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Both Class Roles and Power sources are from 4e, and were much better implemented, for the record. The design of them for D&Done is laughably shallow. But crappy implementations of great 4e design is kind of o5e's entire MO. I'd definitely suggest checking it out.

Mostly I've just been laughing about how they fostered a community that is downright antagonistic to good game design and anything in the playtests that is actually moving in the right direction is getting hated for not being 5e and it's delicious to watch. At this point I wouldn't be surprised...

I know everyone seems to prefer 2e Dark Sun, but I strongly suggest considering using 4e Dark Sun as the basis. It being right at a turning point of the world and that sense of dangerous hope that things can change makes for a great launching point without any of the muddyness of the Living...

On the topic of stricter resource tracking, I'll throw in that I think A5e would be ideal for a Dark Sun game where I think 5e would be godawful. Supply and resources matter, Ranger doesn't just give a "Skip that entire part of the game" feature, Classes have more depth so barring off Arcane and...

Sounds like a banger and who is that art by? :O

Thri-kreen has always been one of my faves from D&D, and from Pathfinder I really love their take on Androids though definitely less iconic

In general a lot of those 'Class specific' Spells just aren't spells anymore because Level Up has systems for cool stuff that aren't just making them spells

I love the idea of a Marshall using tech to coordinate the party, like canonically giving essentially a Friend or Foe system so characters essentially have a minimap of enemy locations based on all of their knowledge at once. Also REALLY hoping the other Psionic Class is Gish-ish in design...

This aged poorly, in the best possible way

The thing that often gets glossed over is pretty much this. When there's a system with as severe balance problems as 5e and something fixes it like a5e does, there is foundationally no way to make meaningful changes without making the old underpowered Classes overshadowed by their fixed versions...

You guys realize Patrons still get it significantly earlier, right? These collections are, assuming they continue, once a year. And the Tools site lags on Gate Pass content at an inconsistent trail. Patrons get it faster, and help to provide ongoing support to the system with the best chance of...

Oh no, they might have to change the term Bonus Action, which refers to something which is neither a bonus nor an Action!

Not to mention the word of mouth advertisement done for WotC every time you talk about playing D&D or having had fun doing so, same as when you do so for much better games, like Level Up :D

Does it really matter if the people you may like at a corporation had nothing to do with a choice? Yes there are people without a say who would be more ethical there and that sucks but the only thing that matters to a corporation is profit, and using the good people they employ as shields to say...

Important to remember that this isn't a 5e supplement. It is a Level Up product that can also be used for 5e. Level Up is an entirely distinct system with 5e compatibility, not 5e homebrew. I've had nothing but seething disdain for WotC for years and this is a distinction that I have found very...

Ah, so you have Short Rests and Long Rests instead of Long Long Rests and Short Long Rests. Any outliers to it further closing the gap to watch out for?

I would argue even if it wasn't STATED, it is an implicit necessity of making a competently designed 5e. Balance cannot exist intact with it at the sorry state 5e has is in with the disparity, and as a result neither can meaningful Monster and Encounter Difficulty guidelines. So. You'd be hard...

It is an interesting data point for sure, but with o5e lacking any actual economy besides like...scrolls? I think are the only thing given costs scaling upwards? Anything from o5e is just Calvinball, regardless of if there was at one point a design intent behind the treasure tables. There's also...

Oh, also worth noting I suppose, if your players are the kinds of people who care about things like racism, queerphobia, ableism, and really just general all around bigotry, it's absolutely better to get away from WotC's 5e immediately. Their thin PR veneer of Rainbow Capitalism does an...