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4e-isms that D&D Next appears to have scrapped but were worth including: - The Minor Action - Static HP/level - Self-contained monster entries (no spell lists) I must disagree with you on the whole encounter powers thing. Encounter powers assume the encounter (not time) is the fundamental unit...

For a medusa to feel like a medusa, it needs a scary permanent petrification effect - for me. That said, I don't like one-bad-roll SoD effects. They are boring, frustrating and suck the fun right out of the game with one random dice roll. I'd like to see one more "layer of insulation" to avoid...

A spell list in a monster stat block I suppose is ok for a humanoid NPC spellcaster - but nothing beyond that please.

Including every possible PC race in the PHB1 would not only be a waste of time, it would be a bad marketing decision. Players expect the "Classic 4" races to appear in the first PHB. Including 20 Races in the core rulebook means many of them would be rushed in without adequate testing or...

Dragonborn in the PHB should be the least of your concerns. Rather than make a laundry of things I don't want to see appear in the next iteration of the game, I personally am hoping for a simple, robust, modular system that feels like D&D - that allows me to easily shelve options, modules and...

You have no idea how much product they need to sell to be successful. But the formula is real simple: sell as much product to as many customers as possible. This is a minor sticking point you can't seem to get past, and a petty reason to reject an entire game system. There is nothing revealed...

And this is why you are outside the target audience of the new edition. And why WotC should not waste one minute trying to earn your business. Evidently the customers most likely to buy D&D Next want something you don't want. It is unrealistic to expect WotC to ignore the people eagerly...

Hopeful. I am a 4th edition DM who can't stand it any longer. And I have no intention of returning to the horrors of 2e and 3e. If 5e is the simple, painless, breath of fresh air it's looking to be, I will be very happy.

Oh good grief. SO snapping your fingers to perform universe-altering magic; gating in demons, teleporting across planes and raining meteors from the sky is perfectly awesome. But shooting little bolts of magic energy once per round - that just sucks the fun right out of the game?

This is proving to be a very important thread. It appears we've stumbled upon a bellwether issue for 5e. The level of agreement right between fans of the various systems is pretty unprecedented. This thread or at least this issue needs to be brought to the attention of someone at WotC...

1000% implement or "spell enhancer" Wands and staves as spell batteries is boring, often broken, and really not a fantasy concept at all. Traditional fantasy (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings) seems to treat wands and staves as tools to make spells "better" if not a necessary device to cast...

I've discussed this very concern with my group: 1) This problem is mirrored on the melee side as well. Needing a +4 sword to effectively hit a monster's AC is just as problematic as needing a +4 staff to hit a monster's Reflex with your lightning bolt. The solution is not assuming +X to hit...

THE BIG ONE: Time, not the 'Encounter', as the fundamental unit of combat, for establishing things like durations, recharging powers, resting, etc. This results in better realism and a softer, less jarring line between exploration and combat. OTHERS: Vancian Casting and Spell Lists Flavor...

From a post I intended to make, but never did, that addressed this exact question: THE BIG FOUR OF 4TH The four most important 4th Edtion concepts that should remain in D&D Next The Action Economy: standard, move and minor actions The minor action in particular opened up a huge swathe of...

Warlords bestowing temp HP is the perfect solution. It perfectly straddles simulationist believability and the massive gamist void in D&D created by only clerics being able to heal HP. Warlords should not close bleeding wounds with rousing speeches, but they should absolutely cause wounded...

That would be okay. Perhaps simpler, but not better imo. Trading your move action to do something else is certainly more limiting than always having a minor action every turn. Swift actions didn't exist in the 3.0 system when it first came out. At some point it became apparent (someone...

In my opinion the 3-action economy (move, standard, minor) action was a HUGE improvement over the action economy over past editions. The minor action in particular opened up a huge swathe of design space. Never again did you have to waste your turn to drink a potion, open a door, draw a weapon...

I am a proud 4e supporter but man there are some 'proud nails' that irritate me. If I were to narrow it down to one, it would be: The 'hard line' between encounters and exploration, and the encounter (as opposed to the story narrative) being the defining unit of combat. Over time this became...

This certainly must be fake or trolling. To ditch all the innovations of 4e and regress to some stunted idiot version of 3e would be suicidal for a brand attempting to reunite a fractured customer base. WotC knows 3.5 still exists, and a more polished and balanced version of 3.5, Pathfinder...

We definitely want to play D&D, so I dont think we'll be adopting a different game altogether. We all like the D&D cosmology, monsters, races, etc. It truly is a decision between 3.5 and 4th edition D&D. Though I'm not completely sold, and I've heard some things about it that horrify me, I am...