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I think the good news is that post DMG, you'll be able to have that game. I think the bad news is that won't be the "base" game, because the "base" game is something that is much less pushed as the "right way" compared to previous editions. That's part of the modularity that they've been...

Um. 5E is not out yet. You understand that you're asking people to do something that is not possible, right? As stated by Mearls; all editions of D&D can be retrofit back into 5E with the DMG (even THAC0).

It is. I know that was always the issue with moving stuff to short rest; while it made sustained combat through a day feasible for many classes, and it really helps fix the 5 minute working day, it did cause a sort of weird hour schism in some cases. 3E had it in less obvious forms (IIRC...

You mean 3E, because that ability comes from 3E... http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?355982-Starter-Set-Character-Sheet-Revealed!&p=6317449&viewfull=1#post6317449 That said, I'll summarize the last 20 pages of discussion for you 1) No it doesn't mean they autoheal; they heal by...

The interview linked says most of the same things I reiterated about each of the books, and also, Mike Mearls' twitter account also contains lots of upcoming tidbits. But I don't know if they were managed that badly, or we are all just frothing at the chomp... For Basic D&D, the relevant L&L...

Certainly :) Didn't mean to pick on you with the screaming, but there are a lot of people jumping to somewhat extreme conclusions. For instance...there are a grand total of two things on that character sheet (Action Surge & Second Wind) that are from 3E, and generally speaking, assuming they...

I'm thinking more and more the best solution will be that Second Wind could simply be reflavored as a boost of adrenaline (I can think of many fencing bouts I've been in where parts of my body that have been hit repeatedly and are sore start working a lot better with a boost of adrenaline, so...

EDIT: You know, could everyone just wait for the game to actually come out before we start screaming chicken little? By that I mean not just the starter set, which is not aimed at us in the slightest, or Basic D&D, which doesn't have the modularity that is the core of the game for most of us...

Yeah; I think you had a playstyle that is not as common across the 3E/4E dynamic, where either you healed up every day or bought your Xth wand of Cure Light Wounds and healed up at the end of a day. I think gritty healing will probably be up your alley in the DMG.

A) You are stuck playing a 10 STR fighter for two levels. You will probably die. So there is the entire "hey party, I'm playing a fighter that can't hit things in melee!" bit. B) This assumes the MC requirements stay only one sided; meaning that you aren't required to have both classes' MC...

Part of the issue is that at 7th level (Wiz5/Ftr2), you're using all of your third level spells for the day in one go. You basically have to take a full rest after that point. Since spells no longer scale by caster level, but instead only by spell slot level, your 1st level spells aren't going...

Not quite; in out of combat situations, things are done in minutes, not rounds. So would not be quite as useful in that scenario.

That said, from my understanding, alternate healing will be coming in the DMG; as will most "Game World" modification / systems.

Good news is that you will have support for the playstyle. Bad news is that you will have to crack open the game to some extent. But that's sort of the point. Everyone will have to crack the game open. The game is designed to be cracked open. It supports very few "styles" explicitly from the...

How is Second Wind different than healing via hit dice w/r/t Healing Surges being a no-no, out of curiosity? Based on http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20140113 I am guessing Action Surge & Second Wind are base class abilities.

It was updated with the most current playtest info at the time the file was released, as best as I know. So late 2013 playtest info, IIRC.

Hrm, good points. Though the amount of damage it heals in between fights once you get past...6th level is sort of inconsequential. You'd need 3+ hours of second wind in order to try to make up for an average fight. If you were a 7th level fighter with 16 CON...you're healing 13 HP per hour...

It's a little wonky in that the intended rest mechanic should be Hit Dice between battles; but I think it will make more sense once we see the "4E conversion" DMG kit, which I suspect makes short rest a 5 minute conversion. Alternatively, if you rule that bonus actions can only happen during a...

Yeah, it says 1 hour or longer, not just "1 hour". So assuming fighting a squirrel doesn't count as ending your rest (see: Bag O Rats), resting for 1 hour or 3 hours would be the same. So no go on the "I take 4 consecutive short rests, and then use second wind 4 times." shenanigans.

I think they are leaning on DM judgment as well a bit of wording to convey the intent of the rule. No amount of testing and wordsmithing gets around people trying to willfully mis-interpret the intent and argue. I think if they intend to use short rests in the future as a way to convert the...