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Goodberry's the obvious 5e spell that makes food unnecessary, while also providing on-demand healing.. as a 1st level spell! Available immediately! A5E makes goodberry provide healing, but it doesn't give days nourishment like the 5e version. A5E has create food and water but that's a 3rd level...

Oh hey, that's new to 5e24. Cool, they actually did something there! Going on 5e14, the relevant text is: Bag of Holding: Retrieving an item from the bag requires an action. Handy Haversack: Retrieving an item from the haversack requires you to use an action. When you reach into the haversack...

So, funny thing, with 5e's wording the haversack is almost a worse bag of holding- you need to reference the haversack to realize that while retrieving something from BoH is an action, you can't just grab whatever you want out of it easily, because that's what the haversack does :'D

13th Age does this by starting out with the PCs as notable heroes, they're not recent farmers or wizards apprentices. It's not zero-to-hero, it's hero to greater hero. Not only that, but incremental leveling. Pretty much each session you pick something from the next level: a spell, a feat, hp...

Yeah, it's always something constantly considered by me, finding a balance between presenting interesting/worthwhile challenges, and expediency. We never tracked weight/encumbrance in 5e because it was a pain, but when most of my games moved online after COVID and the character sheets autocalc...

Could be some kind of basic milestone experience system. "Complete 1 section, level to 2. Complete 2 more sections, level to 3. Complete the rest..." Actually I guess that's more like a weird milestone leveling system, not XP. Unless you're doing XP like some other games where it's only a few...

Looking forward to it!

Shadow of the Weird Wizard, check that out. Level Up is 5e with more 3e options, and Bo9S-Tomb of Battle martial maneuvers.

Why do you think this is the case? I don't disagree, mind, but would like to hear your reasoning.

I fell for it immediately on release- it was my favorite setting after Planescape. I read some of the novels too, most were decent (except for one that I had to put down, the writing disagreed with me so much). If it came out now, I can't say I'd feel the same... but maybe that's because I've...

I suspect those things are either there because of legacy (they're a part of DnD's identity, even if it's become vestigial like alignment)... OR it's there for an "easy win." My players LOVE yelling out "I have devils' sight/darkvision/light!" and not having to hold a torch.

Yep, that's how it feels. I have found that increasing baddie damage by 35% and dropping their hp by the same amount helps a bit, at mearls' advice. It's a bandaid but it's also a bit of a pain to do on a VTT.

Appreciate your explanation- I've found this to be the case as well.

I might've said this elsewhere, but it can make sense if you're OK with the conceit that the PCs are special and unique, like Dungeon World states up-front. You're The Wizard. There are other mages out there, but no one's like you, and you're not like them. You're The Fighter. There are other...

I'm sure the game worked fine without, I was talking about personal tastes. I started with 2e, so it was always a part of the game to me.

Because they were nearly wiped by a marilith and a lich at 15th level. I don't know the other circumstances ofc, but with only that info that's why I said what I did. I didn't mean to sound insulting, there are a lot of folk around here with tables that pick style/vibe/etc. over optimization. I...

I'm surprised that a 15th level party would find a marilith such a challenge, even in close quarters, but I think most of my tables give at least some thought to optimization.

If the A5E berserker in my Age of Worms game was ever turned against the rest of the party, they'd have zero chance. Fortunately for them he has proficiency in every mental save and a helmet that gives a bonus vs such things 😆

I'm all for making the game more streamlined/easier to play, but to me VSM components are something that're an important part of being a caster in DnD, an integral part of the identity. I understand why some folk would want to ditch it, everyone has their own priorities and lines. I do wonder...

It's addressed in the article text, tl;dr: bending the rules in favor of making learning easier.