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The genius of the system is that all balance really just sits in the d20 Skill resolution math: magic, combat, diplomacy...

way too overpowered abilities and anime themed. The starting point was and that is beyond what I want at the top level, let alone the...

I would suggest a significant number never played the game attritionally. We started with 1e AD&D and BECMI and we pretty much never...

if they can pull that off and keep everything balanced, hat off to them

Shadowdark, and I don’t play that either, but yeah, we still have very different preferences, even if neither of us plays SD

that is fine, they can knock themselves out, doesn’t change that I have zero interest It’s not the attrition, I already said they can...

why are you thinking they did not do that with 5.5?

I don’t know, I basically have to dial this to zero if the default is just not worth the effort at that point

To show the flexibility of the system in telling much more deliberate stories with curated content instead of a grab bag of options that...

it doesn’t, I’ll gladly take this from anyone, but this is a thread about what we want from 6e and it’s not like I am so far out that it...

The balance for D&D about how much an implied setting it has versus how easy it is to use as "generic" fantasy has always been a bit...

yeah, if they go that route I am happily joining @Micah on the ‘I can ignore this without any regrets’ side. I can confidently say that...

that might explain the patron part, but not the defiling / preserving. They are also not going to say this race / class does not exist...

I mean, that's a bit of truism, isn't it? Like, if you looked at 5E in 2014/2015 you might reasonably have said "Eh it'll probably do...

it is even true for 2024. Current sales are good, but it too is too new to already talk about long term trajectory. As you point out...