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So when you say "writer's room-y", do you mean it was the collaborative nature of the resolution that was problematic, as opposed to leaving the result of the narration up to just the impacted player and the GM? I've seen the same criticism of cooperative games like Pandemic, where everyone's...

There's a big difference between giving agency towards what kind of scene will be presented versus how the scene will be resolved. Many games and playstyles give the former, far less the latter.

<raises hand> I love 4e, and I'm ride-or-die for Skills and Powers 2e.

On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese.

Looks pretty awesome. I’m on board with turning it into an isekai-type situation.

Yep. Dissatisfaction with Vancian casting was pretty rampant in 3e’s heyday in the mid-00s. It’s why you saw so much experimentation with casting mechanics in 3.5 supplements. The warlock, the spirit shaman, and the beguiler were all examples of the designers to see how far the boundaries of...

I’d like to introduce you to my friend Spherical Cow.

I'm talking about the 1989 PHB, the one with the fighter charging with the orange-y background. I don't have it handy, but I remember it having like at least 8-10 different full page color art work. I think this one is the most famous.

The real flaw with the "Dex save as a quick dodge" narration is that doesn't also cause a reposition if you're playing on a grid.

Yea, I think we’re just diametrically opposed on this. My first RPG book was the 2e PHB; when I read the 1e PHB a few years later I found the black-and-white sketches actively offputting.

OK @dave2008 those are fighting words! 2e PHB art is the best of D&D!

Not to distract from the thread, but the easiest way to do this is simply decouple the idea of the stats representing a unified system of measuring capacity between individuals of vastly different species. Basically, a Str 14 human and a Str 14 giant wouldn't be equally strong. They simply...

Like: D&D has continually evolved towards delivering its desired form: a game about empowering players to build detailed, specific fantasy heroes and then demonstrate their competence in planned story arcs. Dislike: The game has continually changed how it wishes to frame encounters and...

It's like you read my mind.

The latter.

Wouldn't the simplest solution to just be to not do that? Other spells can be added through magic items or by adding new classes with their own discrete spell list.

This isn't Stack Overflow. :) I'm not posting because I'm looking for solutions.

You also don't generate nearly as much interest and posts. "Let's remove Constitution and Intelligence from 6e" will absolutely generate more interest than "What do you think about my fantasy heartbreaker with 4 stats?"

I’d play it. I can think of several ways to do it while still maintaining the 5e core. Or you could go a lot further with a more extensive redesign. Whether maintaining ability scores is somehow definitional of D&D is not something I feel qualified to weigh in on, precisely because that isn’t...