D&D 5E The Magical Martial

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

But the community doesn't know what a human can do.

maybe

Put the Current Olympic records in the PHB?​

Or have a chart, one with the Real World Records and the one with the Fantasy World Records.

Fantasy world record is just another way of saying “innate magic”

 

[Minigiant]

Fantasy world record is just another way of saying “innate magic”

 

[Gammadoodler]

Fantasy world record is just another way of saying “innate magic”

Or just.. fantasy..

Fantasy Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

FANTASY meaning: 1 : something that is produced by the imagination an idea about doing something that is far removed from normal reality; 2 : the act of imagining something imagination

www.britannica.com

 

[Stormonu]

and half of the D&D community has an answer for you: A character is capable of doing what a human can do.

And an average, ordinary human at that.

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Or just.. fantasy..

Fantasy Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

FANTASY meaning: 1 : something that is produced by the imagination an idea about doing something that is far removed from normal reality; 2 : the act of imagining something imagination

www.britannica.com

@Minigiant already said world record and fantasy world record, so just fantasy already did not cut it

 

[UngeheuerLich]

3e was built so that if you tried to do anything creative you were punished with opportunity attacks. But you don't need to write the rules that way.

No. You don't. As I said. Happy middle ground.

 

[Gammadoodler]

@Minigiant already said world record and fantasy world record, so just fantasy already did not cut it

Doesn't really have anything to do with innate magic

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Doesn't really have anything to do with innate magic

Sure it does. Fantasy physics/reality is the same thing as magic to reality.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I understand. It honestly reminds me of a guy I met in college. He was writing "Law and Order, but in space with aliens" and his first paragraph was a detailed breakdown of how everything else was made up and didn't comport with reality. He just... had to make sure we understood that he didn't actually witness an alien courtroom and alien laws.

They just need that hard line between "this is real things real people do" and "this is made up". Which I just don't need.

Ok, but you don't get to insist that other people shouldn't want or need it.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I think this is a good question, unironically. What ARE the developers design goals? What style of play, specifically, are they trying to foster? Can it be described without referring to buzzwords or vaguery?

No matter which camp you're in, this would be very useful to everyone.

I, personally, do not think you can successfully split the difference between rules-light games like PbtA and the traditional/paradigmatic crunch of 3e. I think instead of the 'best of both' D&D 5e ended up being just mediocre at either.

I would prefer if D&D picked a lane and just stayed there.

WotC has no interest in picking a lane. That might actually be their design goal, along with "make as much money as we can get away with" (although technically that's Hasbro's goal).