D&D 5E Will the inclusion of the option of DoaM cause you to not buy 5e.

[Ashkelon]

If damage on a miss was included as an optional ability that no character had to choose, would its inclusion cause you to not purchase 5e?

 

[amerigoV]

If DoaM is not THE core mechanic (in place of that d20 thang), then I'm not buyin'.

 

[Tovec]

Holy skewed answers batman. Turning basically the question of "Is DOAM bad" and giving three options for "No" with semi-reasonable responses, but the "Yes" coming off as "I'm a jerk, my way or the highway." Wow.

Not that I think there needs to be another thread about this, I think I said all I need to back about 8 times ago. Yes I think DOAM is a problem (so I answered Yes to your skewed poll). I think it is a terrible mechanic. Depending on how central it is, I will not buy it. It is a giant hunk of poo in my chocolate ice cream. How much I can avoid it will decide whether I buy 5e. I don't know yet if I can avoid it, ignore it, not use it. I don't generally mind options for options sake, but in my games it absolutely needs to be one I can say "No, not allowed" with little to no effort and as of the last packet that simply is NOT the case.

 

[Ichneumon]

I'm still buying 5e. But they'd better have a big fat "WARNING: DoaM Included" sticker on the front.

 

[Obryn]

I expect it to come up in play at least as often as some dude makes another thread about it on a forum somewhere.

 

[Umbran]

It is one mechanic out of, what, hundreds? I'm not worried about it one way or another.

 

[billd91]

It wouldn't stop me from buying based on what I know now. But if, for example, it were to become a primary mode of power for fighting classes, it would probably lead to me shelving the game as fas as we shelved 4e. Fortunately, I don't foresee it becoming the primary fighting ability mode.

 

[Ahnehnois]

The inclusion of writers who think that DoaM is a good idea would be cause to not buy 5e, I suppose, regardless of whether this particular niche ability is there or not.

 

[Derren]

Let me say it this way, DoaM is just a sign that the edition has been designed according to principles and focus which I do not agree with and are unlikely to find to be fun (at least when compared to the fun I can have with other RPGs).

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Good grief, again? Hasn't this topic been done to death already?

The questions are rather poorly framed, IMO.