D&D 5E (2024) What Should 1D&D Resurrect? +

[Reynard]

What's something from D&D's long and storied history would you like to see 1D&D bring back to the game? It could be a setting, an adventure, a class or race, a specific mechanic, or anything really.

Please keep it positive and avoid both edition warring and fighting about OGL issues, thanks

For my part: prestige classes.

 

[billd91]

I don't think I'd want to see prestige classes in the way they appeared in 3e - requiring actual multi-classing. But more specialties that reach across class themes like the arcane archer and arcane trickster? Sure, sign me up.

I'll add:
Gen special familiars

We've got imps, quasits, pseudodragons. But now that Tasha's added the Genie patron for warlocks, one missing feature that kind of glares is the lack of gens as special familiars.

 

[the Jester]

Epic destinies. Hell, I'll expand that- high level material that isn't an afterthought in general.

 

[payn]

Alignment mechanics. Not the Pally must be this tall to ride kind, but the cosmic kind. I want axiomatic and anarchic weapons in full effect as a cosmic war plays out on the material plane.

 

[overgeeked]

If they’re hell-bent on a 3D VTT with all the bells and whistles, full automation, animation, etc then the should bring back 4E in all its glory. It was made for that experience. All the problems of playing it at the table would be solved as a fully automated VTT experience.

 

[Matt Thomason]

BECMI's Mystara setting, as it's what I grew up with. Just not the way they did it with the AD&D version that tried to retcon too many things that didn't fit into AD&D rules.

 

[mellored]

Paragon paths
Which are kind of like prestige sub-classes. Including some race ancestory specific ones.

I.e. Goliath get an extra 5' reach. Dragon born get their breath weapon once per turn. Dwarfs get bigger tremor sense.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Epic destinies. Hell, I'll expand that- high level material that isn't an afterthought in general.

I'd start with paragon paths, but other than that, I agree.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

If they’re hell-bent on a 3D VTT with all the bells and whistles, full automation, animation, etc then the should bring back 4E in all its glory. It was made for that experience. All the problems of playing it at the table would be solved as a fully automated VTT experience.

Won't happen. Any chance of that was killed last week. Sorry.

But since we are talking 4e, I want healing surges back.

 

[TarionzCousin]

THAC0!