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Yes, but - it is extremely easy to tinker with. You can easily incorporate things from earlier editions and even one's own ideas for how things ought to be.

I can certainly empathise with all that. I'm a fan of opposition schools in magic but there are also many other creative ways to narrow one's focus - some of which others have mentioned in this thread. One could really create a Tome for how to mold the arcane classes, ramp up and down the magic...

What do you have in mind - Would you remove iconic spells such as Magic Missile and Fireball etc? Perhaps tone then down in terms of damage-dealing?

For starters one can remove damage-inflicting cantrips...

I could get on board with this. I ran something similar once for a short-lived campaign for characters around 14-16 years of age - so not yet classed characters but that had 1-2 proficiencies such as a bow or javelin and a tool-like proficiency. There were some GM interpretive loss conditions...

Exactly, player psychology matters....which means the designers are not likely going to make that mistake again - money matters.

I'm struggling to envision this, do you have an idea/example that elaborates some of your thought process?

So designers do whatever and ignore player psychology...how did @Zardnaar and @Scribe feel about 4e...?

Ah you are right, my apologies. That is quite mad to give the troll multiple full turns. That's much too much. I have seen a friend try run a free-form combat where it doesn't necessarily follow the structure completely but wwhat ou're describing takes the cake. Did the table not question the...

Putting aside that you decided to select a campy TV show for your issue with minions you admitted that minions/monks exist in GoT but are ok with it because it visually looks better. Looks better can easily be narrated it better.

There is never a need but I'd dare say almost every table does it and they're likely not aware of it. Some examples of 5e mechanics which can assist directing a particular narrative storylines are Gritty Rests, Low Magic Settings (Restrictions on Magic) , Renown, Loyalty, Honour, Sanity, Healing...

I started with 2e and I consumed the DMG as one does when one is young and obsessed over the hobby :ROFLMAO: but I was too young and so even though I'd read it all I didnt quite understand it and how to apply it correctly. 3e and 4e I didn't do my homework with the DMGs. I looked when needed but...

@Remathilis I think each table determines their own acceptable character loss for campaign or story and players need to find a table that's acceptable to them. And most importantly it's not binary. It's why I've XPed both you and @Lanefan because I can see the value in both style of games. Our...

The argument @Lanefan made is not mechanics but rather why enforce movie tropes at all because they're a different medium. Which is a pretty bizarre comment to make... Considering RPGs are modeled after different mediums all the time which would include their tropes (PC games, Series, Movies...

That's why David Benioff and DB Weiss cancelled all their appearances. It was not an ambush, it was a convention about epic fantasy and the fan asked a question related to epic fantasy. Hardly what I'd consider an ambush. And I guess it was up to David Benioff and DB in Weiss how they finished...

@Enrahim you seriously making the contention that in 4e with so many player freedoms - such as flexibility with powers via keyword usage, skill challenge freedom where players literally pick the skills, page 42 of the DMG for innovative powers, residuum and rituals, magical items in the PHB...

You realise you just brought up Game of Thrones killing off main characters as a defense of your style game (which I have no issue over) in the other thread but somehow draw the line at one-shot minions as the bridge too far?

He was recently asked at a convention would he let someone finish them and he rushed off stage to protect that ego. I didn't know that fans had actually written content. I've heard of youtubers creating revised content for Star Wars and ASoIaF but actually written content is impressive.

Realistically he needs more than two books...everybody knows it.....he just hasn't come out and said it....because why would he...it's not like he is going to finish them....so why talk about it and invite the haters (previously fans) to critique him....he'd rather let the situation die off...

GRRM is an a$$. He is the type of GM you and me dislike. The one who starts something and never finishes. That's a loser GM in my eyes. Even more so, GRRM failed himself. He was mad they used to shorten his scripts for Beauty + the Beast with Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton so he decided to...