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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 6318875" data-attributes="member: 40398"> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I read a WotC article months ago saying that "Magic items will be about the story, not the math." Please, magic items are about the story and the math. Denying the importance of one just makes me think you can't design games.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Speaking of magic items, 5e still has +X items. *yawn*</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">And speaking of +X items, are they assumed or not? Because there's no happy middle ground; they're either assumed and expected, or an extra power boost that must be accounted for.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The release schedule is staggered. Quality control? Please! If that were the issue, all three core books would be released in December to ensure that much more quality control.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mages are still the game's 'supreme magic-users,' and still can't heal. Are they even using balance as an excuse this time, or is it just one of those things that 'doesn't feel like D&D'?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Speaking of healing spells, they're now in the evocation school...bwuh? First it was necromancy, which made perfect sense, then it was conjuration, and now it's in the blow-stuff-up school. Jeez, D&D, make up your mind!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">No more monster roles or castes? (minion, solo, ect.) What, are they just too helpful? Take up too much page space?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">+2 or +1/+1 or a feat: Yup, that's gonna get broke quick!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Hard Stat Caps: A well-designed game doesn't need awkward hard caps.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Bounded Accuracy: Even if I liked the idea of BA, I guarantee it'll become Unbounded Accuracy quick enough.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">A La Carte Multiclassing: You know, I think that 3e style multiclassing is a great idea, and I believe there're ways to make it work! Unfortunately, treating 1st level characters as (semi?)competent adventurers is not one of those ways.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Rolling abilities (and HP?) is default: Nope, not interested.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Spell charts and class ability advancements are irregular: Yes, it bothers me that there's no pattern.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">No standard AEDU structure: I'd rather have fun combats than a fun rulebook to read.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">And last, but certainly not least...NO MORE LEVEL BONUS TO AC?! What, it makes too much sense? Is it too elegant? No, I guess it just 'doesn't feel like D&D.'</li> </ol>Well, guess what, 5e? You just got too much D&D in my D&D, and I won't have that! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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