D&D 5E Anything You Miss From Past Editions vs 5E?

[gweinel]

Consequence.

Exactly the word that i was searching all these days!

 

[Steely Dan]

Exactly the word that i was searching all these days!

Right on, I don't think losing a level of your class you spent 8 months of "real" life-time being drained away by a minor slap is fun, but slightly less baby-proof/round-cornered, I would like.

 

[skotothalamos]

Weapons of varying accuracy. The prime example would be the difference between Great Axes and Great Swords. In 5e, the sword is just better, unless you have a specific way to leverage the larger damage die of the Axe (Half-Orcs and/or certain-level Barbarians as far as I know). In 4e, the axe did more damage (d12 vs d10) but the sword was more accurate (+3 proficiency bonus vs +2), which let people make a meaningful decision instead of just testing to see if they'd make the right decision.

 

[aramis erak]

I'm liking what I'm reading but some things just bug me.

The Running rules... it's not like they couldn't have found room for 2 column inches to account for faster than the fast jog or marathon run of the Dash pace. Heck, the Dash pace should also have a limit on it. The long distance movement rules imply one...

 

[Agamon]

If I could think of anything, I'd probably be able to house rule it in. But I'm at a loss.

 

[Ashkelon]

Here are things I miss from previous editions.

Unified resolution method
Defenses instead of saving throws
Proportional healing
Interesting abilities for martial PCs
No need for a party healer
No 15 minute work day
Martial PCs who could grow beyond the mundane
Stances
Greater character customization
Greater range in character archetypes
Spellcasting not entirely based around daily resources
Combat that is interesting

 

[Tzarevitch]

4e's unified attack system where the attacker makes all the rolls against the defender's defenses.

 

[dd.stevenson]

Right on, I don't think losing a level of your class you spent 8 months of "real" life-time being drained away by a minor slap is fun, but slightly less baby-proof/round-cornered, I would like.

Yeah.

I feel like I've gotten some of the consequence back by HR'ing the heck out of 0 HP (I use the maiming rules in my sig), but there's still not enough "oh, crap, these things don't play on a level field" vibe to certain monsters.

 

[Giltonio_Santos]

No 15 minute work day

Now I'd really like to know from which edition you're missing that!

 

[The Human Target]

The confirmation roll on critical hits. I absolutely hate when I can only be hit on a natural 20, so every single attack that hits me deals double damage.

Or for that matter, I miss critical hits being an optional rule in the first place. I would just get rid of them, but there are too many small things in the system that rely on them.

Now that's something I didn't expect to see.