a bit more work than simply new races/classes. Plus, psionics!
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) May 18, 2015
@Acr0ssTh3P0ndThat makes total sense. Out of curiosity, what specific work would be needed, besides new races/classes+psionics+defiling?
item materials, maybe proficiency bonus as bonus to AC for fighters/other heavy armor users, character tree
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) May 19, 2015
@Acr0ssTh3P0ndWhy not remove armors that dont make sense (chainmail, splintmail) and have other armors be made out of chitin, shells, etc?
I kind of like the idea of making them obviously worse, so that players get a sense of how the world is different
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) May 19, 2015
@Acr0ssTh3P0ndWhy not remove armors that dont make sense (chainmail, splintmail) and have other armors be made out of chitin, shells, etc?
So like, chitin armor is just a worse version of scalemail, put a little fear in players via weaker ACs
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) May 19, 2015
@Acr0ssTh3P0nd Then focus more on the durability aspect! Sure, there’s the whole “scorching heat” thing, but that’s a heavy armor drawback.
Yeah, that;s another thing we'd have to do – little more attention paid to environment
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) May 19, 2015