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You’re right that earlier editions didn’t depend on the “adventuring day” model in the same way—attrition existed naturally through...

my only real exposure to 4e is here on Enworld, and honestly it sounds pretty great all around apart from a personal bugbear against...

I have struggled to explain to my players how 4E was different from other editions and what the hubbub was even about...and they played 4E!

And to your previous point, most 5e players have never really heard of 4e or have negative opinions of it; or if they have it’s probably...

Yep, cause 4e was designed excellently. Just presented in a way that turned a lot of players off.

Not to mention a lot of the adjustments to this very topic in 5.24 (along with other design choices) also bring things back towards the...

Ehh, you might think so, but the people that hated 4e are a much smaller portion of 5e’s audience than people who never even played 4e...

Thank you.

Any "in combat" ability that costs Heroic Resources you can use once per "respite" (or again once you gain more Victories). Stuff like...

Daggerheart went this way along with a story focus with how it deals with resting; on a long rest the GM advances a Dastardly Plot or...

Resting in a "Place of Calm and Safety" probably qualifies as overt fiat, but I try to be somewhat liberal with it. Yes, the inn back at...

It's that they didn't have power players. It's more the 5e was designed for the sensibilities of old school dungeoneers. It's just...

Or that people just don't want to play that way (with lots of filler encounters that exist basically for attrition). One thing that...

Mike Underwood is credited as a designer for Drakkenheim, and that has done a lot to up my interest. He's a great follow, his Youtube...

Well I went ahead and turned this into a full campaign frame (yes Daggerheart just has me doing this by default now). None of us are FR...