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Having combat sometimes be resolvable with a single die roll certainly can be interesting. The classic movie scene where someone sneaks...

Maybe Harry Potter specifically, because i think he wasn't that great with Potions, but Harry Potter Universe Wizards do a bit more than...

True. I guess you need a system to adjudicate fleeing the scene or at least forcing an arrest and giving another chance to escape later...

Independent of whether you count this as narrative control or not - if the end result is that the Smuggler with the Heart of Gold can...

It's naturally difficult to classify. The base rules of 4E are fairly simple. But the exception based design of the powers (much like...

And what is a drama point/benny/luck point if not a narrative mechanic? You get to narrate "Aha, but something awesome to my benefit...

There are many different ways for a spellcaster to work. The pseudo-Vancian magic model of the 5E flavor is just one way. Mages don't...

I made a Star Wars 4E-inspired game and played a campaign with it. The concern with power level can be real. Personally ,I think Jedi...

If 5e is at a 6 or 7 for some, D&D 4 must be 9 or 10? Because that's the complexity I enjoyed. But where would something like Shadowrun...

Complexity should exist to faciliate making the outcome interesting and giving the players meaningful choices. If your skill challenge...

I don't neccessarily agree that a simple caster should act as sort of training wheels for the "real" spellcaster. It should be its own...

You are just bringing up something else that 5e relentlessly broke though. "Encounters 4+" is really a 5e-ism", 2-4 encounter...

Hehe, the first time I played BG 3, I missed the entire underdark part of Act 1. That's lots of quests, XPs, NPCs and stories to be...

A spoiler to your spoiler:

I've managed to play all 5e with just halflings and dwarves. The last thing before this was a gnome in 4e.