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Then you are a highly unusual exception among those who professed such dislike for 4e. The vast majority of people who disliked 4e...

I'm well aware that 5e is the apology edition.

You could actually balance spells so that they don't break the game if you can cast them every turn.

No individual person's experience will be universal, sure. But "feel[ing] caster-y" should at least have a loose constellation of...

Personally I think a large number of spells are ones that could / should be absolutely fine as At-Will magical effects. We already have...

Answering this question requires that we identify what elements produce "feel[ing] caster-y". So--what does that feeling feel like...

So the players can discover information about the world without you having to tell them? How do they do this?

This would be exactly the sort of thing I'm thinking of. You created pressure--but it lasted much longer than you intended it to. It...

For better or worse, caring about time can be a learned behavior for players. I had a table that didn't care about time. Then, for...

"I'm not creating anything! I'm just completely controlling what players are allowed to know so they believe they're under pressure when...

Is the point of the question to say "players are the primary target for WotC's design"?

As far as I can tell, they are. The issue seems to be that you want them connected only in one particular way, as in one specific form...

For example, with regard to a short-rest spell point system. A level 7 fullcaster has 8 spell points. This can be used to cast two slot...

This thread wouldn't exist if a plurality were satisfied by the current paradigm of boss fights.

So you had no part whatsoever in their perception that time was of the essence? Given I know your attitude runs very old-school, when...