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Um... There is a d20 game that does this with Focus Points, actually. It's a central feature of the Plotweaver system, everyone gets Focus Points as a derived stat per Scene. They can be used a bunch of different ways, depending on character abilities, but also form the basis of "social...

$79.99??? For a 256 page hardcover??? Sad to see the magazine format die a little bit more. 😔

The genius of the system is that all balance really just sits in the d20 Skill resolution math: magic, combat, diplomacy, exploration...all the same math, and math people already know and are familiar with from playing D&D.

It is a "both/and" situation: each Setting has it's own rulebook, but with complete interoperability baked in from the ground floor, a Mistborn can interact with a Knight Radiant. Indeed, there are already some Mistboen NPCs in the Stormlight book (Worldhoppers). Indeed, after Mistbprn hits...

I would be shocked if they didn't. And honestly, it seems easy enought? Granted, I haven't done a deep dive on Daggerheart, but from what I have seen it isn't exactly rocket surgery to dual stat a few things. The fluffuer part of a Campaign Setting would be super easy, too: the Campaign Frames...

It's less fear of innovation, and more that they stressed that striping a players abilities away for "story reasons" is an uncool move that a DM ought not to do.

OK, I can imagine such a system, because it exists and uses largely 5E tech: that is exactly what the Cosmere RPG is designed to do, and from what we have so far? Successfully, it appears. So, it seems this thread boils down to people wanting: 5.3 Making D&D into Brotherwise Game's Plotweaver...

No way WotC will publish a Setting with different metaphysical principles than the PHB and DMG: by putting this Templar Warlock out, they intend for heroic characters who are in contention with their former masters to be viable.

OK, is it weird to now want to see a 6E that is simply a reprint of AD&D 2E that is entirely lore accurate in meticulous detail??

The new PHB and DMG address this quite specificly: the D&S cosmos has a strict "no takesie-backdies" rules for power. So a Fiend ir Cthulu cannot take away a Warlocks power, nor can a god take away a Clerics.

But that's just it, I don't think WotC could break that linkage if they wanted to, and probably they shouldn't. That resource game is just central to the game's core identity.

In the context of the interview, the point being made was that they were trying to provide some thematic variety, so while Coromyr would be cool, the designers thought it would be too physically and thematically close to the Dalelands.

Yeah, that game didn't have the same energy around it, but ir probably did about as expected. Daggerheart is a breakout hit, in hobby terms. I'm not sure how much more they could push it than what they are doing?

Skill issue, those can be denied or massively disincentivized handily.

Well, because it is on my brain, the Cosmere RPG notably doesn't: resources like money and ammo are firmly in the realm of narrative handwavium, and in-game resources are strictly per Encounter. Which is interesting, since the moment to moment vibe is heavily channeling 5E, but there is zero...

Based on Archetype's YouTube videos, I think he is too busy having fun.

OK, the main point to consider with this TPP is thst the owner is currently actually a (high ranking) WotC employee: James Ohlen runs thir Auston video game studio, Archetype Entertainment, with his most recent TTRPG work being the Exodus sci-fi 5E TTRPG

True, but attrition of players character resources certainly seems to be one of those things in general.

The PHB and DMG in 2024 both recommend starting at Level 3 as a matter of course.

Right, exactly, the unit of time for 5E is the Adventure Day: the key is to prevent a Long Rest for an extended period of time and present challenges that use those daily resources, attritioning them over time. This is not terribly difficult, and 5E works well when pushed that way. But it also...