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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8422862" data-attributes="member: 22779">In measured doses. I agree, the teamwork thing was great.&nbsp; And 4e's breaking of the initiative system was inspired and a fantastic idea that has been ported forward into 5e, although in a more restricted manner.The trick though was in 4e, it got to ridiculous levels.&nbsp; Not only did you have have different players triggering effects in each other, the monsters could also trigger effects and those triggered effects could trigger effects.&nbsp; And, add to that a bit of analysis paralysis and turns could take bloody forever.5e might get complicated from time to time, but, nowhere near to that degree.&nbsp; Yes, you might have a cleric casting a spell, taking a bonus action and then moving, sure, and a summoning druid can really slow things down, sure.&nbsp; What you don't have is four different players chaining reactions together after a single action from the monster, resolving those five or six different actions, moving on to the next monster and then having five MORE chained reactions going off.&nbsp; Yes, I'm exagerating, but, there were times in 4e where it really, REALLY did get old fast.&nbsp; It's a fantastic idea and I love it.&nbsp; It just really did get out of hand towards the end.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8422862, member: 22779"] In measured doses. I agree, the teamwork thing was great. And 4e's breaking of the initiative system was inspired and a fantastic idea that has been ported forward into 5e, although in a more restricted manner. The trick though was in 4e, it got to ridiculous levels. Not only did you have have different players triggering effects in each other, the monsters could also trigger effects and those triggered effects could trigger effects. And, add to that a bit of analysis paralysis and turns could take bloody forever. 5e might get complicated from time to time, but, nowhere near to that degree. Yes, you might have a cleric casting a spell, taking a bonus action and then moving, sure, and a summoning druid can really slow things down, sure. What you don't have is four different players chaining reactions together after a single action from the monster, resolving those five or six different actions, moving on to the next monster and then having five MORE chained reactions going off. Yes, I'm exagerating, but, there were times in 4e where it really, REALLY did get old fast. It's a fantastic idea and I love it. It just really did get out of hand towards the end. [/QUOTE]

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