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    D&D 5E Additive versus subtractive modularity

    That doesn't mean you need an Internal Combustion Engine in that car - you could go with Flywheel, you could go with Fuel Cell or Electric. Is your target to have x miles of range or achieve a speed of x miles an hour? This is why requirements usually have Use Cases with them - What is feature...
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    D&D 5E Additive versus subtractive modularity

    I will say that based on Emerikol's last post what he wants in terms of what HP are and how healing works isn't 'AD&D' or D&D as it has been ever written. As to 'Appease all Playstyles' I'm pretty sure the consensus is that it was a sysaphian task to begin with - Failure is assured the only...
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    D&D 5E Additive versus subtractive modularity

    Please do not make me quote the AD&D Players guide because that is not, in any way, how the Hit Point system worked in the past. A orc did 1dx+x damage no matter your level. If you were a 10th level Fighter with 60HP you dodged slightly and were fine, just slightly closer to death - eventually a...
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    D&D 5E Blog Post by Robert J. Schwalb

    Based on what's seen from the Starter Set most of the CharOP is going to be based around targeting specific saves. Also, too I would not in any way call even basic 5E 'rules light'. It's medium crunch at best. Mapless play without 'zones' such as 13th Age & Legends of the Wulin tend to get...
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    D&D 5E Additive versus subtractive modularity

    ..or I could let Umbran deliver a more succinct answer making the same points.
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    D&D 5E Additive versus subtractive modularity

    Ok. So what I hear you saying is that you don't object to matches, but you object to strike anywhere matches and lighters are jake. That's not a playstyle. That's a specific preference which is "I don't like non-magical healing" - It doesn't change the amount of HP regeneration available, only...
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    D&D 5E Additive versus subtractive modularity

    That's fair but at this point I think we're going to have to take the Outcome Based approach to understanding Emerikol's objections. What are they looking for as an emergent outcome - because we've been going round and round about specifics enough that it might help to get the 5,000' view as...
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    D&D 5E Additive versus subtractive modularity

    Ok. So what's the objection to second wind? The fighter fights on through sheer grit as they are the master of battle. Where others would fall they stand up. As noted 5E doesn't do 'source' - there's no 'martial' power source there's just stuff you can do in a world where gigantic...
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    D&D 5E Additive versus subtractive modularity

    What, exactly, is 1E style HP? It's not Meat Points, Gygax makes that abundantly clear in his writing of what HP are - and they are not meat points. IIRC the exact quote comes down to "A higher level character now has as many HP as a griffon but obviously cannot sustain the same wounds as a...
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